Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning
Overview
Mana cost:	4
Rarity:	Common
Faction:	Zen-Chi
Type:	Spell
Description:	A roaring streak of lightning that deals damage and causes stuns. It jumps to the nearest enemy up to 5 times. Stun: Stunned units are unable to attack or move
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Damage:		100
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AOE Radius:		7
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Duration:		2 sec
Cast delay:		1 sec
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General

Chain Lightning is one of the Spell Cards in Minion Masters.

Mechanics

• Always starts from the center of the range indicator circle
• Continues jumping to the nearest unit within 5 units of distance of where it last hit (as long as there is one).
• Hits each unit only once.
• There is a 275 ms delay between each bounce.
• Also hits invisible targets.

History

• Chain Lightning was added to the game in Update 14 - Wild Cards! (19 Jan, 2017)
• In Update 15 - Happy Lunar New Year! (26 Jan, 2017) the bounce delay of the Chain Lightning was reduced from 352 ms to 275 ms.
• In Update 17 - Draft in the house! (17 Feb, 2017) Chain Lightning was changed to no longer hit invisible minions.
• In Update 19 - Achievement unlocked! (8 Mar, 2017) the last change was revert and Chain Lightning could hit invisible minions again.
• In Update 25 - Death from above (19 Apr, 2017) Chain Lightning cast delay was increased from instant to 2s.
• In Update 76 - Avatars and much more! (12 Sep, 2018) Chain Lightning was changed to also stun its targets for 0.5s.
• In Update 84 - Rise of the Howling Moon (17 Dec, 2018) Chain Lightning received the following changes:
  • Cast delay reduced from 2s to 1.5s
  • Stun duration increased from 0.5s to 1s
• In Update 90 (20 Mar, 2019) Chain Lightning received the following changes:
  • Cast delay reduced from 1.5s to 1s
  • Stun duration increased from 1s to 2s
• In Update 1.5 (11 Sep, 2019) Chain Lightning's radius was reduced from 8 to 7
• In Mini-Update - Mal’Shaars Malicious Malediction! (21 Nov, 2019) Chain Lighting was changed to only be able to hit a maximum of 10 enemies.
• In Update 1.26 - Best Plan NO PLAN! (1 July, 2021), the mana cost of Chain Lightning was increased from 4 to 5.
• In Update 1.28 - Malediction (20 September, 2021), the maximum number of bounces was increased from 10 to 12.
• In Update 1.43 - Furry Fury (5 January, 2023), Chain Lightning was reworked:
  • Mana cost reduced from 5 to 4
  • Maximum number of bounces reduced from 12 to 6
• In Update 1.46 - Arise! (April 13, 2023), Chain Lightning's chain bounce distance was reduced from 7 range to 5 range.
• In Update 1.47 - Into the Void (18 May 2023), the number of bounces was reduced from 6 to 5.