PoE2 skill gem

Arctic Howl

Shapeshift into a Werewolf and let out an icy howl that damages enemies and Freezes Primed enemies. If an enemy is Frozen or a Frozen enemy is Hit, this Skill Empowers your attacks with added Cold damage, causes Empowered Slams to create Chilled Ground, and grants your Allies added Cold damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Arctic Howl could empower you in human form while using Echoing Cry.

Full patch history

Effects

11 effects

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Int
Weapon or skill requirementTalismans
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Int

Requires: Talismans

Gem level progression

40 levels
Arctic Howl levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrIntManaBase DamageDeals 5 to 8 Cold DamageBuff grants Allies 1 to 2 added Cold damage to AttacksEmpowered Attacks deal 4 to 5 additional Cold damage
104419100%, 100%, 100%5, 81, 24, 5
237722100%, 100%, 100%7, 111, 25, 7
369924100%, 100%, 100%10, 152, 37, 10
410131327100%, 100%, 100%13, 203, 49, 13
514171730100%, 100%, 100%17, 253, 511, 17
618202033100%, 100%, 100%21, 314, 613, 21
722242436100%, 100%, 100%25, 385, 816, 25
826282839100%, 100%, 100%30, 456, 920, 30
931323242100%, 100%, 100%36, 547, 1123, 36
1036373746100%, 100%, 100%43, 649, 1328, 43
1141414149100%, 100%, 100%50, 7510, 1533, 50
1246464652100%, 100%, 100%59, 8812, 1838, 59
1352515156100%, 100%, 100%68, 10214, 2044, 68
1458575760100%, 100%, 100%79, 11916, 2451, 79
1564626264100%, 100%, 100%92, 13718, 2760, 92
1666646468100%, 100%, 100%106, 15921, 3269, 106
1772707072100%, 100%, 100%122, 18324, 3779, 122
1878757576100%, 100%, 100%141, 21128, 4291, 141
1984808080100%, 100%, 100%162, 24332, 49105, 162
2090868685100%, 100%, 100%186, 27937, 56121, 186
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Arctic Howl levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrIntManaBase DamageDeals 5 to 8 Cold DamageBuff grants Allies 1 to 2 added Cold damage to AttacksEmpowered Attacks deal 4 to 5 additional Cold damage
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable90100%, 100%, 100%214, 32043, 64139, 214
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable94100%, 100%, 100%245, 36849, 74160, 245
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable99100%, 100%, 100%282, 42356, 85183, 282
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable104100%, 100%, 100%324, 48665, 97210, 324
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable110100%, 100%, 100%372, 55874, 112242, 372
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable115100%, 100%, 100%427, 64185, 128278, 427
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable120100%, 100%, 100%491, 73798, 147319, 491
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable126100%, 100%, 100%565, 847113, 169367, 565
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable132100%, 100%, 100%650, 975130, 195423, 650
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable138100%, 100%, 100%749, 1123150, 225487, 749
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable144100%, 100%, 100%863, 1295173, 259561, 863
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable151100%, 100%, 100%996, 1493199, 299647, 996
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable157100%, 100%, 100%1150, 1725230, 345747, 1150
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable164100%, 100%, 100%1329, 1993266, 399864, 1329
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable171100%, 100%, 100%1538, 2307308, 461999, 1538
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable178100%, 100%, 100%1781, 2672356, 5341158, 1781
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable185100%, 100%, 100%2066, 3099413, 6201343, 2066
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable193100%, 100%, 100%2399, 3598480, 7201559, 2399
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable201100%, 100%, 100%2789, 4183558, 8371813, 2789
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable208100%, 100%, 100%3246, 4870649, 9742110, 3246

Quality effects

2 effects

Arctic Howl standard quality

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Warcry, Area, Duration, Cold, Damage, Cooldown, EmpowersOtherSkill, UsableWhileMoving, Nova, SkillConsumesEnduranceChargesOnUse, ConsumesCharges, Buff, Shapeshift, Wolf

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 5

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Primal, tier 5

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 5 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Primal

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Arctic Howl. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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Patch history

3 changes
0.4.0c
Direct change

Arctic Howl now provides Empowers 1 attack per 5 enemy Power (previously 10).

0.4.0c
Direct change

The additional Cold damage granted by Arctic Howl to Empowered Attacks is now approximately 50% higher at all levels.

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Arctic Howl could empower you in human form while using Echoing Cry.