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Glacial Overload

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Glacial Overload

Frost

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5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Garfrost's overloaded forge pulses cold for 3.5 sec, increasing all player's Frost damage taken by 75% every 0.5 sec for 14 sec.

Glacial Overload

Tooltip

Garfrost's overloaded forge pulses cold for 3.5 sec, increasing all player's Frost damage taken by 75% every 0.5 sec for 14 sec. This effect stacks.

Saronite ore protects players from this effect.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 7 times over the full 3.5 sec. It triggers Glacial Overload.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 495. It triggers Glacial Overload.

What it does

Glacial Overload is a Frost spell with a 5 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 3.5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Glacial Overload (record #1275679) and Glacial Overload (record #1262098).

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 time5 sec
Duration3.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Glacial Overload
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 495
Trigger spell: Glacial Overload

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?

Glacial Overload 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 10 separate Spell records named "Glacial Overload". This page is record #1262029. 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
#1262022used by: Cast by Glacial Overload; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#1262043cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1262098used by: Cast by Glacial Overload; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 203A helper record another spell casts
#1275679used by: Cast by Glacial Overload; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#1275687cast time: instant; duration: 14 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1275801used by: Cast by Glacial Overload; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#1275809school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1275816school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1283835school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 203, effect 203A 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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