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Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing to Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Frostbolt costs 225 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.
Frostbolt is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -40. It applies the ensnared mechanic.
- Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 353. It scales with 0.814 times spell power.
What it does
Frostbolt is a Frost spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the ensnared mechanic and deals Frost damage (base value 353).
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 | 225 Mana |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 3 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 9 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 33 Value: -40 Mechanic: Ensnared |
| Effect #2 | School Damage (2) Value: 353 Spell power coefficient: 0.814 |
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.
Related
More Frost spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 202 separate Spell records named "Frostbolt". This page is record #10180. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #116 | subtext: Rank 1; used by: Mage; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec | A different rank or variant |
| #9672 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #11538 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #12675 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #13322 | duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #13439 | cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #15043 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15497 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15530 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #16249 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #17503 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #20297 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | 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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