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Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Ice Shards pelt the targeted area, inflicting 27.9878 Frost damage every 2 sec for 30 sec.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Ice Shards pelt the targeted area, inflicting 27.9878 Frost damage every 2 sec for 30 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 27.9878 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (419.82 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It applies the snared mechanic.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura with the snared mechanic.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 27.9878
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Mechanic: Snared

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 #216476. 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
#183096duration: 8 sec; effect 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
#190356used by: Talent: Mage; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#190357duration: 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; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 300, -40 (this record: 27.99, -50); 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
#207087duration: until cancelled; effect values: 400, -40 (this record: 27.99, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#216471used by: Cast by Make the Snow; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#218494cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#237326cast 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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