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Cone of Cold

Spell

Cone of Cold

Frost

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts Frost damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster, reducing their movement speed for 8 sec.

Cone of Cold

Tooltip

Inflicts Frost damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster, reducing their movement speed for 8 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Cone of Cold costs 120 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Cone of Cold is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 37.209. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Cone of Cold is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 10 yard radius and deals Frost damage (base value 37.209) in a 10 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
Cost120 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 37.209
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 10 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Cone of Cold". This page is record #29717. 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
#12557effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#12611effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#15244effect values: -50, 297 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#20828effect values: -50, 205 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#22746effect values: -50, 297 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#30095effect values: -50, 7.63 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#34325effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37265effect values: -50, 31.01 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#38384effect values: -50, 1163.5 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#38644duration: 12 sec; effect values: -50, 36.16 (this record: -50, 37.21)Different tuning
#43066duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46984effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Knock BackA 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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