Frost Blades

Frost BladesAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (110-225)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-225)%
Projectile Speed: 2250Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage
Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+(1.8-2.1) metres to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Projectile SpeedFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% increased Duration of Cold AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostBlades

Frost Blades is a cold melee attack skill that strikes with increased range, then has the secondary effect of releasing projectiles behind the struck enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual Wielding: Since Frost Blades has no weapon restrictions, attacks will alternate between both hands while dual wielding.

An attack with Frost Blades consists of two parts:

• An initial melee hit with the keywords Cold, Attack, Melee
• A projectile attack with the keywords Cold, Attack, Projectile

When an enemy is hit by this skill, multiple projectiles fly out from behind the enemy and target nearby enemies. This skill increases the melee range by an appreciable degree. Unlike Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (135-225)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-225)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits a target.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
(1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
Fires 2 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., if the initial attack does not hit an enemy, then no projectiles are released.

The projectiles have the same damage multiplier as the initial melee hit, with the same cold damage conversion. However the initial melee attack scales with melee damage modifiers (such as Melee Physical Damage), whereas the projectiles scale with projectile damage modifiers. Both components scale equally with (unspecified) attack, physical, and cold damage modifiers.

Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical 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. uses the increased attack range of this skill when selecting targets to attack. Melee Splash SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
Icon: S
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
AoE Radius: 14Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectThis 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. does not release additional projectiles from secondary targets struck by the initial melee splash, nor does it splash the projectiles' damage. Faster Projectiles SupportFaster Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: j
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills have (50-69)% increased Projectile Speed
Supported Skills deal (20-29)% increased Projectile Damage

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedThis 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. will increase the speed and effective range of the secondary projectiles. Vicious Projectiles SupportVicious Projectiles SupportProjectile, Attack, Physical, Chaos, Support
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports projectile attack skills.Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Chaos Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical 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. scales all the damage of the projectiles, but not the initial melee attack: attack speed is NOT reduced since the attack animation itself is melee, rather than projectile.

Note: the tooltip DPS shows only the melee attack component damage and DPS. It does not show damage values for the projectile component.

Interactions:

• Hydrosphere - Attacking a HydrosphereHydrosphereSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb, Lightning, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 110%Requires Level 34Create a sphere of water, or move an existing sphere and reset its duration. The sphere continually applies a drenched debuff with a short duration to enemies in its area or those it moves through. You can hit the sphere with other skills to inflict Cold and Lightning Ailments (other than Chill). The sphere pulses when created, at regular intervals while afflicted by an Ailment, and after moving, damaging all drenched enemies in a large area.Deals (37-510) to (56-765) Physical Damage
  Base duration is 8.00 seconds
  Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
  Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  Can only be Hit once every 1 second
  Drenched Enemies have Cold and Lightning Exposure, applying -10% to Resistances
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere has no Ailments
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage while sphere is Shocked or Sapped
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere is Frozen or Brittle
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Pulse FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will make the projectiles from frost blades release. This allows characters to stay out of melee range of monsters, while still releasing projectiles.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Additional Projectiles	Melee Range	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	110%	110%	4	+1.8m	2 to 3	0	0
2	2	0	116%	116%	4	+1.8m	2 to 3	70	70
3	4	16	122%	122%	4	+1.8m	3 to 4	308	378
4	7	22	128%	128%	4	+1.8m	4 to 6	1554	1932
5	11	31	134%	134%	4	+1.8m	5 to 8	6667	8599
6	16	41	140%	140%	5	+1.9m	7 to 11	26047	34646
7	20	50	146%	146%	5	+1.9m	9 to 13	49725	84371
8	24	58	152%	152%	5	+1.9m	11 to 17	95714	180085
9	28	67	158%	158%	5	+1.9m	14 to 20	169595	349680
10	32	75	164%	164%	5	+1.9m	16 to 25	283759	633439
11	36	83	171%	171%	6	+2m	20 to 30	453996	1087435
12	40	92	177%	177%	6	+2m	24 to 35	703128	1790563
13	44	100	183%	183%	6	+2m	28 to 42	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	189%	189%	6	+2m	33 to 49	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	195%	195%	6	+2m	39 to 58	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	201%	201%	7	+2.1m	45 to 68	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	207%	207%	7	+2.1m	52 to 79	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	213%	213%	7	+2.1m	61 to 91	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	219%	219%	7	+2.1m	68 to 102	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	225%	225%	7	+2.1m	75 to 113	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	231%	231%	8	+2.2m	81 to 122	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	237%	237%	8	+2.2m	87 to 130	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	243%	243%	8	+2.2m	93 to 140	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	249%	249%	8	+2.2m	100 to 150	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	255%	255%	8	+2.2m	107 to 160	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	261%	261%	9	+2.3m	114 to 172	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	267%	267%	9	+2.3m	123 to 184	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	273%	273%	9	+2.3m	131 to 197	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	279%	279%	9	+2.3m	140 to 210	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	286%	286%	9	+2.3m	150 to 224	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	289%	289%	9	+2.3m	155 to 232	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	292%	292%	10	+2.4m	160 to 240	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	295%	295%	10	+2.4m	165 to 248	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	298%	298%	10	+2.4m	171 to 256	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	301%	301%	10	+2.4m	176 to 265	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	304%	304%	10	+2.4m	182 to 273	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	307%	307%	10	+2.4m	188 to 282	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	310%	310%	10	+2.4m	194 to 292	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	313%	313%	10	+2.4m	201 to 301	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	316%	316%	10	+2.4m	207 to 311	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	1% increased Projectile Speed	50
Anomalous	Fires 0.1 additional Projectiles	20
Divergent	1% increased Duration of Cold Ailments	100

Item acquisition

Frost Blades can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Frost Blades can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8DisabledMoribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8DisabledEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality	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. Shift click to unstack.	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:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Frost Blades:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled
Fight for SurvivalFight for Survival Viridian JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Melee Damage dealt by Frost Blades Penetrates 15% Cold Resistance With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Frost Blades has 25% increased Projectile SpeedThe winter that followed the Cataclysm was especially harsh. Wraeclast's few survivors fought to the death for the last scraps of bread.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	2	Medium	(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Melee Damage dealt by Frost Blades Penetrates 15% Cold Resistance With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Frost Blades has 25% increased Projectile Speed	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Frost Blades.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Frost Blades Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Frost Blades Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Frost Blades Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Frost Blades Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Frost Blades Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Frost Blades Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Frost Blades Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Frost Blades Projectile Speed	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Frost Blades has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Stygian Frost Blades EffectStygian Frost Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Frost Blades become a Stygian Effect.	Your Frost Blades become a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes the skill to Fire +0-2 Projectiles, instead of providing 0-20% increased Projectile Speed.
3.20.0	Frost Blades now has 110% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 100%), scaling up to 225% at gem level 20 (previously 175%). It no longer has 0-19% increased Projectile Speed. Quality on Frost Blades no longer provides 0-20% increased Damage.
3.15.0	Now deals 175% of Base Damage, and has 175% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 140%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 102% at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 140% at gem level 20 (from 142%). Now adds 2 to 3 cold damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased damage and 1% increased projectile speed per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased projectile damage per 1% gem quality).
2.6.0	Physical to Cold conversion increase to 60% (up from 40%).
2.4.0	15% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Frost Blades has been improved from 2 additional projectiles at all levels to 4 additional projectiles at level 1 and 7 additional projectiles at level 20. It has also been increased from +14 weapon range at all levels to +18 weapon range at level 1 and +21 weapon range at level 20. It now gains 1% projectile speed per level after the first (19% at Level 20) and its base projectile speed has been increased by 25%.
2.0.0	Introduced to the game.