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Frost Nova

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Frost Nova

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Instant castSelf Only

Blasts all players, inflicting 10 Frost damage and freezing them in place for 8 sec.

Frost Nova

Tooltip

Blasts all players, inflicting 10 Frost damage and freezing them in place for 8 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 10. Its area radius is 12 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It applies the rooted mechanic. Its area radius is 12 yards.

What it does

Frost Nova is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 10) in a 12 yard radius and applies an aura with the rooted mechanic in a 12 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

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 10
Radius: 12 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Mechanic: Rooted
Radius: 12 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 #287456. 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
#265194school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#265584duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0.25, 0 (this record: 10, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#268762duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#270613difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#271817cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 163.5, 0 (this record: 10, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#278968effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#279549cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284879duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0.2, 0 (this record: 10, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#289219journal encounter: Lady Jaina Proudmoore; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different caster
#290356duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#290357duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#303308cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % 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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