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Frozen Ground

Spell

Frozen Ground

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The cold freezes the ground in the area for 30 sec, inflicting 8 Frost damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 30%.

Frozen Ground

Tooltip

The cold freezes the ground in the area for 30 sec, inflicting 8 Frost damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 30%.

How it works

Frozen Ground is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -30.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Frozen Ground is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -30
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1975, 5

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Frozen Ground appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Frozen Ground". This page is record #387150. 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
#215323used by: Cast by Frozen Ground; school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#246264school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#261172school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#261174school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, effect 160A different effect setup
#300715school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#300961difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Abyssal Commander Sivara; duration: 20 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#303473school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#303518school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#303567effect values: 0, 10, 50 (this record: 8, -30, 0)Different tuning
#353143used by: Cast by Frozen Ground; school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#353144school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 160A different effect setup
#387149difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA per-difficulty version

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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