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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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Shaman

2 sec6 sec cooldownMedium Range

Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing 88 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies.

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing 88 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces the damage by 20%. Affects total targets.

How it works

Each cast of Chain Lightning costs 145 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 88. It scales with 0.571 times spell power. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 88) jumping to up to 3 targets.

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
Cost145 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 88
Spell power coefficient: 0.571
Chain targets: 3

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

Chain Lightning sounds

The sounds the game plays when Chain 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.

How to learn

How to learn Chain Lightning

Learned at
Level 32 (Rank 1)
From
Shaman trainer
Who can learn it
Any Shaman

Visit a Shaman trainer once you reach level 32 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Shaman trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Horde Shaman trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Kardris DreamseekerShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.8, 36.4
Sagorne CreststriderShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.7, 35.9
Sian'tsuShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital37.8, 36.5
Beram SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.0, 18.8
Siln SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.8, 21.1
Tigor SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital23.6, 18.8
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
ShikrikShaman TrainerDurotar42.4, 69.0
SwartShaman TrainerDurotar54.4, 42.6
Narm SkychaserShaman TrainerMulgore47.4, 62.5
HarommShaman TrainerSwamp of Sorrows48.2, 57.9
Meela DawnstriderShaman TrainerThe Barrens28.5, 66.4

Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #421. 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
#12058cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 584.7 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15117cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 584.7 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15305cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1754.09 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15659cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 877.05 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16006cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1169.39 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16033cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 2923.49 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16921cast time: instant; effect values: 125 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20831cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 818.58 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#21179cast time: instant; effect values: 200 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22355cast time: instant; effect values: 1169.39 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23106effect values: 1169.39 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23206cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1169.39 (this record: 88); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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
Level data sightedBase level 32 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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