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Vortex is a cold spell that deals damage in an area around the character and leaves a ground effect that chills and deals heavy cold damage over time.[1] If the player has any active Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes.. projectiles, Vortex will be cast on those projectiles instead.

Skill functions and interactions[]

  • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Vortex granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes...
  • Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes..: The player may cast Frostbolt and subsequently cast Vortex on the Frostbolt projectiles. If Vortex is cast this way, it will have 20% less area of effect and it may cast on up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles, consuming them.
    • If the player has any active Frostbolt projectiles and Vortex is triggered by an effect (such as Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes..), Vortex will automatically be cast on the Frostbolt projectiles.
  • Overlap: If an enemy is standing on multiple Vortex ground effects, only the one with the highest damage per second will deal damage at any given moment. This is consistent with other damage over time ground effects, such as burning ground.
  • Cast time: Vortex is an instant spell; it has no cast time and does not interrupt your character's other actions.
  • On hit effects: Because the initial explosion counts as a hit, Vortex can be used with on hit effects such as Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes...

Gem level progression[]

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Cold
Damage
Cold
DPS
Cooldown
Recovery
Exp.Total Exp.
128671138 to 57106.5N/A00
231731147 to 71131.3N/A199345199345
334791258 to 87161.1N/A285815485160
437851371 to 106196.8N/A401344886504
540921386 to 129239.3N/A5543791440883
642961498 to 147272.1N/A4774371918320
74410014111 to 167308.9N/A5837862502106
84610415126 to 189350.1N/A7103593212465
94810915143 to 214396.5N/A13555114567976
105011315161 to 242448.4N/A11388775706853
115211716182 to 274506.5N/A13682337075086
125412116206 to 309571.5N/A16383388713424
135612517232 to 348644.3N/A195664810670072
145813017261 to 392725.7N/A365518414325256
156013418294 to 441816.6N/A301732717342583
166213818331 to 496918.2N/A775999525102578
176414218371 to 5571031.7N/A1513819340240771
186614619417 to 6251158.2N/A2608382566324596
196815119468 to 7021299.5N/A62620247128944843
207015520524 to 7871456.9N/A211708088340652931
217215920588 to 8821632.5N/AN/AN/A
2274N/A21658 to 9871828N/AN/AN/A
2376N/A21737 to 11052045.8N/AN/AN/A
2478N/A21824 to 12362288.4N/AN/AN/A
2580N/A22921 to 13822558.4N/AN/AN/A
2682N/A221029 to 15442858.8N/AN/AN/A
2784N/A231149 to 17243192.9N/AN/AN/A
2886N/A231283 to 19253564.5N/AN/AN/A
2988N/A241432 to 21483977.6N/AN/AN/A
3090N/A241597 to 23964436.7N/AN/AN/A
3191N/A241687 to 25304685.1N/AN/AN/A
3292N/A251781 to 26714946.9N/AN/AN/A
3393N/A251880 to 28205222.8N/AN/AN/A
3494N/A251985 to 29775513.5N/AN/AN/A
3595N/A252095 to 31435819.9N/AN/AN/A
3696N/A252211 to 33176142.8N/AN/AN/A
3797N/A262334 to 35016483N/AN/AN/A
3898N/A262463 to 36946841.5N/AN/AN/A
3999N/A262599 to 38987219.1N/AN/AN/A
40100N/A262742 to 41137617N/AN/AN/A

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Other sources[]

Vortex
Debuff
Vortex skill icon.png

The skill is also used by several monster. The UI would display a status icon to show the player character is affected by the skill.


Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vortex. Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "mods._pageID"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes..

Alternate skill effects

Vortex has the following alternate skill effects: Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageID"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes..

Version history[]

Version Changes
3.6.4
  • Improved the graphical performance.
3.6.2
  • Vortex can no longer be supported by Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes...
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 20 (was 21)
  • Now deals 38 to 57 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 42 to 63) and 524 to 787 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 538 to 808).
  • Now deals 106.5 base Cold damage per second at gem level 1 (from 116.1) and 1456.9 base Cold damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1495.6).
3.5.0
  • Now instant, with a 1.8 second cooldown.
  • Can now detonate from up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles at once.
  • Gains increased cooldown recovery speed as the gem levels up.
  • Deals 42 to 63 cold damage at gem level 1 (down from 50 to 75) and 538 to 808 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 458 to 688).
  • Deals 116.1 base cold damage per second at gem level 1 (up from 41.6) and 1495.6 base cold damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 684.5)
  • No longer deals 40% more damage when cast on Frostbolt.
  • Now has 20% less Area of Effect when cast on Frostbolt.
3.0.0
  • Vortex now deals 40% more damage when cast on a Frostbolt.
2.3.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References[]

  1. Mark_GGG (June 2, 2016). "I think an old and very over-looked unique might gonna get some use in the upcoming Prophecy league". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 2, 2016.