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Freezing Trap

Spell

Freezing Trap

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

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

  1. Effect 1 is Learn Spell (effect type 36). It triggers Freezing Trap.

What it does

Freezing Trap is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it teaches a spell. It also casts Freezing Trap (record #187650).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Learn Spell (36)
Trigger spell: Freezing Trap

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 #321159. 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
#240571used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#240572effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240574school: Frost; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278463cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278464effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#278466used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#278468school: Frost; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#321164effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#321165used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#321177school: Frost; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#361135subtext: Utility; used by: Cast by Freezing Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different rank or variant
#361136subtext: Utility; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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