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Biting Frost

Spell

Biting Frost

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Forms an area of extreme coldness around the caster, inflicting Frost damage to nearby enemies.

Biting Frost

Tooltip

Forms an area of extreme coldness around the caster, inflicting Frost damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Biting Frost is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 23954

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Biting Frost". This page is record #362060. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#362059school: Frost; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#388924journal encounter: Liskanoth, The Futurebane; school: Frost; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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