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Blizzard

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Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castMedium Range

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 8 sec, inflicting 6 Frost damage every 1 sec to all enemies in a selected area.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Calls down a blizzard that lasts 8 sec, inflicting 6 Frost damage every 1 sec to all enemies in a selected area.

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 6 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260. Its base value is 4.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 6
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Value: 4
Misc value: 1636, 7

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 #450668. 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
#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; effect values: 300, -40 (this record: 6, 4); 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
#207087effect values: 400, -40 (this record: 6, 4); 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
#216476duration: 30 sec; effect values: 27.99, -50 (this record: 6, 4); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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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