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Howling Blizzard

Spell

Howling Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - 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

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Howling Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 23125
Radius: 5 yards

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 Blizzard appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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 "Howling Blizzard". This page is record #354206. 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; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#354198cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#354208difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#354212duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#354529duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#359397duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#362494cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#362495used by: Cast by Howling Blizzard; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#362499used by: Cast by Howling Blizzard; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#362893duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#362898difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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