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Freezing Trap

Spell

Freezing Trap

Frost

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min.

Freezing Trap

Tooltip

Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min. Damage may break the effect. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.

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 12.

What it does

Freezing Trap is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the frozen 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
Duration1 min
MechanicFrozen
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12

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 50 separate Spell records named "Freezing Trap". This page is record #1271225. 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
#1219224used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1219247used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#1219266duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#1219321duration: until cancelledA variant record
#1243717used by: Cast by Harpoon; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1243731used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; school: Physical; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1243732used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1243741duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1260728school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1260731journal encounter: Muro'jin and Nekraxx; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1260736school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1265569school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA 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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