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Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing to Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 5 sec.
How it works
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.
Frostbolt 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 -40. It applies the snared mechanic.
- Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 18. It scales with 0.172 times spell power.
- Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118.
What it does
Frostbolt is a Frost spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the snared mechanic, deals Frost damage (base value 18) and applies an aura.
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 |
|---|---|
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 1.5 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 5 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 33 Value: -40 Mechanic: Snared |
| Effect #2 | School Damage (2) Value: 18 Spell power coefficient: 0.172 |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 118 Misc value: 127 |
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?
Frostbolt appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Mage (Mage), learned automaticallySkill line
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 202 separate Spell records named "Frostbolt". This page is record #116. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #9672 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #11538 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #12675 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #13322 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #13439 | effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15043 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15497 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15530 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #16249 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #17503 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #20297 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #20792 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | 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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