Glacial Cascade

Glacial Cascade is a cold spell that creates a series of short duration ice protrusions in front of the character.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Area of Effect: Glacial Cascade fires as a set of multiple area of effect circles in a line. Increasing the Area of Effect increases the size of each circle as well as the distance between the center of each circle; this also increases the effective range. Decreasing the area of effect will likewise decrease the effective range of the spell.

Multiple Hits: Each circle in the Glacial Cascade overlaps partially with adjacent circles, meaning that enemies standing in the spell can be hit by multiple area of effects in one cast (depending on the enemy's hitbox). Decreasing the Area of Effect makes it easier to hit a single enemy multiple times due to more tightly grouping circles. However, even at the maximum Area of Effect possible, an enemy will usually be hit twice in one cast except for the exception below.

Melee Range and Full Range: An enemy close enough to the caster may sometimes only be hit once because they are only under the area of effect of the closest circle. Likewise, an enemy at full range may sometimes also only be hit once because they are only under the area of effect of the furthest circle.

Note: Despite what the spell may look like, Glacial Cascade is not a projectile. Thus, effects that normally affect projectiles such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles do not have an effect on Glacial Cascade.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	10	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	10	N/A	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	79	11	N/A	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	85	12	N/A	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	92	12	N/A	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	96	13	N/A	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	N/A	N/A	583786	2502106
8	46	104	14	N/A	N/A	710359	3212465
9	48	109	15	N/A	N/A	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	N/A	N/A	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	16	N/A	N/A	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	N/A	N/A	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	17	N/A	N/A	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	17	N/A	N/A	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	18	N/A	N/A	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	18	N/A	N/A	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	N/A	N/A	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	19	N/A	N/A	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	N/A	N/A	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	20	N/A	N/A	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Version History

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels. Radius has been increased by 25%.
2.0.0	Base cast speed reduced to 800ms from 850ms. Added an additional sequence to the effect (increasing the total length). Now grants 1% increased damage per 1% quality (was 0.5% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance reduced from 6% to 5%.
1.2.0	The area of effect of each ice section has been increased. This also increases the area of overlaps of sections. Mana Cost reduced
1.1.2	Added a new Intelligence skill - : Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in their area.