Snap

SnapBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Cold, Payoff
Tier: 5
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-79) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 13.00%Shatter the frost on a Frozen enemy, Consuming the Freeze to deal a large amount of Cold Damage to enemies caught in the blast. Can also be cast on a Frostbolt to cause it to explode immediately. Any Frozen enemies hit by the Frostbolt's explosion will be dealt Cold Snap's damage and have their Freeze Consumed.Deals (22-670) to (34-1005) Cold Damage
Explosion radius is 1.6 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Cast SpeedSkills 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/Gem/SkillGemColdSnap

Snap is a spell skill. It can be used on a FrostboltFrostboltBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Duration
Tier: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-67) Mana
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Fire a slow-moving Piercing Projectile that leaves a wake of Chilled Ground, deals Cold damage and explodes on colliding with terrain.Deals (5-145) to (8-218) Cold Damage
100% increased Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Pierces all Targets
Chilled Ground radius is 0.9 metres
Chilled Ground duration is 4 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Projectile Damage after Piercing an EnemySkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. or a enemy with ignite, shock, and/or freeze applied, detonating the orb or consuming the ailments to deal damage in an area and create an Elemental Infusion of the respective element.

Skill functions and interactions

Can also be cast on FrostboltFrostboltBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Duration
Tier: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-67) Mana
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Fire a slow-moving Piercing Projectile that leaves a wake of Chilled Ground, deals Cold damage and explodes on colliding with terrain.Deals (5-145) to (8-218) Cold Damage
100% increased Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Pierces all Targets
Chilled Ground radius is 0.9 metres
Chilled Ground duration is 4 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Projectile Damage after Piercing an EnemySkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. spell to cause it to explode and create cold infusion remnant.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost	Cold Damage
1	0	7	22 to 34
2	3	8	31 to 46
3	6	9	42 to 63
4	10	11	55 to 83
5	14	12	70 to 105
6	18	14	86 to 129
7	22	15	104 to 157
8	26	18	125 to 187
9	31	20	148 to 221
10	36	23	173 to 260
11	41	26	202 to 302
12	46	29	233 to 350
13	52	33	269 to 403
14	58	37	309 to 463
15	64	42	353 to 530
16	66	48	403 to 605
17	72	54	459 to 688
18	78	62	521 to 782
19	84	70	591 to 887
20	90	79	670 to 1005

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	Controlled DestructionControlled DestructionSupport, Spell Category: Controlled Destruction Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells that Hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing Critical Hits.Supported Spells deal 25% more Hit Damage Supported Skills cannot deal Critical HitsPlace 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.	HourglassHourglassSupport Category: Grants Cooldown Tier: 1 Cooldown Time: 10.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 30% more Damage Supported Skills have a Cooldown of 10 secondsPlace 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.	UnleashUnleashSupport, Spell Category: Unleash Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells you cast yourself, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support Channelling Skills or Skills with a Cooldown.Supported Spells gain a Seal every 200% of cast time, to a maximum of 2 Seals Supported Spells are Unsealed when cast, and their effects Reoccur for each Seal lost Supported Skills deal 50% less Damage when ReoccurringPlace 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.
II	EmbitterEmbitterSupport, Cold Category: Embitter Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.If Supported Skills would gain extra Damage of any Type other than Cold, they gain extra Cold Damage insteadPlace 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.	Inevitable CriticalInevitable CriticalSupport Category: Inevitable Critical Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.Supported Skills gain 25% increased Critical Hit Chance each second, up to 200%. This Critical Hit Chance is lost whenever a skill supported by Inevitable Critical Critically HitsPlace 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.	Spell EchoSpell EchoSupport, Spell, AoE Category: Spell Echo Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location. Supported Spells echo, causing their effects to happen again after a short delay. Cannot support Channelling skills Remote skills or skills which are Triggered.Supported Spells Echo once Supported Skills have 30% less Cast Speed Echoes from Supported Spells have 40% increased Area of EffectPlace 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.
III	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.	ExtractionExtractionSupport, Spell Category: Extraction Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Using supported Spells will cause you to Sacrifice a portion of your Life on use, gaining extra Chaos Damage in exchange. Does not support Persistent Skills, Minion Skills, or Triggered Skills.Supported Skills Gain 35% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage Supported Skills Sacrifice 10% of Life on usePlace 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.	SupercriticalSupercriticalSupport Category: Supercritical Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage with Critical Hits but have less Critical Hit chance.Supported Skills have 100% increased Critical Damage Bonus Supported Skills have 20% less Critical Hit chancePlace 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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Item acquisition

Snap has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Snap has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game. Cold Snap: Has been reworked, and renamed to Snap. It can now be used on any frozen, shocked or ignited enemy or on a Frostbolt, causing an explosion of the corresponding damage type and creating a remnant of the corresponding type from enemies. This explosion can chain react to a limited extent from enemies hit that are affected by the same ailment. Now deals 48-540 to 72-810 Cold Damage, 2-27 to 46-512 Lightning Damage, or 17-192 to 26-288 Fire Damage at Gem levels 5–20 (previously 70-670 to 105-1005 Cold Damage). Quality now grants 0-10% chance to spawn an additional remnant (previously 0-20% chance to not consume freeze). Cold Explosion now deals 50% more Damage against Unique Enemies. Now has a 4 second Cooldown.
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
0.2.0	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 Snap now has an explosion radius of 1.6 metres (previously 0.7 metres).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.