Cold Grasp Effect
Your Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost
Vaal
Vaal Cold Snap
Overview
Creates a sudden burst of cold around you, damaging enemies. This also creates a chilling area around you which expands and deals cold damage over time to surrounding enemies in addition to chilling them. Enemies that die while in the area grant Frenzy Charges, and you will passively gain Frenzy Charges while there are enemies in the area.
Properties
- Gem type
- Vaal
- Colour
- Blue
- Attribute
- Dexterity
- Drop level
- 16
- Cast time
- 0.8 sec
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
- Base radius is 3.2 metres
- Base secondary radius is 2 metres
- Base tertiary radius is 3.6 metres
- Gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area
- Always Freezes enemies
- Base duration is 4 seconds
- Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
- Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
- Deals 45 to 68 Cold Damage
- Deals 46.55 Base Cold Damage per second
At 20% quality
20% more Effect of Chill
Related gem versions 2
Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.
Compatibility inputs
- Skill types
- Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Duration, Vaal, Cold, Chilling Area, Area Spell, Multicastable, Damage Over Time
- 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 83
Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.
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Increased Critical Damage Support
Knockback Support
Life Leech Support
Added Chaos Damage Support
Stun Support
Trap Support
Item Rarity Support
Faster Casting Support
Concentrated Effect Support
More Duration Support
Cold to Fire Support
Combustion Support
Elemental Proliferation Support
Culling Strike Support
Iron Will Support
Spell Totem Support
Blastchain Mine Support
Chance to Flee Support
Blind Support
Fire Penetration Support
Cold Penetration Support
Lightning Penetration Support
Power Charge On Critical Support
Burning Damage Support
Hextouch Support
Less Duration Support
Physical to Lightning Support
Ice Bite Support
Hypothermia Support
Innervate Support
Critical Strike Affliction Support
Void Manipulation Support
Controlled Destruction Support
Swift Affliction Support
Elemental Focus Support
Ignite Proliferation Support
Chance to Poison Support
Deadly Ailments Support
Decay Support
Efficacy Support
Vile Toxins Support
Immolate Support
Unbound Ailments Support
Brutality Support
Arcane Surge Support
Summon Phantasm Support
Bonechill Support
Energy Leech Support
High-Impact Mine Support
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
Awakened Brutality Support
Awakened Burning Damage Support
Awakened Fire Penetration Support
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
Awakened Cold Penetration Support
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
Awakened Swift Affliction Support
Awakened Void Manipulation Support
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
Awakened Hextouch Support
Awakened Elemental Focus Support
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
Trinity Support
Cruelty Support
Lifetap Support
Overcharge Support
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Unholy Trinity Support
Living Lightning SupportGem progression 20 standard levels
| Gem level | Required level | Vaal souls | Soul gain prevention | Crit. chance | Damage effectiveness | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 290% | Deals 45 to 68 Cold Damage Deals 46.55 Base Cold Damage per second | 49,725 | 0 |
| 2 | 20 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 300% | Deals 64 to 95 Cold Damage Deals 68.67 Base Cold Damage per second | 95,714 | 49,725 |
| 3 | 24 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 310% | Deals 87 to 131 Cold Damage Deals 99.82 Base Cold Damage per second | 169,595 | 145,439 |
| 4 | 28 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 320% | Deals 118 to 178 Cold Damage Deals 143.05 Base Cold Damage per second | 199,345 | 315,034 |
| 5 | 31 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 320% | Deals 148 to 221 Cold Damage Deals 185.45 Base Cold Damage per second | 285,815 | 514,379 |
| 6 | 34 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 330% | Deals 183 to 274 Cold Damage Deals 241.95 Base Cold Damage per second | 401,344 | 800,194 |
| 7 | 37 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 340% | Deals 226 to 338 Cold Damage Deals 308.68 Base Cold Damage per second | 554,379 | 1,201,538 |
| 8 | 40 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 340% | Deals 277 to 416 Cold Damage Deals 392.77 Base Cold Damage per second | 755,049 | 1,755,917 |
| 9 | 43 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 350% | Deals 339 to 509 Cold Damage Deals 500.87 Base Cold Damage per second | 1,016,533 | 2,510,966 |
| 10 | 46 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 360% | Deals 414 to 621 Cold Damage Deals 631.33 Base Cold Damage per second | 1,898,602 | 3,527,499 |
| 11 | 49 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 360% | Deals 504 to 756 Cold Damage Deals 797.92 Base Cold Damage per second | 1,964,019 | 5,426,101 |
| 12 | 52 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 370% | Deals 612 to 917 Cold Damage Deals 995.93 Base Cold Damage per second | 2,573,731 | 7,390,120 |
| 13 | 55 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 380% | Deals 740 to 1111 Cold Damage Deals 1244.35 Base Cold Damage per second | 4,676,439 | 9,963,851 |
| 14 | 58 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 390% | Deals 895 to 1342 Cold Damage Deals 1546.82 Base Cold Damage per second | 3,017,327 | 14,640,290 |
| 15 | 60 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 390% | Deals 1014 to 1520 Cold Damage Deals 1787.87 Base Cold Damage per second | 7,823,001 | 17,657,617 |
| 16 | 62 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 400% | Deals 1148 to 1721 Cold Damage Deals 2075.93 Base Cold Damage per second | 15,264,208 | 25,480,618 |
| 17 | 64 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 400% | Deals 1298 to 1947 Cold Damage Deals 2380 Base Cold Damage per second | 26,272,845 | 40,744,826 |
| 18 | 66 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 410% | Deals 1468 to 2201 Cold Damage Deals 2746.52 Base Cold Damage per second | 62,872,274 | 67,017,671 |
| 19 | 68 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 410% | Deals 1658 to 2487 Cold Damage Deals 3160.18 Base Cold Damage per second | 212,023,122 | 129,889,945 |
| 20 | 70 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 1872 to 2807 Cold Damage Deals 3626.05 Base Cold Damage per second | — | 341,913,067 |
Show extended levels 21–40
| Gem level | Required level | Vaal souls | Soul gain prevention | Crit. chance | Damage effectiveness | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 72 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 2111 to 3167 Cold Damage Deals 4142.22 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 22 | 74 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 2381 to 3571 Cold Damage Deals 4736.58 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 23 | 76 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 2683 to 4024 Cold Damage Deals 5393.48 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 24 | 78 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 3022 to 4532 Cold Damage Deals 6168.93 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 25 | 80 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 3401 to 5102 Cold Damage Deals 6979.72 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 26 | 82 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 3827 to 5740 Cold Damage Deals 7972.67 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 27 | 84 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 4304 to 6456 Cold Damage Deals 9055.65 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 28 | 86 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 4838 to 7257 Cold Damage Deals 10313.68 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 29 | 88 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 5436 to 8153 Cold Damage Deals 11701.6 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 30 | 90 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 6105 to 9157 Cold Damage Deals 13269.52 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 31 | 91 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 6469 to 9703 Cold Damage Deals 14150.4 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 32 | 92 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 6854 to 10281 Cold Damage Deals 15040.07 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 33 | 93 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 7261 to 10891 Cold Damage Deals 16034.4 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 34 | 94 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 7691 to 11537 Cold Damage Deals 17092.18 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 35 | 95 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 8147 to 12220 Cold Damage Deals 18160.75 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 36 | 96 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 8628 to 12943 Cold Damage Deals 19354.12 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 37 | 97 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 9138 to 13707 Cold Damage Deals 20623.25 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 38 | 98 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 9676 to 14514 Cold Damage Deals 21905.67 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 39 | 99 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 10245 to 15368 Cold Damage Deals 23336.75 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
| 40 | 100 | 25 | 5 sec | 7.5% | 420% | Deals 10847 to 16271 Cold Damage Deals 24782.97 Base Cold Damage per second | — | — |
Quality progression
Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.
| Quality | Effects |
|---|---|
| 0% | No quality bonus |
| 5% | 5% more Effect of Chill |
| 10% | 10% more Effect of Chill |
| 15% | 15% more Effect of Chill |
| 20% | 20% more Effect of Chill |
| 23% | 23% more Effect of Chill |
| 30% | 30% more Effect of Chill |
Alternate effects 4
Overseer Cold Snap Effect
Your Cold Snap becomes an Overseer Effect.
Blighted Cold Snap Effect
Your Cold Snap becomes a blighted effect.
Delirious Cold Snap Effect
Your Cold Snap becomes a delirious effect.