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Howling Blizzard

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Howling Blizzard

Frost

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

When depleted of mana, Kel'Thuzad summons a blizzard that creates ice patches.

Howling Blizzard

Tooltip

When depleted of mana, Kel'Thuzad summons a blizzard that creates ice patches. Standing in an ice patch inflicts 33.5324 Frost damage every 1 sec.

These patches grow over 20 sec before exploding, inflicting 120 Frost damage to enemies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 1 sec, 20 times over the full 20 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Howling Blizzard is a Frost spell with a 3 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and 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

SchoolFrost
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 23179

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Howling Blizzard". This page is record #354198. 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
#312676school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#354206journal encounter: Kel'Thuzad; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster
#354208difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min; effect values: 25, 0 (this record: 0, 0)A per-difficulty version
#354212cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#354529cast time: instant; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#359397cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#362494journal encounter: Kel'Thuzad; different tooltip textA different caster
#362495used by: Cast by Howling Blizzard; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 4, 0 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#362499used by: Cast by Howling Blizzard; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#362893cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#362898difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min; effect values: 25, 0 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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