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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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3 secLong Range

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

How it works

Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 90 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 654.861. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 654.861).

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
Cost90 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 654.861
Spell power coefficient: 1

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

Lightning Bolt sounds

The sounds the game plays when Lightning Bolt 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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #12167. 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
#8246subtext: Rank 4; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect values: 161 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#9532effect values: 438.52 (this record: 654.86)Different tuning
#13482subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by The Ziggler; cast time: 1.6 sec; effect values: 15 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#13527cast time: instant; effect values: 105 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#14119subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Phytoblade; cast time: 1.6 sec; effect values: 35 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#15234effect values: 982.29 (this record: 654.86)Different tuning
#15801effect values: 877.05 (this record: 654.86)Different tuning
#16782used by: Cast by Electrostatic Charge; cast time: instant; effect values: 50 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18081used by: Cast by Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer; cast time: instant; effect values: 91 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18089used by: Cast by Linken's Sword of Mastery; cast time: instant; effect values: 98 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#19874used by: Cast by Shimmering Platinum Warhammer; cast time: instant; effect values: 252 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#20295effect values: 573 (this record: 654.86)Different 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

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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