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

Mechanics at a glance

  • Projectiles deal 30% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  • +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

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.
1164380%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles700
2265120%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles30870
3465940%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles1,554378
4766820%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles6,6671,932
51167790%+1.8 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 5 Projectiles26,0478,599
61678860%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles49,72534,646
72079940%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles95,71484,371
824711090%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles169,595180,085
928712300%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles283,759349,680
1032813580%+1.9 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 6 Projectiles453,996633,439
1136814940%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles703,1281,087,435
1240816360%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles1,061,2231,790,563
1344817870%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles2,065,8702,851,786
1448919470%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles2,507,1104,917,656
1552921150%+2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 7 Projectiles5,798,9367,424,766
1656922920%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles15,083,91913,223,702
1760924810%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles27,792,73528,307,621
18641026790%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles43,869,73956,100,356
19671028820%+2.1 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 8 Projectiles242,081,55699,970,095
20701030960%+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.
21721033150%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
22741035460%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
23761037880%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
24781140440%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
25801143140%+2.2 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 9 Projectiles——
26821145970%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
27841148960%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
28861152110%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
29881155420%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
30901158910%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
31911164280%+2.3 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 10 Projectiles——
32921166260%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
33931268290%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
34941270380%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
35951272510%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
36961274710%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
37971276970%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
38981279280%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
39991281660%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——
401001284100%+2.4 metres to Melee Strike Range Fires 11 Projectiles——

Alternate effects 1

Stygian Frost Blades Effect

Your Frost Blades become a Stygian Effect.

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