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Snowdrift

Spell

Snowdrift

Frost

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Mage

Instant cast45 sec cooldownSelf Only

Swirling ice surrounds you for 6 sec, slowing enemies by 70% and dealing (20% of Spell Power) Frost damage every 1 sec.

Snowdrift

Tooltip

Swirling ice surrounds you for 6 sec, slowing enemies by 70% and dealing (20% of Spell Power) Frost damage every 1 sec.

Enemies caught in Snowdrift for 2 sec consecutively become Frozen in ice, stunned for 4 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Snowdrift is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 45 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. 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
Cooldown45 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 26730

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?

Snowdrift appears in: 1 pvp talent.

PvP 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.

  • Description updated; Aura description updated (patch 12.1.5)

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Snowdrift". This page is record #389794. 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
#389823duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389831duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#390171duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#398721subtext: Offensive; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398722duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398734duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398735subtext: Offensive; duration: 7 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398736duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398737subtext: Offensive; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398738duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398739subtext: Offensive; duration: 9 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433364subtext: Utility; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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