PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Vortex

SpellAoEColdDurationNova

Overview

An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Blue
Attribute
Intelligence
Drop level
28
Cast time
0.6 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 2.3 metres
  • Base secondary radius is 2.3 metres
  • 25% chance to Freeze enemies
  • Base duration is 3 seconds
  • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  • Deals 48 to 72 Cold Damage
  • Deals 135.25 Base Cold Damage per second
At 20% quality

+0.2 metres to radius

Related gem versions 1

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

Vortex of Projection

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Cold, Triggerable, Duration, Chilling Area, Area Spell, Nova, Can Rapid Fire, 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 96

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportTrap SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportSpell Totem SupportBlastchain Mine SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportSpell Echo SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportLess Duration SupportCast on Death SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Stunned SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportArcane Surge SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportIntensify SupportUnleash SupportHigh-Impact Mine SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage 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 Spell Echo SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportAwakened Unleash SupportArchmage SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSacrifice SupportSadism SupportGreater Spell Echo SupportCull the Weak SupportFrostmage SupportGreater Devour SupportGreater Unleash SupportUnholy Trinity SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
12810 Mana7.5%130%Deals 48 to 72 Cold Damage Deals 135.25 Base Cold Damage per second199,3450
23111 Mana7.5%130%Deals 61 to 92 Cold Damage Deals 173.97 Base Cold Damage per second285,815199,345
33411 Mana7.5%140%Deals 77 to 115 Cold Damage Deals 221.93 Base Cold Damage per second401,344485,160
43712 Mana7.5%140%Deals 96 to 144 Cold Damage Deals 282.42 Base Cold Damage per second554,379886,504
54012 Mana7.5%150%Deals 120 to 180 Cold Damage Deals 357.4 Base Cold Damage per second477,4371,440,883
64213 Mana7.5%150%Deals 138 to 208 Cold Damage Deals 416.45 Base Cold Damage per second583,7861,918,320
74414 Mana7.5%160%Deals 160 to 240 Cold Damage Deals 486.13 Base Cold Damage per second710,3592,502,106
84614 Mana7.5%160%Deals 184 to 276 Cold Damage Deals 566.65 Base Cold Damage per second1,355,5113,212,465
94814 Mana7.5%160%Deals 212 to 318 Cold Damage Deals 658.82 Base Cold Damage per second1,138,8774,567,976
105014 Mana7.5%170%Deals 244 to 366 Cold Damage Deals 764.98 Base Cold Damage per second1,368,2335,706,853
115215 Mana7.5%170%Deals 280 to 420 Cold Damage Deals 888.13 Base Cold Damage per second1,638,3387,075,086
125415 Mana7.5%170%Deals 321 to 482 Cold Damage Deals 1028.82 Base Cold Damage per second1,956,6488,713,424
135616 Mana7.5%180%Deals 368 to 552 Cold Damage Deals 1189.2 Base Cold Damage per second3,655,18410,670,072
145816 Mana7.5%180%Deals 421 to 632 Cold Damage Deals 1374.68 Base Cold Damage per second3,017,32714,325,256
156017 Mana7.5%190%Deals 482 to 723 Cold Damage Deals 1590.92 Base Cold Damage per second7,759,99517,342,583
166217 Mana7.5%190%Deals 551 to 826 Cold Damage Deals 1833.68 Base Cold Damage per second15,138,19325,102,578
176417 Mana7.5%200%Deals 629 to 943 Cold Damage Deals 2118.23 Base Cold Damage per second26,083,82540,240,771
186618 Mana7.5%200%Deals 718 to 1077 Cold Damage Deals 2442.35 Base Cold Damage per second62,620,24766,324,596
196818 Mana7.5%200%Deals 819 to 1228 Cold Damage Deals 2819.48 Base Cold Damage per second211,708,088128,944,843
207019 Mana7.5%210%Deals 933 to 1399 Cold Damage Deals 3245.73 Base Cold Damage per second—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217219 Mana7.5%210%Deals 1063 to 1594 Cold Damage Deals 3733.73 Base Cold Damage per second——
227420 Mana7.5%210%Deals 1210 to 1814 Cold Damage Deals 4296.3 Base Cold Damage per second——
237620 Mana7.5%210%Deals 1376 to 2064 Cold Damage Deals 4930.68 Base Cold Damage per second——
247820 Mana7.5%210%Deals 1565 to 2347 Cold Damage Deals 5655.23 Base Cold Damage per second——
258020 Mana7.5%210%Deals 1778 to 2667 Cold Damage Deals 6507.1 Base Cold Damage per second——
268221 Mana7.5%210%Deals 2020 to 3029 Cold Damage Deals 7461.4 Base Cold Damage per second——
278421 Mana7.5%210%Deals 2293 to 3439 Cold Damage Deals 8566.75 Base Cold Damage per second——
288622 Mana7.5%210%Deals 2602 to 3903 Cold Damage Deals 9839.18 Base Cold Damage per second——
298823 Mana7.5%210%Deals 2952 to 4427 Cold Damage Deals 11232.6 Base Cold Damage per second——
309023 Mana7.5%210%Deals 3347 to 5020 Cold Damage Deals 12887.18 Base Cold Damage per second——
319123 Mana7.5%210%Deals 3563 to 5345 Cold Damage Deals 13794.75 Base Cold Damage per second——
329223 Mana7.5%210%Deals 3793 to 5690 Cold Damage Deals 14764.35 Base Cold Damage per second——
339323 Mana7.5%210%Deals 4038 to 6056 Cold Damage Deals 15800.12 Base Cold Damage per second——
349423 Mana7.5%210%Deals 4297 to 6446 Cold Damage Deals 16906.48 Base Cold Damage per second——
359523 Mana7.5%210%Deals 4574 to 6860 Cold Damage Deals 18072.23 Base Cold Damage per second——
369624 Mana7.5%210%Deals 4867 to 7301 Cold Damage Deals 19333.13 Base Cold Damage per second——
379724 Mana7.5%210%Deals 5179 to 7768 Cold Damage Deals 20679.6 Base Cold Damage per second——
389824 Mana7.5%210%Deals 5510 to 8265 Cold Damage Deals 22117.3 Base Cold Damage per second——
399925 Mana7.5%210%Deals 5862 to 8793 Cold Damage Deals 23652.27 Base Cold Damage per second——
4010025 Mana7.5%210%Deals 6236 to 9354 Cold Damage Deals 25247.65 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%+0.05 metres to radius
10%+0.1 metres to radius
15%+0.15 metres to radius
20%+0.2 metres to radius
23%+0.23 metres to radius
30%+0.3 metres to radius

Alternate effects 3

Black Hole Vortex Effect

Your Vortex becomes a stationary black hole.

Myrmidon Vortex Effect

Your Vortex becomes a Myrmidon Effect.

Ghastly Vortex Skill Effect

Your Vortex becomes a ghastly effect.

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