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Undertow

Spell

Undertow

Frost

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3 secMedium Range

A vortex of water roots enemies and deals Frost damage for 20 sec.

Undertow

Tooltip

A vortex of water roots enemies and deals Frost damage for 20 sec.

How it works

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

What it does

Undertow is a Frost spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 30 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

SchoolFrost
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time3 sec
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 17023

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 26 separate Spell records named "Undertow". This page is record #299777. 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
#264144cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264166journal encounter: Aqu'sirr; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster
#265366cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#268689school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 90A different effect setup
#289487school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289490used by: Cast by Undertow; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#299805cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#299900different tooltip textA variant record
#355451school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#388529duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#389872journal encounter: Primal Tsunami; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#389875cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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