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Frost Nova

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Frost Nova

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Instant cast10 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 75 Frost damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 8 sec.

Frost Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts 75 Frost damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 8 sec.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 75. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Frost Nova is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 10 sec cooldown and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 75) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura in a 10 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the rooted 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
MechanicRooted
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 75
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Radius: 10 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 83 separate Spell records named "Frost Nova". This page is record #15063. 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
#122used by: Mage; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#9915subtext: Rank 3; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different rank or variant
#11831duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#12674effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12748duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#14907effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15531effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15532effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#22645effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29849duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#30094effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31250duration: 10 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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