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Frost Breath

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Frost Breath

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2 sec6 sec cooldownLong Range

Shoots a gust of frozen wind at the target location, dealing Frost damage to enemies within a 6 yard radius and forms a pool of frost that deals Frost damage to enemies that stand within it every 3...

Frost Breath

Tooltip

Shoots a gust of frozen wind at the target location, dealing Frost damage to enemies within a 6 yard radius and forms a pool of frost that deals Frost damage to enemies that stand within it every 3 sec. for 9 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2000. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Frost Breath.
  3. Effect 3 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 100 per tick. Its area radius is 6 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (300 base in total).

What it does

Frost Breath is a Frost spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 2000) in a 6 yard radius and leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 6 yard radius every 3 sec. It also casts Frost Breath (record #159587).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration9 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2000
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Frost Breath
Effect #3Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 100
Radius: 6 yards
Period: every 3 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 86 separate Spell records named "Frost Breath". This page is record #159586. 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
#95970cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97226duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Power Drain, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99744used by: Cast by Frost Breath Strafe; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#105461cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#159587used by: Cast by Frost Breath; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#161459duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161887duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174049cast time: 3 sec; duration: 22 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#190780used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#201379journal encounter: Shivermaw; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#201380used by: Cast by Frost Breath; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#220850cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; 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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