PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Frost Blades

AttackProjectileMeleeStrikeCold

Overview

Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.

Properties

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

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Enemy at the GateRanger11

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

Mechanics at a glance

  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  • Projectiles deal 30% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
  • +1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range
  • Fires 5 Projectiles
At 20% quality

Fires +2 Projectiles

Acquisition

Enemy at the GateAct 1 quest reward · Ranger

Related gem versions 1

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

Frost Blades of Katabasis

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Attack, Projectile, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable, Melee, Cold, Ranged Attack, Projectiles Not From User
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 137

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportMultiple Projectiles SupportFaster Projectiles SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportPierce SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportPoint Blank SupportIron Grip SupportDamage on Full Life SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportChain SupportFork SupportReturning Projectiles SupportMultistrike SupportMelee Splash SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportSlower Projectiles SupportVicious Projectiles 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 SupportBarrage 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 Chain SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Fork SupportAwakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Vicious Projectiles SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportBloodthirst SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportSacred Wisps SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call SupportGreater Fork SupportGreater Chain SupportGreater Kinetic Instability SupportVoid Shockwave SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportKinetic Instability SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
116 Mana143.8%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles700
226 Mana151.2%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles30870
346 Mana159.4%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles1,554378
476 Mana168.2%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles6,6671,932
5116 Mana177.9%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles26,0478,599
6167 Mana188.6%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles49,72534,646
7207 Mana199.4%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles95,71484,371
8247 Mana210.9%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles169,595180,085
9287 Mana223%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles283,759349,680
10328 Mana235.8%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles453,996633,439
11368 Mana249.4%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles703,1281,087,435
12408 Mana263.6%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles1,061,2231,790,563
13448 Mana278.7%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles2,065,8702,851,786
14489 Mana294.7%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles2,507,1104,917,656
15529 Mana311.5%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles5,798,9367,424,766
16569 Mana329.2%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles15,083,91913,223,702
17609 Mana348.1%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles27,792,73528,307,621
186410 Mana367.9%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles43,869,73956,100,356
196710 Mana388.2%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles242,081,55699,970,095
207010 Mana409.6%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles—342,051,651
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217210 Mana431.5%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
227410 Mana454.6%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
237610 Mana478.8%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
247811 Mana504.4%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
258011 Mana531.4%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
268211 Mana559.7%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
278411 Mana589.6%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
288611 Mana621.1%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
298811 Mana654.2%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
309011 Mana689.1%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
319111 Mana742.8%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
329211 Mana762.6%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
339312 Mana782.9%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
349412 Mana803.8%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
359512 Mana825.1%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
369612 Mana847.1%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
379712 Mana869.7%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
389812 Mana892.8%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
399912 Mana916.6%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
4010012 Mana941%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——

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%—
10%Fires +1 Projectile
15%—
20%Fires +2 Projectiles
23%Fires +2.3 Projectiles
30%Fires +3 Projectiles

Alternate effects 1

Stygian Frost Blades Effect

Your Frost Blades become a Stygian Effect.

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