PoE Orb Skills & Winter Orb Build

PoE Orb Skill Gems

Level Skill Gems Description Tag
34 Tornado Tornado Create a Tornado that hinders and repeatedly damages enemies around it. It will move forward for a duration, during which your projectiles can collide with it to deal damage as though it was an enemy. Then it will chase down enemies for a secondary duration, and reflect a portion of the damage it took from your projectiles to them in addition to its own damage. Spell, Duration, Physical, AoE, Orb
4 Frost Bomb Frost Bomb Creates a crystal that pulses with cold for a duration. Each pulse applies a debuff to nearby enemies for a secondary duration which reduces life and energy shield regeneration rate, and also inflicts Cold Exposure. When the crystal's duration ends, it explodes, dealing heavy cold damage to enemies around it. Spell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb
4 Orb of Storms Orb of Storms Creates a stationary electrical orb that frequently unleashes a splitting bolt of lightning at a nearby enemy. Modifiers to cast speed will increase how frequently it does this. Using a lightning skill while inside the orb's cloud unleashes additional bolts. Casting this skill again will replace the previous orb. Lightning, Spell, Duration, AoE, Chaining, Orb
16 Forbidden Rite Forbidden Rite Lobs an exploding projectile near the targeted location, and extra projectiles toward enemies around you. The projectiles deal chaos damage based on your life and energy shield. Casting this spell damages you. Spell, AoE, Chaos, Projectile
28 Winter Orb Winter Orb Channel to conjure an orb above you, which pelts nearby enemies with projectiles that impact the ground and explode. Channelling for longer builds up stages on the skill. When you stop channelling, the stages decay over a duration. Cold, Spell, Channelling, AoE, Duration, Projectile, Orb
34 Void Sphere Void Sphere Creates a Void Sphere which Hinders enemies in an area around it, with the debuff being stronger on enemies closer to the sphere. It also regularly releases pulses of area damage. The Void Sphere will consume the corpses of any enemies which die in its area. Can only have one Void Sphere at a time. Spell, AoE, Duration, Physical, Chaos, Orb
34 Hydrosphere Hydrosphere Create a sphere of water, or move an existing sphere and reset its duration. The sphere continually applies a drenched debuff with a short duration to enemies in its area or those it moves through. You can hit the sphere with other skills to inflict Cold and Lightning Ailments (other than Chill). The sphere pulses when created, at regular intervals while afflicted by an Ailment, and after moving, damaging all drenched enemies in a large area. Spell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb, Lightning, Physical

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Winter Orb

Winter Orb Winter Orb is a channelling skill.

Channel to conjure an orb above you, which pelts nearby enemies with projectiles that impact the ground and explode. Channelling for longer builds up stages on the skill. When you stop channelling, the stages decay over a duration.Your Winter Orb has built up stages, letting you pelt nearby enemies with projectiles faster.

Cold, Spell, Channelling, AoE, Duration, Projectile, Orb. Level: 1–20. Cost: 2–4 Mana. Cast Time: 0.25 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%. Requires Level 28.

  • Deals (30–270) to (37–337) Cold Damage
  • Base duration is 1.6 seconds
  • Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to Projectile Frequency
  • Fires projectiles every 1.6 seconds
  • 25% increased Duration per Stage
  • 150% more Projectile Frequency while Channelling
  • 15% increased Projectile Frequency per Stage
  • Maximum 10 Stages

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Winter Orb(0–10)% increased Cast Speed50

Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostDeals 30 to 37 Cold DamageExperience
12867230, 37199,345
23173235, 44285,815
33479242, 53401,344
43785350, 63554,379
54092359, 74477,437
64296366, 82583,786
744100373, 92710,359
846104382, 1021,355,511
948109391, 1131,138,877
10501133101, 1261,368,233
11521173111, 1391,638,338
12541213123, 1541,956,648
13561253136, 1713,655,184
14581304151, 1883,017,327
15601344166, 2087,759,995
16621384184, 22915,138,193
17641424202, 25326,083,825
18661464223, 27962,620,247
19681514245, 307211,708,088
20701554270, 337
21724296, 371
22744326, 407
23764358, 447
24784392, 490
25805430, 538
26825472, 589
27845517, 646
28865566, 707
29885619, 774
30905678, 847
31915709, 886
32925741, 927
33935775, 969
34945810, 1013
35955847, 1059
36965886, 1107
37975926, 1157
38985968, 1210
399951011, 1264
4010051057, 1321

Skill functions and interactions

While Winter Orb has the Projectile keyword, testing shows it appears to gain no benefit from the Fork Support, Pierce Support, or Chain Support gems, even though the Active Skills window shows them as compatible. Firing projectiles in a nova with Sire of Shards causes multiple projects to launch spread out as expected but land not exactly the same distance away from the caster.

Projectile Rate

Base projectile rate at stage 1 without any increased cast speed is .625 per second.

The first stage does not gain projectile frequency. Therefore 10 stages gives (9 X 15) = 135% increased projectile frequency. The plus 2 maximum stages helmet enchantment adds 30% projectile frequency.

All cast speed modifiers are additive with the increased projectile frequency. Therefore a 10 stage winter orb with 100% cast speed has (135 + 100) = 235% total increase projectile frequency.

150% more projectile frequency will multiply your projectile fire rate by 2.5 while channeling.

Item acquisition

Winter Orb can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

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

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Winter Orb:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Winter Orb.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Frost Fury Additional Max Number Of Stages 1 75 Eternal Labyrinth Winter Orb has +2 Maximum Stages helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Frost Fury Area Of Effect Per Stage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Winter Orb has 2% increased Area of Effect per Stage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Frost Fury Area Of Effect Per Stage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Winter Orb has 3% increased Area of Effect per Stage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Winter Orb Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Winter Orb deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Winter Orb Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Winter Orb deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Winter Orb has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Celestial Winter Orb Effect Your Winter Orb becomes a Celestial Effect.

1. Character: 100 Guardian

Life: 1401 Strength: 141
Energy Shield: 2993 Dexterity: 184
Mana: 919 Intelligence: 289
Evasion Rating: 807 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 3788

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Winter Orb Winter Orb. DPS: 52k.

Damage types:

  • Cold: 88%
  • Chaos: 11%
  • Lightning: 1%

Winter Orb Support Gems:

  • Infused Channelling Infused Channelling Support(Blue): 96%
  • Awakened Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support(Green): 86%
  • Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Greater Multiple Projectiles Support(Green): 84%
  • Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 71%
  • Awakened Added Cold Damage Added Cold Damage Support(Green): 55%
  • Hypothermia Hypothermia Support(Green): 21%
  • Inspiration Support(Red): 20%
  • Greater Multiple Projectiles Greater Multiple Projectiles Support(Green): 16%
  • Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 13%
  • Energy Leech Energy Leech Support(Blue): 10%
  • Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Support(Blue): 8%
  • Arcane Surge Arcane Surge Support(Blue): 4%
  • Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support(Green): 4%
  • Cold to Fire Cold to Fire Support(Red): 3%

3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Winter Orb Winter Orb (Blue) (21 / 20), Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Greater Multiple Projectiles Support (Green) (3 / 20), Awakened Added Cold Damage Added Cold Damage Support (Green) (2 / 20), Awakened Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support (Green) (1 / 20), Awakened Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support (Blue) (5 / 10), Infused Channelling Infused Channelling Support (Blue) (19 / 20),

Helmet: Precision Precision (Green) (19 / 20), Blood Magic Blood Magic Support (Red) (21), Clarity Clarity (Blue) (14), Vitality Vitality (Red) (21),

Boots: Purity of Fire Purity of Fire (Red) (21), Purity of Lightning Purity of Lightning (Blue) (21), Enlighten Enlighten Support (Blue) (3 / 20), Purity of Ice Purity of Ice (Green) (21),

Gloves: Flame Dash Flame Dash (Blue) (20 / 20), Arcane Surge Arcane Surge Support (Blue) (6), Herald of Ice Herald of Ice (Green) (19 / 20), Herald of Agony Herald of Agony (Green) (19 / 20),

Offhand: Hatred Hatred (Green) (21), Zealotry Zealotry (Blue) (21), Discipline Discipline (Blue) (21),

Weapon: Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder (Blue) (19 / 20), Herald of Purity Herald of Purity (Red) (1 / 20), Herald of Ash Herald of Ash (Red) (19 / 20),

4. Passive Skill Build

Winter Orb Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Radiant Faith: 100%
  • Unwavering Faith: 100%
  • Zealot’s Oath: 99%
  • Pain Attunement: 97%
  • Bastion of Hope: 86%
  • Radiant Crusade: 64%
  • Harmony of Purpose: 51%
  • Ghost Reaver: 38%
  • Chaos Inoculation: 2%
  • Mind Over Matter: 1%

5. Equipment Build

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

Weapon: Nebulis Nebulis Synthesised Void Sceptre

Offhand Weapon: Prism Guardian Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield

Helmet: Carrion Guardian Hubris Circlet

Gloves: Sadima’s Touch Sadima’s Touch Wool Gloves

Boots: Goldwyrm Goldwyrm Nubuck Boots

Belt: Headhunter Headhunter Leather Belt

Amulet: Dragon Torc Onyx Amulet

Ring: The Pariah The Pariah Unset Ring x2

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