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Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Nature

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1 secAnywhere

Nature spell.

Ball Lightning

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 8000.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 8000).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere)
Cast time1 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8000

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Ball Lightning sounds

The sounds the game plays when Ball Lightning is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

LifeDrainLoopSoundKit 3087

  1. Lifedrainloop4.9s · ID 569031 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 82 separate Spell records named "Ball Lightning". This page is record #28299. 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
#52779used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#52780effect types: noneA different effect setup
#56319effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59800effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59801used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#64888used by: Cast by Lightning Charged; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#64974used by: Cast by Lightning Charged; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#136464effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136470effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136534effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136539used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#136544effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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