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Howling Blast

Spell

Howling Blast

Frost

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Instant cast8 sec cooldownTwenty yards

Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 198 to 214 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards.

Howling Blast

Tooltip

Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 198 to 214 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards.

How it works

Each cast of Howling Blast costs 1 Power (21). Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Howling Blast is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 150.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 198. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 50.

What it does

Howling Blast is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and an 8 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 198) in a 10 yard radius.

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
Cost1 Power (21)
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 150
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 198
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 50

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?

Howling Blast appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Howling Blast". This page is record #49184. 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
#53536effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61061used by: Cast by Howling Blast; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#61066duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#79896effect types: noneA different effect setup
#107116effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165740effect types: noneA different effect setup
#172750effect types: noneA different effect setup
#237680effect types: noneA different effect setup
#283498effect types: noneA different effect setup
#283501effect types: noneA different effect setup
#310386effect types: noneA different effect setup
#314864effect 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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