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Spell
Chains of Ice
Frost
Death KnightShackles the target and 1 nearby enemy with frozen chains, reducing movement speed by 70% for 8 sec.
Tooltip
Shackles the target and 1 nearby enemy with frozen chains, reducing movement speed by 70% for 8 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Chains of Ice costs 1 Runes. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.
Chains of Ice is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -70. It applies the snared mechanic.
- Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). It applies the snared mechanic.
- Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2).
- Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 270.
- Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 193.
What it does
Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic, deals Frost damage and applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.
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
| School | Frost |
|---|---|
| Cost | 1 Runes |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 8 sec |
| Mechanic | Snared |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 33 Value: -70 Mechanic: Snared Chain targets: 1 |
| Effect #2 | Dummy (3) Mechanic: Snared |
| Effect #3 | School Damage (2) |
| Effect #4 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 270 Misc value: 17 Chain targets: 1 |
| Effect #5 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 193 |
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: 1 skill line and 2 spells that cast it.
Skill lines
- Death Knight (Death Knight), learned automaticallySkill line
Spells that cast it
- Frozen CoreTriggers this spell
- Unbreakable CuffsTriggers this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #45524. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #22744 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #22745 | used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #29991 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #39268 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #53534 | duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #58464 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #61077 | duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #65173 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #65174 | used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #66020 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #72171 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #79899 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A 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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