Ice Spear - Path of Exile

Ice Spear Ice Spear is an active skill gem.

Launches shards of ice in rapid succession. After travelling a short distance they change to a second form, which moves much faster and pierces through enemies.

Critical, Spell, Projectile, Cold. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–23 Mana. Cast Time: 0.70 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%. Projectile Speed: 1000. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (22–568) to (33–852) Cold Damage
  • Fires an additional Projectile
  • Second form has 600% increased Critical Strike Chance
  • Second form has +(30–49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
  • Second form has 300% more Projectile Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Ice Spear(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostDeals 22 to 33 Cold DamageSecond form has +30% to Critical Strike MultiplierExperience
11233822, 333015,249
21539928, 423141,517
319481037, 563281,983
423561148, 7233147,968
527641262, 9334250,557
631731378, 11835405,086
735811499, 14836447,718
8388815116, 17437615,318
9419416137, 20538834,639
104410016160, 240391,570,760
114710617187, 280401,633,987
125011318218, 326412,151,030
135311919253, 379422,812,189
145612519293, 439435,099,360
155913220338, 508449,400,731
166213821391, 5864515,273,366
176414221429, 6444626,286,582
186614622472, 7074762,890,590
196815122518, 77648212,046,017
207015523568, 85249
217224622, 93350
227424682, 102351
237625746, 112052
247825817, 122553
258026893, 134054
268226977, 146555
2784271067, 160156
2886271165, 174857
2988281272, 190858
3090281388, 208359
3191281450, 217560
3292291514, 227261
3393291581, 237262
3494291651, 247763
3595291724, 258664
3696301800, 270065
3797301879, 281866
3898301961, 294267
3999302047, 307068
40100312136, 320469

Ice Spear is a cold spell that fires projectiles in sequence. After traveling a short distance the projectiles enter a second form. The second form pierces all targets and has increased projectile speed and critical strike chance. This unique feature of Ice Spear makes it ideal for damaging distant targets, but at the same time makes it noticeably weaker at close range.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Multiple projectiles: All projectiles, including additional projectiles (such as from Greater Multiple Projectiles Support), are fired in sequence.
  • Multiple Stages: This spell has two forms. The first form has no natural piercing. Once the projectile reaches a preset distance from the caster, it will instantly change to its second form. The second form pierces all targets, has 300% more projectile speed, and has 600% increased chance to critical strike. With a base critical strike chance of 7%, the second form will have a 49% chance to critically strike, before other modifiers. Ice Spear will do full damage to enemies in either form.
  • Projectile Speed: Increases and reductions to projectile speed (such as from Slower Projectiles Support) will not affect the distance at which the spell changes to its second form, but will alter Ice Spear's travel speed.
  • Piercing: Additional pierce will allow the first form to pierce targets as well. The second form naturally pierces all targets.
  • Fork and Chain: Ice Spear can fork and chain in its first form. In its second form, it pierces all targets, and therefore can never fork or chain.
    • Note: Frost Sentinel monsters use a different version of the skill, with additional projectiles (from 0 to 2) and 50% increased damage in second form. Fork and chain can apply to the skill in second form, as well as pierce in the first one.

Item acquisition

Ice Spear can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Ice Spear 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

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		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Spear.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ice Spear Additional Projectile 1 75 Eternal Labyrinth Ice Spear fires an additional Projectile helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Distance Before Form Change 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Ice Spear travels 20% reduced distance before changing forms helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Distance Before Form Change 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Ice Spear travels 30% reduced distance before changing forms helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Percent Chance To Gain Power Charge On Critical Strike 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 10% Chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike with Ice Spear helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Percent Chance To Gain Power Charge On Critical Strike 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 15% Chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike with Ice Spear helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Second Form Critical Strike Chance 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 200% increased Ice Spear Critical Strike Chance in second form helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ice Spear Second Form Critical Strike Chance 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 300% increased Ice Spear Critical Strike Chance in second form helmet 75
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Ice Spear has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Swordfish Ice Spear Effect Your Ice Spear becomes a shattering icy swordfish.