Vaal Ice Nova Build Assassin

Vaal Ice Nova Vaal Ice Nova is a vaal spell that casts an expanding circle of ice emanating from the player, which repeats off of enemies hit by it.

A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster, repeating from every enemy it hits.A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.

Spell, AoE, Vaal, Cold, Nova. Level: 1–20. Souls Per Use: 25. Can Store 2 Use. Soul Gain Prevention: 2 sec. Cast Time: 0.70 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%. AoE Radius: 26. Requires Level 12. Level: 1–40. Cost: 8–31 Mana. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (18–518) to (26–762) Cold Damage
  • Causes smaller novas up to 5 times on enemies hit
  • 20% reduced Area of Effect each repeat
  • CorruptedDeals (18–3805) to (26–5596) Cold Damage
  • +(0–8) to radius
  • 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
  • Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles
  • Adds (3–582) to (4–851) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
  • is area damage [1]

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Vaal Ice Nova(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceDeals 18 to 26 Cold DamageExperience
1123318, 2615,249
2153923, 3341,517
3194830, 4481,983
4235640, 58147,968
5276451, 75250,557
6317366, 97405,086
7358183, 122447,718
8388899, 145615,318
94194117, 172834,639
1044100138, 2031,570,760
1147106162, 2381,633,987
1250113190, 2792,151,030
1353119222, 3262,812,189
1456125259, 3815,099,360
1559132301, 4439,400,731
1662138350, 51515,273,366
1764142387, 56826,286,582
1866146426, 62762,890,590
1968151470, 691212,046,017
2070155518, 762
2172570, 839
2274628, 923
2376690, 1015
2478759, 1116
2580833, 1226
2682915, 1346
27841004, 1477
28861102, 1620
29881208, 1777
30901324, 1947
31911386, 2039
32921451, 2134
33931519, 2233
34941589, 2337
35951663, 2445
36961740, 2559
37971820, 2677
38981904, 2800
39991992, 2929
401002083, 3064
LevelRequires LevelCostDeals 18 to 26 Cold DamageAdds 3 to 4 Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies# to radiusExperience
112818, 263, 40
215923, 343, 50
3191031, 465, 70
4231142, 626, 90
5271257, 839, 131
6311374, 10911, 171
7351497, 14215, 221
83815117, 17318, 261
94116142, 20922, 322
104416171, 25126, 382
114717205, 30131, 462
125018245, 36138, 552
135319293, 43145, 653
145619349, 51353, 783
155920414, 60963, 933
166221492, 72375, 1103
176421550, 80984, 1234
186622616, 90594, 1384
196822688, 1012105, 1544
207023769, 1130118, 1724
217224858, 1262131, 1925
227424957, 1408146, 2145
2376251068, 1570163, 2395
2478251190, 1750182, 2665
2580261325, 1949203, 2966
2682261476, 2170226, 3306
2784271642, 2415251, 3676
2886271827, 2686279, 4086
2988282031, 2987311, 4547
3090282257, 3319345, 5057
3191282379, 3499364, 5327
3292292507, 3687383, 5607
3393292642, 3886404, 5917
3494292785, 4095426, 6227
3595292934, 4315449, 6568
3696303091, 4546473, 6918
3797303256, 4789498, 7288
3898303430, 5044525, 7678
3999303613, 5313553, 8088
40100313805, 5596582, 8518

Skill functions and interactions

Every Nova that hits an enemy will repeat from the enemy it hit. Having more area of effect will increase the chances of novas hitting enemies and repeating.

Item acquisition

Vaal Ice Nova has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Ice Nova can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.

Recipes

Vaal Ice Nova can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
9 Volatile Power Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Ice Nova.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ice Nova Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Ice Nova Damage helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Ice Nova Damage helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Freeze Chance 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Ice Nova has +20% chance to Freeze helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Freeze Chance 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Ice Nova has +30% chance to Freeze helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Minimum Chill 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Chills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 6% helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Minimum Chill 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Chills from Ice Nova Hits always reduce Action Speed by at least 8% helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Ice Nova Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect helmet 75
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Ice Nova has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Arctic Ice Nova Effect Your Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.
Celestial Ice Nova Effect Your Ice Nova becomes a Celestial Effect.
Illusionist Ice Nova Effect Your Ice Nova becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Water Nova Effect Your Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold water

PoE Vaal Ice Nova Assassin Build

1. Character: 100 Assassin

Life: 1355 Strength: 98
Energy Shield: 6391 Dexterity: 193
Mana: 1575 Intelligence: 454
Evasion Rating: 590 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 6
Armour: 239

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Ice Nova Ice Nova. AVERAGE HIT: 245k.

Damage types:

  • Cold: 88%
  • Chaos: 12%

Main skill: Cyclone Cyclone. DPS: 59k.

Damage types:

  • Cold: 83%
  • Chaos: 12%
  • Physical: 5%

Vaal Ice Nova Support Gems:

  • Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Cast On Critical Strike Support(Green): 89%
  • Hypothermia Hypothermia Support(Green): 69%
  • Awakened Added Cold Damage Added Cold Damage Support(Green): 59%
  • Inspiration Support(Red): 56%
  • Increased Critical Strikes Increased Critical Strikes Support(Blue): 50%
  • Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Support(Blue): 35%
  • Cast On Critical Strike Cast On Critical Strike Support(Green): 11%
  • Awakened Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support(Blue): 9%
  • Awakened Elemental Focus Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 9%
  • Awakened Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support(Green): 4%
  • Cold to Fire Cold to Fire Support(Red): 4%
  • Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support(Blue): 2%
  • Added Cold Damage Added Cold Damage Support(Green): 2%

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3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Boots: Aspect of the Spider (Aspect Skill) (20), Precision Precision (Green) (20), Herald of Ice Herald of Ice (Green) (20 / 20), Summon Ice Golem Summon Ice Golem (Green) (20), Cast when Damage Taken Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (20), Summon Ice Golem Summon Ice Golem (Green) (20), Cast when Damage Taken Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (20), Aspect of the Spider (Aspect Skill) (20), Precision Precision (Green) (20), Herald of Ice Herald of Ice (Green) (20 / 20), Aspect of the Spider (Aspect Skill) (20),

Body Armour: Cyclone Cyclone (Green) (20 / 20), Inspiration Support (Red) (20), Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Cast On Critical Strike Support (Green) (5 / 15), Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Awakened Elemental Focus Elemental Focus Support (Blue) (1 / 20), Vaal Ice Nova Vaal Ice Nova (Blue) (21 / 10),

Gloves: Vortex Vortex (Blue) (20 / 20), Curse On Hit Curse On Hit Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Frostbite Frostbite (Blue) (21), Flame Dash Flame Dash (Blue) (10),

Helmet: Flesh and Stone Flesh and Stone (Red) (20), Blood and Sand Blood and Sand (Red) (6 / 20), Purity of Elements Purity of Elements (Blue) (21), Enlighten Enlighten Support (Blue) (4),

Weapon: Frostbolt Frostbolt (Blue) (20 / 20), Energy Leech Energy Leech Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Hypothermia Hypothermia Support (Green) (20 / 20),

Offhand: Hatred Hatred (Green) (20), Zealotry Zealotry (Blue) (20), Vaal Discipline Vaal Discipline (Blue) (20),

4. Passive Skill Build

Vaal Ice Nova Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Unstable Infusion: 100%
  • Deadly Infusion: 100%
  • Mistwalker: 99%
  • Opportunistic: 98%
  • Chaos Inoculation: 42%
  • Ghost Reaver: 41%
  • Acrobatics: 34%
  • Phase Acrobatics: 33%
  • Pain Attunement: 31%
  • Mind Over Matter: 24%
  • Conduit: 21%
  • Minion Instability: 4%
  • Ambush and Assassinate: 4%
  • Zealot’s Oath: 3%

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: Shavronne’s Wrappings Shavronne’s Wrappings Occultist’s Vestment

Weapon: Cospri’s Malice Cospri’s Malice Jewelled Foil

Offhand Weapon: Prism Guardian Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield

Helmet: Demon Shelter Hubris Circlet

Gloves: Beast Palm Fingerless Silk Gloves

Boots: Maelström Stride Conjurer Boots

Belt: Headhunter Headhunter Leather Belt

Amulet: Presence of Chayula Presence of Chayula Onyx Amulet

Ring: Circle of Fear Circle of Fear Synthesised Sapphire Ring x2

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