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Ice Barrier

Spell

Ice Barrier

Frost

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Shields you with ice, absorbing damage and increasing your armor for 1 min.

Ice Barrier

Tooltip

Shields you with ice, absorbing damage and increasing your armor for 1 min.

Melee attacks against you reduce the attacker's movement speed by 50%.

How it works

It works on charges (charge category 471); the charge count and recharge time live in a client table the datamine does not carry, so they are not stated here. Casting it triggers a 0.8 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Ice Barrier is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 35.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 286.

What it does

Ice Barrier is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown0.8 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
ChargesCharge category id 471 (charge count not in the datamine)
Duration1 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 35
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Misc value: 1
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 286

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?

Ice Barrier appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Ice Barrier". This page is record #11426. 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
#33245duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69787duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198094effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201565duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240074effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262251duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264458effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#267504used by: Cast by Ice Barrier; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#284882effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#414661effect values: 0, 24, 0, 0 (this record: 0, 35, 0, 0)Different tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 40 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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