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Frost
Tooltip
You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 8 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells. Also causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec.
What it does
Ice Block is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the invulnerable mechanic.
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 facts
SchoolFrost
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
EffectApply Aura
RangeSelf Only
Spell ID418647Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Frost |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Duration | 8 sec |
| Mechanic | Invulnerable |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 12 |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 39 Misc value: 1 |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 39 Misc value: 126 |
| Effect #4 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 20 Value: 12.5 Period: every 1 sec |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 51 separate Spell records named "Ice Block". This page is record #418647. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #314908 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #322683 | duration: 45 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #329007 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #341857 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #361059 | subtext: Utility; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #397291 | subtext: Utility; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #397292 | subtext: Utility; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #397293 | subtext: Utility; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #413889 | duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0, 0, 0, 7 (this record: 0, 0, 0, 12.5); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #424487 | duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #428944 | duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #440037 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon | A 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.