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A [[Sub-Trope]] and combination of [[Shock and Awe]] and [[Herd-Hitting Attack]], basically an electric attack hits a target, then it jumps towards other nearby targets (may hit allies, depending on the setting).
A [[Lightning Gun]] may have this ability. Not to be confused with the song by [[Steely Dan]], or the other song by [[Rush]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Zaguruzemu spell in ''[[Gash Bell]]'' had this as one of its many effects.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'': This is generally how lightning-themed attacks work, for example the Warplightning Cannon. An older edition's Lightning Dragons had a [[Breath Weapon]] with this effect. A later edition added a Heavens spell actually called Chain Lightning, it has a chance to jump to a second target after the first, then a third after the second and so on until it fails to jump.
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201126 Chain Lightning] is an interesting example in that the spell's first target (or the target's owner) gets to choose the next target. As long as each player is willing and able to spend [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|red mana]] on the spell, the process repeats itself.
** Some more direct examples of Chain Lightning effects would be [http://magiccards.info/10e/en/194.html Cone of Flame] (the classic decreasing damage effect), [http://magiccards.info/lw/en/221.html Incremental Growth] (a buff-like spell) and [http://magiccards.info/arc/en/17.html Incremental Blight] (almost the same as Cone of Flame, but hits creatures only).
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' card game (and its short-lived miniature game) faithfully recreates the video-game-version's Chain Lightning and Chain Healing spells (the page picture is from the WoW card game, not the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]). This trope is so prevalent in the card game in that many Shamans or Shaman abilities/equipments can cast Chain Lightning, dealing or healing 3 damage to the first target, 2 to the next and 1 to the last.
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* ''[[World of Warcraft]] '':
** The Shaman class has chain lightning. After hitting its initial target, it will jump to the nearest enemy, but each jump reduces the damage it does.
::Shaman players also have access to a Glyph that causes their Chain Lightning attacks to jump through five targets rather than the usual three, but do 10% less initial damage.▼
▲Shaman players also have access to a Glyph that causes their Chain Lightning attacks to jump through five targets rather than the usual three, but do 10% less initial damage.
** Some of the Mobs and bosses invert this with each jump doing more damage to encourage players to spread out.
** There is also Chain Healing, which functions similar and does exactly what you think it does.
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** In ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent'', Ashe's secondary shot in Model A form shoots one stream of electricity that arcs between every enemy you lock onto, as opposed to Grey's which fires a homing bullet at each enemy.
* ''[[Kings Bounty]]'' has the Lightning spell, which initially only strikes one target.
* One of [[X-Men|Storm's]] signature powers in ''[[X
* ''[[Dungeon Crawl]]'' has Chain Lightning spell, which is very powerful.
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'': Crypto's [[Thing-O-Matic|Zap-O-Matic]] can do this after an upgrade or two.
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* There's that one [[Lightning Gun|electric beam]] [[Buffy-Speak|gun thingy]] in ''[[Hellgate:London]]''. The beam spreads to nearby enemies, and it can also [[Standard Status Effects|shock]] them, so they stop or move slower.
* [[Averted Trope|Conspicuously absent]] for the longest time in ''[[City of Heroes]]''. By now, it's become a staple of the later-coming Electric powersets (Electric Melee's ''Chain Induction'', Electric Control's ''Jolting Chain'' and ''Synaptic Overload'' and the Incarnate power ''Ion Judgment''), but is still missing from the earliest one, Electric Blast.
* The ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex]]'' promo for ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' came with the Short Circuit secondary for the Engineer, which fires electricity and hits targets in front of Engineer, AND targets near those, even teammates. In a twist, it's extremely weak (it only does 5 damage), and its main purpose is instead to destroy enemy projectile.
* Lightning spells in ''[[Magicka]]'' can hit several nearby enemies at once.
* There's a skill in [[Dragon Nest]] that's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|named]] this.
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* In ''[[Quake 4]]'', the [[Lightning Gun]] does this after being upgraded by a technician.
* In ''[[Age of Wonders]]'', there's a spell called Chain Lightning that does just this, limited to four units attacked in chain and they must be at a certain distance from node to node.
* ''[[Borderlands 2]]'': the
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