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Tooltip
Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 61 Nature damage.
How it works
Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 60 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
- Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 61. It scales with 0.714 times spell power.
What it does
Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 61).
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
| School | Nature |
|---|---|
| Cost | 60 Mana |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 2.5 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Value: 61 Spell power coefficient: 0.714 |
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.
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
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 Lightning Bolt
Learned at- Level 20 (Rank 4)
From- Shaman trainer
Who can learn it- Any Shaman
Visit a Shaman trainer once you reach level 20 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
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Kardris DreamseekerShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 38.8, 36.4 |
| Sagorne CreststriderShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 38.7, 35.9 |
| Sian'tsuShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 37.8, 36.5 |
| Beram SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 22.0, 18.8 |
| Siln SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 22.8, 21.1 |
| Tigor SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 23.6, 18.8 |
5 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| ShikrikShaman Trainer | Durotar | 42.4, 69.0 |
| SwartShaman Trainer | Durotar | 54.4, 42.6 |
| Narm SkychaserShaman Trainer | Mulgore | 47.4, 62.5 |
| HarommShaman Trainer | Swamp of Sorrows | 48.2, 57.9 |
| Meela DawnstriderShaman Trainer | The Barrens | 28.5, 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.
Related
More Elemental Combat spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #915. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #8246 | cast time: 3.5 sec; effect values: 161 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #9532 | cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 438.52 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #12167 | cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 654.86 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #13482 | subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by The Ziggler; cast time: 1.6 sec; effect values: 15 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #13527 | cast time: instant; effect values: 105 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #14119 | subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Phytoblade; cast time: 1.6 sec; effect values: 35 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #15234 | cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 982.29 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #15801 | cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 877.05 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #16782 | used by: Cast by Electrostatic Charge; cast time: instant; effect values: 50 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #18081 | used by: Cast by Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer; cast time: instant; effect values: 91 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #18089 | used by: Cast by Linken's Sword of Mastery; cast time: instant; effect values: 98 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #19874 | used by: Cast by Shimmering Platinum Warhammer; cast time: instant; effect values: 252 (this record: 61); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
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
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