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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 Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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2 secSting

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

How it works

Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 90 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1488. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 8-40 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1488).

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
Cost90 Mana
Range8-40 yards (Sting)
Cast time2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1488
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #36152. 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
#31764cast time: 3 secA variant record
#34345no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#35010cast time: 3 secA variant record
#37273no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#37661subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#37664cast time: 3 secA variant record
#38465no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#39065cast time: instantA variant record
#41184no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#42024journal encounter: Shade of Akama; cast time: 1 secA different caster
#43526cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#43903no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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