Ice Bite Support

Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support is a support gem that grants a chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on killing a frozen enemy. It also increases the linked gem's chance to freeze, added cold damage and additional cold damage per frenzy charge.

Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.

Cold, Support. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%. Requires Level 31.

  • Supported Skills have 15% chance to Freeze
  • Supported Skills have (50–69)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Killing a Frozen Enemy
  • Supported Skills have (8–69) to (12–103) added Cold Damage
  • Supported Skills have (2–15) to (3–23) added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge

This 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.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Ice Bite SupportSupported Skills deal (0–20)% increased Damage with Hits against Frozen Enemies50

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Ice Bite Support Recipe

Outcome Vendor Recipes Notes
  • 1x Hypothermia Support Hypothermia Support
  • 1x Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support
  • 1x Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support
  • 1x Mana Leech Support Mana Leech Support
  • 1x Added Cold Damage Support Added Cold Damage Support
  • 1x Inspiration Support Inspiration Support
  • 1x Bitterdream Bitterdream
 The resulting Added Cold Damage Gem is level 10, all the others are level 1.
  • 1x Unbound Ailments Support Unbound Ailments Support
  • 1x Inspiration Support Inspiration Support
  • 1x Immolate Support Immolate Support
  • 1x Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support
  • 1x Innervate Support Innervate Support
  • 1x Fire Penetration Support Fire Penetration Support, Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support, or Lightning Penetration Support Lightning Penetration Support
  • 1x Replica Bitterdream Replica Bitterdream
 The resulting Immolate, Ice Bite, and Innervate Gems are level 10, all the others are level 1.
  • 1x Unbound Ailments Support Unbound Ailments Support
  • 1x Inspiration Support Inspiration Support
  • 1x Immolate Support Immolate Support
  • 1x Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support
  • 1x Innervate Support Innervate Support
  • 1x Elemental Penetration Support Elemental Penetration Support
  • 1x Replica Bitterdream Replica Bitterdream
  • 1x level 20 Fire Penetration Support Fire Penetration Support
  • 1x level 20 Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support
  • 1x level 20 Lightning Penetration Support Lightning Penetration Support
 The resulting Immolate, Ice Bite, and Innervate Gems are level 10, all the others are level 1.

Selling Bitterdream Bitterdream to a vendor in exchange for the following support gems.

Ice Bite Support Recipe

Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexteritySupported Skills have 2 to 3 added Cold Damage per Frenzy ChargeSupported Skills have 8 to 12 added Cold DamageSupported Skills have 50% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Killing a Frozen EnemyExperience
131522, 38, 1250285,815
234572, 310, 1551252,595
336602, 411, 1752314,394
438633, 413, 1953388,734
540663, 514, 2154477,437
642694, 516, 2455583,786
744724, 618, 2756710,359
846754, 720, 30571,355,511
948785, 722, 33581,138,877
1050815, 825, 37591,368,233
1152846, 927, 41601,638,338
1254877, 1030, 46611,956,648
1356908, 1134, 51623,655,184
1458938, 1338, 56633,017,327
1560969, 1442, 62647,720,126
16629910, 1546, 696515,058,455
176410211, 1751, 776625,964,218
186610513, 1956, 856762,460,771
196810814, 2162, 9468211,508,743
207011115, 2369, 10369
217217, 2576, 11470
227419, 2884, 12671
237621, 3193, 13972
247823, 34102, 15373
258025, 37112, 16874
268227, 41124, 18575
278430, 45136, 20476
288633, 50150, 22477
298837, 55164, 24778
309040, 60181, 27179
319142, 63189, 28479
329244, 66198, 29880
339346, 69208, 31280
349448, 73218, 32781
359551, 76228, 34281
369653, 80239, 35982
379756, 83250, 37682
389858, 87262, 39483
399961, 92275, 41283
4010064, 96288, 43284

Skill functions and interactions

Comparison with Added Cold Damage Support (note that they are not incompatible):

  • The mana multipliers are the same.
  • At level 20, the average added damage out-scales Added Cold Damage's average added damage at 7+ frenzy charges (~6.7 charges for min. added, ~7.2 charges for max. added).
  • At higher levels, one would need even more frenzy charges to gain more damage.
  • The quality bonus is double for Ice Bite Support, but only affects hits on frozen targets.
  • Ice Bite Support also grants 15% chance to Freeze and Charge on Killing a Frozen Enemy.

Item acquisition

Ice Bite Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 31.

Recipes

Ice Bite Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
1 Bitterdream level 15 Ice Bite Support and 5 other gems
1 Replica Bitterdream level 15 Ice Bite Support and 5 other gems
9 Gift of the Gemling Queen Random level 20 support gem
7 Dialla's Subjugation Random corrupted support gem with 23% quality
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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
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
Clarissa		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Unique items

Item Level Stats
Bitterdream 32 22% increased Elemental DamageSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Bonechill
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Hypothermia
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Ice Bite
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Cold Penetration
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Added Cold Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Inspiration
Replica Bitterdream 32 22% increased Elemental DamageSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Elemental Penetration
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Immolate
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Unbound Ailments
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Ice Bite
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Inspiration
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Innervate
The Tempest's Binding 60 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Ice Bite
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Innervate
Grants Summon Harbinger of Storms Skill
+(100-150) to Evasion Rating
+(40-60) to maximum Energy Shield
+(60-80) to maximum Life
+(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances
The Tempest's Liberation 60 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Ice Bite
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Innervate
Grants Summon Greater Harbinger of Storms Skill
+(100-150) to Evasion Rating
+(40-60) to maximum Energy Shield
+(60-80) to maximum Life
+(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances
The Hungry Loop 70 Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level
Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems
Has not Consumed any Gems

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