The Whispering Ice

The Whispering Ice
Vile StaffWarstaff
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 49.2–91.2
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 33, 59 Str, 59 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems
Grants Level 1 Icestorm Skill
Plays Whispering Ice sound on killing a rare Monster (Hidden)
(8-12)% increased Cast Speed
1% increased Spell Damage per 10 Intelligence
(14-18)% increased IntelligenceGuard your darkest thoughts well, for they are
the cracks through which the Nightmare crawls.Purchase Costs

Unique

5x Chaos Orb

Sell Price
20x Alchemy Shard
3x Alteration Shard
Physical: 91.3

Phys+Chaos: 91.3

Total: 91.3Miscellaneous
Item class: Warstaves

The Whispering Ice is a unique Vile StaffVile StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 41–76
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 33, 59 Str, 59 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff.

Modifiers

The Whispering Ice grants level 1 Icestorm. Icestorm will be supported by any applicable support gems socketed into The Whispering Ice; it is not necessary to have the sockets be linked together. Killing a rare or unique monster with The Whispering Ice equipped will play a ghostly sound effect.

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
1	A Whispered PrayerA Whispered PrayerA preacher whispers to the skies and the skies answer with a blanket of biting frost.You will track down a powerful Frost Preacher who will drop a unique item when slain.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character.Seal Cost: 2x Silver Coin	Prophecy reward	Manual
4	The IncantationThe Incantation4The Whispering IceWhen there is no other choice, even the meekest whisper can bring about the greatest storm.	The Whispering Ice	Manual
7	The SirenThe Siren7The Whispering Ice CorruptedAt the beck and call of The Siren's hand, winter ravages the trembling land, and the weight of ice that binds will break the strongest of minds.	corrupted The Whispering Ice	Manual
6	The TowerThe Tower6StaffA tower built of the strongest stone is not eternal; a towering intellect is not enlightened.	random Staff	Automatic
4	Atziri's ArsenalAtziri's Arsenal4Weapon CorruptedIn the prison of all sins, will you grasp godhood or sorrow? Only hope lies under the shadows.	random corrupted Weapon	Automatic
8	Arrogance of the VaalArrogance of the Vaal8Item Two-Implicit CorruptedDiscovery can lead to beauty, or it can lead to ruin.	random two-implicit corrupted item	Automatic
4	Jack in the BoxJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank, close your eyes, and pray to the gods for a pleasant surprise.	random item	Automatic

Legacy variants

The Whispering Ice has a legacy variant.

Version Discontinued	Modifiers
2.6.0	+12% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff +1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems Grants level 1 Icestorm Skill Plays Whispering Ice sound on killing a rare Monster (Hidden) (8-12)% increased Cast Speed 1% increased Spell Damage per 10 Intelligence (14-18)% increased Intelligence

Alternate artwork

Winterheart race season prize for reaching 100 RP.

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.0	The Ice Storm skill has undergone a significant rebalance, with larger impacts falling in a smaller area meaning you are significantly more likely to hit targets within the area multiple times over the storm's duration than before: Now has 2 to 4 base Cold Damage per 10 Intelligence (from 1 to 3). Now has a base Duration of 1 second (from 1.5 seconds). Now gains 0.1 seconds of additional base duration per 100 intelligence (from 0.15 seconds). There is now 1 impact every 0.2 seconds (from every 0.1 seconds) Now has an Added Damage effectiveness of 60% (from 45%). Now has a maximum of 5 storms at a time (any more than that replace the oldest). Impacts now have a base radius of 16 units (from 10). Impacts can now land in an area with a base radius of 22 (from 25).
3.11.0	The Icestorm skill granted by this item now has an added damage effectiveness of 45% (from 30%).
2.6.0	Base type implicit mod increased to 18% Chance to Block (up from 12%). Base type critical strike chance decreased to 6.1% (down from 6.6%).
2.1.2	Fixed a bug where The Whispering Ice was missing its vendor sell price.
2.0.0	Introduced to the game.