Vaal Glacial Hammer

Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, AoE, Vaal, Cold

Level: 1–20

Souls Per Use: 15

Can Store 3 Use

Soul Gain Prevention: 4 sec

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 155–250%

AoE Radius: 20

Requires Level 1

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. It traps enemies with you in a circle of ice so that they can't escape. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

Base duration is (3.4–4.35) seconds
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
25% chance to Freeze enemies
Freezes enemies as though dealing (200–390)% more Damage
Can't be Evaded
+2 to Melee Strike Range
35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
(10–29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
Adds (2–75) to (3–113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies

Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–40)% increased Duration of Cold Ailments

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 Duration of Cold Ailments	50
Anomalous	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	100
Divergent	(0–20)% increased Area of Effect	100

Level Effect /40

Implicit
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% chance to Freeze enemies 35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments +2 to Melee Strike Range Can't be Evaded Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention (Cold Ailments are Chilled, Frozen and Brittle) (Freeze lowers Enemy Action Speed to zero, preventing them from acting. Duration is based on the Cold Damage of the Hit) (Affects Melee Strikes, including the Default Attack. Does not apply to Areas of Effect)

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Base Damage	Adds 2 to 3 Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies	Base duration is 3.4 seconds	10% increased Effect of Cold Ailments	Freezes enemies as though dealing 200% more Damage	Experience
1	1	10	155%	2, 3	3.4	10	200	70
2	2	12	160%	2, 3	3.45	11	210	308
3	4	16	165%	3, 4	3.5	12	220	1,554
4	7	22	170%	4, 6	3.55	13	230	6,667
5	11	31	175%	5, 8	3.6	14	240	26,047
6	16	41	180%	7, 11	3.65	15	250	49,725
7	20	50	185%	9, 13	3.7	16	260	95,714
8	24	58	190%	11, 17	3.75	17	270	169,595
9	28	67	195%	14, 20	3.8	18	280	283,759
10	32	75	200%	16, 25	3.85	19	290	453,996
11	36	83	205%	20, 30	3.9	20	300	703,128
12	40	92	210%	24, 35	3.95	21	310	1,061,223
13	44	100	215%	28, 42	4	22	320	2,065,870
14	48	109	220%	33, 49	4.05	23	330	2,507,110
15	52	117	225%	39, 58	4.1	24	340	5,798,936
16	56	125	230%	45, 68	4.15	25	350	15,083,919
17	60	134	235%	52, 79	4.2	26	360	27,792,735
18	64	142	240%	61, 91	4.25	27	370	43,869,739
19	67	148	245%	68, 102	4.3	28	380	242,081,556
20	70	155	250%	75, 113	4.35	29	390
21	72		255%	81, 122	4.4	30	400
22	74		260%	87, 130	4.45	31	410
23	76		265%	93, 140	4.5	32	420
24	78		270%	100, 150	4.55	33	430
25	80		275%	107, 160	4.6	34	440
26	82		280%	114, 172	4.65	35	450
27	84		285%	123, 184	4.7	36	460
28	86		290%	131, 197	4.75	37	470
29	88		295%	140, 210	4.8	38	480
30	90		300%	150, 224	4.85	39	490
31	91		302.5%	155, 232	4.85	39	495
32	92		305%	160, 240	4.9	40	500
33	93		307.5%	165, 248	4.9	40	505
34	94		310%	171, 256	4.95	41	510
35	95		312.5%	176, 265	4.95	41	515
36	96		315%	182, 273	5	42	520
37	97		317.5%	188, 282	5	42	525
38	98		320%	194, 292	5.05	43	530
39	99		322.5%	201, 301	5.05	43	535
40	100		325%	207, 311	5.1	44	540

Acronym	Melee, Duration, Ailment, Chill, Freeze, Modifiers
BaseType	Vaal Glacial Hammer
Class	Active Skill Gems
Weapon	One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, MeleeSingleTarget, Melee, Duration, Area, Vaal, Cold
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalGlacialHammer
Reference	poe.ninja

Glacial Hammer

Level: 1–40

Requires Level 1

Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If an enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.

100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
25% chance to Freeze enemies
Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200–540)% more Damage
+2 to Melee Strike Range
35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
(10–44)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
Adds (2–207) to (3–311) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
additional main hand hits per combo average [1]
glacial hammer shatter frozen enemies at 33% life [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–40)% increased Duration of Cold Ailments

Glacial Hammer /6 ⍟

A physical/cold based melee single target attack. Glacial Hammer has a built in chance to freeze and will shatter frozen enemies if they are on low life.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Ancestral Call Support	Allows Glacial Hammer to target two additional nearby enemies. Pairing this support with the Melee Splash support will result in large areas of overlapping damage.
Ice Bite Support	Adds flat cold damage to Glacial Hammer, an increased chance to freeze, chance to generate frenzy charges on killing frozen enemies and adds cold damage per frenzy charge on you. This synergises well with Glacial Hammer's built in shatter against frozen enemies on low life.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Grants more melee physical damage for Glacial Hammer. Because 50% of physical damage is converted to cold damage, this support will also increase the cold damage done by Glacial Hammer.
Melee Splash Support	Allows your Glacial Hammer hits to deal splash damage to nearby targets. Pairing this support with the Ancestral Call support will result in large areas of overlapping damage.
Multistrike Support	Causes Glacial Hammer to repeat an additional two times, as well as providing a large bonus to attack speed.
Hypothermia Support	Increases Glacial Hammer's damage and freeze chance against enemies that are chilled. Also increases the slow effect of chills applied by your Glacial Hammer.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 5 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% chance to Freeze enemies 35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments +2 to Melee Strike Range (Cold Ailments are Chilled, Frozen and Brittle) (Freeze lowers Enemy Action Speed to zero, preventing them from acting. Duration is based on the Cold Damage of the Hit) (Affects Melee Strikes, including the Default Attack. Does not apply to Areas of Effect)

Level	Requires Level	Base Damage	Adds 2 to 3 Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies	10% increased Effect of Cold Ailments	Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing 200% more Damage
1	1	165%	2, 3	10	200
2	2	170.5%	2, 3	11	210
3	4	175.9%	3, 4	12	220
4	7	181.4%	4, 6	13	230
5	11	186.9%	5, 8	14	240
6	16	192.4%	7, 11	15	250
7	20	197.8%	9, 13	16	260
8	24	203.3%	11, 17	17	270
9	28	208.8%	14, 20	18	280
10	32	214.3%	16, 25	19	290
11	36	219.7%	20, 30	20	300
12	40	225.2%	24, 35	21	310
13	44	230.7%	28, 42	22	320
14	48	236.2%	33, 49	23	330
15	52	241.6%	39, 58	24	340
16	56	247.1%	45, 68	25	350
17	60	252.6%	52, 79	26	360
18	64	258.1%	61, 91	27	370
19	67	263.5%	68, 102	28	380
20	70	269%	75, 113	29	390
21	72	274.5%	81, 122	30	400
22	74	279.9%	87, 130	31	410
23	76	285.4%	93, 140	32	420
24	78	290.9%	100, 150	33	430
25	80	296.4%	107, 160	34	440
26	82	301.8%	114, 172	35	450
27	84	307.3%	123, 184	36	460
28	86	312.8%	131, 197	37	470
29	88	318.3%	140, 210	38	480
30	90	323.7%	150, 224	39	490
31	91	326.5%	155, 232	39	495
32	92	329.2%	160, 240	40	500
33	93	331.9%	165, 248	40	505
34	94	334.7%	171, 256	41	510
35	95	337.4%	176, 265	41	515
36	96	340.2%	182, 273	42	520
37	97	342.9%	188, 282	42	525
38	98	345.6%	194, 292	43	530
39	99	348.4%	201, 301	43	535
40	100	351.1%	207, 311	44	540

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 10000xGold
BaseType	Glacial Hammer
Weapon	One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, Cold, ThresholdJewelArea
ActiveSkillsCode	glacial_hammer

Vaal Glacial Hammer Monster /7 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Winterfang		Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed monster no map drops [1] 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Yorishi, Aurora-sage	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
Dimachaeri Cassius	30% increased Movement Speed 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Avatar of the Forge	30% increased Movement Speed monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y

Supported By /99 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	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.
	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana 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.
	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Increased Duration Support Supports any skill with a duration.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Bloodlust Support Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
	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.
	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
	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.
	Melee Splash Support Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
	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.
	Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast on Melee Kill Support Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Less Duration Support Supports any skill that has a duration.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
	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 Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	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.
	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim 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.
	Ruthless Support Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.
	Onslaught Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
	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.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Shockwave Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	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 Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Awakened Melee Splash Support Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	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 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 Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	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.
	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Behead Support Supports strike skills.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

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Vaal Glacial Hammer

Vaal Glacial Hammer is a vaal melee attack that hits an enemy with a staff or mace, converting some of the player's physical damage to cold damage and temporarily creating a ring of ice around the targeted enemy.

Skill Functions and Interactions

The circle of ice functions similarly to Frost Wall. Players, monsters and most projectiles can't pass through it.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.2	Fixed an issue where Vaal Glacial Hammer had "60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold". It has been updated to 100% to match the non-Vaal Glacial Hammer.
3.16.0	Now have +2 to Melee Strike Range at all gem levels (previously +2 at gem level 1, up to +4 at gem level 20).
3.15.0	Now deals 250% of Base Damage, and has 250% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 200%).
3.14.0	Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
3.7.0	Now converts 60% of physical damage to cold (from 50%). Now adds 2 to 3 cold damage to attacks against chilled enemies at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now has 10% increased effect of chill at gem level 1, up to 29% at gem level 20. Every strike now freezes enemies as if it were dealing 500% more damage.
1.1.1	Introduced to the game.

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Unusual Gems /3

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