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Frozen Orb

Spell

Frozen Orb

Frost

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Mage

Instant cast1 min cooldownLong Range

Launches an orb of swirling ice in front of you, dealing up to Frost damage to all enemies it passes through over 15 sec.

Frozen Orb

Tooltip

Launches an orb of swirling ice in front of you, dealing up to Frost damage to all enemies it passes through over 15 sec. After a short delay, Frozen Orb will pursue its target. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.

Enemies damaged by the Frozen Orb are slowed by 50% for 8 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Frozen Orb is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 40.
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 40.
  4. Effect 4 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Frozen Orb is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 40
Misc value: 8661
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 40
Misc value: 34996
Effect #4Dummy (3)

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 Orb appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 38 separate Spell records named "Frozen Orb". This page is record #84714. 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
#72091difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72092used by: Cast by Frozen Orb; school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#72093used by: Cast by Frozen Orb; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#72094school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#82736effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#84721duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#92267school: Physical; effect types: Summon, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#92269school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#92270used by: Cast by Frozen Orb; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#92302school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#92303used by: Cast by Frozen Orb; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#95883school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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.

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