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Howling Blizzard

Spell

Howling Blizzard

Frost

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Frost spell.

Howling Blizzard

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Howling Blizzard is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 min. 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

SchoolFrost
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 min
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1757, 7

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 #354529. 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; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#354206journal encounter: Kel'Thuzad; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster
#354208difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#354212duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#359397duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#362494journal encounter: Kel'Thuzad; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#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; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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; 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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