Patch 0.5.5 ·

Skill Gems

Arctic Howl

Arctic Howl is a Skill Gem in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 14 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 5 or higher. Tags: Warcry, Shapeshift, Buff, Werewolf, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova.

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Arctic Howl
Warcry, Shapeshift, Buff, Werewolf, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova
Level: 1
Cost: 19 Mana
Use Time: 0.8 sec
Critical Hit Chance: 10%
Cooldown Time: 8 sec
Enemy Power required per Empowered Attack (max): 5 (50)
Buff Cold damage: 1 – 2
Empowered Attack Cold damage: 4 – 5
Shapeshift into a Werewolf and let out an icy howl that damages enemies and Freezes Primed enemies. If an enemy is Frozen or a Frozen enemy is Hit, this Skill Empowers your attacks with added Cold damage, causes Empowered Slams to create Chilled Ground, and grants your Allies added Cold damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.
Knocks Back Enemies
Freeze enemies that are Primed for Freeze
Buff duration is 8 seconds
Warcry radius is 5.5 metres
Cannot cause Freeze Buildup
Deals 5 to 8 Cold Damage
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
No attribute
Tags
Warcry, Shapeshift, Buff, Werewolf, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova
Usable from character level
14
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 5 or higher
Gemcutting category
Primal
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Buff increased Freeze buildup: 20%

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • 20% chance to not count Empowered Attacks

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold DamageBuff Cold damage: # – #Empowered Attack Cold damage: # – #
1 –19 Mana5–81–24–5
2 322 Mana7–111–25–7
3 624 Mana10–152–37–10
4 1027 Mana13–203–49–13
5 1430 Mana17–253–511–17
6 1833 Mana21–314–613–21
7 2236 Mana25–385–816–25
8 2639 Mana30–456–920–30
9 3142 Mana36–547–1123–36
10 3646 Mana43–649–1328–43
11 4149 Mana50–7510–1533–50
12 4652 Mana59–8812–1838–59
13 5256 Mana68–10214–2044–68
14 5860 Mana79–11916–2451–79
15 6464 Mana92–13718–2760–92
16 6668 Mana106–15921–3269–106
17 7272 Mana122–18324–3779–122
18 7876 Mana141–21128–4291–141
19 8480 Mana162–24332–49105–162
20 9085 Mana186–27937–56121–186
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold DamageBuff Cold damage: # – #Empowered Attack Cold damage: # – #
21 –90 Mana214–32043–64139–214
22 –94 Mana245–36849–74160–245
23 –99 Mana282–42356–85183–282
24 –104 Mana324–48665–97210–324
25 –110 Mana372–55874–112242–372
26 –115 Mana427–64185–128278–427
27 –120 Mana491–73798–147319–491
28 –126 Mana565–847113–169367–565
29 –132 Mana650–975130–195423–650
30 –138 Mana749–1123150–225487–749
31 –144 Mana863–1295173–259561–863
32 –151 Mana996–1493199–299647–996
33 –157 Mana1150–1725230–345747–1150
34 –164 Mana1329–1993266–399864–1329
35 –171 Mana1538–2307308–461999–1538
36 –178 Mana1781–2672356–5341158–1781
37 –185 Mana2066–3099413–6201343–2066
38 –193 Mana2399–3598480–7201559–2399
39 –201 Mana2789–4183558–8371813–2789
40 –208 Mana3246–4870649–9742110–3246

Matching supports 224

224 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 81

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Armour Explosion Arms Length Atalui's Bloodletting Battershout Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Compressed Duration I Compressed Duration II Concoct I Concoct II Corrupting Cry I Corrupting Cry II Dauntless Dazing Cry Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Echoing Cry Efficiency I Efficiency II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Enraged Warcry I Enraged Warcry II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Exposing Cry Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Flame Pillar Heft Helbrym's Hide Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Lifetap Paquate's Pact Premeditation Prolonged Duration I Prolonged Duration II Rageforged I Rageforged II Raging Cry Relentless Rage Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stoicism I Stoicism II Stun I Stun II Stun III Tireless Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Unbreakable Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Xoph's Pyre Zerphi's Infamy

Dexterity 62

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Atziri's Impatience Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Commiserate Cooldown Recovery I Cooldown Recovery II Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Deliberation Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Ferocity Heightened Charges Hobble Inhibitor Innervate Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Mobility Momentum Murderous Intent Neural Overload Outmaneuver Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Rakiata's Flow Second Wind I Second Wind II Second Wind III Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Tumult Wind Wave

Intelligence 69

Ambrosia Ambrosia II Ambush Astral Projection Bhatair's Vengeance Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Blazing Critical Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Catharsis Chaos Attunement Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Mastery Cold Penetration Concentrated Area Concussive Spells Coursing Current Deep Freeze Derange Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Focus Embitter Energy Barrier Enervation Esh's Radiance Fiery Death Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath Perpetual Charge Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Potential Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Profanity I Profanity II Rising Tempest Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Soulbreaker Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch

No attribute 12

Breachlord's Rift Esh's Prowess Mórrigan's Insight Olroth's Conviction Prototype Seventeen Runic Extraction Scouring Flame Styrn's Anthem Uhtred's Constellation Uhtred's Rite Vorana's Siege Vruun's Aftermath

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