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Blizzard

Spell

Blizzard

Frost

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Mage

2 sec12 sec cooldownLong Range

Ice shards pelt the target area, dealing Frost damage over 12 sec and reducing movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Ice shards pelt the target area, dealing Frost damage over 12 sec and reducing movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.

This spell is cast at your target.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 12 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 12 yards.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 12 sec cooldown and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 12 yard radius.

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

SchoolFrost
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown12 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 12 yards
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 50
Misc value: 4658
Radius: 12 yards

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Blizzard appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Blizzard for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 146 separate Spell records named "Blizzard". This page is record #1248829. 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
#183097used by: Cast by Blizzard; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#190356different tooltip textA variant record
#190357cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198525duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204737used by: Cast by Choking Cloud; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#204739cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#207084cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#207087cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216471used by: Cast by Make the Snow; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#216476cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#218494duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#237326duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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