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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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Instant castSelf Only

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Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

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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 1275.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1275).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1275

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 #55044. 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
#54843subtext: Rank 1; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#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 sec; different tooltip textA 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.

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