Vortex

VortexSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.80 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 270%Requires Level 28An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will explode from a number of those projectiles instead, destroying them.Deals (41-1209) to (62-1813) Cold Damage
Deals (116-2317.2) Base Cold Damage per second
Base duration is 3 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
(0-76)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Cold Damage1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
1% less Skill Effect Duration2% increased Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostBoltNova

Vortex is a cold spell that deals damage in an area around the character and leaves a ground effect that chills and deals heavy cold damage over time. 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: 375Fires 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 per 1% Quality:
1% increased Cold DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. projectiles, Vortex will be cast on those projectiles instead.

Skill functions and interactions

• Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Vortex granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: D
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120-843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos 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..
• 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: 375Fires 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 per 1% Quality:
  1% increased Cold DamagePlace 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 Vortex on the Frostbolt projectiles. If Vortex is cast this way, it will have 20% less area of effect and it may cast on up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles, consuming them.
  • If the player has any active Frostbolt projectiles and Vortex 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%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
    You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directly
    
    Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
    Supported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike ChanceThis 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.), Vortex will automatically be cast on the Frostbolt projectiles.

• Overlap: If an enemy is standing on multiple Vortex ground effects, only the one with the highest damage per second will deal damage at any given moment. This is consistent with other damage over time ground effects, such as burning ground.

• Cast time: Vortex is an instant spell; it has no cast time and does not interrupt your character's other actions.

• On hit effects: Because the initial explosion counts as a hit, Vortex can be used with on hit effects such as Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
  35% less Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Curse DurationThis 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..

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Cold DPS	Cooldown Recovery	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	11	41 to 62	116	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	11	54 to 81	147.3	4%	199345	199345
3	34	79	12	70 to 105	185.5	8%	285815	485160
4	37	85	13	90 to 135	232.8	12%	401344	886504
5	40	92	13	116 to 174	290.8	16%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	14	136 to 205	336.1	20%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	160 to 241	388.9	24%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	15	189 to 283	449.2	28%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	15	221 to 332	518	32%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	260 to 389	596.5	36%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	16	304 to 456	685.9	40%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	356 to 533	787.6	44%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	17	416 to 623	903.2	48%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	17	485 to 728	1034.3	52%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	18	566 to 849	1187	56%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	18	660 to 990	1356.1	60%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	768 to 1153	1552.8	64%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	19	894 to 1341	1776.2	68%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	1040 to 1560	2029.8	72%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	20	1209 to 1813	2317.2	76%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	20	1404 to 2106	2642.8	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	1630 to 2445	3011.4	84%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	21	1891 to 2837	3428.2	88%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	2193 to 3290	3899.1	92%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	2542 to 3813	4448.3	96%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	2945 to 4417	5050.7	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	3409 to 5114	5753.2	104%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	3946 to 5919	6548.8	108%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24	4564 to 6847	7417.3	112%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	5278 to 7917	8430.3	116%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	5675 to 8512	8985.1	120%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25	6101 to 9151	9574.9	124%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	6558 to 9837	10201.5	128%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	7049 to 10574	10867.2	132%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	7576 to 11364	11574.4	136%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	25	8142 to 12212	12325.5	140%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	8749 to 13123	13123	144%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	26	9400 to 14100	13969.6	148%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	26	10099 to 15149	14868.4	152%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	26	10850 to 16274	15822.2	156%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	0.5% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous	1% increased Cold Damage	100
Divergent	1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate 1% less Skill Effect Duration	50
Phantasmal	2% increased Damage when Cast on Frostbolt	100

Item acquisition

Vortex can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Vortex 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
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternate 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.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Gem Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery 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

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Other sources

Vortex

Debuff

The skill is also used by several monster. The UI would display a status icon to show the player character is affected by the skill.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vortex.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Vortex has 30% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Vortex has 45% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Cooldown Recovery 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Vortex has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Cooldown Recovery 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Vortex has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Vortex Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Vortex Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Vortex Duration	helmet 75
Enchantment Vortex Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Vortex Duration	helmet 75
EnchantmentVortexRadius1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 0
EnchantmentVortexRadius2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 0
WeaponTreeSkillVortexFrostbolt	1	N/A	+15% to Vortex Critical Strike Chance when Cast on Frostbolt	two_hand_weapon 0 caster_unique_weapon 1000 attack_staff 0 attack_dagger 0 weapon_can_roll_minion_modifiers 0 wand 1000 staff 1000 dagger 1000 sceptre 1000 shield 500
WeaponTreeSkillVortexFrostbolt2H	1	N/A	+25% to Vortex Critical Strike Chance when Cast on Frostbolt	one_hand_weapon 0 caster_unique_weapon 1000 attack_staff 0 attack_dagger 0 weapon_can_roll_minion_modifiers 0 wand 1000 staff 1000 dagger 1000 sceptre 1000

Alternate skill effects

Vortex has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Black Hole Vortex EffectBlack Hole Vortex EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Vortex becomes a stationary black hole.	Your Vortex becomes a stationary black hole.
Myrmidon Vortex EffectMyrmidon Vortex EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Vortex becomes a Myrmidon Effect.	Your Vortex becomes a Myrmidon Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Chilled ground from the Permafrost Archnemesis modifier now counts as Vortex ground, and can no longer stack with other sources of Vortex ground. Unstable Wetas now leave Vortex ground effect on death, instead of Cold Snap ground, and cannot stack with other sources of Vortex ground effect.
3.17.0	Vortex now deals 41 to 62 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 42 to 63), up to 1209 to 1813 at gem level 20 (previously 833 to 1250). Now deals 116.1 Base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 116.2), up to 2317.2 at gem level 20 (previously 2315.1).
3.16.0	Now deals 42 to 63 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 38 to 57), up to 833 to 1250 at gem level 20 (previously 524 to 787). It now deals 116.2 Base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 106.5), up to 2315.1 at gem level 20 (previously 1456.9). It now has a Critical Strike Chance of 6% (previously 6.5%), and 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 100%).
3.6.4	Improved the graphical performance.
3.6.2	Vortex can no longer be supported by Intensify SupportIntensify SupportAoE, Spell, Support Icon: T Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect Supported Spells lose 1 Intensity every 0.25 seconds while moving, or immediately if you teleport Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Area 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..
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 20 (was 21) Now deals 38 to 57 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 42 to 63) and 524 to 787 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 538 to 808). Now deals 106.5 base Cold damage per second at gem level 1 (from 116.1) and 1456.9 base Cold damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1495.6).
3.5.0	Now instant, with a 1.8 second cooldown. Can now detonate from up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles at once. Gains increased cooldown recovery speed as the gem levels up. Deals 42 to 63 cold damage at gem level 1 (down from 50 to 75) and 538 to 808 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 458 to 688). Deals 116.1 base cold damage per second at gem level 1 (up from 41.6) and 1495.6 base cold damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 684.5) No longer deals 40% more damage when cast on Frostbolt. Now has 20% less Area of Effect when cast on Frostbolt.
3.0.0	Vortex now deals 40% more damage when cast on a Frostbolt.
2.3.0	Introduced to the game.