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WoW ForeverWoW Forever beta client 1.60.1.70532 · the official Classic+ · launches November 4, 2026Also on Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Lightning Totem

Spell

Lightning Totem

Nature

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0.5 secSelf Only

Summons an Lightning Totem that lasts 1 min.

Lightning Totem

Tooltip

Summons an Lightning Totem that lasts 1 min. and periodically damages nearby enemies.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Lightning Totem is a Nature spell with a 0.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 min. When cast it summons a creature.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time0.5 sec
Duration1 min
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16385, 61

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 Totem sounds

The sounds the game plays when Lightning Totem 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 4 separate Spell records named "Lightning Totem". This page is record #28294. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#43302effect types: noneA different effect setup
#97930effect types: noneA different effect setup
#188275effect 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

Comments

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