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Howling Blades

Spell

Howling Blades

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Rime empowered Howling Blast unleashes 2 icy blades at its target that deal (25.2% of Attack Power) Frost damage and have 15% chance to grant Killing Machine.

Howling Blades

Tooltip

Rime empowered Howling Blast unleashes 2 icy blades at its target that deal (25.2% of Attack Power) Frost damage and have 15% chance to grant Killing Machine.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Howling Blades is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 15.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 2.

What it does

Howling Blades is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 15
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 2

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?

Howling Blades 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 3 separate Spell records named "Howling Blades". This page is record #1230223. 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
#1231082school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1231083school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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