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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Forked Lightning

Spell

Forked Lightning

Nature

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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 2313 to 2687 Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Forked Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts 2313 to 2687 Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

Each cast of Forked Lightning costs 150 Mana.

Forked Lightning is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2313. Its area radius is 50000 yards.

What it does

Forked Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 2313) in a 50000 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Cost150 Mana
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 2313
Radius: 50000 yards

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 28 separate Spell records named "Forked Lightning". This page is record #38145. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#8435subtext: Rank 1; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#12549effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20299effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22945cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24682subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#25034effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40088effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46150effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53167effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59152effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63541effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#73546effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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