PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Transfigured

Frost Blades of Katabasis

AttackMeleeStrikeColdAoEDuration

Overview

Attack enemies with greatly increased range, creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time if it hits. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Properties

Gem type
Transfigured
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
5
Cast time
1 sec

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Mechanics at a glance

  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  • Base duration is 3 seconds
  • This Skill's Area of Effect cannot be modified
  • +5 metres to Melee Strike Range
  • Deals 9.55 Base Cold Damage per second
At 20% quality

+1 metre to Melee Strike Range

Related gem versions 1

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Frost Blades

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Melee, Cold, Area, Damage Over Time, Chilling Area, Duration
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
Can be supported
Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Compatible support gems 121

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportDamage on Full Life SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportMultistrike SupportMelee Splash SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportLess Duration SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportFortify SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Bleed SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportMaim SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportRuthless SupportMomentum SupportAncestral Call SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportClose Combat SupportShockwave SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportNightblade SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Ancestral Call SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Melee Splash SupportAwakened Multistrike SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cast On Critical Strike SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call SupportVoid Shockwave SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
116 Mana86%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 9.55 Base Cold Damage per second700
226 Mana94.1%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 11.03 Base Cold Damage per second30870
346 Mana102.2%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 14.43 Base Cold Damage per second1,554378
476 Mana110.3%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 20.78 Base Cold Damage per second6,6671,932
5116 Mana118.4%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 32.18 Base Cold Damage per second26,0478,599
6167 Mana126.5%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 52.8 Base Cold Damage per second49,72534,646
7207 Mana134.6%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 76.27 Base Cold Damage per second95,71484,371
8247 Mana142.7%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 108.2 Base Cold Damage per second169,595180,085
9287 Mana150.8%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 151.33 Base Cold Damage per second283,759349,680
10328 Mana158.9%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 209.3 Base Cold Damage per second453,996633,439
11368 Mana167.1%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 286.8 Base Cold Damage per second703,1281,087,435
12408 Mana175.2%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 390.02 Base Cold Damage per second1,061,2231,790,563
13448 Mana183.3%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 526.95 Base Cold Damage per second2,065,8702,851,786
14489 Mana191.4%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 708.02 Base Cold Damage per second2,507,1104,917,656
15529 Mana199.5%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 946.75 Base Cold Damage per second5,798,9367,424,766
16569 Mana207.6%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 1260.67 Base Cold Damage per second15,083,91913,223,702
17609 Mana215.7%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 1672.47 Base Cold Damage per second27,792,73528,307,621
186410 Mana223.8%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 2211.5 Base Cold Damage per second43,869,73956,100,356
196710 Mana231.9%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 2721.67 Base Cold Damage per second242,081,55699,970,095
207010 Mana240%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 3344.43 Base Cold Damage per second—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana248.1%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 3833.85 Base Cold Damage per second——
227410 Mana256.2%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 4392.27 Base Cold Damage per second——
237610 Mana264.3%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 5029.15 Base Cold Damage per second——
247811 Mana272.4%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 5755.25 Base Cold Damage per second——
258011 Mana280.5%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 6582.77 Base Cold Damage per second——
268211 Mana288.6%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 7525.53 Base Cold Damage per second——
278411 Mana296.7%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 8599.23 Base Cold Damage per second——
288611 Mana304.8%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 9821.65 Base Cold Damage per second——
298811 Mana312.9%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 11212.95 Base Cold Damage per second——
309011 Mana321.1%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 12795.98 Base Cold Damage per second——
319111 Mana325.1%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 13667.37 Base Cold Damage per second——
329211 Mana329.2%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 14596.65 Base Cold Damage per second——
339312 Mana333.2%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 15587.6 Base Cold Damage per second——
349412 Mana337.3%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 16644.27 Base Cold Damage per second——
359512 Mana341.3%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 17770.9 Base Cold Damage per second——
369612 Mana345.4%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 18972.08 Base Cold Damage per second——
379712 Mana349.4%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 20252.63 Base Cold Damage per second——
389812 Mana353.5%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 21617.72 Base Cold Damage per second——
399912 Mana357.5%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 23072.83 Base Cold Damage per second——
4010012 Mana361.6%+5 metres to Melee Strike Range Deals 24623.82 Base Cold Damage per second——

Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%+0.25 metres to Melee Strike Range
10%+0.5 metres to Melee Strike Range
15%+0.75 metres to Melee Strike Range
20%+1 metre to Melee Strike Range
23%+1.15 metres to Melee Strike Range
30%+1.5 metres to Melee Strike Range

Alternate effects 1

Stygian Frost Blades Effect

Your Frost Blades become a Stygian Effect.

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