Ice Spear

Ice SpearCritical, Spell, Projectile, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%
Projectile Speed: 1000Requires Level 12Launches shards of ice in rapid succession. After travelling a short distance they change to a second form, which moves much faster and pierces through enemies.Deals (22-568) to (33-852) Cold Damage
Fires 2 Projectiles
Second form has 600% increased Critical Strike Chance
Second form has +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
Second form has 300% more Projectile Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Second form has +(2-40)% to Critical Strike MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemIceSpear

Ice Spear is a cold spell that fires projectiles in sequence. After traveling a short distance the projectiles enter a second form. The second form pierces all targets and has increased projectile speed and critical strike chance and multiplier. This unique feature of Ice Spear makes it ideal for damaging distant targets, but at the same time makes it noticeably weaker at close range.

Skill functions and interactions

• Multiple projectiles: All projectiles, including additional projectiles (such as from Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.) are fired in sequence. All sequential projectiles may collide with the same target.
  • When Ice Spear creates non-sequential sets of projectiles, like by Splitting due to Sniper's MarkSniper's MarkSpell, Curse, Mark
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Curses a single enemy, increasing the damage they take from projectiles, and making projectiles split when hitting them, to hit other targets around them. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies take (10-29)% increased Damage from Projectile Hits
    Projectiles which Hit Cursed Enemies Split towards 2 additional targets
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Cursed enemies take (0.25-5)% increased Damage from Projectile HitsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., those sets are limited to one (returning) hit.

• Multiple Stages: This spell has two forms. The first form has no natural piercing. Once a projectile has travelled a short distance, it will instantly change to its second form. The second form pierces all targets, has 300% more projectile speed, and has 600% increased chance to critical strike. With a base critical strike chance of 7%, the second form will have a 49% chance to critically strike, before other modifiers. Ice Spear will do full damage to enemies in either form.
  • Projectiles change forms after 2.2 metres of travel. The projectiles spawn a short distance in front of the caster however, so the distance between caster and enemy should be a little higher.

• Projectile Speed: Increases and reductions to projectile speed (such as from Slower Projectiles SupportSlower Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: J
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills have (20-30)% less Projectile Speed
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Projectile Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.) will not affect the distance at which the spell changes to its second form, but will alter Ice Spear's travel speed.

• Piercing: Additional pierce will allow the first form to pierce targets as well. The second form naturally pierces all targets.

• Fork and Chain: Ice Spear can fork and chain in its first form. In its second form, it pierces all targets, and therefore can never fork or chain against enemies. (This does not prevent % chance to be able to Chain when colliding with terrain.)
  • Note: Frost Sentinel monsters use a different version of the skill, with additional projectiles (from 0 to 2) and 50% increased damage in second form. Fork and chain can apply to the skill in second form, as well as pierce in the first one.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Second Form Crit Multi	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	8	22 to 33	+30%	0	0
2	15	39	9	28 to 42	+31%	15249	15249
3	19	48	10	37 to 56	+32%	41517	56766
4	23	56	11	48 to 72	+33%	81983	138749
5	27	64	12	62 to 93	+34%	147968	286717
6	31	73	13	78 to 118	+35%	250557	537274
7	35	81	14	99 to 148	+36%	405086	942360
8	38	88	15	116 to 174	+37%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	16	137 to 205	+38%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	16	160 to 240	+39%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	17	187 to 280	+40%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	18	218 to 326	+41%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	19	253 to 379	+42%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	19	293 to 439	+43%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	20	338 to 508	+44%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	21	391 to 586	+45%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	21	429 to 644	+46%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	22	472 to 707	+47%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	22	518 to 776	+48%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	23	568 to 852	+49%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	24	622 to 933	+50%	—	—
22	74	—	24	682 to 1023	+51%	—	—
23	76	—	25	746 to 1120	+52%	—	—
24	78	—	25	817 to 1225	+53%	—	—
25	80	—	26	893 to 1340	+54%	—	—
26	82	—	26	977 to 1465	+55%	—	—
27	84	—	27	1067 to 1601	+56%	—	—
28	86	—	27	1165 to 1748	+57%	—	—
29	88	—	28	1272 to 1908	+58%	—	—
30	90	—	28	1388 to 2083	+59%	—	—
31	91	—	28	1450 to 2175	+60%	—	—
32	92	—	29	1514 to 2272	+61%	—	—
33	93	—	29	1581 to 2372	+62%	—	—
34	94	—	29	1651 to 2477	+63%	—	—
35	95	—	29	1724 to 2586	+64%	—	—
36	96	—	30	1800 to 2700	+65%	—	—
37	97	—	30	1879 to 2818	+66%	—	—
38	98	—	30	1961 to 2942	+67%	—	—
39	99	—	30	2047 to 3070	+68%	—	—
40	100	—	31	2136 to 3204	+69%	—	—

Item acquisition

Ice Spear can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Ice Spear 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 corrupted level 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

Usage in recipes

Ice Spear is used in the following recipes:

Result	Amount	Part	Notes	Description	Meta
Cameria's AvariceCameria's Avarice GavelOne Handed Mace Physical Damage: (156-190.4) to (283.2-341.6) Critical Strike Chance: (5.75-7.00)% Attacks per Second: 1.15 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 212 Str15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger Level 20 Icicle Burst when you Hit a Frozen Enemy (140-180)% increased Physical Damage Adds (11-14) to (17-21) Physical Damage (15-40)% increased Critical Strike Chance 40% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Frozen Enemies (30-40)% increased Cold Damage with Attack Skills"Please, take whatever you want. Just don't kill me" "But then I wouldn't have everything I want, would I?"	1	Cameria's MaulCameria's Maul GavelOne Handed Mace Physical Damage: (129.6-151.2) to (242.4-282.8) Elemental Damage: (10-20) to (30-50) Critical Strike Chance: (5.75-7.00)% Attacks per Second: 1.15 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 212 Str15% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold(140-180)% increased Physical Damage Adds (10-20) to (30-50) Cold Damage (15-40)% increased Critical Strike Chance 40% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Frozen Enemies (30-40)% increased Cold Damage with Attack Skills"You'll have my riches when you pry them from my cold, dead hands!" "That's how I prefer it."	—	Vendor recipe	M
	1	Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (218-622)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (218-622)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.25% chance to Freeze enemies 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage 35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (5-100)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	20% quality
	1	Ice SpearIce SpearCritical, Spell, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-23) Mana Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 7.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130% Projectile Speed: 1000Requires Level 12Launches shards of ice in rapid succession. After travelling a short distance they change to a second form, which moves much faster and pierces through enemies.Deals (22-568) to (33-852) Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles Second form has 600% increased Critical Strike Chance Second form has +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier Second form has 300% more Projectile Speed Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Second form has +(2-40)% to Critical Strike MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	20% quality
	1	Ice Bite SupportIce Bite SupportCold, Support Icon: K Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Supported Skills have 15% chance to Freeze Supported Skills have (50-69)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Killing a Frozen Enemy Supported Skills have (8-69) to (12-103) added Cold Damage Supported Skills have (2-15) to (3-23) added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.1-2)% increased Damage per Frenzy ChargeThis 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.	20% quality

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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Spear.

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 Ice Spear Additional Projectile 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ice Spear fires an additional Projectile	helmet 75
Enchantment Ice Spear Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Ice Spear Damage	helmet 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Ice Spear Damage	helmet 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Distance Before Form Change 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ice Spear travels 20% reduced distance before changing forms	helmet 100
Enchantment Ice Spear Distance Before Form Change 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ice Spear travels 30% reduced distance before changing forms	helmet 75
Enchantment Ice Spear Percent Chance To Gain Power Charge On Critical Strike 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% Chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike with Ice Spear	helmet 100
Enchantment Ice Spear Percent Chance To Gain Power Charge On Critical Strike 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% Chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike with Ice Spear	helmet 75
Enchantment Ice Spear Second Form Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	200% increased Ice Spear Critical Strike Chance in second form	helmet 100
Enchantment Ice Spear Second Form Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	300% increased Ice Spear Critical Strike Chance in second form	helmet 75

Alternate skill effects

Ice Spear has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Auspicious Ice Spear EffectFile:Auspicious Ice Spear Effect inventory icon.pngAuspicious Ice Spear EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Spear becomes an Auspicious Effect.File:Auspicious Ice Spear Effect inventory icon.png	Your Ice Spear becomes an Auspicious Effect.
Swordfish Ice Spear EffectSwordfish Ice Spear EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Spear becomes a shattering icy swordfish.	Your Ice Spear becomes a shattering icy swordfish.
Void Emperor Ice Spear EffectVoid Emperor Ice Spear EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ice Spear becomes a Void Emperor effect.	Your Ice Spear becomes a Void Emperor effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes shards of ice in their second form to have +0-40% to Critical Strike Multiplier, instead of 0-40% increased Projectile Speed.
3.17.0	Ice Spear now deals 22 to 33 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 568 to 852 at gem level 20 (previously 383 to 575). Now has 130% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 80%). The spread of Ice Spear projectiles has been reduced, meaning you no longer have to aim far away from your character in order for the projectiles to fire straight.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 6). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 20). Now deals 22 to 33 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 14 to 21) and 383 to 575 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 369 to 553).
3.5.0	No longer pierces at short range. Now fires a rapid sequence of ice spears which move 300% faster after arming. Now gains additional critical strike multiplier after it arms. Now pierces after it arms.
3.0.0	Ice Spear now has 10% increased Chill Effect at gem level 1, gaining 1% per gem level.
2.4.0	70% more damage at gem level 20.
2.0.0	The Awakening Launch: complete rebalance of the Skill Gem. Now grants 2% increased projectile speed per 1% quality (was 3% per 1% quality)
1.2.0	The mana cost of all skills has been revised. We have increased the damage by 33% at level one, to +87% at level 20.
1.1.0	Increased the damage of the following skills at low levels: SparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-21) Mana Cast Time: 0.65 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190% Projectile Speed: 420Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Deals (1-104) to (28-1983) Lightning Damage Base duration is 2.00 seconds Fires (4-8) Projectiles Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires +(0.1-2) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Cold SnapCold SnapSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (11-28) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: 0.85 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (220-320)% AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 16Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. Also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Deals (34-1440) to (51-2160) Cold Damage Base duration is 5.00 seconds Deals (28.7-1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Burst Base radius is 1.5 metres Chilled Ground Base initial radius is 1.5 metres Chilled Ground Base final radius is 3 metres 25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% more Effect of ChillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Ice Spear and to a lesser extent, Freezing PulseFreezing PulseSpell, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-21) Mana Cast Time: 0.65 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (250-330)% Projectile Speed: 1800An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.Deals (8-1458) to (12-2188) Cold Damage Projectiles Pierce all Targets Projectiles continuously lose Damage, up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate Projectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (220-250)%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage Base duration is 1.50 seconds +(0-0.6) metres to radius Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
0.10.2	Improved the Ice Spear and Lightning ArrowLightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (149-177)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (149-177)% Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow which damages enemies by causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning, which also damages a number of surrounding enemies.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Hits up to (0.1-2) additional enemies near the targetPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. effects.
0.9.5g	Reduced the critical strike chance.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Ice Spear (8%).
0.9.3c	Increased damage by 5%.
0.9.3	Ice Spear now uses an increased Critical Strike chance to achieve the damage bonus and freeze when in its armed state.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.
0.9.1	Updated effect for Ice Spear.
0.8.6	Ice Spear now deals 10% more damage. Reduced Ice Spear mana cost.
0.8.4	Added new skill prototype: Ice Spear (fires an icy projectile that pierces and chills nearby enemies. After a short distance it will arm, exploding on and freezing the first enemy it hits).