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Snowdrift

Spell

Snowdrift

Frost

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Mage

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

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

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -70.

What it does

Snowdrift is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the snared 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 Details

SchoolFrost
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
MechanicSnared
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -70

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 #389823. 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
#389794used by: Frost Mage; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#389831duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#390171duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#398721subtext: Offensive; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398736duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398737subtext: Offensive; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398738duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398739subtext: Offensive; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#433364subtext: Utility; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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