Breath of Rime

Breath of Rime

Notable Passive Skill

30% increased Cold Damage
50% increased Duration of Cold Ailments [1]

Breath of Rime is a notable passive skill that grants increased cold damage. It also grants increased effect of cold ailments (Chill, Freeze and Brittle).

Anointment

Blight anointment to unlock the passive:

Oil #1	Oil #2	Oil #3	Outcome
Teal Oil	Silver Oil	Silver Oil	Breath of Rime	30% increased Cold Damage 50% increased Duration of Cold Ailments

Version history

Version	Changes
3.21.0	No longer has 50% increased Effect of Cold Ailments. Instead, it now has 50% increased Duration of Cold Ailments. The two small Passive Skills in the Breath of Rime cluster that provide Cold Damage over Time Multiplier now have values of +5% (previously +6%).
3.16.0	[Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.] Now grants 30% increased Cold Damage (up from 20%) and 50% increased Effect of Cold Ailments (up from 20%). No longer grants 20% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies, 10% chance to Freeze or +10% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier.
3.12.0	increased Effect of Chill changed to increased Effect of Cold Ailments. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.11.0	Now 20% increased Effect of Chill (up from 15%).
3.5.0	And the two preceding passives now also grant a total of +20% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier
3.0.0	Now grants 10% chance to Freeze (up from 5%), 12% increased Cold Damage (up from 10%) and 15% increased Effect of Chill. The preceding skills have also changed: the first now grants 12% Increased Cold Damage (Up from 10%) and the rest now grant 8% increased Cold Damage, and an additional bonus to either Chill Duration, Freeze Duration, Chill Effect or Chance to Freeze.
1.2.0	The area surrounding the Witch, Shadow and Ranger has been redesigned. Breath of Rime changed completely; it now grants cold damage, freeze duration and chance to freeze. (this change is deduced by wiki editors and not stated explicitly in patch notes)
Before 1.1.0	Introduced to the game.