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Chains of Ice

Spell

Chains of Ice

Frost

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Death Knight

Instant castMedium Range

Shackles the target with frozen chains, dealing Frost damage and reducing movement speed by 60% for 8 sec.

Chains of Ice

Tooltip

Shackles the target with frozen chains, dealing Frost damage and reducing movement speed by 60% for 8 sec. Also infects the target with Frost Fever.

How it works

Each cast of Chains of Ice costs 1 Power (21). Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Chains of Ice is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -60. It applies the snared mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). It applies the snared mechanic.
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic and deals Frost damage.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFrost
Cost1 Power (21)
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -60
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #3School Damage (2)

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Chains of Ice appears in: 1 skill line and 2 spells that cast it.

Skill lines

  • Death Knight (Death Knight), learned automaticallySkill line

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #45524. 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
#22744cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22745used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29991duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39268cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53534duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58464duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61077duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65173cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65174used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#66020duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#72171cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79899duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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