Spell · Nature internal
Lightning Strike
Other versions of Lightning Strike: all 5 versions · #16614 · #23687 · #1213417 · #1213418
Lightning Strike is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 60 to 0).
Lightning Strike tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever
The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.
Classic Era Oct 27, 2026
Lightning Strike
Requires level 60
Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 200 to 300 Nature damage.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Lightning Strike
Changed: Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 250 Nature damage.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
Lightning Strike changes between Forever builds
Items with Lightning Strike
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Questions about Lightning Strike
Did Lightning Strike change in WoW Forever?
No. Lightning Strike is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 60 to 0).
Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value