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Blizzard

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1 secTower 100

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 20 sec., inflicting 24 Frost damage every 1 sec.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 20 sec., inflicting 24 Frost damage every 1 sec. to all enemies in a selected area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 10 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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast time1 sec
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 1287
Radius: 10 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 146 separate Spell records named "Blizzard". This page is record #146782. 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
#125160cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#131555cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#135502cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138778duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#141379cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#141424cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147431difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Looking For Raid, Normal; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#162122cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162610cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164428cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#165742cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173009cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area 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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