Ice Nova

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ice Nova.

"Reaching deep within, the caster of the mighty Ice Nova assaults surrounding enemies with a shivering blast of pure rime. The shock wave from this nova is often enough to slay outright, and those who survive the blast will be frozen, their very blood chilled solid. With precise use, a master weaver of frost can annihilate his enemies without suffering a scratch."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Ice Nova is a spell that casts an expanding circle of cold damage.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Automatic Piercing: Ice Nova has a 100% chance to pierce enemies, but can not travel through terrain obstacles.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 14–21 | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 15 | 39 | 11 | 17–26 | 15,249 | 15,249 |- ! 3 | 19 | 48 | 13 | 22–35 | 41,517 | 56,766 |- ! 4 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 29–46 | 81,983 | 138,749 |- ! 5 | 27 | 64 | 16 | 38–59 | 147,968 | 286,717 |- ! 6 | 31 | 73 | 17 | 48–75 | 250,557 | 537,274 |- ! 7 | 35 | 81 | 19 | 61–95 | 405,086 | 942,360 |- ! 8 | 38 | 88 | 20 | 72–113 | 447,718 | 1,390,078 |- ! 9 | 41 | 94 | 21 | 85–133 | 615,318 | 2,005,396 |- ! 10 | 44 | 100 | 22 | 100–157 | 834,639 | 2,840,035 |- ! 11 | 47 | 106 | 23 | 117–184 | 1,570,760 | 4,410,795 |- ! 12 | 50 | 113 | 24 | 137–215 | 1,633,987 | 6,044,782 |- ! 13 | 53 | 119 | 25 | 160–250 | 2,151,030 | 8,195,812 |- ! 14 | 56 | 125 | 26 | 186–291 | 2,812,189 | 11,008,001 |- ! 15 | 59 | 132 | 27 | 216–338 | 5,099,360 | 16,107,361 |- ! 16 | 62 | 138 | 28 | 251–392 | 9,400,731 | 25,508,092 |- ! 17 | 64 | 142 | 29 | 277–432 | 15,273,366 | 40,781,458 |- ! 18 | 66 | 146 | 30 | 305–476 | 26,286,582 | 67,068,040 |- ! 19 | 68 | 151 | 30 | 335–524 | 62,890,590 | 129,958,630 |- ! 20 | 70 | 155 | 31 | 369–577 | 212,046,017 | 342,004,647 |- ! 21 | 72 | 159 | 32 | 406–634 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | 33 | 446–696 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | 34 | 489–765 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | 34 | 537–839 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | 34 | 589–920 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | 34 | 646–1009 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | 35 | 708–1106 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | 35 | 775–1211 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | 35 | 849–1326 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | 35 | 929–1451 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Water Nova EffectWater Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold water	10	Replaces the standard ice effect on an gem with a fluid, watery blast. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 20% at level one, improving to a 35% increase in damage by level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by up to 36% at high levels. Base cast time reduced to 900ms (from 935ms). Now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.0	We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where the the Ice Nova graphical effect wouldn't scale correctly.
1.0.1	Damage at high levels has been increased (around 10% more damage at level 15).
0.10.0	Now doesn't hide monster health bars while being cast.
0.9.10	0.9.10 Fixed a bug with the damage dealt while in Trap form.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.