PoE 2 Ref

Glacial Cascade

Active skill gem

Glacial Cascade

Attack, AoE, Melee, Cold, Payoff

Type: Active skill gem

Cost: 9 Mana

Requires Level 1

Sweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but the Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.

Glacial Cascade

Effect of quality

What quality adds to Glacial Cascade, shown at 20% (maximum) quality. Each bonus scales evenly from 0% up to 20% and they all apply together.

  • +Gains 15% of Physical damage as Cold damage
  • +20% more Attack Speed

Related active gems

Works with these support gems

5 support gems can be linked to Glacial Cascade to modify how it behaves.

Stats per gem level

How Glacial Cascade scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

LevelReq.StatsCost
11
  • Attack Damage: 40% of base
9 Mana
23
  • Attack Damage: 44% of base
10 Mana
37
  • Attack Damage: 48% of base
12 Mana
410
  • Attack Damage: 53% of base
14 Mana
514
  • Attack Damage: 57% of base
15 Mana
618
  • Attack Damage: 61% of base
17 Mana
722
  • Attack Damage: 66% of base
19 Mana
827
  • Attack Damage: 69% of base
22 Mana
931
  • Attack Damage: 73% of base
24 Mana
1036
  • Attack Damage: 77% of base
26 Mana
1141
  • Attack Damage: 80% of base
29 Mana
1247
  • Attack Damage: 84% of base
32 Mana
1352
  • Attack Damage: 89% of base
35 Mana
1458
  • Attack Damage: 93% of base
38 Mana
1564
  • Attack Damage: 98% of base
42 Mana
1670
  • Attack Damage: 103% of base
45 Mana
1777
  • Attack Damage: 108% of base
49 Mana
1884
  • Attack Damage: 113% of base
54 Mana
1991
  • Attack Damage: 119% of base
58 Mana
2098
  • Attack Damage: 125% of base
63 Mana

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