Wintertide Brand
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Brand
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (6–16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Requires Level (12–70), (33–155) Int
Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy, dealing cold damage over time and chilling them. It periodically activates while attached, gaining stages that raise the damage. When removed, a short-duration debuff dealing the same damage over time and chill is applied to each nearby enemy. The brand keeps its charges while detached.
Activates every 0.25 seconds while Attached
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Deals (13.7–261.2) Base Cold Damage per second
Can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Debuff deals 20% more Damage per Stage
Maximum 20 Stages
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Can be Attached for a total Duration of 2 seconds
Base Debuff Duration is 1 seconds

Additional Effects From Quality:
Debuff deals +(0–5)% more Damage per Stage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /3
ActQuestNPCCharacter
1The Siren's CadenceQuest RewardTemplar
4An Indomitable SpiritQuest RewardWitch
1The Siren's CadenceNessaScion · Shadow · Templar · Witch
Genus
Level Effect /40
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Attribute /11

Wintertide Brand

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Transmutation
AcronymDuration, Brand, Modifiers
DropLevel 12
BaseType Wintertide Brand
Class Skill Gems
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeSpell, Area, Cold, Duration, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Triggerable, Multicastable, Brand, AreaSpell, DamageOverTime, NonHitChill, ElementalStatus, DegenOnlySpellDamage
BuffIcon
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemWintertideBrand
ActiveSkillsCodewintertide_brand
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /1
WeightDesc
1000 (T5)Enemies Branded by Wintertide Brand or Arcanist Brand Explode on Death dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos damage
Wintertide Brand
Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Brand
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (6–16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Requires Level (12–70), (33–155) Int
Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy, dealing cold damage over time and chilling them. It periodically activates while attached, gaining stages that raise the damage. When removed, a short-duration debuff dealing the same damage over time and chill is applied to each nearby enemy. The brand keeps its charges while detached.
Activates every 0.25 seconds while Attached
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Deals (13.7–261.2) Base Cold Damage per second
Can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Debuff deals 20% more Damage per Stage
Maximum 20 Stages
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Can be Attached for a total Duration of 2 seconds
Base Debuff Duration is 1 seconds
base number of sigils allowed per target [1]
console skill dont chase [1]
is area damage [1]
skill can add multiple charges per action [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:
Debuff deals +(0–5)% more Damage per Stage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Microtransactions /1
Celestial Brand Effect
Your Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.
Supported By /36
  • Active Type: Spell, Area, Cold, Duration, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Triggerable, Multicastable, Brand, AreaSpell, DamageOverTime, NonHitChill, ElementalStatus, DegenOnlySpellDamage
    • Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    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.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    Elemental Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
    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.
    Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    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.
    Hypothermia Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    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.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    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.
    Bonechill Support
    Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
    Intensify Support
    Supports spell skills that 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.
    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 Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    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 Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    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 Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Swiftbrand Support
    Supports skills which create brands.
    Wintertide Brand Unique /1
    Grants Level 22 Wintertide Brand Skill
    (100–120)% increased Energy Shield
    10% increased Area of Effect
    Immune to Chill
    Wintertide Brand has (20–30)% increased Chill Effect
    Wintertide Brand
    You are Branded.
    base_damage_taken_+%
    branded_enemy_explode_for_25%_life_as_chaos_on_death_chance_%
    Attribute /5

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    IsBuffDefinition1
    BuffMergeModesID1
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    IsWeaponLocal0
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    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
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    Wintertide Brand

    Wintertide Brand is a spell that creates a brand at the target position. While attached, the brands deals cold damage over time to the attached target and chills them. When the enemies it attached to die or the attached duration end, it creates an area of effect that applies the total amount of DoT that it has dealt to the enemy it attached to to the surrounding enemies.

    Skill functions and interactions

    • Cold DOT: The skill has two debuffs.

      • While a Wintertide Brand is attached to an enemy, it has the "Wintertide" debuff, which deals cold damage over time and chills. Multiple instances of this debuff stack when there are multiple brands attached to the enemy. This debuff has no duration.

      • When a Wintertide Brand is removed, it removes its "Wintertide" debuff from the enemy it detached from, and applies "Wintertide's End" debuff to each enemy in range (may include the previously-branded enemy if that's still alive). It also deals cold damage over time (value copied from the removed "Wintertide" debuff) and chills. It lasts for a a base duration of 1 second. This debuff cannot stack, and only the strongest instance will apply at a time.

      • The "Wintertide" and "Wintertide's End" debuffs can both deal damage to an enemy at the same time (e.g. if an enemy is having a brand attached while receiving "Wintertide's End" from a removed brand).

    • Area: Wintertide Brand does not create any AoE ground dot, it just puts individual "Wintertide's End" debuffs on each enemy in the area when removed. Because of this, modifier to AoE damage will not affect the skill, and modifier to AoE will affect the area the brand can put its "Wintertide's End" debuff on.

    • Activation: While attached, the brand gains stages every time it activates, which increase its damage. The activation rate (and hence the stage-gaining rate) can be modified by modifier to brand activation frequency such as cast speed, or Swiftbrand Support or Brandsurge.

      • By default, with a 0.25s activation frequency, a brand need to be attached for 5s minimum to reach the final stage of 20.

    • Stages: Stages are a property of the brand. Each brand has its own stages that only affect its debuffs. If multiple brands are attached to the same enemy, they don't share their stages in anyway.

    • Hit: Wintertide Brand does not hit in anyway, so for example it cannot be supported by Hextouch Support, it cannot trigger Elemental Equilibrium, and its damage cannot be reflected.

    • Chill: Wintertide Brand has built-in chill, and this chill is not prevented when the skill is supported by Elemental Focus Support.

    • Duration: Modifiers to skill effect duration and brand's duration will affect the following properties of the skill: total attached duration, total detached duration, and "Wintertide's End" debuff duration.

      • In general, an increased attached duration will allow the brand to reach a higher stage (up to the max stage, in which case it allows the brand to stay in max stage longer). Since higher stage means higher DOT damage, scaling duration is an effective way to scale the skill's damage.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.16.0
  • Now deals 13.7 Base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 12.5), up to 261.2 at gem level 20 (previously 164.6).
    • 3.15.0
  • (Undocumented) When supported by Elemental Focus, debuffs no longer apply chill.
    • 3.11.0
  • Wintertide Brand has been added to the game.
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