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Death KnightTooltip
Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing their movement by 95%, and infects them with Frost Fever. The target regains 10% of their movement each second for 10 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Chains of Ice costs 1 Power (21). Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.
Chains of Ice is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -95. It applies the snared mechanic.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 10 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (100 base in total).
- Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3).
What it does
Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic and applies an aura every 1 sec.
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
| School | Frost |
|---|---|
| Cost | 1 Power (21) |
| Range | 20 yards (Twenty yards) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 10 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 33 Value: -95 Mechanic: Snared |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 226 Value: 10 Period: every 1 sec |
| Effect #3 | Dummy (3) |
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.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Chains of Ice appears in: 1 skill line and 2 spells that cast it.
Skill lines
- Death Knight (Death Knight), learned automaticallySkill line
Spells that cast it
- Frozen CoreTriggers this spell
- Unbreakable CuffsTriggers this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Frost spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #45524. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #22744 | cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #22745 | used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #29991 | effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #39268 | cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #53534 | duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #58464 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #61077 | duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #65173 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #65174 | used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #66020 | effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #72171 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #79899 | effect types: none | A 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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