Patch 0.5.5 ·

Grim Pillars

Skill Gems

Grim Pillars is a Skill Gem in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova. 231 Support Gems can support it.

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Grim Pillars
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova
Level: 1
Cost: 15 Ward
Cast Time: 0.7 sec
Critical Hit Chance: 12%
Less damage in first 0.5 seconds: 80%
Grim Pillar maximum Life: 27
Spend Runic Ward to cause damaging Ice-Crystal spears to erupt from the ground around you. These spears can be destroyed for an explosion of Cold damage.
Pillars
Creates +8 Grim Pillars
+4 metres to creation radius
+1.2 metres to eruption radius
Grim Pillar duration is 10 seconds
Limit 20 Grim Pillars
Deals 3 to 5 Cold Damage
Explosion
Explosion radius is 2 metres
50% more Freeze Buildup
Deals 5 to 7 Cold Damage
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
No attribute
Tags
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Creates +2 Grim Pillars

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • +0.4 metres to eruption radius

Used in builds

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.

PillarsExplosion
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold DamageGrim Pillar maximum Life: #Deals # to # Cold Damage
1 –15 Ward3–5275–7
2 317 Ward4–6486–9
3 619 Ward6–9819–13
4 1021 Ward7–1112311–17
5 1424 Ward9–1418014–21
6 1826 Ward12–1725118–26
7 2229 Ward14–2134522–32
8 2632 Ward17–2546826–39
9 3135 Ward20–3062431–46
10 3638 Ward24–3682537–55
11 4142 Ward28–42107943–64
12 4645 Ward32–49140050–75
13 5249 Ward38–56180658–88
14 5853 Ward43–65231568–102
15 6457 Ward50–75295579–118
16 6661 Ward58–86376291–136
17 7266 Ward66–994772105–157
18 7871 Ward76–1146024121–181
19 8476 Ward87–1307589139–208
20 9081 Ward99–1499536159–239
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
PillarsExplosion
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold DamageGrim Pillar maximum Life: #Deals # to # Cold Damage
21 –86 Ward114–17010013183–275
22 –92 Ward130–19510513210–316
23 –98 Ward148–22211039242–362
24 –104 Ward169–25411591277–416
25 –110 Ward193–29012170319–478
26 –117 Ward221–33112779366–549
27 –124 Ward252–37913418421–631
28 –132 Ward288–43314088484–726
29 –140 Ward330–49514793557–836
30 –148 Ward377–56615533642–963
31 –156 Ward432–64816309740–1110
32 –165 Ward495–74317125853–1280
33 –174 Ward568–85217981985–1478
34 –184 Ward652–977188801139–1709
35 –194 Ward749–1123198231318–1977
36 –204 Ward861–1291208151527–2290
37 –215 Ward991–1486218561771–2656
38 –227 Ward1141–1712229492056–3084
39 –238 Ward1316–1974240962390–3586
40 –251 Ward1520–2280253012783–4174

Matching supports 231

231 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 69

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Atalui's Bloodletting 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 Dauntless Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Efficiency I Efficiency II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Flame Pillar Heft Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Lasting Ground Lifetap Persistent Ground I Persistent Ground II Persistent Ground III Prolonged Duration I Prolonged Duration II Prolonged Duration III Rageforged I Rageforged II Relentless Rage Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Unbreakable Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 55

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

Intelligence 97

Ambrosia Ambrosia II Ambush Arbiter's Ignition Arcane Surge Astral Projection Atziri's Call 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 Considered Casting Controlled Destruction Coursing Current Creeping Chill Crystalline Shards Deep Freeze Derange Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Discharge Elemental Focus Embitter Encroaching Ground Energy Barrier Enervation Esh's Radiance Excise Execrate Expand Expanse Extraction Fiery Death Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Glacier Hoarfrost Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Icicle Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Invocation Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mana Flare Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Potential Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Profanity I Profanity II Rapid Casting I Rapid Casting II Rapid Casting III Rime Rising Tempest Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Soulbreaker Spell Cascade Spell Echo Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Unbending Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zarokh's Refrain Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 10

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