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Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castMedium Range

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 8 sec., inflicting Frost damage every 1 sec.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 8 sec., inflicting Frost damage every 1 sec. to all enemies in a selected area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2.9149 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 15 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (23.32 base in total).

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 15 yard radius every 1 sec.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2.9149
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 15 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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 #162610. 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
#138778cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 5.45 (this record: 2.91); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#141379cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 300 (this record: 2.91)Different tuning
#141424cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 1500 (this record: 2.91)Different tuning
#146782cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147431difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Looking For Raid, Normal; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#162122cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 0.48 (this record: 2.91)Different tuning
#164428cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 4 (this record: 2.91)Different tuning
#165742cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 138 (this record: 2.91)Different tuning
#173009effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173010used by: Cast by Blizzard; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183096effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183097used by: Cast by Blizzard; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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