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WoW ForeverWoW Forever · the official Classic+ · live since November 4, 2026 · data from client 1.60.1.70532Also on Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Lightning Breath

Spell

Lightning Breath

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

Breathes lightning at an enemy, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Breath

Tooltip

Breathes lightning at an enemy, inflicting Nature damage.

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 222.185. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Breath is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 222.185).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 222.185
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 Breath sounds

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

SPELL_Lightning_CastSoundKit 35

  1. Lightningshieldimpact3.2s · ID 569084 · 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 61 separate Spell records named "Lightning Breath". This page is record #15797. 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
#17157effect values: 444.37 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#20535effect values: 444.37 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#20536effect values: 666.56 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#20543effect values: 888.74 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#20627effect values: 666.56 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#20630effect values: 888.74 (this record: 222.19)Different tuning
#36594effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38058effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38109effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38113effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38133effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38193effect 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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