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Lightning Storm |
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| School | Destruction | Difficulty | Master |
| Type | Offensive | Casting | Concentration |
| Delivery | Aimed | Equip | Both Hands |
| Spell ID | 0007e8e5 | Editor ID | LightningStorm |
| Base Cost | 138/s | Charge Time | 3.0 |
| Duration | 1 | Range | (?) |
| Magnitude | 75 | Area | 0 |
| Tome ID | 000a270e | Tome Value | 1400 |
| Purchase from (after Destruction Ritual Spell) | |||
- Target takes 75 points of shock damage per second to Health, and half that to Magicka.
Lightning Storm is a master level destruction spell that deals massive shock damage to Health and Magicka.
EffectsEdit
- Lightning Storm, 75 pts for 1 sec
- Disintegrate, 200 pts for 1 sec; regardless of whether or not the Disintegrate perk has been unlocked
PerksEdit
- Augmented Shock, raises damage to 93.75/s at first rank or 112.5/s at second rank
NotesEdit
- Lightning Storm has roughly equivalent damage to dual-casting Lightning Bolt, and uses roughly equivalent magicka per second. However, it has almost unlimited range, making it highly effective against airborne dragons in particular. For closer-range combat, other spells that deal greater damage may be more effective.
- This is the only spell in the game that is a concentration spell that also requires casting with both hands. It is a Ritual spell, as well, with a 3-second delay before initially casting.
- Due to the fact that this spell cannot be dual-cast, its damage per second is significantly lower than most Expert level spells.
- Oddly, Lightning Storm does not kill hawks.
- There is a Master level fiery version of this spell, named "Dragon Breath", which is only available through console commands.
- Lightning Storm can be used to set off Shock Runes from a distance, though it might be overpowered for such a use in particular.
- Lightning Storm is the longest reaching concentration-type spell. All others (Flames, Frostbite and Sparks) have a much shorter range, though can be singly or dual cast. Lightning Storm is always dual-cast.
- Casting this spell in an enclosed area or a room with lots of objects will scatter them, resulting in a large mess, even if the spell wasn't aimed at them. The screen also shakes continuously when casting at close range.
BugsEdit
- Lightning Storm will not advance the Destruction skill.
Mod Notes: The Skill Usage Multiplier for both magic effects of the spell is 0.
The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.1.2, fixes this bug.
- If a dragon is disintegrated with this spell, you will sometimes not absorb the dragon soul.
- If lightning storm is used to disintegrate respawning enemies, like invaders during the Battle for Whiterun, respawned enemies will be invisible.
