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Howling Winds

Spell

Howling Winds

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Jaina blinks away and conjures a powerful storm, restricting the vision of targets further away.

Howling Winds

Tooltip

Jaina blinks away and conjures a powerful storm, restricting the vision of targets further away.

Additionally, she continually radiates glacial shards outward.

How it works

Howling Winds is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 225. Its base value is 30.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 6 sec.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Howling Winds is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 6 sec.

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
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 225
Value: 30
Misc value: 16
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 6 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Misc value: 241
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Howling Winds appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Howling Winds". This page is record #288169. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#143937school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Jump to DestinationA different effect setup
#288099school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#288199duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289861school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Teleport; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289866school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Teleport; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#290053duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#290284used by: Cast by Flash Freeze; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#290535effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#341355school: Physical; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341459school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341509school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#341510school: Shadow; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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