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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 Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 200 to 300 Nature damage.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 200 to 300 Nature damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Lightning Strike.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Lightning Strike (record #23687).

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 #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Lightning Strike

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 128 separate Spell records named "Lightning Strike". This page is record #23686. 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
#16614used by: Cast by Add Lightning Dam - Weap 03; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#23687used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27983effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#37841cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#52944cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53062school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#68445effect types: noneA different effect setup
#76101used by: Cast by Lightning Cloud; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#85725effect types: noneA different effect setup
#85726used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#88214effect types: noneA different effect setup
#88230effect 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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