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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)
Thunderbolt

Spell

Thunderbolt

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that jumps to nearby enemies.

Thunderbolt

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that jumps to nearby enemies. The spell affects the target and any nearby allies, inflicting Nature damage to each target.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Thunderbolt is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Thunderbolt is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1) in a 15 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 1
Radius: 15 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Thunderbolt appears in: 2 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Thunderbolt". This page is record #52907. 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
#52905cast time: 3 sec; effect types: effect 140, effect 142; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#52906effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59167cast time: 3 sec; effect types: effect 140, effect 142; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#151153effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151154effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151160effect types: noneA different effect setup
#390449journal encounter: Dathea, Ascended; effect types: noneA different caster
#415901effect types: noneA different effect setup
#416557effect types: noneA different effect setup
#416729effect types: noneA different effect setup
#417210effect types: noneA different effect setup
#444407effect 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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