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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 Whirl

Spell

Lightning Whirl

Nature

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Instant castCombat Range

Whirl at the enemy, releasing a painful jolt of lightning.

Lightning Whirl

Tooltip

Whirl at the enemy, releasing a painful jolt of lightning.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Lightning Whirl is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150

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 8 separate Spell records named "Lightning Whirl". This page is record #54429. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#52943effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#61915journal encounter: The Assembly of Iron; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#61916used by: Cast by Lightning Whirl; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#63482used by: Cast by Lightning Whirl; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#63483duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#126522effect types: noneA different effect setup
#309666effect 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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