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Frost Ward

Spell

Frost Ward

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Mage

Instant cast5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 1 min.

Frost Ward

Tooltip

Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 1 min. and can absorb a fixed amount of Frost damage.

How it works

Each cast of Frost Ward costs 95 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 120.

What it does

Frost Ward is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Cost95 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 120
Misc value: 16

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 3 separate Spell records named "Frost Ward". This page is record #15044. 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
#25641duration: 30 sec; effect values: 5.09 (this record: 120); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#320802duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; 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.

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 sighted1 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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