Glacial Cascade

Spell, AoE, Cold, Physical

Level: 1–20

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 65%

Requires Level 28

Icicles 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.

Deals (21–300) to (32–450) Physical Damage
Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
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
Causes 4 Bursts

Additional Effects From Quality:

Final Burst Deals +(0–50)% more Damage

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

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
3	Sever the Right Hand	Quest Reward	Witch
3	Sever the Right Hand	Clarissa	Scion · Shadow · Templar · Witch

Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Trigger Level 20 Ice Nova from the Final Burst location of Glacial Cascades you Cast

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Causes 4 Bursts 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second\nFinal Burst Deals 200% more Damage\nFinal Burst has 100% more Area of Effect\nFinal Burst cannot Knockback Knocks Enemies Back on Hit (Knockback pushes Enemies away when Hit)

Level	Requires Level	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 21 to 32 Physical Damage	Experience
1	28	67	10	21, 32	199,345
2	31	73	10	26, 39	285,815
3	34	79	11	32, 48	401,344
4	37	85	12	39, 59	554,379
5	40	92	12	48, 72	477,437
6	42	96	13	55, 82	583,786
7	44	100	14	62, 93	710,359
8	46	104	14	71, 106	1,355,511
9	48	109	15	80, 120	1,138,877
10	50	113	15	91, 136	1,368,233
11	52	117	16	103, 154	1,638,338
12	54	121	16	116, 174	1,956,648
13	56	125	17	131, 197	3,655,184
14	58	130	17	148, 222	3,017,327
15	60	134	18	167, 250	7,759,995
16	62	138	18	188, 282	15,138,193
17	64	142	18	211, 317	26,083,825
18	66	146	19	238, 357	62,620,247
19	68	151	19	267, 401	211,708,088
20	70	155	20	300, 450
21	72		20	337, 505
22	74		21	378, 567
23	76		21	424, 636
24	78		21	475, 712
25	80		22	532, 798
26	82		22	595, 893
27	84		23	666, 999
28	86		23	745, 1117
29	88		24	832, 1249
30	90		24	930, 1395
31	91		24	983, 1474
32	92		25	1039, 1558
33	93		25	1098, 1646
34	94		25	1160, 1740
35	95		25	1225, 1838
36	96		25	1294, 1941
37	97		26	1367, 2051
38	98		26	1444, 2166
39	99		26	1525, 2288
40	100		26	1610, 2416

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Glacial Cascade
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, Physical, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemGlacialCascade
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Glacial Cascade Monster /67 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Merveil, the Twisted	cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Malachai's Enlightened	undead description [1]	Y
Puruna, the Challenger	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems totem art variation [1] Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Puruna, the Challenger	+5 to maximum number of Summoned Totems totem art variation [1] damage vs tiki totems +% [300] Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Riptide	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Lunarsworn Wintermage	20% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Fire and Fury	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] base life regeneration per minute % while in lava [180] lava buff effect on self +% [-100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Glace	Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster casts glacial cascade text [1] monster casts ice spear text [1] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Merveil, the Returned		Y
Merveil, the Returned	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Hailrake	Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Hailrake	Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage monster casts glacial cascade text [1]	Y
Daemon		Y
Daemon	100% increased Cast Speed	Y
Boss Daemon		Y
Graveblood	Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage monster casts ice spear text [1] monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Haast, Unrelenting Frost	display monster mod nemesis test [0] monster no beyond portal [1] Action Speed cannot be modified to below 70% of base value monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] 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] display monster uses far shot text [0] monster reverse point blank damage -% at minimum range [30] monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-30] monster is beyond boss [1] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Mage Mercenary	monster no map drops [1] 20% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Wha	500% increased Totem Life monster no map drops [1]	Y
Pikerivet		Y
Lord of the Hollows	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Chaos Sentinel		Y
Chaos Guardian		Y
Void Anomaly	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Avatar of Undoing	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Chaos Golem	monster no drops or experience [1] monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22]	Y
Protective Golem	monster no drops or experience [1] monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22]	Y
Eber's Colossus	display monster mod nemesis test [0] drop additional rare items [3]	Y
Eber's Colossus	display monster mod nemesis test [0]	Y
Guardian Golem	monster no drops or experience [1] monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22] Enemies Taunted by you deal 30% less Damage with Hits and Ailments against other targets	Y
Chaos Golem	monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
Mutewind Snow-singer		Y
Invari, The Bloodshaper	Extra gore kill traps mines and totems on death [1] Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Gemling Legionnaire	30% increased Movement Speed is map boss underling monster [1]	Y
Ironclad Decimator	30% increased Movement Speed is map boss underling monster [1]	Y
Gemling Captain	30% increased Movement Speed	Y
Captain Tanner Lightfoot	30% increased Movement Speed Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Arctic Golem		Y
Exartze, the Woven Stone	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster no map drops [1] monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600]	Y
Avatar of the Goat	monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
The White Death	50% increased Movement Speed	Y
Maiden of the Black Crest		Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [22] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [22] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [22] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged unaffected by life modifiers [1]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [22] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged unaffected by life modifiers [1]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [22] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged unaffected by life modifiers [1]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [38] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [38] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [0]	Y
TEST	Cannot be Damaged	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged	Y
<>	Cannot be Damaged harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop [0] harbinger base currency shard stack tenths to drop best of 3 outcomes [52]	Y
Wellwing	Recover % of Life when you lose a Spirit Charge maximum spirit charges [0] monster spirit charges are infinite [0] spirit charge tier [1] emerge speed +% [0,20] monster beyond portal chance +% final [-66] monster hellscape charge +% [-66]	Y
Wellwing	Recover % of Life when you lose a Spirit Charge maximum spirit charges [0] monster spirit charges are infinite [0] spirit charge tier [1]	Y
Saqawine Vulture		Y
Wellwing	Recover % of Life when you lose a Spirit Charge maximum spirit charges [0] monster spirit charges are infinite [0] spirit charge tier [1] emerge speed +% [0,20]	Y
Chaos Sentinel	cannot be used as minion [1]	N
Totem		Y
Imperfect Frozen Cannibal		Y
Frozen Cannibal		Y
Perfect Frozen Cannibal		Y

Microtransactions /3 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Gore Glacial Cascade Effect Your Glacial Cascade becomes a surge of demonic teeth from below.
	Arctic Glacial Cascade Effect Your Glacial Cacade becomes an arctic effect.
	Illusionist Glacial Cascade Effect Your Glacial Cascade becomes an Illusionist Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 1	25% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Damage 2	40% increased Glacial Cascade Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Glacial Cascade Area of Effect	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 1	Glacial Cascade gains 6% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold 2	Glacial Cascade gains 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	100

Supported By /87 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support
	Added Cold Damage Support
	Increased Area of Effect Support
	Added Lightning Damage Support
	Increased Critical Strikes Support
	Increased Critical Damage Support
	Knockback Support
	Life Leech Support
	Added Chaos Damage Support
	Stun Support
	Trap Support
	Item Rarity Support
	Faster Casting Support
	Concentrated Effect Support
	Cold to Fire Support
	Combustion Support
	Elemental Proliferation Support
	Culling Strike Support
	Iron Will Support
	Spell Totem Support
	Blastchain Mine Support
	Chance to Flee Support
	Blind Support
	Fire Penetration Support
	Cold Penetration Support
	Lightning Penetration Support
	Elemental Penetration Support
	Spell Echo Support
	Power Charge On Critical Support
	Burning Damage Support
	Hextouch Support
	Cast on Death Support
	Cast when Damage Taken Support
	Cast when Stunned Support
	Block Chance Reduction Support
	Physical to Lightning Support
	Ice Bite Support
	Hypothermia Support
	Innervate Support
	Critical Strike Affliction Support
	Void Manipulation Support
	Controlled Destruction Support
	Swift Affliction Support
	Elemental Focus Support
	Ignite Proliferation Support
	Chance to Poison Support
	Deadly Ailments Support
	Decay Support
	Efficacy Support
	Vile Toxins Support
	Immolate Support
	Unbound Ailments Support
	Brutality Support
	Arcane Surge Support
	Summon Phantasm Support
	Bonechill Support
	Energy Leech Support
	Intensify Support
	Unleash Support
	High-Impact Mine Support
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
	Awakened Brutality Support
	Awakened Burning Damage Support
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
	Awakened Hextouch Support
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
	Awakened Spell Echo Support
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
	Awakened Unleash Support
	Archmage Support
	Trinity Support
	Cruelty Support
	Overcharge Support
	Spellblade Support
	Devour Support
	Sacrifice Support
	Sadism Support

Glacial Cascade Unique /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	The Long Winter Cobalt Jewel (10–15)% increased Cold Damage With 40 Intelligence in Radius, Glacial Cascade has an additional Burst With 40 Intelligence in Radius, 20% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage

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Glacial Cascade

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, but the distance between the center of each circle and the effective range don't change. Instead, larger areas overlap with each other more. This can allow you to hit an enemy several times with a single cast much more reliably.
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 Support do not have an effect on Glacial Cascade.

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

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Glacial Cascade now deals 21 to 32 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 300 to 450 at gem level 20 (previously 207 to 311). Now has 65% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 45%).
3.12.0	''Glacial Cascade now rapidly creates a sequence of damaging areas, each of which knocks back enemies it hits. Modifiers to the skill's area of effect no longer affect the overall range of the skill. Instead, larger areas overlap with each other more. This can allow you to hit an enemy several times with a single cast much more reliably. The final part of the cascade now deals significantly more damage to enemies.'' Now has a mana cost of 10 at gem level 1, up to 20 at gem level 20. Now has a cast time of 0.6 seconds. Now deals 21 to 32 physical damage at gem level 1, up to 207 to 311 physical damage at gem level 20. Now converts 100% of physical damage to cold damage. The final spike now deals 200% more damage. Now knocks enemies back on hit. The "{{c\|enchanted \|30/40% of Glacial Cascade Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage}}" Labyrinth Enchantment has been replaced with a new enchantment granting 6/10% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage. Existing items with this enchantment are unaffected. (In pre-league announcement) We're replacing the Enchantment and disabling The Long Winter threshold jewel from dropping, to be re-introduced in a new form later.
3.11.0	Fixed a bug where Glacial Cascade Mines wouldn't target Betrayal\|Betrayal Fortress doors.
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).
3.2.0	Glacial Cascade's effect now fades out, rather than popping ou
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%.
1.3.1	(PvP) Glacial Cascade damage has been increased by 10%.
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 Cascade: Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in their area.

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