Ice Nova

Ice NovaSpell, AoE, Cold
Radius: 30
Mana Cost: (10-31)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 130%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (19-632) to (28-930) Cold Damage
Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles
Adds (3-97) to (4-141) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
+(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemIceNova

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ice Nova.

Ice Nova is a spell that casts an expanding circle of cold damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area Damage: Ice Nova hits every enemy in its Area of Effect as long as it is not blocked by terrain obstacles.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Cold Damage against Chilled	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	10	19 to 28	3 to 4	N/A	0	0
2	15	39	11	24 to 36	4 to 5	N/A	15,249	15,249
3	19	48	13	33 to 48	5 to 7	N/A	41,517	56,766
4	23	56	14	43 to 64	7 to 10	N/A	81,983	138,749
5	27	64	16	57 to 83	9 to 13	1	147,968	286,717
6	31	73	17	73 to 108	11 to 16	1	250,557	537,274
7	35	81	19	94 to 138	14 to 21	1	405,086	942,360
8	38	88	20	112 to 164	17 to 25	1	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	94	21	133 to 196	20 to 30	2	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	100	22	158 to 233	24 to 35	2	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	106	23	187 to 275	29 to 42	2	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	113	24	221 to 325	34 to 49	2	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	119	25	260 to 383	40 to 58	3	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	125	26	306 to 450	47 to 68	3	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	132	27	358 to 527	55 to 80	3	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	138	28	419 to 617	64 to 94	3	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	142	29	465 to 684	71 to 104	4	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	146	30	516 to 758	79 to 115	4	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	151	30	571 to 840	87 to 128	4	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	155	31	632 to 930	97 to 141	4	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	159	32	699 to 1028	107 to 156	5	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	33	773 to 1137	118 to 173	5	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	34	854 to 1256	131 to 191	5	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	34	943 to 1387	144 to 211	5	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	34	1041 to 1531	159 to 233	6	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	34	1149 to 1690	176 to 257	6	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	35	1267 to 1863	194 to 283	6	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	35	1396 to 2053	214 to 312	6	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	35	1538 to 2262	235 to 344	7	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	35	1694 to 2491	259 to 379	7	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	35	1778 to 2614	272 to 397	7	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	35	1865 to 2743	285 to 417	7	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	35	1956 to 2877	299 to 437	7	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	35	2052 to 3018	314 to 459	7	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	35	2152 to 3165	329 to 481	8	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	36	2257 to 3320	345 to 505	8	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	36	2367 to 3481	362 to 529	8	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	36	2482 to 3650	380 to 555	8	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	36	2603 to 3827	398 to 582	8	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	36	2729 to 4013	417 to 610	8	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This item is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Nova.

Name		Stats
EnchantmentIceNovaDamage1	66	25% increased Ice Nova Damage
EnchantmentIceNovaDamage2	75	40% increased Ice Nova Damage
EnchantmentIceNovaFreezeChance1	66	Ice Nova has +20% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentIceNovaFreezeChance2	75	Ice Nova has +30% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentIceNovaMinimumChill1	66	Chills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 6%
EnchantmentIceNovaMinimumChill2	75	Chills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 8%
EnchantmentIceNovaRadius1	66	8% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect
EnchantmentIceNovaRadius2	75	12% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect

Microtransactions

The list below shows microtransactions for Ice Nova.

Item	Effect(s)
Arctic Ice Nova Effect Arctic Ice Nova EffectIce Nova Skin Stack Size: 20Your Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.	Your Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.
Water Nova Effect Water Nova EffectIce Nova Skin Stack Size: 20Your Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold water	Your Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold water

Version history

Version	Changes
3.5.0	Deals 19 to 28 cold damage at gem level 1 (up from 15 to 21) and 632 to 930 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 486 to 715). Can now expand from up to 2 Frostbolt projectiles at once. No longer deals 40% more damage when cast on Frostbolt. Now has 20% less Area of Effect when cast on Frostbolt. Now has a smaller radius at gem level 1, gaining up to +4 to radius at gem level 20.
2.6.0	Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10-31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 130%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (19-632) to (28-930) Cold Damage Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles Adds (3-97) to (4-141) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. damage has been increased by 3% at level 1, scaling up to 24% increased damage by level 20.
2.3.0	The cast time for Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10-31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 130%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (19-632) to (28-930) Cold Damage Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles Adds (3-97) to (4-141) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Vaal Ice NovaVaal Ice NovaVaal, Spell, AoE, Cold Souls Per Use: 25 (N) / Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 4.000 sec Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster, repeating from every enemy it hits. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (11-274) to (17-428) Cold Damage Causes smaller novas up to 5 times on enemies hit 20% reduced Area of Effect each repeat CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have been reduced from 900ms to 800ms.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 20% at level one, improving to a 35% increase in damage by level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by up to 36% at high levels. Base cast time reduced to 900ms (from 935ms). Now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.0	We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where the the Ice Nova graphical effect wouldn't scale correctly.
1.0.1	Damage at high levels has been increased (around 10% more damage at level 15).
0.10.0	Now doesn't hide monster health bars while being cast.
0.9.10	Fixed a bug with the damage dealt while in Trap form.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Ice Nova mana cost and increased its damage. Corrected its range
0.6.12	Ice nova no longer damages monsters through walls
0.6.9	Further nerfed ice nova, another 10% less damage
0.6.8	Nerfed ice nova (-40% damage, costs more mana)
0.6.0	Ice Nova now ripples damage correctly