Hypothermia Support

Hypothermia is a support gem that grants supported skill gems more damage with hits against chilled enemies, more cold damage over time, increased chill effect, and a chance to freeze enemies that are already chilled.

Skill functions and interactions
Hypothermia only works with hits, ailments, and Cold damage over time. This excludes non-ailment damage over time effects (like or ), because a hit is required to check whether enemy is chilled or not. If applicable, the gem will multiply hit damage of all types, not just the cold portion.

Since the gem requires the enemy to be in an already-chilled state this means that, in general, the attacker's initial hit will not receive the damage bonus. Only subsequent hits will receive the damage bonus, unless the attacker is able to apply chill prior to the first hit (such as with a ground effect spell like or, or from minion such as ).

Version history

 * Now causes supported skills to deal 20% more cold damage over time at gem level 1, up to 39% at gem level 20.
 * Now supports skills which deal damage over time.


 * Hypothermia now grants 20% increased Chill Effect at all levels.


 * Hypothermia has been added to the game.
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