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Permafrost

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Permafrost

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

Permafrost forms on the lower reaches of Sennarth's lair, inflicting 2 Frost damage every 1 sec to players within the affected area.

Permafrost

Tooltip

Permafrost forms on the lower reaches of Sennarth's lair, inflicting 2 Frost damage every 1 sec to players within the affected area. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Permafrost is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2 per tick. Its area radius is 1000 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 600 times over the full 10 min (1200 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260. Its base value is 2. Its area radius is 1000 yards.

What it does

Permafrost is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 500 yards and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura in a 1000 yard radius every 1 sec and applies an aura in a 1000 yard radius. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 min
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Radius: 1000 yards
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Value: 2
Misc value: 1975, 5
Radius: 1000 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?

Permafrost 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 15 separate Spell records named "Permafrost". This page is record #372736. 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
#66185school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#66193school: Physical; duration: 15 min; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68786difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Forge Frostborn Mace; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#70326school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86081used by: Cast by Permafrost; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#86082difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#207200used by: Talent: Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#341932school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341933used by: Cast by Permafrost; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#372739school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#421173used by: Cast by [DNT] Clear All; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect values: -10, 0 (this record: 2, 2)A helper record another spell casts
#461089school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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