Skip to content
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

Advertisement

Shaman

Instant castLonger Range

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 1181 to 1371 Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 1181 to 1371 Nature damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1181.

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 1181).

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1181

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 #54843. 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
#51587cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#51618cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#53044cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#53314cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#55044different tooltip textA variant record
#56326cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#56891different tooltip textA variant record
#57780cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#57781cast time: 2.5 secA variant record
#59006cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59024cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59081cast 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Lightning Bolt at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)