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Frost BladesAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Projectile Speed: 2250Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Damage
1% increased Projectile SpeedFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% increased Duration of Cold AilmentsDeals (100-140)% of Base Attack Damage
Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles
+(18-21) to Melee Strike Range
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage
(0-19)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Frost Blades skill icon.pngFrost Blades inventory icon.pngAcquisition
Area level: 5Vendor Prices
Normal1x Scroll of Wisdom
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostBlades
Frost Blades skill screenshot.jpg


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:

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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage
1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning DamageDeals (135-225)% of Base Attack Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles
(1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Lightning Strike skill icon.png, 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: 160%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
Supported Skills deal (20-10)% less Attack 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 Active 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: 140%
Radius: 14Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 1% increased Melee DamageSupported Skills deal -2% less Damage to surrounding targetsSupported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash 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 Active 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: 110%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 3% chance to Return to you from final TargetSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have (50-69)% increased Projectile Speed
Supported Skills deal (20-29)% increased Projectile 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 Active 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: 120%Requires Level 18Supports projectile attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical DamageSupported Attacks have 0.5% chance to cause Bleeding
Supported Skills have 0.5% chance to Poison on HitSupported Attacks have 0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on HitSupported Skills deal (40-59)% more Physical Projectile Attack Damage
Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (40-59)% more Physical Damage over Time
Supported Skills deal (40-59)% more Chaos Damage over TimeThis 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 Active 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. To calculate the projectile component, use the formula at the bottom of this page.

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: 80%    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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Pulse Frequency0.5% increased Cast Speed0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 8 seconds
    Deals (37-356) to (56-533) Physical Damage
    Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped
    Base secondary duration is 4 seconds
    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    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.    Hydrosphere skill icon.png     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

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired StrengthRequired IntelligenceCost and
Reservation
Multiplier		Critical
Strike
Chance		Mana
Cost		Damage
Effectiveness		Stored
Uses		CooldownVaal
souls		Stored
Uses		Soul
Prevention
Time		Attack
Damage		Base durationAttack
Speed		Additional ProjectilesMelee RangeCold DamageProjectile SpeedExp.Total Exp.
110000%0%0100%00.00 sec000 sec100%0.00 sec0%4+182 to 3N/A00
220000%0%0102%00.00 sec000 sec102.1%0.00 sec0%4+182 to 31%7070
3416000%0%0104%00.00 sec000 sec104.2%0.00 sec0%4+183 to 42%308378
4722000%0%0106%00.00 sec000 sec106.3%0.00 sec0%4+184 to 63%15541932
51131000%0%0108%00.00 sec000 sec108.4%0.00 sec0%4+185 to 84%66678599
61641000%0%0111%00.00 sec000 sec110.5%0.00 sec0%5+197 to 115%2604734646
72050000%0%0113%00.00 sec000 sec112.6%0.00 sec0%5+199 to 136%4972584371
82458000%0%0115%00.00 sec000 sec114.7%0.00 sec0%5+1911 to 177%95714180085
92867000%0%0117%00.00 sec000 sec116.8%0.00 sec0%5+1914 to 208%169595349680
103275000%0%0119%00.00 sec000 sec118.9%0.00 sec0%5+1916 to 259%283759633439
113683000%0%0121%00.00 sec000 sec121.1%0.00 sec0%6+2020 to 3010%4539961087435
124092000%0%0123%00.00 sec000 sec123.2%0.00 sec0%6+2024 to 3511%7031281790563
1344100000%0%0125%00.00 sec000 sec125.3%0.00 sec0%6+2028 to 4212%10612232851786
1448109000%0%0127%00.00 sec000 sec127.4%0.00 sec0%6+2033 to 4913%20658704917656
1552117000%0%0129%00.00 sec000 sec129.5%0.00 sec0%6+2039 to 5814%25071107424766
1656125000%0%0132%00.00 sec000 sec131.6%0.00 sec0%7+2145 to 6815%579893613223702
1760134000%0%0134%00.00 sec000 sec133.7%0.00 sec0%7+2152 to 7916%1508391928307621
1864142000%0%0136%00.00 sec000 sec135.8%0.00 sec0%7+2161 to 9117%2779273556100356
1967148000%0%0138%00.00 sec000 sec137.9%0.00 sec0%7+2168 to 10218%4386973999970095
2070155000%0%0140%00.00 sec000 sec140%0.00 sec0%7+2175 to 11319%242081556342051651
2172159000%0%0142%00.00 sec000 sec142.1%0.00 sec0%8+2281 to 12220%-3420516510
22740000%0%0144%00.00 sec000 sec144.2%0.00 sec0%8+2287 to 13021%00
23760000%0%0146%00.00 sec000 sec146.3%0.00 sec0%8+2293 to 14022%00
24780000%0%0148%00.00 sec000 sec148.4%0.00 sec0%8+22100 to 15023%00
25800000%0%0151%00.00 sec000 sec150.5%0.00 sec0%8+22107 to 16024%00
26820000%0%0153%00.00 sec000 sec152.6%0.00 sec0%9+23114 to 17225%00
27840000%0%0155%00.00 sec000 sec154.7%0.00 sec0%9+23123 to 18426%00
28860000%0%0157%00.00 sec000 sec156.8%0.00 sec0%9+23131 to 19727%00
29880000%0%0159%00.00 sec000 sec158.9%0.00 sec0%9+23140 to 21028%00
30900000%0%0161%00.00 sec000 sec161.1%0.00 sec0%9+23150 to 22429%00
31910000%0%0162%00.00 sec000 sec162.1%0.00 sec0%9+23155 to 23229%00
32920000%0%0163%00.00 sec000 sec163.2%0.00 sec0%10+24160 to 24030%00
33930000%0%0164%00.00 sec000 sec164.2%0.00 sec0%10+24165 to 24830%00
34940000%0%0165%00.00 sec000 sec165.3%0.00 sec0%10+24171 to 25631%00
35950000%0%0166%00.00 sec000 sec166.3%0.00 sec0%10+24176 to 26531%00
36960000%0%0167%00.00 sec000 sec167.4%0.00 sec0%10+24182 to 27332%00
37970000%0%0168%00.00 sec000 sec168.4%0.00 sec0%10+24188 to 28232%00
38980000%0%0169%00.00 sec000 sec169.5%0.00 sec0%10+24194 to 29233%00
39990000%0%0171%00.00 sec000 sec170.5%0.00 sec0%10+24201 to 30133%00
401000000%0%0172%00.00 sec000 sec171.6%0.00 sec0%10+24207 to 31134%00

Item acquisition
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Projectile Damage Calculation

To calculate the projectile damage (or DPS) given the melee tooltip damage (or DPS) use the following formula:

where:

  • IAD = Sum of all % increased attack damage (not including either melee or projectile specific increased damage nor effects from Strength)
  • IMD = Sum of all % increased melee damage (including effects from Strength)
  • IPD = Sum of all % increased projectile damage (including effects from Strength if Iron Grip is applicable)
  • MMD = individual % more/less melee damage modifiers
  • MPD = individual % more/less projectile damage modifiers

All % values are expressed as decimal, e.g. 20% = 0.20. Reduced and less damage modifiers are expressed as negative values. 

projectile_damage = tooltip_damage * (1.0 + IAD + IPD) / (1.0 + IAD + IMD) * (1.0 + MPD) / (1.0 + MMD)

If there are multiple more/less damage modifiers, then repeat the multiplicative terms (1.0 + MMD) and/or (1.0 + MPD) individually for each source.

Derivation 
tooltip_damage_melee = base_damage * (1.0 + IAD + IMD) * (1.0 + MMD)       (1)
tooltip_damage_projectile = base_damage * (1.0 + IAD + IPD) * (1.0 + MPD)  (2)

Divide (2) with (1) to eliminate base_damage 

tooltip_damage_projectile / tooltip_damage_melee = (1.0 + IAD + IPD)/(1.0 + IAD + IMD) * (1.0 + MPD) / (1.0 + MMD) (3)

In order to be accurate, IAD, IMD, and IPD must be calculated correctly, including any effects from Strength and Iron Grip if applicable.

Note also that (3) is valid only individually for the physical or cold portions of the damage. In the presence of cold or elemental damage modifiers such as Fangs of Frost, HatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 50% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants extra cold damage based on physical damage to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% increased Chill and Freeze DurationYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% increased Movement Speed while on Chilled GroundYou and nearby allies gain (16-25)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
You and nearby allies deal (14-18)% more Cold Damage
+(0-19) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Hatred skill icon.png or Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportAttack, Support
Icon: W
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Elemental Damage with Attack SkillsSupported Skills have 0.25% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite0.025% of Elemental Damage Leeched as ManaSupported Attack Skills deal (35-54)% more 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., then the physical and cold components must be calculated separately and then added together to determine the total damage amount, and multiplied by attack speed for total DPS.

Example 
 Tooltip_damage = [10, 20]
 % increased physical damage from passives = 20%
 % increased melee physical damage from passives = 60%
 % increased melee physical damage from 90 Strength = 18% (Iron Grip is not taken)
 % increased projectile damage from passives = 40%
 30% more melee damage (from level 1 Melee Physical Damage)
 30% more melee damage (from level 1 Melee Damage on Full Life)
 35% more projectile damage (from level 6 Physical Projectile Attack Damage)
 25% less projectile damage (from level 1 Lesser Multiple Projectiles)

 IAD = 0.2
 IMD = 0.6 + 0.18 = 0.78
 IPD = 0.4
 MPD_1 = 1.35 (35% more)
 MPD_2 = 0.75 (25% less)
 MMD_1 = 1.3 (30% more)
 MMD_2 = 1.3 (30% more)

projectile_damage = tooltip_damage * (1.0 + IAD + IPD) / (1.0 + IAD + IMD) * (MPD_1 * MPD_2) / (MMD_1 * MMD_2)
                  = [10, 20] * (1.0 + 0.2 + 0.4) / (1.0 + 0.2  + 0.78)  * (1.35 * 0.75)/(1.3 * 1.3)
                  = [10, 20] * (1.6) / (1.98) * (1.0125) / (1.69)
                  = [10, 20] * (0.4841) 
                  = [4.8, 9.6]

Threshold Jewel

The following threshold jewels augment the skill gem:

ItemRadiusStats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Frost Blades. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Frost Blades has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Stygian Frost Blades EffectStygian Frost Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectReplaces the standard effect on a Frost Blades gem with a stygian version.Replaces the standard effect on a Frost Blades gem with a stygian version.

Version history

Version Changes
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.

References


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