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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)
Tidal Wave

Spell

Tidal Wave

Frost

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2 sec4 sec cooldownSelf Only

A frozen crest of water splashes over targets in front of the caster, dealing 3938 to 5062 Frost damage and increasing the time between attacks by 400%.

Tidal Wave

Tooltip

A frozen crest of water splashes over targets in front of the caster, dealing 3938 to 5062 Frost damage and increasing the time between attacks by 400%.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Tidal Wave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3938. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 35 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 138. Its base value is -400. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 35 yards.

What it does

Tidal Wave is a Frost spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 4 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 3938) in a 35 yard radius and applies an aura in a 35 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3938
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 35 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 138
Value: -400
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 35 yards

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 44 separate Spell records named "Tidal Wave". This page is record #37730. 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
#59627school: Physical; cast time: 0.2 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59635school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62652school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#62653journal encounter: Freya; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 149; different tooltip textA different caster
#62654cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62655school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62934school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#62935school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 149; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62936cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68249effect types: noneA different effect setup
#73492school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147820effect 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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