VortexSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova Level: (1-20) Cooldown Time: 1.80 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%Requires Level 28An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will explode from a number of those projectiles instead, destroying them.Deals (38-524) to (57-787) Cold Damage Base duration is 3 seconds Deals (106.5-1456.9) Base Cold Damage per second Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect (0-76)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Cold Damage1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate 1% less Skill Effect Duration2% increased Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Vortex is a coldspell that deals damage in an area around the character and leaves a ground effect that chills and deals heavy cold damage over time.[1] If the player has any active FrostboltFrostboltSpell, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-25) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 360% Projectile Speed: 375Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.Deals (9-1594) to (13-2392) Cold Damage Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Cold DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.projectiles, Vortex will be cast on those projectiles instead.
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Vortex granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support Icon: D Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120-843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos 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..
FrostboltFrostboltSpell, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-25) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 360% Projectile Speed: 375Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.Deals (9-1594) to (13-2392) Cold Damage Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Cold DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The player may cast Frostbolt and subsequently cast Vortex on the Frostbolt projectiles. If Vortex is cast this way, it will have 20% less area of effect and it may cast on up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles, consuming them.
If the player has any active Frostbolt projectiles and Vortex is triggered by an effect (such as Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger Icon: & Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120% Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceThis 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.), Vortex will automatically be cast on the Frostbolt projectiles.
Overlap: If an enemy is standing on multiple Vortex ground effects, only the one with the highest damage per second will deal damage at any given moment. This is consistent with other damage over time ground effects, such as burning ground.
Cast time: Vortex is an instant spell; it has no cast time and does not interrupt your character's other actions.
On hit effects: Because the initial explosion counts as a hit, Vortex can be used with on hit effects such as Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger Icon: & Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells 35% less Effect of Supported Curses Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse DurationThis 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..
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Cold Damage
Cold DPS
Cooldown Recovery
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
28
67
13
49 to 73
116
N/A
0
0
2
31
73
14
61 to 91
147.3
N/A
199345
199345
3
34
79
15
75 to 113
185.4
N/A
285815
485160
4
37
85
16
93 to 139
232.9
N/A
401344
886504
5
40
92
16
114 to 171
290.9
N/A
554379
1440883
6
42
96
17
131 to 196
336
N/A
477437
1918320
7
44
100
18
150 to 224
389
N/A
583786
2502106
8
46
104
18
171 to 256
449.2
N/A
710359
3212465
9
48
109
19
195 to 292
517.9
N/A
1355511
4567976
10
50
113
19
222 to 333
596.3
N/A
1138877
5706853
11
52
117
20
253 to 379
685.8
N/A
1368233
7075086
12
54
121
20
288 to 431
787.9
N/A
1638338
8713424
13
56
125
21
327 to 490
902.9
N/A
1956648
10670072
14
58
130
21
371 to 556
1033.8
N/A
3655184
14325256
15
60
134
22
420 to 631
1186.8
N/A
3017327
17342583
16
62
138
22
476 to 715
1356.3
N/A
7759995
25102578
17
64
142
23
539 to 809
1552.4
N/A
15138193
40240771
18
66
146
24
610 to 915
1775.3
N/A
26083825
66324596
19
68
151
24
690 to 1035
2030.9
N/A
62620247
128944843
20
70
155
25
779 to 1169
2316.1
N/A
211708088
340652931
21
72
159
25
880 to 1320
2642.5
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
26
993 to 1489
3012.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
26
1120 to 1679
3428.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
27
1262 to 1893
3899.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
27
1422 to 2132
4447.6
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
28
1601 to 2401
5052.3
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
28
1802 to 2702
5755
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
29
2027 to 3040
6551.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
30
2279 to 3418
7414.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
30
2561 to 3842
8431.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
30
2715 to 4073
8984.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
31
2878 to 4317
9572.6
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
31
3050 to 4575
10198.1
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
31
3232 to 4848
10863.1
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
31
3425 to 5137
11570.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
32
3629 to 5443
12321.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
32
3844 to 5766
13120.7
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
32
4072 to 6108
13969.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
33
4313 to 6470
14872.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
33
4569 to 6853
15815.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Vortex can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Vortex 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 corruptedlevel 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
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
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.
Vortex has the following alternate skill effects:
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Vortex can no longer be supported by Intensify SupportIntensify SupportAoE, Spell, Support Icon: T Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect Supported Spells lose 1 Intensity every 0.25 seconds while moving, or immediately if you teleport Supported Spells gain Intensity when you Cast them, to a maximum of 3 Supported Skills deal (10-14)% more Area Damage with Hits per Intensity Supported Skills have 15% less Area of Effect per Intensity
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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..
FrostboltFrostboltSpell, Projectile, Cold
projectiles, Vortex will be cast on those projectiles instead.
Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support
.
Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
), Vortex will automatically be cast on the Frostbolt projectiles.
Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
.
The Cataclysm
The Cataclysm
13Level 21 Spell Gem
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
