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Frost Patch

Spell

Frost Patch

Physical

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2 sec5 sec cooldownVision 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

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 200 yards.

What it does

Frost Patch is a spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and a 5 sec cooldown.

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 time2 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 200 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 9 separate Spell records named "Frost Patch". This page is record #341923. 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; used by: Cast by Frost Patch; school: Frost; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#252266school: Frost; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#282410used by: Cast by Frost Breath; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#282414journal encounter: Ivus the Forest Lord; school: Frost; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#341919school: Frost; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341920used by: Cast by Frost Patch; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#341922school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#1297648journal encounter: The Lost Explorers; school: Frost; cast time: instant; 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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