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Frost Shock

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Frost Shock

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Instant castTwenty yards

Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 8 sec.

Frost Shock

Tooltip

Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 8 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It applies the snared mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 297. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Frost Shock is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic and deals Frost damage (base value 297).

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 297
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 28 separate Spell records named "Frost Shock". This page is record #19133. 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
#12548effect values: -50, 147 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#15089duration: 4 sec; effect values: -50, 8.5 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#15499effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21030effect values: -50, 169 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#21401effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#22582no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#23115effect values: -50, 221.5 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#29666effect values: -50, 39.69 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#34353cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: -50, 7 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#37332effect values: -50, 12.4 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#37865effect values: -50, 597 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning
#38234effect values: -70, 74.42 (this record: -50, 297)Different tuning

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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