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Blizzard

Spell

Blizzard

Frost

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2 sec12 sec cooldownMedium Range

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

Blizzard

Tooltip

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

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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 26.

What it does

Blizzard is a Frost spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards, a 12 sec cooldown and effects that last 8 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown12 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 33466
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26

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 #8364. 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
#12486cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15783duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19099cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20680cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21096duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21367cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25019cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26607cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27618subtext: Rank 6; cast time: instant; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29458school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#29951used by: Cast by Circular Blizzard; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30093duration: 6 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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