Wintertide BrandSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Brand Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.70 secRequires Level 12Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy, dealing cold damage over time and chilling them. It periodically activates while attached, gaining stages that raise the damage. When removed, a short-duration debuff dealing the same damage over time and chill is applied to each nearby enemy. The brand keeps its charges while detached.Can be Attached for a total Duration of 2 seconds Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds Deals (12.5-164.6) Base Cold Damage per second Base Debuff Duration is 1 seconds Activates every 0.25 seconds while Attached Debuff deals 20% more Damage per Stage Maximum 20 Stages Can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.5% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier0.5% increased Area of Effect2% increased Skill Effect Duration 2% reduced Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Wintertide Brand is a spell that creates a brand at the target position. While attached, the brands deals colddamage over time to the attached target and chills them. When the enemies it attached to die or the attached duration end, it creates an area of effect that applies the total amount of DoT that it has dealt to the enemy it attached to to the surrounding enemies.
While a Wintertide Brand is attached to an enemy, it has the "Wintertide" debuff, which deals cold damage over time and chills. Multiple instances of this debuff stack when there are multiple brands attached to the enemy. This debuff has no duration.[1]
When a Wintertide Brand is removed, it removes its "Wintertide" debuff from the enemy it detached from, and applies "Wintertide's End" debuff to each enemy in range (may include the previously-branded enemy if that's still alive). It also deals cold damage over time (value copied from the removed "Wintertide" debuff) and chills. It lasts for a a base duration of 1 second. This debuff cannot stack, and only the strongest instance will apply at a time.
The "Wintertide" and "Wintertide's End" debuffs can both deal damage to an enemy at the same time (e.g. if an enemy is having a brand attached while receiving "Wintertide's End" from a removed brand).
Area: Wintertide Brand does not create any AoE ground dot, it just puts individual "Wintertide's End" debuffs on each enemy in the area when removed. Because of this, modifier to AoE damage will not affect the skill, and modifier to AoE will affect the area the brand can put its "Wintertide's End" debuff on.
Activation: While attached, the brand gains stages every time it activates, which increase its damage. The activation rate (and hence the stage-gaining rate) can be modified by modifier to brand activation frequency such as cast speed, or Swiftbrand SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support Icon: t Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports skills which create brands.Supported Skills have 65% less Attached Duration Supported Skills have 65% less Detached Duration Supported Skills have (30-44)% more Activation frequency
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% more Activation frequencyThis 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. or Brandsurge.
By default, with a 0.25s activation frequency, a brand need to be attached for 5s minimum to reach the final stage of 20.
Stages: Stages are a property of the brand. Each brand has its own stages that only affect its debuffs. If multiple brands are attached to the same enemy, they don't share their stages in anyway.[2]
Hit: Wintertide Brand does not hit in anyway, so for example it cannot be supported by 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., it cannot trigger Elemental Equilibrium, and its damage cannot be reflected.
Chill: Wintertide Brand has built-in chill, and this chill is not prevented when the skill is supported by Elemental Focus SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport Icon: F Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental Ailments
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Elemental 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..
Duration: Modifiers to skill effect duration and brand's duration will affect the following properties of the skill: total attached duration, total detached duration, and "Wintertide's End" debuff duration.
In general, an increased attached duration will allow the brand to reach a higher stage (up to the max stage, in which case it allows the brand to stay in max stage longer). Since higher stage means higher DOT damage, scaling duration is an effective way to scale the skill's damage.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Cold DPS
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
12
33
6
13.7
0
0
2
15
39
6
16.9
15249
15249
3
19
48
7
22
41517
56766
4
23
56
8
28.1
81983
138749
5
27
64
9
35.4
147968
286717
6
31
73
9
44
250557
537274
7
35
81
10
54.1
405086
942360
8
38
88
11
62.9
447718
1390078
9
41
94
11
72.8
615318
2005396
10
44
100
12
83.9
834639
2840035
11
47
106
12
96.5
1570760
4410795
12
50
113
13
110.7
1633987
6044782
13
53
119
13
126.6
2151030
8195812
14
56
125
14
144.5
2812189
11008001
15
59
132
14
164.6
5099360
16107361
16
62
138
15
187.1
9400731
25508092
17
64
142
15
203.6
15273366
40781458
18
66
146
16
221.3
26286582
67068040
19
68
151
16
240.5
62890590
129958630
20
70
155
16
261.2
212046017
342004647
21
72
159
17
283.4
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
17
307.4
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
18
333.1
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
18
360.9
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
18
390.8
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
19
422.9
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
19
457.4
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
19
494.6
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
20
534.5
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
20
577.5
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
20
600.1
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
20
623.6
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
21
647.9
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
21
673.1
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
21
699.2
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
21
726.3
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
21
754.4
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
22
783.4
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
22
813.5
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
22
844.8
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Wintertide Brand can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Wintertide Brand 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
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for 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.
The following unique items are related to Wintertide Brand:
Item
Base Item
Stats
Replica AllelopathyReplica Allelopathy Satin GlovesEnergy Shield: (56-72)Requires Level 41, 60 IntGrants Level 22 Wintertide Brand Skill (100-120)% increased Energy Shield 10% increased Area of Effect Immune to Chill Wintertide Brand has (20-30)% increased Chill Effect"There seems to be some innate relationship between the forces of chaos and cold. Perhaps we should consult an occultist."
Grants Level 22 Wintertide Brand Skill (100-120)% increased Energy Shield 10% increased Area of Effect Immune to Chill Wintertide Brand has (20-30)% increased Chill Effect
Swiftbrand SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support
or 
Brandsurge.
Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
, it cannot trigger Elemental Equilibrium, and its damage cannot be reflected.
Elemental Focus SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport
.
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.
Replica Allelopathy