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Frost Strike

Spell

Frost Strike

Frost

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Instant castCombat Range

Instantly strike the enemy, causing 115% weapon damage as Frost damage.

Frost Strike

Tooltip

Instantly strike the enemy, causing 115% weapon damage as Frost damage.

How it works

Each cast of Frost Strike costs 35 Runic Power. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Frost Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 121, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 115.

What it does

Frost Strike is a Frost spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 115).

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
Cost35 Runic Power
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 121
Value: 1
Effect #2Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 115

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?

Frost Strike appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Frost Strike". This page is record #49143. 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
#43568duration: 4 sec; effect types: effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60951subtext: Rank 6; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#66047difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 6; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#79895subtext: Rank 6; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#172742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#213793effect types: noneA different effect setup
#222026used by: Cast by Frost Strike; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#261211effect types: noneA different effect setup
#283527effect types: noneA different effect setup
#283528used by: Cast by Frost Strike; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#284226effect types: noneA different effect setup
#303409effect types: noneA 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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