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Frost Breath

Spell

Frost Breath

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shoots a gust of frozen wind at the target location, dealing Frost damage to enemies within a 8 yard radius and freezing them in place for up to 6 seconds.

Frost Breath

Tooltip

Shoots a gust of frozen wind at the target location, dealing Frost damage to enemies within a 8 yard radius and freezing them in place for up to 6 seconds. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 4. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Frost Breath is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 6 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 4
Radius: 6 yards

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 Breath appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 86 separate Spell records named "Frost Breath". This page is record #159587. 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
#95970school: Frost; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97226school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Power Drain, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99744used by: Cast by Frost Breath Strafe; school: Frost; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#105461school: Frost; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#159586school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161459school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161887school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174049school: Frost; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 22 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#190780used by: Death Knight; school: Frost; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#201379journal encounter: Shivermaw; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#201380school: Frost; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#220850school: Frost; 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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