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Blizzard

Frost

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Instant cast7 sec cooldownSelf Only

Ice shards pelt the target area, inflicting 25 Frost damage every 1 sec for 15 sec and reducing movement speed by 30%.

Blizzard

Tooltip

Ice shards pelt the target area, inflicting 25 Frost damage every 1 sec for 15 sec and reducing movement speed by 30%.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its area radius is 200 yards.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 7 sec cooldown and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 200 yard radius.

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
Cooldown7 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Radius: 200 yards

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 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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 #464337. 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; 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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