Patch 0.5.5 ·

Ice Nova

Skill Gems

Ice Nova is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova, Repeatable. 227 Support Gems can support it.

1
Ice Nova
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova, Repeatable
Level: 1
Cost: 7 Mana
Cast Time: 1 sec
Critical Hit Chance: 12%
Conjure a wave of ice in all directions, Knocking Back enemies based on how close they are to you. Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt instead of you. Consumes a Cold Infusion if possible to leave a patch of Chilled Ground.
Knocks Back Enemies
Nova radius is 3.2 metres
Deals 6 to 8 Cold Damage
100% more Freeze Buildup
100% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Cold-Infused
Explosion and Chilled Ground radius are 1.6 metres
Deals 15 to 22 Cold Damage
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
Intelligence
Tags
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova, Repeatable
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 1 or higher
Gemcutting category
Elemental
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • More Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies: 20%

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • 40% chance to not remove an Infusion but still count as consuming them

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.

Ice NovaCold-Infused
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold Damage#% more Freeze Buildup#% more Magnitude of Chill inflictedDeals # to # Cold Damage
1 –7 Mana6–810010015–22
2 38 Mana7–1010310320–30
3 610 Mana9–1310610627–41
4 1011 Mana11–1710910936–54
5 1413 Mana14–2111211245–68
6 1815 Mana17–2611511555–83
7 2217 Mana21–3111811867–101
8 2620 Mana25–3712112180–120
9 3122 Mana29–4412412495–143
10 3625 Mana34–51127127112–168
11 4128 Mana40–60130130130–196
12 4632 Mana46–69133133151–227
13 5236 Mana53–79136136175–262
14 5840 Mana61–91139139201–302
15 6444 Mana69–104142142231–347
16 6649 Mana79–119145145265–397
17 7255 Mana90–135148148303–454
18 7861 Mana102–153151151345–518
19 8467 Mana116–173154154393–590
20 9074 Mana131–196157157448–672
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Ice NovaCold-Infused
Level Character levelCostDeals # to # Cold Damage#% more Freeze Buildup#% more Magnitude of Chill inflictedDeals # to # Cold Damage
21 –82 Mana148–222160160509–764
22 –90 Mana167–251163163579–868
23 –99 Mana189–283166166658–986
24 –109 Mana213–319169169747–1120
25 –120 Mana240–360172172848–1272
26 –131 Mana271–406175175963–1445
27 –144 Mana305–4581781781094–1641
28 –158 Mana345–5171811811242–1864
29 –173 Mana389–5831841841412–2118
30 –189 Mana438–6581871871605–2407
31 –207 Mana495–7421881881825–2738
32 –226 Mana559–8381901902077–3116
33 –247 Mana631–9471911912365–3548
34 –269 Mana713–10701931932695–4042
35 –294 Mana807–12101941943073–4609
36 –320 Mana913–13691961963507–5260
37 –348 Mana1033–15501971974006–6008
38 –379 Mana1171–17561991994579–6869
39 –413 Mana1328–19922002005240–7860
40 –449 Mana1507–22602022026002–9002

Matching supports 227

227 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 54

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 Deliberation 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 Mobility Momentum Neural Overload Outmaneuver 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 94

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 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 Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II 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 Unleash Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zarokh's Refrain Zarokh's Revolt Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 10

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