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Chains of Ice

Spell

Chains of Ice

Frost

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Death Knight

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Shackles the target with frozen chains, preventing movement for 3 sec.

Chains of Ice

Tooltip

Shackles the target with frozen chains, preventing movement for 3 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 455.

What it does

Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the rooted 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

SchoolFrost
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration3 sec
MechanicRooted
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 455

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 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #96294. 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
#22745used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29991duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#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
#53534effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58464duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#61077duration: none; effect 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
#65174used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#66020duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#72171cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#79899duration: 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.

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