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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Biting Cold

Spell

Biting Cold

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals increasing periodic damage to stationary enemies.

Biting Cold

Tooltip

Deals increasing periodic damage to stationary enemies. Movement diminishes this effect.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 129, which the datamine does not name. It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 1 per tick. Its area radius is 50000 yards. It ticks every 1 sec.

What it does

Biting Cold is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 129
Aura type id 226
Value: 1
Radius: 50000 yards
Period: every 1 sec

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 16 separate Spell records named "Biting Cold". This page is record #62038. 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
#62039journal encounter: Hodir; school: Frost; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different caster
#62188school: Frost; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#136917effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136991used by: Cast by Biting Cold; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#136992effect types: noneA different effect setup
#137579effect types: noneA different effect setup
#137580used by: Cast by Biting Cold; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#166057effect types: noneA different effect setup
#334678effect types: noneA different effect setup
#356666effect types: noneA different effect setup
#356667effect types: noneA different effect setup
#356668effect 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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