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
Place 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.[1] 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.
- If the player has any active Frostbolt projectiles and Vortex is triggered by an effect (such as
- 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. |
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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 |
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13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | Random level 20 gem | A |
8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste. ![]() | Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality | A |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Other sources
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 |
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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) |
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Black Hole Vortex Effect![]() ![]() | Your Vortex becomes a stationary black hole. |
Myrmidon Vortex Effect![]() ![]() | Your Vortex becomes a Myrmidon Effect. |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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3.19.0 |
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3.17.0 |
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3.16.0 |
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3.6.4 |
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3.6.2 |
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3.6.0 |
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3.5.0 |
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3.0.0 |
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2.3.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (June 2, 2016). "I think an old and very over-looked unique might gonna get some use in the upcoming Prophecy league". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 2, 2016.