Ice Spear

Template:Gem Infobox Harnessing the freezing might of the far North, the caster conjures a lance of razor sharp ice crystal, and launches it at a target. The Ice Spear pierces armor and flesh alike, rocketing towards an enemy and exploding in a blast of deadly rime. The blast will freeze the blood of its target, locking them in place for a substantial duration. Enemies pierced by the spear take significant damage, but will avoid the paralysis of the main explosion.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Increased Chill Duration: Chill effects caused by either form will last longer than they normally would for the given damage value.

Multiple Stages: This spell has two forms. The first form has 100% natural piercing. Once the projectile reaches a preset distance from the caster, it will instantly change to its second form. The second form will not pierce enemies without modification, but has a 600% increased chance to critically strike. Ice Spear will do full spell damage to monsters hit in either form.

Projectile Speed: x% increased Projectile Speed will not affect the distance at which the spell changes to its second form, but will increase Ice Spear's travel speed.

Piercing: Increased Chance to Pierce will not affect the first form, but can cause the second form to pierce enemies while still retaining its critical chance bonus.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 4 || 16 || 6 || 6–9 || 40% || 841 |- ! 2 | 6 || 20 || 7 || 7–10 || 42% || 3,099 |- ! 3 | 9 || 27 || 8 || 9–13 || 44% || 7,433 |- ! 4 | 12 || 33 || 10 || 11–17 || 46% || 15,249 |- ! 5 | 15 || 39 || 12 || 13–20 || 48% || 41,517 |- ! 6 | 19 || 48 || 14 || 17–26 || 50% || 81,983 |- ! 7 | 23 || 56 || 16 || 22–33 || 52% || 199,180 |- ! 8 | 28 || 67 || 18 || 28–43 || 54% || 604,431 |- ! 9 | 33 || 77 || 21 || 36–54 || 56% || 631,832 |- ! 10 | 39 || 90 || 24 || 48–72 || 58% || 959,669 |- ! 11 | 43 || 98 || 26 || 57–86 || 60% || 1,426,490 |- ! 12 | 46 || 104 || 28 || 65–98 || 62% || 2,737,323 |- ! 13 | 49 || 111 || 30 || 74–111 || 64% || 3,289,072 |- ! 14 | 52 || 117 || 31 || 84–126 || 66% || 3,351,223 |- ! 15 | 55 || 123 || 32 || 95–142 || 68% || 9,936,192 |- ! 16 | 58 || 130 || 33 || 107–160 || 70% || 21,346,246 |- ! 17 | 61 || 136 || 33 || 120–180 || 72% || 50,693,883 |- ! 18 | 64 || 142 || 34 || 135–202 || 74% || 90,050,361 |- ! 19 | 66 || 146 || 34 || 145–218 || 76% || 147,034,294 |- ! 20 | 68 || 151 || 35 || 157–235 || 78% || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 21 | 68 || 151 || 36 || 169–253 || 80% || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 68 || 151 || 37 || 182–273 || 82% || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | || || || – || || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Quest reward

This skill can be gained as a reward for finishing quests:

• Breaking Some Eggs in Act 1 (Normal) by Shadow and Witch

Version history

Version	Changes
1.1.0	Increased the damage of the following skills at low levels: , , and to a lesser extent, and .
0.9.5g	Reduced the critical strike chance.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Ice Spear (8%).
0.9.3c	Increased damage by 5%.
0.9.3	Ice Spear now uses an increased Critical Strike chance to achieve the damage bonus and freeze when in its armed state.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.
0.9.1	Updated effect for Ice Spear.