Frost BladesAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Cold, Physical Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-140)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-140)% Projectile Speed: 2250Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.Deals (100-140)% of Base Damage Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles +(18-21) to Melee Weapon Range 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Cold Damage (0-19)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Frost Blades is a coldmeleeattack skill that strikes with increased range, then has the secondary effect of releasing projectiles from the struck enemies.
When an enemy is hit by this skill, multiple homing projectiles fly out from behind the enemy and target nearby enemies. This skill increases the melee range by an appreciable degree. Unlike Lightning Strike, if the initial attack does not hit an enemy, then no projectiles are released.
The projectiles have the same damage multiplier as the initial melee hit, with the same cold damage conversion. However the initial melee attack scales with melee damage modifiers (such as Melee Physical Damage), whereas the projectiles scale with projectile damage modifiers. Both components scale equally with (unspecified) attack, physical, and cold damage modifiers.
Multistrike uses the increased attack range of this skill when selecting targets to attack. Melee Splash does not release additional projectiles from secondary targets struck by the initial melee splash, nor does it splash the projectiles' damage. Faster Projectiles will increase the speed and effective range of the secondary projectiles. Vicious Projectiles scales all the damage of the projectiles, but not the initial melee attack: attack speed is NOT reduced since the attack animation itself is melee, rather than projectile.
Note: the tooltip DPS shows only the melee attack component damage and DPS. It does not show damage values for the projectile component. To calculate the projectile component, use the formula at the bottom of this page.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Additional Projectiles
Melee Weapon Range
Cold Damage
Projectile Speed
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
1
0
110%
110%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
0
0
2
2
0
116%
116%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
70
70
3
4
16
122%
122%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
308
378
4
7
22
128%
128%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1554
1932
5
11
31
134%
134%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
6667
8599
6
16
41
140%
140%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
26047
34646
7
20
50
146%
146%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
49725
84371
8
24
58
152%
152%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
95714
180085
9
28
67
158%
158%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
169595
349680
10
32
75
164%
164%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
283759
633439
11
36
83
171%
171%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
453996
1087435
12
40
92
177%
177%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
703128
1790563
13
44
100
183%
183%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1061223
2851786
14
48
109
189%
189%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2065870
4917656
15
52
117
195%
195%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2507110
7424766
16
56
125
201%
201%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5798936
13223702
17
60
134
207%
207%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
15083919
28307621
18
64
142
213%
213%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
27792735
56100356
19
67
148
219%
219%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
43869739
99970095
20
70
155
225%
225%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
242081556
342051651
21
72
159
231%
231%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
237%
237%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
243%
243%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
249%
249%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
255%
255%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
261%
261%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
267%
267%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
273%
273%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
279%
279%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
286%
286%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
289%
289%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
292%
292%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
295%
295%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
298%
298%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
301%
301%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
304%
304%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
307%
307%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
310%
310%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
313%
313%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
316%
316%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Frost Blades can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Frost Blades can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
6
The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gem
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality:+20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
In order to be accurate, IAD, IMD, and IPD must be calculated correctly, including any effects from Strength and Iron Grip if applicable.
Note also that (3) is valid only individually for the physical or cold portions of the damage. In the presence of cold or elemental damage modifiers such as Fangs of Frost, HatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold Level: (1-20) Reservation: 50% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants extra cold damage based on physical damage to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius You and nearby allies gain (16-25)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage You and nearby allies deal (14-18)% more Cold Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportAttack, Support Icon: W Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills.Supported Attack Skills deal (20-34)% more Elemental Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., then the physical and cold components must be calculated separately and then added together to determine the total damage amount, and multiplied by attack speed for total DPS.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
Frost Blades has been improved from 2 additional projectiles at all levels to 4 additional projectiles at level 1 and 7 additional projectiles at level 20. It has also been increased from +14 weapon range at all levels to +18 weapon range at level 1 and +21 weapon range at level 20. It now gains 1% projectile speed per level after the first (19% at Level 20) and its base projectile speed has been increased by 25%.