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Glacial Ray

Spell

Glacial Ray

Frost

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2.5 secTower 100

Channels a ray of intense cold, inflicting 25 Frost damage every 0.5 sec in a line.

Glacial Ray

Tooltip

Channels a ray of intense cold, inflicting 25 Frost damage every 0.5 sec in a line.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 9 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 288408.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 12 times over the full 6 sec. It triggers Glacial Ray.

What it does

Glacial Ray is a Frost spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec. It also casts Glacial Ray (record #288363).

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 (Tower 100)
Cast time2.5 sec
Global cooldown9 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 1159
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 288408
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Glacial Ray

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 Ray appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Lady Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor
    Journal section: Stage Two: Frozen Wrath > Lady Jaina Proudmoore; Stage Three: Daughter of the Sea > Lady Jaina Proudmoore
    Encounter creatures: Lady Jaina ProudmooreRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Glacial Ray". This page is record #288345. 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
#288347school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288363used by: Cast by Glacial Ray; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#288400school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#298269effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#300083school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#303575effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303576used by: Cast by Glacial Ray; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#303577cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#340769effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#340770used by: Cast by Glacial Ray; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1280958cast time: 1 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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