Lightning

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Lightning is a gameplay mechanic added on June 1, 2020, in the v0.9.5 "Storm Mode" update, as a part of the Storm Map. After showing sparks for a few seconds, a tremendous explosion will take place, striking the ground. It deals fatal damage to players and catastrophic damage to Obstacles.

Technical

Explosion deals 200 damage to players
150x damage multiplier on obstacles (30000 damage total)
Lightning Strike radius totals 10-20 range (5-10 normal player widths)
Anywhere from one to three lightning strikes appear in close proximity to each other.
Lightning emits a bright flash on screen, no matter how close you are to it.

Strategies

Use an LMG to push any enemies toward the Lightning if you see it begin to charge up.
Since you can survive a Lightning bolt with a Level 2 Helmet and Level 3 Vest or higher, you can run in to finish off anyone nearby.

Damage

200 damage	No Helmet	Level 1 Helmet	Level 2 Helmet	Level 3 Helmet	Level 4 Helmet
No Vest	200	185	176	167	158
Level 1 Vest	150	138.75	132	125.25	118.5
Level 2 Vest	124	114.7	109.12	103.54	97.96
Level 3 Vest	110	101.75	96.8	91.85	86.9
Level 4 Vest	80	74	70.4	66.8	63.2

Images

While charging the following images show, presumably in order.

Sounds

Trivia

Screen shakes on lightning strikes are huge, sometimes even screwing up the entire screen. This can mess up gameplay if screen shake setting is not disabled.
Lightning also causes large lag spikes, most likely because of all the effects created by it and the sheer damage it does.
The charred areas of the lightning strikes don't load until halfway on screen. This is most likely a product of the lag caused.