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Frostbolt

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FrostboltSpell, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Duration
Tier: 3
Level: 1
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%
Fire a slow-moving Piercing Projectile that leaves a wake of Chilled Ground, deals Cold damage and explodes on colliding with terrain.Deals 65 to 97 Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all targets
100% increased Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Chilled Ground radius is 2.4 metres
Chilled Ground duration is 4 seconds
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostbolt

Frostbolt is a cold spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Casting Cold Snap on the projectile will cause it to explode immediately.

Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt instead of you.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired Intelligence
100

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem
tier
Support gems
I Deceleration Encumbrance Scattershot
II Cold Penetration Considered Casting File:Suffuse inventory icon.pngSuffuse
III Biting Frost Elemental Focus Wildshards

Item acquisition

Frostbolt has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Frostbolt has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0e
  • Frostbolt's Explosion radius is now 2.4 metres (previously 1.6).
0.2.0
  • Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.