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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 cast6 sec cooldownMedium Range

Shocks an enemy for 12 to 800 Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Shocks an enemy for 12 to 800 Nature damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 12.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 12).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 12

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 #59199. 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
#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
#59169cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59683cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59863cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#60009cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#60032different tooltip textA variant record
#61374cast time: 1 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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