Freezing Pulse

Spell, Projectile, Cold

Level: 1–20

Cast Time: 0.65 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 330%

Projectile Speed: 1800

Requires Level 1

An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.

Deals (8–1458) to (12–2188) Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Projectiles continuously lose Damage, up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate
Projectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight
(0–19)% increased Projectile Speed

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Unusual Gems /3

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed	50
Anomalous	Deals (0–20)% less Damage Projectiles continuously gain Damage, up to (0–60)% more Damage by the time they dissipate	50
Divergent	Cannot Pierce Enemies	20

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Enemy at the Gate	Quest Reward	Shadow · Witch
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Shadow · Templar · Witch

Freezing Pulse /6

A cold based projectile spell that pierces enemies, dealing cold damage with a chance to freeze. The projectile loses damage and freeze chance based on how far it has travelled.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support	Increases the amount of projectiles Freezing Pulse casts, allowing it to hit more targets at once. At later levels, obtain the Greater Multiple Projectiles Support gem to hit enemies in a larger area.
Cold Penetration Support	Reduces enemy resistance to cold damage, making them take more cold damage from Freezing Pulse.
Controlled Destruction Support	Grants more spell damage to Freezing Pulse but reduces critical strike chance. The more spell damage provided by this support allows a direct and stable increase in damage not contingent on critical strikes.
Faster Projectiles Support	Increases Freezing Pulse's projectile speed, increasing the maximum distance that the projectiles travel. This allows Freezing Pulse to hit targets further away.
Spell Echo Support	Repeats Freezing Pulse an additional time while also greatly increasing the cast speed.
Added Cold Damage Support	Increases the amount of flat cold damage your Freezing Pulse does.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Projectiles Pierce all Targets Projectiles continuously lose Damage, up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate\nProjectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight

Level	Requires Level	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 8 to 12 Cold Damage	#% increased Projectile Speed	Experience
1	1	10	5	8, 12		70
2	2	12	5	9, 15	1	308
3	4	16	6	12, 19	2	1,554
4	7	22	7	18, 27	3	6,667
5	11	31	7	27, 40	4	26,047
6	16	41	9	42, 62	5	49,725
7	20	50	10	57, 86	6	95,714
8	24	58	11	78, 117	7	169,595
9	28	67	11	104, 157	8	283,759
10	32	75	12	138, 207	9	453,996
11	36	83	13	181, 272	10	703,128
12	40	92	14	236, 354	11	1,061,223
13	44	100	15	305, 458	12	2,065,870
14	48	109	16	393, 589	13	2,507,110
15	52	117	17	503, 754	14	5,798,936
16	56	125	18	641, 961	15	15,083,919
17	60	134	19	814, 1220	16	27,792,735
18	64	142	20	1030, 1545	17	43,869,739
19	67	148	21	1226, 1840	18	242,081,556
20	70	155	21	1458, 2188	19
21	72		22	1636, 2453	20
22	74		22	1833, 2750	21
23	76		23	2054, 3081	22
24	78		23	2299, 3449	23
25	80		24	2573, 3860	24
26	82		24	2878, 4317	25
27	84		25	3218, 4826	26
28	86		25	3595, 5393	27
29	88		26	4016, 6024	28
30	90		26	4484, 6726	29
31	91		26	4737, 7106	29
32	92		27	5004, 7506	30
33	93		27	5286, 7929	30
34	94		27	5583, 8374	31
35	95		27	5896, 8844	31
36	96		27	6226, 9339	32
37	97		28	6574, 9861	32
38	98		28	6941, 10411	33
39	99		28	7327, 10991	33
40	100		28	7735, 11602	34

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Projectile, Pierce, Freeze
BaseType	Freezing Pulse
Class	Active Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, CanRapidFire
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFreezingPulse
Reference	poe.ninja

Freezing Pulse Monster /19 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Undying Archivist	monster casts freezing pulse text [1]	Y
Undying Cultist	monster casts freezing pulse text [1] Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Undying Degenerate	monster casts freezing pulse text [1]	Y
Undying Cultist	Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage monster beyond portal chance +% final [-35] monster hellscape charge +% [-35]	Y
Avatar of Winter	monster dropped item quantity +% [2000] monster dropped item rarity +% [2000] monster slain experience +% [20000] monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-25]	Y
Avatar of Apocalypse	monster dropped item quantity +% [2000] monster dropped item rarity +% [2000] monster slain experience +% [20000] monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-35] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Rima, Deep Temptress	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] Can have up to 24 additional Traps placed at a time 25% reduced Movement Speed 10% increased Trap Throwing Speed Traps cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being thrown monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Rima, Deep Temptress	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] Can have up to 24 additional Traps placed at a time 25% reduced Movement Speed 10% increased Trap Throwing Speed Traps cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being thrown monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Mutewind Hexbinder	monster no map drops [1] cannot have affliction mods [1]	Y
Mutewind Snow-singer	Can have up to 16 additional Traps placed at a time Traps cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being thrown kill traps mines and totems on death [1] 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Rime Servant	monster casts freezing pulse text [1] Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Lora, the Contender	30% increased Movement Speed drop additional rare items [3] 25% Chance to Block Attack Damage 25% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 20% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Lora, the Contender	30% increased Movement Speed 25% Chance to Block Attack Damage 25% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 20% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Shaped Undying Archivist	monster casts freezing pulse text [1] monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
Undying Student	monster casts freezing pulse text [1]	Y
Blighted Cultist	monster casts freezing pulse text [1] Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Effigy of the Depths	Can have up to 24 additional Traps placed at a time 25% reduced Movement Speed 10% increased Trap Throwing Speed Traps cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +5 seconds after being thrown kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Arctic Freezing Pulse Effect Your Freezing Pulse becomes an Arctic Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Damage 1	25% increased Freezing Pulse Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Damage 2	40% increased Freezing Pulse Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Cast Speed 1	8% increased Freezing Pulse Cast Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Cast Speed 2	12% increased Freezing Pulse Cast Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Projectile Speed 1	20% increased Freezing Pulse Projectile Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Freezing Pulse Projectile Speed 2	30% increased Freezing Pulse Projectile Speed	100

Supported By /93 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects.
	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
	Trap Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Faster Casting Support Supports non-instant spell skills.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	Culling Strike Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
	Iron Will Support Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
	Spell Totem Support Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
	Blastchain Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Spell Echo Support Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Cast on Death Support Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast when Damage Taken Support Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast when Stunned Support Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Onslaught Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Arcane Surge Support Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects.
	Summon Phantasm Support Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	High-Impact Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Spell Echo Support Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Awakened Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Archmage Support Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Pinpoint Support Supports projectile spells you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Trinity Support Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Freezing Pulse Unique /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	First Snow Cobalt Jewel (7–10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Freezing Pulse fires 2 additional Projectiles With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, 25% increased Freezing Pulse Damage if you've Shattered an Enemy Recently (Recently refers to the past 4 seconds)

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Freezing Pulse

Freezing Pulse is a spell skill which launches a dissipating projectile that deals cold damage and pierces all targes. The projectile has an extra chance to freeze which is lost over a short distance.

Skill functions and interactions

Fork and Chain: Freezing Pulse projectiles will always pierce, and therefore can never fork or chain.
- However, if Divergent Freezing Pulse is used, the skill becomes unable to pierce, allowing it to benefit from Chain and Fork.
Chance to freeze: The Freezing Pulse projectile inherently has a 25% chance to freeze when created. The extra chance to freeze decreases in a linear fashion over a quarter of the projectile's lifetime until it becomes 0%. This does not affect other sources of freeze chance, such as critical strikes.
Projectile speed: The projectiles move at an average speed of approximately 165 units/sec, for 0.375 seconds, making their effective range at approximately 60 units.[1] Modifiers to projectile speed cause the projectiles to travel farther before they dissipate, effectively increasing their range. Freezing Pulse modified by projectile speed will cause more damage and have a better chance to freeze at every point along its trajectory than a slower Freezing Pulse projectile would, because the chance to freeze is based on the lifetime elapsed of the projectiles (and not distance traveled). Thus, a faster projectile has had less time to dissipate and has a longer maximum range and therefore a higher chance to freeze than a slower projectile. This is true at all points along the projectile's path, while the chance to freeze is greater than zero.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Freezing Pulse now deals 8 to 12 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1458 to 2188 at gem level 20 (previously 888 to 1332). Now has 330% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 200%).
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 200% (from 150%).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 5 (was 4). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 21 (was 18). Now deals 8 to 12 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 11) and 888 to 1332 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 798 to 1197). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 150% (from 125%)
3.3.0	Now deals 7-11 cold damage at gem level 1, up to 798-1197 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 689-1034). The projectile now moves more quickly at the start and slowly decelerates. The damage now drops to 50% at maximum distance (up from 0%).
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by around 20% at all levels. Now gains 1% projectile speed per gem level over 1.
2.0.0	Damage increased by 25% to compensate for the shotgunning mechanic change.
1.2.0	The mana cost of all skills has been revised. We have increased its projectile speed. Damage is increased by 50% at level 1 (to 40% at level 20).
1.1.0	Increased the damage of the following skills at low levels: Spark, Cold Snap, Ice Spear and to a lesser extent, Freezing Pulse and Storm Call.
0.11.0	Damage has been reduced.
0.9.9	Increased cast speed, reduced mana cost, slightly reduced damage.
0.9.7b	Increased the damage of level 1.
0.9.7	The damage has been increased.
0.9.5	Increased damage progression.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Freezing Pulse (6%).
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 10%.
0.9.3	Freezing Pulse now scales all damage from support gems in the same way as the main skill damage (Based on distance).
0.9.1	Updated effect for Freezing Pulse. Reduced damage and collision size.
0.8.7	Freezing Pulse added to the game.

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Unusual Gems /3

Quest /2

Freezing Pulse /6

Level Effect /40

Freezing Pulse

Freezing Pulse Monster /19 ⍟

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Supported By /93 ⍟

Freezing Pulse Unique /1 ⍟

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Freezing Pulse

Skill functions and interactions

Version history

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