Eye of Winter - Path of Exile Expedition

Eye of Winter is a large projectile that fires out a torrent of cold projectiles in a spiral formation as it travels. Fires a single eye projectile which constantly releases shard projectiles in a spiral. The shards will damage enemies they impact, dealing cold damage. The eye cannot damage enemies. When the eye dissipates or collides with terrain, it releases a faster spiral of extra shards. Spell, Projectile, Cold. Level: 1–20. Cost: 14–26 Mana. Cast Time: 0.80 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 55%. Requires Level 28. Deals (16–245) to (25–367) Cold Damage Fires 8 Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile ends Modifiers to number of Projectiles only apply to the final Spiral Projectiles continuously gain Damage, up to 200% more Damage by the time they dissipate Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Name Additional Effects From Quality Weight Eye of Winter (0–20)% increased Cold Damage 100

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Related Gems

Eye of Winter PoE Build

Support Gems	Description	Requires Level	Tag	Popularity
Trap and Mine Damage Support	Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines.	18	Support, Trap, Mine	54%
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.	8	Support	50%
Inspiration Support	Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges.	31	Support	46%
Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.	8	Cold, Support	41%
Swift Assembly Support	Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines.	4	Support, Trap, Mine	40%
Charged Mines Support	Supports skills which throw mines.	31	Support, Mine	36%
Blastchain Mine Support	Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.	8	Support, Mine	36%
Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.	31	Cold, Support	35%
High-Impact Mine Support	Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.	31	Mine, Support, AoE, Aura	31%

PoE Eye of Winter Build for Saboteur & Occultist

There is about 1.1% of Path of Exile players use this gem as the main damage skill. Among those players, 48% of players are Saboteur. Other players: Occultist(21%), Ascendant(13%), Deadeye(10%).

Cold and Lighting are the main damage types. It mainly throws Traps or Mines. Therefore, recommend using these support gems: Trap and Mine Damage Support, Inspiration Support, and other mine support gems. For a Level 96 Saboteur, the DPS is about 96k: Cold(99%), Lightning(1%).

Other skills are also recommended: Flame Dash, Hydrosphere, Summon Skitterbots, Sniper's Mark, Clarity, Arcanist Brand.

For the Saboteur class, recommend using these passives: Pyromaniac, Born in the Shadows, Explosives Expert, Bomb Specialist, Acrobatics, Phase Acrobatics, Guerilla Tactics, Pain Attunement, Surprise Sabotage.

For the Occultist class, recommend using these passives: Void Beacon, Frigid Wake, Malediction, Forbidden Power, Pain Attunement, Wish for Death, Profane Bloom.

For weapons, you can choose Wand / Shield, or Wand / Wand.

For attributes and defensive, here is an example of a Level 96 Saboteur character:

Name	Value
Strength	157
Dexterity	121
Intelligence	263
Life	5206
Mana	1166
Energy shield	2260
Armour	2462
Evasion rating	2208

Eye of Winter Sound Design

• Composer: Patricia.

I was very excited when I started designing sounds for Eye of Winter. Those icy visuals inspired me to gather some messy crunchy ice creaks of varying sizes and to blend them together with some scratchy whooshes. I then finished with a lightweight icy impact as it ended with an explosive spin. I tried a bunch of different approaches on this until I found the right combination that you are hearing now. This skill wears it’s inspiration on its sleeve and I was conscious of both acknowledging this lineage but also creating something fresh. For me, the sound that keeps it engaging is the icy-start cast sound and the natural tail for when projectiles shoot out of the sphere. It can be a real challenge for us to keep elements of skills sounding unique, with their own characteristics, but to also make them balanced and not annoying when spammed.

PoE Eye of Winter Skill Build 3.15

The Eye of Winter is a large projectile that fires out a barrage of cold projectiles in a spiral formation as it travels. When it reaches its maximum distance or collides with terrain, it explodes, firing out even more projectiles in a spiral.

This type of skill is one that we’ve wanted to bring to Path of Exile for some time, and we felt that this new collection of skills was the perfect place to showcase it.

Level Effect

Skill Functions and Interactions

Additional Projectiles: Sources of additional projectiles do not increase the number of primary eye projectiles fired through casting this spell. Additional projectiles for this spell, obtained through modifiers or support gems such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support or Greater Multiple Projectiles Support only apply to the final spiral of shards.

Projectile Behaviors: The standard behaviors of projectiles, such as Pierce, Fork, and Chain do not apply to the primary "eye" projectile, as the eye does not actually collide with enemies. These behaviors do apply to the secondary shard projectiles, however.

Projectile Speed: Modifiers to projectile speed affect both types of projectiles from this skill- the eye and the secondary shard projectiles. If projectile speed is increased, for example, the eye projectile travels further than it normally would, as do the shard projectiles, which would travel further before they dissipate. This can effectively increase the coverage area of this skill. Bear in mind, however, that the faster the eye projectile, the larger the gap formed between shard projectiles unleashed in the spiral; this may cause single targets close to the caster to take less damage than if the eye projectile travels slower.

Spiral of Shard Projectiles: This skill fires an "eye" projectile which fires out secondary "shard" projectiles as it travels. These shards are released constantly as the eye travels, and if a target is directly in the center of the eye, the multiple shards can hit that target. This behavior also applies to the final spiral that is triggered upon the eye projectile reaching the end of its lifetime (through reaching its maximum distance or colliding with terrain). Though it may look like an explosion, it is indeed a very fast sequential spiral, meaning that with careful positioning by the player, a single target may be hit by all projectiles in this last spiral, effectively "shotgunning" this target.

Traps and Mines: This skill can be turned into traps or mines with the appropriate support gems.

Item acquisition

Eye of Winter can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Eye of Winter can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Eye of Winter.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Eye of Winter Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Eye of Winter Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Eye of Winter Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Eye of Winter Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Eye of Winter Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Eye of Winter Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Eye of Winter Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Eye of Winter Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Eye of Winter Shard Frequency 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Eye of Winter fires Shard projectiles with 8% increased Frequency during flight	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Eye of Winter Shard Frequency 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Eye of Winter fires Shard projectiles with 12% increased Frequency during flight	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Eye of Winter has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Eye of Winter Effect	Your Eye of Winter becomes a Celestial Effect.