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Frost
MageTooltip
Blasts enemies near the caster for to Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
How it works
Each cast of Frost Nova costs 55 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.
Frost Nova is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 19. It scales with 0.018 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It applies the rooted mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.
What it does
Frost Nova is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 25 sec cooldown and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 19) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the rooted mechanic in a 10 yard radius.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Frost |
|---|---|
| Cost | 55 Mana |
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 25 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 8 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Value: 19 Spell power coefficient: 0.018 Radius: 10 yards |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 26 Mechanic: Rooted Radius: 10 yards |
Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Frost Nova appears in: 1 talent and 1 skill line.
Talents
- Frost Nova (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent
Skill lines
- Mage (Mage), learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Frost spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 83 separate Spell records named "Frost Nova". This page is record #122. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.
| Record | What differs from this record | Likely reason |
|---|---|---|
| #9915 | subtext: Rank 3; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #11831 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #12674 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #12748 | duration: 5 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #14907 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #15063 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #15531 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #15532 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #22645 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #29849 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #30094 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #31250 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.
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