Glacial Cascade

Glacial CascadeAttack, AoE, Melee, Cold, Payoff
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-67) Mana
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (40-125)% of baseSweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but the Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
Burst radius is 0.5 metres
Wave length is 4.8 metres
Causes 8 Bursts

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Gains (0.5-10)% of Physical damage as Cold damageSkills 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/SkillGemGlacialCascade

Glacial Cascade is a quarterstaff cold melee skill. The user sends out a cascade of ice forward, which creates an ice spike at maximum distance. The spike will consume Freeze on frozen enemies to deal more damage. The spike will also detonate Ice Crystals.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	0	9	40%
2	3	10	44%
3	6	11	48%
4	10	13	53%
5	14	14	57%
6	18	16	61%
7	22	17	66%
8	26	19	69%
9	31	21	73%
10	36	24	77%
11	41	26	80%
12	46	29	84%
13	52	33	89%
14	58	36	93%
15	64	40	98%
16	66	44	103%
17	72	49	108%
18	78	55	113%
19	84	61	119%
20	90	67	125%

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	Cold AttunementCold AttunementSupport, Attack, Cold Category: Cold Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Cold Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Fire and Lightning 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.
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.
III	Coming Soon		VerglasVerglasSupport, Cold Category: Verglas Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills you use yourself which can Hit Enemies. Supported Skills Gain a percentage of their Damage as Cold Damage when you destroy Ice Crystals.Destroying an Ice Crystal grants Supported Skills 1% of Damage Gained as extra Cold for 6 seconds, per two thousand maximum Life of the destroyed Ice CrystalPlace 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.

Item acquisition

Glacial Cascade has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Glacial Cascade has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Ice Crystals will now instantly shatter from hits that could Consume Freeze. As this is now default behaviour, Glacial Cascade and Fragmentation Rounds no longer specifically call out this behaviour. Glacial Cascade: No longer has Consumes Freeze on enemies to deal 350% more Damage. It now Consumes Freeze on non-Unique enemies to deal 150% more Damage, and Consumes Freeze on Unique enemies to deal 500% more Damage. Burst Radius is now 0.6 metres (previously 0.5 metres). The Final Burst Radius is now 0.9-1.2 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 0.7 metres at all Gem levels). Quality now provides Gain 0-15% of Physical Damage as Cold Damage (previously 0-10%). Fixed a bug where you could not change your targeting direction while using Glacial Cascade.
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. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Glacial Cascade Quality is now gains 0-10% of Physical damage as Cold damage (instead of 0-10% increased attack speed).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.