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Frost Patch

Spell

Frost Patch

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

A frosty patch blankets the ground, reducing movement speed and haste of players within the area.

Frost Patch

Tooltip

A frosty patch blankets the ground, reducing movement speed and haste of players within the area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Frost Patch is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 21759

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 Patch 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 9 separate Spell records named "Frost Patch". This page is record #341920. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#252265difficulty rows: Heroic; school: Frost; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#252266school: Frost; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#282410used by: Cast by Frost Breath; duration: 1 minA helper record another spell casts
#282414journal encounter: Ivus the Forest Lord; school: Frost; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#341919school: Frost; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341922school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#341923cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1297648journal encounter: The Lost Explorers; school: Frost; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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