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Frost Nova

Spell

Frost Nova

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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

Frost Nova

Tooltip

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

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It applies the rooted mechanic.

What it does

Frost Nova is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the rooted mechanic. 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
MechanicRooted
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Mechanic: Rooted

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 #176276. 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
#134466duration: until cancelledA variant record
#145532effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#155589duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157563duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164067effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#164436duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#165741cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#176327cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#215664used by: Cast by Frost Nova; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#215904duration: none; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#218253used by: Cast by Flrgl Drgl Drgl Grgl; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#220128duration: 4 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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