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Blizzard

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Blizzard

Frost

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3 sec5 sec cooldownLong Range

Ice shards pelt the target area, inflicting Frost damage over time and slowing enemies.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Ice shards pelt the target area, inflicting Frost damage over time and slowing enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -60.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect and 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

SchoolFrost
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 6054
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -60

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 #204739. 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
#173010used by: Cast by Blizzard; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183096cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183097used by: Cast by Blizzard; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#190356used by: Talent: Mage; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#190357cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198525cast time: 2 sec; duration: 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 AuraA helper record another spell casts
#207084no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#207087cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA 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
#218494cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; 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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