Ice Nova

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ice Nova.

Ice Nova is a cold spell that deals damage in an expanding wave around the player. If the player has any active projectiles, Ice Nova will be cast around those projectiles instead.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area of effect: Ice Nova deals damage in an expanding wave. Increased Area of Effect will increase the maximum range and travel speed of this circle.
• : The player may cast Frostbolt and subsequently cast Ice Nova from the Frostbolt projectiles. If Ice Nova is cast this way, it will have 20% less area of effect and it may cast on up to 2 Frostbolt projectiles.
  • If Ice Nova would normally repeat (ie. if it was supported by and/or Greater Spell Echo Support) and is cast on Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand again from those projectiles after a short delay. This does not cause the player to repeat the casting animation.
  • If Ice Nova is triggered by an effect (such as ), Ice Nova will automatically be cast on any Frostbolt projectiles.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Cold Damage against Chilled	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	8	18 to 26	3 to 4	N/A	0	0
2	15	39	9	23 to 33	3 to 5	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	48	10	30 to 44	5 to 7	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	56	11	40 to 58	6 to 9	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	64	12	51 to 75	8 to 11	+1	147968	286717
6	31	73	13	66 to 97	10 to 15	+1	250557	537274
7	35	81	14	83 to 122	13 to 19	+1	405086	942360
8	38	88	15	99 to 145	15 to 22	+1	447718	1390078
9	41	94	16	117 to 172	18 to 26	+2	615318	2005396
10	44	100	16	138 to 203	21 to 31	+2	834639	2840035
11	47	106	17	162 to 238	25 to 36	+2	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	18	190 to 279	29 to 42	+2	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	19	222 to 326	34 to 50	+3	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	19	259 to 381	40 to 58	+3	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	20	301 to 443	46 to 67	+3	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	21	350 to 515	54 to 78	+3	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	21	387 to 568	59 to 86	+4	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	22	426 to 627	65 to 95	+4	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	22	470 to 691	72 to 105	+4	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	23	518 to 762	79 to 116	+4	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	24	570 to 839	87 to 127	+5	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	24	628 to 923	96 to 140	+5	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	25	690 to 1015	106 to 154	+5	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	25	759 to 1116	116 to 170	+5	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	26	833 to 1226	127 to 186	+6	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	26	915 to 1346	140 to 205	+6	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	27	1004 to 1477	154 to 225	+6	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	27	1102 to 1620	169 to 246	+6	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	28	1208 to 1777	185 to 270	+7	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	28	1324 to 1947	203 to 296	+7	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	28	1386 to 2039	212 to 310	+7	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	29	1451 to 2134	222 to 324	+7	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	29	1519 to 2233	232 to 339	+7	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	29	1589 to 2337	243 to 355	+7	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	29	1663 to 2445	254 to 372	+8	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	30	1740 to 2559	266 to 389	+8	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	30	1820 to 2677	278 to 407	+8	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	30	1904 to 2800	291 to 426	+8	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	30	1992 to 2929	305 to 445	+8	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	31	2083 to 3064	319 to 466	+8	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Nova.

Alternate skill effects

Ice Nova has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 10). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 31). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now deals 18 to 26 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 19 to 28) and 518 to 762 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 632 to 930). Now adds 3 to 4 Cold damage against Chilled enemies at gem level 1 (unchanged) and 79 to 116 Cold damage against Chilled enemies at gem level 20 (from 97 to 141). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 120% (from 130%).
3.5.0	Deals 19 to 28 cold damage at gem level 1 (up from 15 to 21) and 632 to 930 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 486 to 715). Can now expand from up to 2 Frostbolt projectiles at once. No longer deals 40% more damage when cast on Frostbolt. Now has 20% less Area of Effect when cast on Frostbolt. Now has a smaller radius at gem level 1, gaining up to +4 to radius at gem level 20. Added physics interactions.
3.4.0	Updated the visuals for Ice Nova.
3.0.0	Ice Nova now deals 40% more damage when cast on a Frostbolt.
2.6.0	damage has been increased by 3% at level 1, scaling up to 24% increased damage by level 20.
2.3.0	The cast time for and have been reduced from 900ms to 800ms.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 20% at level one, improving to a 35% increase in damage by level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by up to 36% at high levels. Base cast time reduced to 900ms (from 935ms). Now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.0	We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where the the Ice Nova graphical effect wouldn't scale correctly.
1.0.1	Damage at high levels has been increased (around 10% more damage at level 15).
0.10.0	Now doesn't hide monster health bars while being cast.
0.9.10	Fixed a bug with the damage dealt while in Trap form.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Ice Nova mana cost and increased its damage. Corrected its range
0.6.12	Ice nova no longer damages monsters through walls
0.6.9	Further nerfed ice nova, another 10% less damage
0.6.8	Nerfed ice nova (-40% damage, costs more mana)
0.6.0	Ice Nova now ripples damage correctly