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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 Nova

Spell

Lightning Nova

Nature

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5 sec5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Emit a pulse of energy that deals 20813 to 24187 Nature damage to enemies within 20 yards.

Lightning Nova

Tooltip

Emit a pulse of energy that deals 20813 to 24187 Nature damage to enemies within 20 yards.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20813. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Lightning Nova is a Nature spell with a 5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 5 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 20813) in a 20 yard radius.

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 time5 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
GCD categoryCategory id 1152
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20813
Radius: 20 yards

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 21 separate Spell records named "Lightning Nova". This page is record #64216. 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
#52960journal encounter: LokenA different caster
#56495used by: Cast by Lightning Nova; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#56502school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#57322used by: Cast by Lightning Nova Periodic; school: none; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#59835cast time: 4 secA variant record
#65279different tooltip textA variant record
#77601effect types: noneA different effect setup
#84544effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136489effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136490used by: Cast by Lightning Nova; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#140574effect types: noneA different effect setup
#140628effect 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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