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Ice Trap

Spell

Ice Trap

Frost

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Instant cast30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Place a frost trap that creates an ice slick around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches it.

Ice Trap

Tooltip

Place a frost trap that creates an ice slick around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches it. All enemies within 10 yards will be slowed by 50% while in the area of effect. Trap will exist for 1 min.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 2 yards.

What it does

Ice Trap is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 min. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 2 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
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 1614
Radius: 2 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 20 separate Spell records named "Ice Trap". This page is record #13809. 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
#13810duration: 30 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#41086duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#63487duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#71249duration: 30 sec; effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71647duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#102977used by: Cast by Ice Arrow; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#132723duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#135309duration: 30 sec; effect values: 12 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#162757school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#162761duration: 14 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#302338school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#302591school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA 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.

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
Listed asFrost Trap
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 28 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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