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| Chain Lightning
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| Usable by
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| Class
| Shaman
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| Properties
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| Type
| Offensive
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| School
| Nature
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| Cooldown
| 6 sec
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| Talents
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Improvement talents
| Convection, Concussion, Call of Thunder, Storm Reach, Elemental Focus, Elemental Fury, Elemental Precision, Elemental Mastery, Lightning Mastery, Lightning Overload, Stormstrike, Nature's Guidance, Tidal Mastery, Nature's Swiftness, Nature's Blessing
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| Other information
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| Ranks
| 6
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- The air crackled with electricity as the bolt leapt from body to body, leaving the scent of charred flesh in its wake.TCGHoA 106
Chain Lightning is a shaman spell that deals direct damage to up to 3 targets. Each successive hit deals 30% less damage.
Rank table
| Rank | Mana Cost | Damage | Level | Cost
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| 1 | 255 | 191-217 | 32 | 72
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| 2 | 345 | 277-311 | 40 | 1 8
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| 3 | 445 | 378-424 | 48 | 1 98
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| 4 | 550 | 493-551 | 56 | 2 70
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| 5 | 650 | 603-687 | 63 | 3 78
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| 6 | 760 | 734-838 | 70 | 7 92
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Notes
- Chain Lightning's initial hit deals 100% of the damage, its second hit 70% and its third hit 40%. In total, Chain Lightning can do up to 210% of its damage.
- Chain Lightning's initial hit receives 71% of your spell damage. It is not affected by any AoE reduction.
- All three hits are calculated individually. As such, it possible (and fairly common) that only one or two hits critically hit.
- Unlike Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning has no projectile animation; instead, it instantly hits all targets.
Talent improvement
- Convection reduces the mana cost of Chain Lightning.
- Stormstrike increases damage of your 2 next nature spells by 20%.
- Lightning Overload gives your Chain Lightning spell a chance to cast a second, half damage spell of the same type, at no additional mana cost.
Tips and tactics
- Chain Lightning has a fairly high chance of triggering Elemental Focus. Due to Chain Lightning's high mana cost, it also benefits well from it.
- Be careful when using this spell if more mobs are nearby that aren't meant to be aggroed. While Chain Lightning may be more tempting to use for its lower cast time and higher damage output, it can easily cause adds.
Past changes
- In Patch 2.3, cast time was reduced to 2.0 (from 2.5), mana costs reduced, benefit from spell damage reduced appropriately.