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Chains of Ice

Spell

Chains of Ice

Frost

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Forms icy chains around the enemy, locking the target in place and burning mana every 2 sec.

Chains of Ice

Tooltip

Forms icy chains around the enemy, locking the target in place and burning mana every 2 sec. for 4 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Power Burn (effect type 62). Its base value is 7. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it burns a resource on the target (base value 7).

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Power Burn (62)
Value: 7
Spell power coefficient: 1

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?

Chains of Ice appears in: 2 spells that cast 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 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #22745. 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
#113cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#512subtext: Rank 2; used by: Cast by Chilled Earth; cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#22744cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29991duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39268cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45524used by: Death Knight; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#53534duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58464duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61077effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65173cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65174effect values: 8.5 (this record: 7); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#66020duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply 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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