Glacial Cascade

Glacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
AoE Radius: 12Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area.Deals (37-354) to (56-531) Physical Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemGlacialCascade

Glacial Cascade is a cold spell that launches a wave of icicles. Damage from this skill converts physical damage to cold damage.

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 SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: l
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis 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. do not have an effect on Glacial Cascade.

Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	10	21 to 32	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	10	26 to 39	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	79	11	32 to 48	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	85	12	39 to 59	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	92	12	48 to 72	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	96	13	55 to 82	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	62 to 93	N/A	583786	2502106
8	46	104	14	71 to 106	N/A	710359	3212465
9	48	109	15	80 to 120	N/A	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	91 to 136	N/A	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	16	103 to 154	N/A	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	116 to 174	N/A	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	17	131 to 197	N/A	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	17	148 to 222	N/A	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	18	167 to 250	N/A	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	18	188 to 282	N/A	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	211 to 317	N/A	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	19	238 to 357	N/A	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	267 to 401	N/A	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	20	300 to 450	N/A	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	20	337 to 505	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	378 to 567	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	21	424 to 636	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	475 to 712	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	532 to 798	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	595 to 893	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	666 to 999	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	745 to 1117	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24	832 to 1249	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	930 to 1395	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	983 to 1474	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25	1039 to 1558	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	1098 to 1646	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	1160 to 1740	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	1225 to 1838	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	25	1294 to 1941	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	1367 to 2051	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	26	1444 to 2166	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	26	1525 to 2288	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	26	1610 to 2416	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Glacial Cascade can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Glacial Cascade can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
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:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Glacial Cascade:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled
The Long WinterThe Long Winter Cobalt JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With 40 Intelligence in Radius, Glacial Cascade has an additional Burst With 40 Intelligence in Radius, 20% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold DamageIn the years that followed the twisted sky, cold winds cloaked Wraeclast in snow. The pure-white blanket masked a black heart that lay dormant deep beneath the earth.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	2	Medium	(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With 40 Intelligence in Radius, Glacial Cascade has an additional Burst With 40 Intelligence in Radius, 20% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Glacial Cascade.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Convert To Cold 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	30% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	N/A
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Convert To Cold 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	N/A
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Glacial Cascade gains 6% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Glacial Cascade gains 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Glacial Cascade has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Arctic Glacial Cascade EffectArctic Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Glacial Cacade becomes an arctic effect.	Your Glacial Cacade becomes an arctic effect.
Gore Glacial Cascade EffectGore Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Glacial Cascade becomes a surge of demonic teeth from below.	Your Glacial Cascade becomes a surge of demonic teeth from below.
Illusionist Glacial Cascade EffectIllusionist Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Glacial Cascade becomes an Illusionist Effect.	Your Glacial Cascade becomes an Illusionist Effect.

Version History

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Fixed a bug where Glacial Cascade mines wouldn't target Betrayal Fortress doors.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 12 (was 13). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 26). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now deals 37 to 56 Physical damage at gem level 1 (from 48 to 72) and 354 to 531 Physical damage at gem level 20 (from 422 to 633).
3.2.0	Glacial Cascade's effect now fades out, rather than popping ou
3.0.0	Now deals entirely base physical damage, 60% of which is converted to cold. Damage has been increased by approximately 33% at all levels. Base radius reduced to 12 from 14. Now gains +1 range every 10 gem levels.
2.6.0	Glacial Cascade's radius has increased from 10 to 14 units.
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%.
1.3.1	(PvP) Glacial Cascade damage has been increased by 10%.
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 - Glacial Cascade: Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in their area.