Glacial Cascade

Glacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (12-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
Radius: 12Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area.Deals (37-354) to (56-531) Physical Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemGlacialCascade

Glacial Cascade is a cold spell that launches a wave of icicles. Damage from this skill converts physical damage to cold damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Area of Effect: Glacial Cascade fires as a set of multiple area of effect circles in a line. Increasing the Area of Effect increases the size of each circle as well as the distance between the center of each circle; this also increases the effective range. Decreasing the area of effect will likewise decrease the effective range of the spell.

Multiple Hits: Each circle in the Glacial Cascade overlaps partially with adjacent circles, meaning that enemies standing in the spell can be hit by multiple area of effects in one cast (depending on the enemy's hitbox). Decreasing the Area of Effect makes it easier to hit a single enemy multiple times due to more tightly grouping circles. However, even at the maximum Area of Effect possible, an enemy will usually be hit twice in one cast except for the exception below.

Melee Range and Full Range: An enemy close enough to the caster may sometimes only be hit once because they are only under the area of effect of the closest circle. Likewise, an enemy at full range may sometimes also only be hit once because they are only under the area of effect of the furthest circle.

Note: Despite what the spell may look like, Glacial Cascade is not a projectile. Thus, effects that normally affect projectiles such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: l
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spreadSupported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. do not have an effect on Glacial Cascade.

Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	10	21 to 32	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	10	26 to 39	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	79	11	31 to 46	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	85	12	37 to 55	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	92	12	44 to 65	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	96	13	49 to 73	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	100	14	54 to 82	N/A	583786	2502106
8	46	104	14	61 to 91	N/A	710359	3212465
9	48	109	15	68 to 101	N/A	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	15	75 to 113	N/A	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	16	84 to 125	N/A	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	16	93 to 139	N/A	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	17	103 to 154	N/A	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	17	114 to 171	N/A	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	18	126 to 189	N/A	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	18	140 to 209	N/A	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	18	154 to 231	N/A	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	19	170 to 256	N/A	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	19	188 to 282	N/A	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	20	207 to 311	N/A	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	20	229 to 343	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	252 to 378	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	21	277 to 416	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	21	305 to 458	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	336 to 504	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	22	369 to 554	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	405 to 608	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	445 to 668	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24	489 to 733	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	537 to 805	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	562 to 843	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25	589 to 883	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	616 to 924	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	645 to 968	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	676 to 1013	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	25	707 to 1061	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	740 to 1111	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	26	775 to 1163	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	26	811 to 1217	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	26	849 to 1273	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Glacial Cascade:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Glacial Cascade.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 1	66	25% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 2	75	40% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 1	66	Glacial Cascade gains 6% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 2	75	Glacial Cascade gains 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Glacial Cascade has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Arctic Glacial Cascade EffectArctic Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Glacial Cascade becomes an arctic effect.	Your Glacial Cascade becomes an arctic effect.
Gore Glacial Cascade EffectGore Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Glacial Cascade becomes a surge of demonic teeth from below.	Your Glacial Cascade becomes a surge of demonic teeth from below.
Illusionist Glacial Cascade EffectIllusionist Glacial Cascade EffectSkill Gem EffectReplaces the standard effect on a Glacial Cascade gem with an illusionist version.	Replaces the standard effect on a Glacial Cascade gem with an illusionist version.

Version History

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 12 (was 13). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 26). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now deals 37 to 56 Physical damage at gem level 1 (from 48 to 72) and 354 to 531 Physical damage at gem level 20 (from 422 to 633).
3.0.0	Now deals entirely base physical damage, 60% of which is converted to cold. Damage has been increased by approximately 33% at all levels. Base radius reduced to 12 from 14. Now gains +1 range every 10 gem levels.
2.6.0	Glacial Cascade's radius has increased from 10 to 14 units.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels. Radius has been increased by 25%.
2.0.0	Base cast speed reduced to 800ms from 850ms. Added an additional sequence to the effect (increasing the total length). Now grants 1% increased damage per 1% quality (was 0.5% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance reduced from 6% to 5%.
1.2.0	The area of effect of each ice section has been increased. This also increases the area of overlaps of sections. Mana Cost reduced
1.1.2	Added a new Intelligence skill - Glacial CascadeGlacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (10-20) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 45% Radius: 12Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area and knocking them back in the direction of the next burst.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Damage0.5% increased Area of Effect1% reduced Area of Effect Final Burst Deals 2% more DamageDeals (21-207) to (32-311) Physical Damage Causes 4 Bursts 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second Final Burst Deals 200% more Damage Final Burst has 100% more Area of Effect Final Burst cannot Knockback Knocks Enemies Back on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in their area.