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Frost Bolt

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Frost Bolt

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Instant castTower 100

Fires a frozen bolt at a random player, inflicting 6 Frost damage every 1 second and applying a stack of to the first target it hits.

Frost Bolt

Tooltip

Fires a frozen bolt at a random player, inflicting 6 Frost damage every 1 second and applying a stack of to the first target it hits. The target is also pinned.

How it works

Frost Bolt is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Summon (effect type 28).
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 6 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 30 times over the full 30 sec (180 base in total).

What it does

Frost Bolt is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura, summons a creature and applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the stunned 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 (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Summon (28)
Misc value: 152346, 64
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 6
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Frost Bolt appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Frost Bolt". This page is record #295704. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#295606school: Physical; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295621school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295702used by: Cast by Frost Bolt; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#295718school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303401cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303756cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#432151cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#442636cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#455058cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; 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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