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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 secLong Range

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting 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 8075.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 8075).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8075

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Lightning Bolt appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Razorscale in Ulduar
    Journal section: Stage One: Winged Terror > Dark Rune Watcher
    Encounter creatures: RazorscaleRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #64696. 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
#59863cast time: 3 secA variant record
#60009cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#60032cast time: instantA variant record
#61374cast time: 1 secA variant record
#61893no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#63809no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#64098used by: Cast by Lightning Pillar; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#65987difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#68670effect types: noneA different effect setup
#69567cast time: 3 secA variant record
#69626effect types: noneA different effect setup
#69630effect types: noneA different effect setup

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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