Eye of Winter

Eye of WinterSpell, Projectile, Cold
Tier: 13
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (19-195) Mana
Cooldown Time: 15.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.40 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Fire a single Eye Projectile which does not Hit enemies. The Eye constantly releases damaging shard Projectiles in a spiral as it flies. If the Eye passes over an Elemental ground surface or Orb, it will take on that surface's effect causing shards to deal more damage of the corresponding Type.Deals (1-40) to (2-59) Cold Damage
Gains 100% of damage as damage of the corresponding
Type when passing over an Elemental Ground Effect or Orb
Each use of this Skill deals 900% more damage with its
first Hit against each enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1.5-30)% increased Projectile 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/Gems/SkillGemEyeOfWinter

Eye of Winter is a cold spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Projectile speed affects distance traveled by both the eye and shards.

Because each hit is small, Eye of Winter tends to inflict no or very weak chill, but can still build up freeze.

If the eye projectile enters the area of an elemental ground effect or Orb skill, any further shards launched from that eye gain extra damage as follows:

• Chilled ground or Frost Bomb: Gains 75% of damage as Cold damage (visually indistinguishable)
• Ignited ground or Solar Orb: Gains 75% of damage as Fire damage, eye and shard projectiles gain orange "flame" glow
• Shocked ground or Orb of Storms: Gains 75% of damage as Lightning damage, eye and shard projectiles gain blue "electricity" glow

In all cases,

• An Eye of Winter retains any damage boost it gets for as long as it lasts. Leaving the area of an elemental ground effect or Orb does not end the damage boost.
• A shard projectile has the boost only if the eye that launched it had the boost when it launched. It does not matter if the shard itself enters an area, or if the eye enters the area after launching the shard.
• The extra damage is 75% of Eye of Winter's damage. The level, damage, and/or magnitude of the ground effect or Orb skill does not matter.
• The source of the ground effect does not matter, whether created by minions, enemies, or map modifiers: all boost Eye of Winter's damage.
• The player appears to be the only source of proper Orb effects in the game. Monster abilities that seem Orb-like, such as those created by a Priest of the Sun or by Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun, do not have the Orb tag and do not boost Eye of Winter's damage.
• A given Eye of Winter can get multiple boosts of different elements
  • For example if it passes over both ignited ground and an Orb of Storms, it will have 100% base cold damage (the default) + 75% fire damage + 75% lightning damage.
• A given Eye of Winter cannot get multiple boosts from ground effects or Orbs of the same element
  • For example if it passes over both ignited ground and a Solar Orb, it will still have only +75% fire damage, not +150%.

As with chill, the small individual hits from Eye of Winter's projectiles tend to result in little or no chance to ignite or shock. A lightning-boosted Eye of Winter can build up electrocution just as it can build up freeze, if an effect enables electrocution for it.

If supported by Ricochet, both the eye and the shard projectiles can chain off of walls. This can greatly amplify Eye of Winter's damage in tight spaces.

The Embitter support can make all elemental ground effects and Orbs grant cold damage. A single Eye of Winter can still get up to three damage boosts, one from a ground effect or Orb of each element. The visual effect associated with each element will also appear, as normal, even though the damage is all cold.

Despite its Lightning, Cold, Fire, and Orb tags, the Elemental Storm skill granted by the Stormweaver ascendancy does not grant Eye of Winter any extra damage. This may be a bug.

The in-game Skills menu calculates Eye of Winter's DPS as the damage of a single shard × the spell's casts per second. The actual damage will, in almost all cases, be several times greater because several shards will hit a target in a typical casting. The Skills screen will also never show the effects of elemental ground effects and Orbs on the skill's damage, even if the player is standing in one or more.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage
1	0	0	19	1 to 2
2	3	9	22	2 to 3
3	6	14	26	3 to 4
4	10	21	30	3 to 5
5	14	28	35	4 to 6
6	18	35	40	5 to 8
7	22	41	46	6 to 9
8	26	48	52	8 to 11
9	31	57	59	9 to 13
10	36	65	66	10 to 16
11	41	74	75	12 to 18
12	46	82	84	14 to 21
13	52	92	94	16 to 24
14	58	103	105	18 to 28
15	64	113	117	21 to 31
16	66	116	130	24 to 36
17	72	126	144	27 to 41
18	78	137	159	31 to 46
19	84	147	176	35 to 52
20	90	157	195	40 to 59

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	Efficiency IEfficiency ISupport Category: Efficiency Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Supported Skills have 30% less CostPlace 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.	Projectile Acceleration IProjectile Acceleration ISupport, Projectile Category: Projectile Speed Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile SpeedPlace 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	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.	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.	Second Wind ISecond Wind ISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 50% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace 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	Cooldown Recovery ICooldown Recovery ISupport Category: Cooldown Recovery Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 25% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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.	DeliberationDeliberationSupport Category: Deliberation Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage 30% more Movement Speed penalty while using Supported SkillsPlace 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.
IV	Cooldown Recovery IICooldown Recovery IISupport Category: Cooldown Recovery Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 30% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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.	Ricochet IIRicochet IISupport, Projectile Category: Ricochet Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Projectiles from Supported Skills have 50% chance to Chain an additional time from terrainPlace 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.	Second Wind IISecond Wind IISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace 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.
V	Cold MasteryCold MasterySupport, Cold Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Cold SkillsPlace 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.	Projectile Acceleration IIIProjectile Acceleration IIISupport, Projectile Category: Projectile Speed Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster, and causing increases and reductions to Projectile speed to also apply to Damage.Increases and reductions to Projectile speed also apply to Projectile Damage with Supported Skills Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile SpeedPlace 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.	Second Wind IIISecond Wind IIISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown and causing them to restore Life on use. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Restore 2% of maximum Life on use per one second cooldown of Supported Skills Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace 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

Eye of Winter has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Eye of Winter 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. Generally speaking, spells that do not have damage number changes called out below will have near-identical base damage at low levels, roughly 5% more damage at gem level 20, and roughly 20% more damage at gem level 30. Eye of Winter: When passing through an allied Flame Wall, the Eye itself and now all the shards it subsequently released will receive the Flame Wall's added Fire Damage. Shard Projectiles now travel 25% further. Eye Projectiles no longer releases a burst of shards at the end of its flight. The frequency the Eye Projectiles fires projectiles has been increased by roughly 35%. Each use of the Skill now deals 900% more Damage with its first Hit against each enemy. Now has a cast time of 1.4 seconds (previously 1.1), a Mana cost of 94-195 at Gem levels 13-20 (previously 54-128), and a 15 second Cooldown. Now Gains 100% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type when passing over an Elemental Ground Effect or Orb (previously 75%), and now deals 16-40 to 24-59 Cold Damage at Gem levels 13-20 (previously 7-17 to 10-25). Removed "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0e	Eye of Winter now gains bonus elemental damage when passing through other elemental orbs like Solar OrbSolar OrbSpell, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Orb Level: 1Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.Deals 46 to 69 Fire Damage Pulses every 1.4 seconds Explosion radius is 2.5 metres Orb duration is 10 seconds Limit 1 Solar OrbPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab., Orb of StormsOrb of StormsSpell, AoE, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Chaining, Orb, Remnant Tier: 3 Level: (1-20) Cost: (12-129) Mana Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 10.00%Create an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies. The Orb leaves behind a Lightning Infusion Remnant when it expires.Deals (1-14) to (8-260) Lightning Damage Chains (3-5) times Fires a bolt every 4 seconds, and when you cast a Spell near the Orb Orb radius is 3.6 metres Orb duration is 12 seconds Limit 1 Orb of Storms Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Chains (0.15-3) timesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. or Frost BombFrost BombSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb, Remnant Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-99) Mana Cooldown Time: 6.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 13.00%Create a pulsing Orb of frost. Each pulse inflicts Elemental Exposure on nearby enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it Detonates, dealing Cold damage to surrounding enemies and leaving behind a Cold Infusion.Deals (7-238) to (11-358) Cold Damage Detonation Time is 4 seconds Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more damage Initially applies 20% Elemental Exposure and 2% Exposure per pulse, up to a maximum of 50% Pulse and explosion radius are (2.4-3.1) metres Limit 1 Frost Bomb Exposure duration is 8 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Initially applies 0% Elemental Exposure and 0% Exposure per pulse, up to a maximum of (0.5-10)%Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel..
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. Eye of Winter now gains 75% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type when passing over an Elemental Ground Effect (previously 50%). The Skill also no longer incorrectly states the Projectile applies the passed over-ground effect to nearby Enemies. Fixed a bug where Eye of Winter passing over multiple ailment ground effects only got the extra damage bonus from the most recent one, rather than all of them.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.