Spells / Winter's Chill

Winter's Chill

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Changed in build 1.60.1.69876. 3 fields differ from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722: description, effects, subtext.

The current record

Winter's Chill

Physical school

Gives your Frost damage spells a $m2% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by $12579s1% for $12579d. Stacks up to 5 times.

The highlighted formula above is computed by the game client from spell power, level and talents. The client does not store the final number, so we show the template verbatim rather than invent a value.

What changed

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Gives your Frost damage spells a $h% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance a Frost spell will critically hit the target by $12579s1% for $12579d. Stacks up to $s1 times.	Gives your Frost damage spells a $m2% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by $12579s1% for $12579d. Stacks up to $s1 times.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 12579 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 12579 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 12579 } ]
subtext	Rank 1	none

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History

Build	Compared to	State	Fields
1.60.1.69876	1.15.9.69722	changed	3

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