Ice Nova of Frostbolts

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Ice NovaIce Nova of FrostboltsIce Nova of Deep FreezeVaal Ice Nova
Ice Nova of FrostboltsSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%
Requires Level 12A circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Deals (14-590) to (20-885) Cold Damage
25% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
Base radius is (2.6-3) metres
Deals 50% more Damage with Hits and Ailments when cast on Frostbolt
Can expand from up to 4 Frostbolt Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 12
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Ice Nova of Frostbolts is a cold spell that deals damage in an expanding circle around the user. 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: 375
Fires 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 Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
projectiles, Ice Nova will be cast around those projectiles instead.

It is a transfigured version of Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230%
AoE Radius: 30
Requires Level 12A circle of ice expands from the caster.Deals (23-988) to (34-1481) Cold Damage
Base radius is (2.6-3) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
.

Changes from default version

Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version has less damage and damage effectiveness but can be cast from 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: 375
Fires 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 Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
s, dealing damage at range with less area and more damage.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Area of effect: Ice Nova deals damage in an expanding wave. Increased Area of Effect will increase the maximum range and travel speed of this circle.
  • 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: 375
    Fires 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 Damage
    Place 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 Ice Nova from the Frostbolt projectiles. If Ice Nova is cast this way, it will have 25% less area of effect and it may cast on up to 4 Frostbolt projectiles.
    • If Ice Nova would normally repeat (ie. if it was supported by Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
      Icon: k
      Level: (1-20)
      Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
      Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
      Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
      Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed

      Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
      Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell Damage
      This 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.
      and/or Greater Spell Echo Support) and is cast on Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand again from those projectiles after a short delay. This does not cause the player to repeat the casting animation.
    • The additional expansions from Frostbolts do not count as "repeats," and as such will not receive the escalating damage of Greater Spell Echo Support or be modified by "final repeat" modifiers such as Awakened Spell Echo SupportAwakened Spell Echo SupportSpell, Support
      Icon: k
      Level: (1-5)
      Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
      Requires Level 72Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
      Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
      Supported Skills have (55-59)% more Cast Speed
      Final Repeat of Supported Skills has 20% chance to deal Double Damage

      Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
      Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell Damage
      This 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.
      .
    • If Ice Nova 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 Chance
      This 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.
      ), Ice Nova will automatically be cast on any Frostbolt projectiles.
    • Ice Nova cannot be cast on Frostbolt projectiles created by totems, traps or mines.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Cold
Damage
RadiusExp.Total Exp.
11233814 to 202.6m00
21539918 to 262.6m1524915249
319481024 to 362.6m4151756766
423561133 to 492.6m81983138749
527641243 to 652.7m147968286717
631731357 to 862.7m250557537274
735811474 to 1122.7m405086942360
838881590 to 1352.7m4477181390078
9419416109 to 1632.8m6153182005396
104410016131 to 1972.8m8346392840035
114710617157 to 2362.8m15707604410795
125011318188 to 2822.8m16339876044782
135311919225 to 3372.9m21510308195812
145612519268 to 4012.9m281218911008001
155913220318 to 4772.9m509936016107361
166213821377 to 5662.9m940073125508092
176414221422 to 6333m1527336640781458
186614622472 to 7093m2628658267068040
196815122528 to 7923m62890590129958630
207015523590 to 8853m212046017342004647
217215924659 to 9883.1mN/AN/A
2274N/A24735 to 11023.1mN/AN/A
2376N/A25819 to 12293.1mN/AN/A
2478N/A25913 to 13703.1mN/AN/A
2580N/A261017 to 15263.2mN/AN/A
2682N/A261133 to 16993.2mN/AN/A
2784N/A271260 to 18903.2mN/AN/A
2886N/A271402 to 21033.2mN/AN/A
2988N/A281559 to 23383.3mN/AN/A
3090N/A281732 to 25983.3mN/AN/A
3191N/A281826 to 27393.3mN/AN/A
3292N/A291924 to 28873.3mN/AN/A
3393N/A292028 to 30423.3mN/AN/A
3494N/A292137 to 32063.3mN/AN/A
3595N/A292252 to 33783.4mN/AN/A
3696N/A302372 to 35593.4mN/AN/A
3797N/A302499 to 37493.4mN/AN/A
3898N/A302633 to 39493.4mN/AN/A
3999N/A302773 to 41593.4mN/AN/A
40100N/A312920 to 43813.4mN/AN/A

Gem quality

TypeAdditional Effects per 1-20% QualityWeight
SuperiorBase radius is (0.015-0.3) metres1

Item acquisition

Ice Nova of Frostbolts has restrictions on where or how it can drop. This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.

Recipes

Ice Nova of Frostbolts can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
4The Blessing of MooshThe Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Corrupted
While the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gemA
8The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +23%
Corrupted
Every obsession began with a single, innocent taste.
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 23% qualityA
3Doryani's EpiphanyDoryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +20%
Corrupted
"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 20% qualityA
8Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +19%
Moribund, 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.
level 19 transfigured gem with 19% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Nova.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Ice Nova Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Ice Nova Damagehelmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Ice Nova Damagehelmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Freeze Chance 166Merciless LabyrinthIce Nova has +20% chance to Freezehelmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Freeze Chance 275Eternal LabyrinthIce Nova has +30% chance to Freezehelmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Minimum Chill 166Merciless LabyrinthChills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 6%helmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Minimum Chill 275Eternal LabyrinthChills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 8%helmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Ice Nova Area of Effecthelmet 75
Enchantment Ice Nova Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Ice Nova Area of Effecthelmet 75

Alternate skill effects

Ice Nova of Frostbolts has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Arctic Ice Nova EffectArctic Ice Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.Your Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.
Celestial Ice Nova EffectCelestial Ice Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes a Celestial Effect.Your Ice Nova becomes a Celestial Effect.
Illusionist Ice Nova EffectIllusionist Ice Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes an Illusionist Effect.Your Ice Nova becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Water Nova EffectWater Nova EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold waterYour Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold water

Version history

Version Changes
3.23.0
  • Added to the game.

References