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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)
Chains of Ice

Spell

Chains of Ice

Frost

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Death Knight

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing their movement by 95%.

Chains of Ice

Tooltip

Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing their movement by 95%. The target regains 10% of their movement each second for 10 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Chains of Ice is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -95. It applies the snared mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 10 per tick. It applies the snared mechanic. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (100 base in total).

What it does

Chains of Ice is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic and applies an aura with the snared mechanic every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.

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

SchoolFrost
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
MechanicSnared
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -95
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 10
Mechanic: Snared
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 21 separate Spell records named "Chains of Ice". This page is record #47805. 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
#22744cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#22745used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29991effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39268cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#45524used by: Death Knight; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#53534duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#58464duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61077duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65173effect types: noneA different effect setup
#65174used by: Cast by Chains of Ice; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#66020different tooltip textA variant record
#72171cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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