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Freezing Trap

Spell

Freezing Trap

Frost

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Instant cast15 sec cooldownSelf Only

Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 20 sec.

Freezing Trap

Tooltip

Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 20 sec. Any damage caused will break the ice. Trap will exist for 1 min. Only one trap can be active at a time.

How it works

Each cast of Freezing Trap costs 100 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 320, which the datamine does not name. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 2 yards.

What it does

Freezing Trap is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 15 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 min.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFrost
Cost100 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Effect #1Effect 320
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 164877
Radius: 2 yards

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. 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 50 separate Spell records named "Freezing Trap". This page is record #27753. 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
#3355subtext: Rank 1; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different rank or variant
#31933duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#32419different tooltip textA variant record
#37368different tooltip textA variant record
#41085duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#43414effect types: noneA different effect setup
#43415effect types: noneA different effect setup
#43447effect types: Summon ObjectA different effect setup
#43448duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#44136no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#55040effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55041effect types: noneA 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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