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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)
Frostbite

Spell

Frostbite

Frost

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

Frostbite

Tooltip

Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 109. Its base value is 5. It triggers Frostbite.

What it does

Frostbite is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Frostbite (record #12494).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 109
Value: 5
Trigger spell: Frostbite

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

More Frost spells

Arctic ReachArctic Reach
Arctic WindsArctic Winds
BlizzardBlizzard
Brain FreezeBrain Freeze
ChilledChilled
Chilled to the BoneChilled to the Bone
Cold as IceCold as Ice

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 23 separate Spell records named "Frostbite". This page is record #11071. 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
#57455school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#57456used by: Cast by Frostbite; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#61572duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68246effect types: noneA different effect setup
#72004difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Frozen Mallet; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72120difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Frozen Mallet; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#136922effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136937used by: Cast by Frostbite; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#136990effect types: noneA different effect setup
#137575effect types: noneA different effect setup
#198120effect types: noneA different effect setup
#198121used by: Cast by Frostbite; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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