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Freeze

Spell

Freeze

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

When struck in combat has a 1% chance of inflicting 50 Frost damage to the attacker and freezing them for 5 sec.

Freeze

Tooltip

When struck in combat has a 1% chance of inflicting 50 Frost damage to the attacker and freezing them for 5 sec.

How it works

Its aura has a 1% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 1. It triggers Freeze.

What it does

Freeze is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Freeze (record #18798).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70374. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chance1%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 1
Trigger spell: Freeze

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70374. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Freeze". This page is record #18799. 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
#5276cast time: 4 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#9454school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16350duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18763cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18798used by: Cast by Freeze; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#27867duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#27868used by: Cast by Freeze; duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1)A helper record another spell casts
#31932effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33395used by: Pet - Water Elemental; effect types: noneA different owner
#37871effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38035effect types: noneA different effect setup
#40875effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70374, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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