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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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Shaman

Instant castLonger Range

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 1958 to 2276 Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 1958 to 2276 Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1958.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 45 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1958).

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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1958

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 #37661. 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 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#34345cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#35010cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#36152cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37273cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37664cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#38465cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39065different tooltip textA variant record
#41184cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#42024journal encounter: Shade of Akama; cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#43526cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#43903cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant 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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