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: 180%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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Cold Damage1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
1% less Skill Effect Duration2% increased Damage when Cast on FrostboltDeals (42-833) to (63-1250) Cold Damage
Base duration is 3 seconds
Deals (116.2-2315.1) Base Cold Damage per second
Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles
20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
(0-76)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace 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: Active Skill Gems
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: 220%
Projectile Speed: 375Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Cold Damage5% reduced Damage
1% chance to inflict Cold Exposure on Hit1% less Projectile SpeedProjectiles have 1% chance to Return to youDeals (9-972) to (13-1458) Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all TargetsPlace 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 0.5% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120-843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 secondsThis 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: 220%
  Projectile Speed: 375Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Cold Damage5% reduced Damage
  1% chance to inflict Cold Exposure on Hit1% less Projectile SpeedProjectiles have 1% chance to Return to youDeals (9-972) to (13-1458) Cold Damage
  Projectiles Pierce all TargetsPlace 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)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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills deal 1% more Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
    Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Spell Damage
    You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis 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)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
  Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse SpellsThis 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	42 to 63	116.2	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	11	53 to 79	147.2	4%	199345	199345
3	34	79	12	67 to 100	185.5	8%	285815	485160
4	37	85	13	84 to 126	232.7	12%	401344	886504
5	40	92	13	105 to 157	290.7	16%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	14	121 to 182	336.5	20%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	140 to 210	388.9	24%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	15	162 to 242	448.8	28%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	15	186 to 279	517.4	32%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	214 to 322	595.7	36%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	16	247 to 370	685	40%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	283 to 425	787	44%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	17	325 to 488	903.3	48%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	17	373 to 559	1035.7	52%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	18	427 to 641	1186.6	56%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	18	489 to 733	1358.3	60%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	559 to 839	1553.6	64%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	19	639 to 959	1775.8	68%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	730 to 1095	2028.2	72%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	20	833 to 1250	2315.1	76%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	20	951 to 1426	2640.8	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	1084 to 1626	3010.6	84%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	21	1235 to 1852	3430.2	88%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	1406 to 2109	3906.2	92%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	1601 to 2401	4445.9	96%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	1821 to 2731	5057.7	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	2070 to 3105	5750.9	104%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	2353 to 3530	6536.1	108%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24	2673 to 4010	7425.4	112%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	3036 to 4553	8432.1	116%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	3234 to 4851	8984.2	120%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25	3446 to 5169	9571.4	124%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	3671 to 5506	10196.1	128%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	3910 to 5865	10860.5	132%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	4164 to 6246	11567.1	136%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	25	4435 to 6652	12318.6	140%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	4722 to 7084	13117.8	144%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	26	5028 to 7542	13967.5	148%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	26	5354 to 8030	14871	152%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	26	5699 to 8549	15831.6	156%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Vortex can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Vortex can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersQuality GemRight 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 superior 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
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
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 superior gem with 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		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 1	66	Vortex has 30% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 2	75	Vortex has 45% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Cooldown Recovery 1	66	Vortex has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Cooldown Recovery 2	75	Vortex has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Damage 1	66	25% increased Vortex Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Damage 2	75	40% increased Vortex Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Duration 1	66	20% increased Vortex Duration	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Vortex Duration 2	75	30% increased Vortex Duration	helmet 75 default 0
EnchantmentVortexRadius1	66	16% increased Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 0 default 0
EnchantmentVortexRadius2	75	24% increased Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 0 default 0

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
3.16.0	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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4PhantasmalSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Area DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Spells lose Intensity with 2% increased frequency while movingSupported Spells lose Intensity with 1% reduced frequency while movingSupported Spells gain Intensity when you Cast them, to a maximum of 3 Supported Skills deal (10-14)% more Area Damage with Hits per Intensity Supported Skills have 15% less Area of Effect per Intensity Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect Supported Spells lose 1 Intensity every 0.25 seconds while moving, or immediately if you teleportThis 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.