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

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	8	N/A	0	0
2	15	39	9	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	48	10	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	56	11	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	64	12	N/A	147968	286717
6	31	73	13	N/A	250557	537274
7	35	81	14	N/A	405086	942360
8	38	88	15	N/A	447718	1390078
9	41	94	16	N/A	615318	2005396
10	44	100	16	N/A	834639	2840035
11	47	106	17	N/A	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	18	N/A	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	19	N/A	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	19	N/A	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	20	N/A	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	21	N/A	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	21	N/A	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	22	N/A	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	22	N/A	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	23	N/A	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	24	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	27	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	27	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	28	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	28	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	28	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	29	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	29	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	29	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	29	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	31	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Arctic Ice Nova EffectArctic Ice Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.	55	Replaces the standard effect on an skill gem with a swirling ring of arctic wind. Preview
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
2.3.0	The cast time for and Vaal Ice Nova have been reduced from 900ms to 800ms.
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.