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Frozen Orb

Spell

Frozen Orb

Frost

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Mage

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

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

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.777 times spell power. Its area radius is 9.5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 8.

What it does

Frozen Orb is a Frost spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Frost damage in a 9.5 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 0.777
Radius: 9.5 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 8

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.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

  • Effect: Spell power coefficient changed from 0.6758 to 0.777 (patch 12.1.5)

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 38 separate Spell records named "Frozen Orb". This page is record #84721. 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; 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
#82736duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#84714used by: Talent: Mage; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#92267school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; 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; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#95883school: Physical; 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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