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Frostbolt

Spell

Frostbolt

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1.5 secExtended Range

Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 4 sec.

Frostbolt

Tooltip

Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 4 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 30.9276.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50.

What it does

Frostbolt is a Frost spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 30.9276) and 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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration4 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 30.9276
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50

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 202 separate Spell records named "Frostbolt". This page is record #59855. 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
#57825cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 396.5, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#58457cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 6.24, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#58535cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 22.81, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#59017effect values: 25.98, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#59251cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 10.82, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#59280cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 3.71, -40 (this record: 30.93, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#59638cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 0, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#61087cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 14.59, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#61461cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 1096.5, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#61590cast time: 2 secA variant record
#61730cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 2.15, -50 (this record: 30.93, -50)Different tuning
#61747cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 30.33, -65 (this record: 30.93, -50)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.

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