SnapBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Cold, Payoff Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-79) Mana 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 FreezeConsumed.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
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.
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 infusionremnant.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Cold Damage
1
0
0
8
14 to 21
2
3
9
10
19 to 28
3
6
14
12
26 to 38
4
10
21
14
33 to 50
5
14
28
16
42 to 63
6
18
35
18
52 to 79
7
22
41
21
64 to 96
8
26
48
24
77 to 115
9
31
57
27
92 to 137
10
36
65
30
108 to 162
11
41
74
34
127 to 191
12
46
82
38
149 to 223
13
52
92
43
173 to 260
14
58
103
48
201 to 302
15
64
113
53
233 to 350
16
66
116
59
269 to 404
17
72
126
65
310 to 466
18
78
137
73
358 to 536
19
84
147
80
411 to 617
20
90
157
89
473 to 709
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 extraDamage of any Type other than Cold, they gain extraCold 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.
Item acquisition
Snap 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.
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.
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).
FrostboltFrostboltBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Duration
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.
Controlled DestructionControlled DestructionSupport, Spell
HourglassHourglassSupport
UnleashUnleashSupport, Spell
EmbitterEmbitterSupport, Cold
Inevitable CriticalInevitable CriticalSupport
Spell EchoSpell EchoSupport, Spell, AoE
Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport
ExtractionExtractionSupport, Spell
SupercriticalSupercriticalSupport
