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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)
Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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Instant castTwenty yards

Blasts the enemy for 15 to 25 Nature damage.

Lightning

Tooltip

Blasts the enemy for 15 to 25 Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 15.

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 15).

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 15

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Lightning appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning". This page is record #18980. 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
#18979duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43301cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#89641effect types: noneA different effect setup
#89642effect types: noneA different effect setup
#89644effect types: noneA different effect setup
#147804effect types: noneA different effect setup
#211742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#211839effect types: noneA different effect setup
#243917effect types: noneA different effect setup
#253867effect types: noneA different effect setup
#300420effect types: noneA different effect setup
#300596effect 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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