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Snowdrift

Spell

Snowdrift

Physical

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Instant castTower 100

Upon defeat the Glacial Revenant forms a pile of deep snow at its location.

Snowdrift

Tooltip

Upon defeat the Glacial Revenant forms a pile of deep snow at its location. Players standing within have their movement speed reduced by 40% and are immune to forced movement effects.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Snowdrift is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 40505

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 25 separate Spell records named "Snowdrift". This page is record #1266178. 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
#398739subtext: Offensive; school: Frost; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433364subtext: Utility; school: Frost; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433365used by: Cast by Snowdrift; school: Frost; duration: 4.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#433373subtext: Utility; school: Frost; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433374subtext: Utility; school: Frost; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433375subtext: Utility; school: Frost; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433376used by: Cast by Snowdrift; school: Frost; duration: 4.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#433377used by: Cast by Snowdrift; school: Frost; duration: 4.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#433378used by: Cast by Snowdrift; school: Frost; duration: 4.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1234314journal encounter: Sentinel of Winter; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA different caster
#1235841duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1266193duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, 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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