* The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.
* Frostbolt: Base Projectile Speed has been lowered by 20%. No longer leaves Chilled Ground as it travels. Instead, it Chills as though dealing 100-195%% more Damage. Projectile now deals 9-14 Cold Damage at Gem level 3 (previously 15-22), scaling up to 144-216 Cold Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 201-302). This change does not affect the explosion.
* Frostbolt: Base Projectile Speed has been lowered by 20%. No longer leaves Chilled Ground as it travels. Instead, it Chills as though dealing 100-195%% more Damage. Projectile now deals 9-14 Cold Damage at Gem level 3 (previously 15-22), scaling up to 144-216 Cold Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 201-302). This change does not affect the explosion.
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% more Projectile Damage after Piercing an EnemySkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition Drop restricted It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostbolt
Casting Cold Snap on the projectile will cause it to explode immediately.
Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt instead of you.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Cold Damage
1
0
6
5 to 8
2
3
7
7 to 11
3
6
8
10 to 15
4
10
9
13 to 19
5
14
10
16 to 24
6
18
12
20 to 30
7
22
13
24 to 36
8
26
15
28 to 43
9
31
17
34 to 50
10
36
19
39 to 59
11
41
22
45 to 68
12
46
25
52 to 79
13
52
28
60 to 90
14
58
32
69 to 103
15
64
36
78 to 118
16
66
41
89 to 134
17
72
46
101 to 151
18
78
53
114 to 171
19
84
60
129 to 193
20
90
67
145 to 218
Recommended support gems
The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.
Gem tier
Support gems
I
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II
Cold PenetrationCold PenetrationSupport, Cold Category: Cold Penetration Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those HitsPenetrate enemy Cold resistance.Supported Skills Penetrate 30% Cold ResistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
Considered CastingConsidered CastingSupport, Spell Category: Considered Casting Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills that Hit Enemies and you cast yourself, boosting Damage at the cost of Cast Speed.Supported Spell Skills have 15% less Cast Speed Supported Spells deal 35% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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III
Biting FrostBiting FrostSupport, Cold, Payoff Category: Biting Frost Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more damage to Frozen enemies but consume their Freeze. Cannot support skills that ConsumeFreeze.Supported Skills cannot cause Freeze buildup Supported Skills ConsumeFreeze on enemies to deal 40% more Damage Supported Skills deal 20% more damage to FrozenUnique enemiesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport Category: Elemental Focus Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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IV
V
Item acquisition
Frostbolt has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.
Frostbolt: Base Projectile Speed has been lowered by 20%. No longer leaves Chilled Ground as it travels. Instead, it Chills as though dealing 100-195%% more Damage. Projectile now deals 9-14 Cold Damage at Gem level 3 (previously 15-22), scaling up to 144-216 Cold Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 201-302). This change does not affect the explosion.
Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread.
Cold PenetrationCold PenetrationSupport, Cold
Considered CastingConsidered CastingSupport, Spell
Biting FrostBiting FrostSupport, Cold, Payoff
Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport
