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Frost Armor

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Frost Armor

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Mage

Instant cast10 sec cooldownSelf Only

Encases the caster in a layer of frost that lasts 30 min.

Frost Armor

Tooltip

Encases the caster in a layer of frost that lasts 30 min. The thick ice increases armor, slows melee attackers' movement, and increases the time between their attacks.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Frost Armor is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -5.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Chilled.

What it does

Frost Armor is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 10 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 min. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Chilled.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 sec
Global cooldownNone
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -5
Misc value: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Chilled

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.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 22 separate Spell records named "Frost Armor". This page is record #164068. 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
#31256duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77977duration: until cancelled; effect values: 92.46, 0 (this record: -5, 0)Different tuning
#79865effect values: -10, 0 (this record: -5, 0)Different tuning
#122950effect values: 30, 0 (this record: -5, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#165743effect values: -10, 0 (this record: -5, 0)Different tuning
#183111school: Arcane; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198470effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198473used by: Cast by Frost Armor; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#211582effect values: 18.02, 0 (this record: -5, 0)Different tuning
#282692different tooltip textA variant record
#287392school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#303400different tooltip textA variant record

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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