Wintertide Brand

Wintertide BrandSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 secRequires Level 12Creates 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent+0.5% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier0.5% increased Area of Effect2% increased Skill Effect Duration
2% reduced Cast SpeedCan be Attached for a total Duration of 2 seconds
Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Deals (12.5-164.6) Base Cold Damage per second
Base Debuff Duration is 1 seconds
Activates every 0.25 seconds while Attached
Debuff deals 20% more Damage per Stage
Maximum 20 Stages
Can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemWintertideBrand

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 has 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 SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support
  Icon: t
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports skills which create brands.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.25% increased Activation frequencySupported Skills have -1% less Attached Duration
  Supported Skills have 1% less Detached DurationSupported Skills have 1% more Activation Frequency if 75% of Attached Duration expiredSupported Skills have (30-44)% more Activation frequency
  Supported Skills have 65% less Attached Duration
  Supported Skills have 65% less Detached DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. 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 SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse DurationSupported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse SpellsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., 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 SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport
  Icon: F
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Elemental DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have a 1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillSupported Skills deal (20-34)% more Elemental Damage
  Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.. No longer true.
• 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.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold DPS	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	6	12.5	0	0
2	15	39	6	15.2	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	19.3	41517	56766
4	23	56	8	24	81983	138749
5	27	64	9	29.4	147968	286717
6	31	73	9	35.6	250557	537274
7	35	81	10	42.7	405086	942360
8	38	88	11	48.7	447718	1390078
9	41	94	11	55.2	615318	2005396
10	44	100	12	62.5	834639	2840035
11	47	106	12	70.5	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	13	79.3	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	13	89	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	14	99.7	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	14	111.3	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	15	124.1	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	15	133.3	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	16	143.1	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	16	153.5	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	16	164.6	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	17	176.3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	17	188.8	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	18	202	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	18	216	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	18	230.9	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	19	246.7	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	19	263.4	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	19	281.2	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	20	300	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	20	319.9	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	20	330.3	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	20	341.1	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	21	352.1	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	21	363.4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	21	375.1	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	21	387.1	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	21	399.5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	22	412.2	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	22	425.4	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	22	438.9	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Wintertide Brand:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Wintertide Brand.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Winter Brand Chill Efffect 1	66	Wintertide Brand has 25% increased Chill Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Winter Brand Chill Efffect 2	75	Wintertide Brand has 40% increased Chill Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Winter Brand Damage 1	66	Wintertide Brand deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Winter Brand Damage 2	75	Wintertide Brand deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Winter Brand Stages 1	66	Wintertide Brand has +2 to maximum Stages	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Winter Brand Stages 2	75	Wintertide Brand has +4 to maximum Stages	helmet 100 default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Wintertide Brand:

Item	Base Item		Stats
Replica AllelopathyReplica Allelopathy Sorcerer GlovesQuality: +20% Energy Shield: (103-112)Requires Level 69, 97 IntGrants Level 22 Wintertide Brand (20-30)% increased Damage over Time (100-120)% increased Energy Shield 10% increased Area of Effect Immune to Chill Wintertide Brand has (20-30)% increased Chill Effect"There seems to be some innate relationship between the forces of chaos and cold. Perhaps we should consult an occultist."	Sorcerer Gloves	69	Grants Level 22 Wintertide Brand (20-30)% increased Damage over Time (100-120)% increased Energy Shield 10% increased Area of Effect Immune to Chill Wintertide Brand has (20-30)% increased Chill Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Wintertide Brand has been added to the game.