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Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Ice shards pelt the area, inflicting 15 Frost damage every 1.5 sec.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Ice shards pelt the area, inflicting 15 Frost damage every 1.5 sec. Players hit with become, reducing their movement speed by 70% for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 15.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 15).

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 15

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 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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 #287296. 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
#183097effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#190356used by: Talent: Mage; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#190357effect values: 0 (this record: 15); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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 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
#207087duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216471used by: Cast by Make the Snow; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#216476duration: 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
#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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