Snap

SnapSpell, AoE, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Payoff, Remnant
Tier: 5
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-89) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 13.00%Consume the elemental energy from a Frozen, Shocked or Ignited enemy, creating an elemental blast that leaves behind an Infusion Remnant. The blast will spread to other enemies affected by the same Ailment, but those blasts cannot spread further. Can also be cast on a Frostbolt to create a larger cold blast.Deals (14-473) to (21-709) Cold Damage
Enemy explosion radius is 1.6 metres
Frostbolt explosion radius is 3.2 metres
50% more damage with Hits for blasts originating
from a Unique enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% chance to spawn an additional Infusion RemnantSkills 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	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	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.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% 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.	Rapid Casting IRapid Casting ISupport, Spell Category: Rapid Casting Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Supported Skills have 15% increased Cast 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	Harmonic Remnants IHarmonic Remnants ISupport, Remnant Category: Harmonic Remnants Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Remnants created by Supported Skills can be collected from 35% further awayPlace 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.	InhibitorInhibitorSupport, Spell Category: Inhibitor Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill you use yourself or that you Trigger. Supported Skills cannot consume Charges or Infusion by any means. Cannot Support Skills which require Charges or Infusion to be used.Supported Skills cannot consume Infusions Supported Skills cannot consume Charges Supported Skills deal 4% more Damage per different type of Charge on you Supported Skills deal 4% more Damage per different type of Infusion on youPlace 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.	Harmonic Remnants IIHarmonic Remnants IISupport, Remnant Category: Harmonic Remnants Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away, with a chance to create an additional Remnant.20% chance for Supported Skills to create an additional Remnant Remnants created by Supported Skills can be collected from 35% further awayPlace 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.	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area 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.
IV	Bounty IIBounty IISupport Category: Bounty Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill that Hits Enemies, causing Enemies it kills to grant more Flask and Charm charges.Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Charm charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Life Flask Charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Mana Flask ChargesPlace 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.	Execute IIExecute IISupport Category: Execute Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Supported Skills deal 50% more Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low LifePlace 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.	Rapid Casting IIRapid Casting IISupport, Spell Category: Rapid Casting Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Supported Skills have 20% increased Cast 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.
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.	Fire MasteryFire MasterySupport, Fire Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Fire 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.	Lightning MasteryLightning MasterySupport, Lightning Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Lightning 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.

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.