PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Winter Orb

ColdSpellChannellingAoEDurationProjectileOrb

Overview

Channel to conjure an orb above you, which pelts nearby enemies with projectiles that impact the ground and explode. Channelling for longer builds up stages on the skill. When you stop channelling, the stages decay over a duration.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Blue
Attribute
Intelligence
Drop level
28
Cast time
0.25 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

  • 25% chance to Freeze enemies
  • +8 Maximum Stages
  • Fires projectiles every 1.2 seconds
  • 30% increased Duration per Stage
  • 80% more Projectile Frequency while Channelling
  • 20% increased Projectile Frequency per Stage
  • Base duration is 1.6 seconds
  • Maximum 0 Stages
  • Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to Projectile Frequency
  • Deals 39 to 59 Cold Damage
  • Fires 2 Projectiles
At 20% quality

+2 Maximum Stages

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Channel, Cold, Damage, Area, Duration, Projectile, Totemable, Area Spell, Projectiles Not From User, Orb
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 95

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportMultiple Projectiles SupportFaster Projectiles SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportPierce SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMore Duration SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportSpell Totem SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportChain SupportFork SupportReturning Projectiles SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportSlower Projectiles SupportLess Duration SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportCast while Channelling SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportArcane Surge SupportInfused Channelling SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Chain SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Fork SupportAwakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Cast While Channelling SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Fork SupportGreater Chain SupportGreater Devour SupportFocused Channelling SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1282 Mana7.5%80%Deals 39 to 59 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles199,3450
2312 Mana7.5%80%Deals 47 to 71 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles285,815199,345
3342 Mana7.5%80%Deals 56 to 84 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles401,344485,160
4373 Mana7.5%80%Deals 67 to 100 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles554,379886,504
5403 Mana7.5%80%Deals 79 to 118 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles477,4371,440,883
6423 Mana7.5%80%Deals 88 to 132 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles583,7861,918,320
7443 Mana7.5%80%Deals 98 to 147 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles710,3592,502,106
8463 Mana7.5%80%Deals 109 to 163 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles1,355,5113,212,465
9483 Mana7.5%80%Deals 121 to 181 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles1,138,8774,567,976
10503 Mana7.5%80%Deals 134 to 201 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles1,368,2335,706,853
11523 Mana7.5%80%Deals 149 to 223 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles1,638,3387,075,086
12543 Mana7.5%80%Deals 165 to 247 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles1,956,6488,713,424
13563 Mana7.5%80%Deals 182 to 273 Cold Damage Fires 2 Projectiles3,655,18410,670,072
14584 Mana7.5%80%Deals 201 to 302 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles3,017,32714,325,256
15604 Mana7.5%80%Deals 222 to 333 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles7,759,99517,342,583
16624 Mana7.5%80%Deals 245 to 367 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles15,138,19325,102,578
17644 Mana7.5%80%Deals 270 to 405 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles26,083,82540,240,771
18664 Mana7.5%80%Deals 297 to 446 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles62,620,24766,324,596
19684 Mana7.5%80%Deals 327 to 491 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles211,708,088128,944,843
20704 Mana7.5%80%Deals 360 to 539 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
21724 Mana7.5%80%Deals 395 to 593 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles——
22744 Mana7.5%80%Deals 434 to 651 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles——
23764 Mana7.5%80%Deals 477 to 715 Cold Damage Fires 3 Projectiles——
24784 Mana7.5%80%Deals 523 to 785 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
25805 Mana7.5%80%Deals 574 to 861 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
26825 Mana7.5%80%Deals 629 to 943 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
27845 Mana7.5%80%Deals 689 to 1033 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
28865 Mana7.5%80%Deals 754 to 1132 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
29885 Mana7.5%80%Deals 826 to 1239 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
30905 Mana7.5%80%Deals 904 to 1356 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
31915 Mana7.5%80%Deals 945 to 1418 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
32925 Mana7.5%80%Deals 988 to 1483 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
33935 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1034 to 1550 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
34945 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1081 to 1621 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
35955 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1130 to 1695 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
36965 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1181 to 1772 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
37975 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1235 to 1852 Cold Damage Fires 4 Projectiles——
38985 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1290 to 1936 Cold Damage Fires 5 Projectiles——
39995 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1349 to 2023 Cold Damage Fires 5 Projectiles——
401005 Mana7.5%80%Deals 1409 to 2114 Cold Damage Fires 5 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%+0.5 Maximum Stages
10%+1 Maximum Stages
15%+1.5 Maximum Stages
20%+2 Maximum Stages
23%+2.3 Maximum Stages
30%+3 Maximum Stages

Alternate effects 1

Celestial Winter Orb Effect

Your Winter Orb becomes a Celestial Effect.

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