PoE2 skill gem

Frozen Locus

Leap backward and crack the ground with your staff to call forth an Ice Crystal which can be damaged by you and enemies. If the Crystal is destroyed it causes an icy explosion. This skill can be used while using other skills.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where projectiles were ignoring Ice Crystrals created by Frozen Locus.

Full patch history

Effects

8 effects

Crystal

Explosion

Requirements and restrictions

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

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

Requires: Quarterstaves

Gem level progression

40 levels
Frozen Locus levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntDexManaBase DamageIce Crystal has 27 maximum Life
104412100%, 100%, 100%, 150%27, 1
237713100%, 100%, 100%, 165%48, 1
369915100%, 100%, 100%, 183%81, 1
410131318100%, 100%, 100%, 200%123, 1
514171720100%, 100%, 100%, 218%180, 1
618202022100%, 100%, 100%, 236%251, 1
722242425100%, 100%, 100%, 255%345, 1
826282828100%, 100%, 100%, 273%468, 1
931323231100%, 100%, 100%, 290%624, 1
1036373734100%, 100%, 100%, 308%825, 1
1141414138100%, 100%, 100%, 328%1079, 1
1246464641100%, 100%, 100%, 350%1400, 1
1352515145100%, 100%, 100%, 374%1806, 1
1458575749100%, 100%, 100%, 399%2315, 1
1564626254100%, 100%, 100%, 427%2955, 1
1666646459100%, 100%, 100%, 458%3762, 1
1772707064100%, 100%, 100%, 492%4772, 1
1878757569100%, 100%, 100%, 528%6024, 1
1984808075100%, 100%, 100%, 568%7589, 1
2090868681100%, 100%, 100%, 612%9536, 1
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Frozen Locus levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntDexManaBase DamageIce Crystal has 27 maximum Life
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable87100%, 100%, 100%, 660%10013, 1
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable94100%, 100%, 100%, 711%10513, 1
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable101100%, 100%, 100%, 766%11039, 1
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable109100%, 100%, 100%, 825%11591, 1
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable117100%, 100%, 100%, 889%12170, 1
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable126100%, 100%, 100%, 957%12779, 1
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable135100%, 100%, 100%, 1031%13418, 1
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable145100%, 100%, 100%, 1111%14088, 1
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable155100%, 100%, 100%, 1197%14793, 1
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable166100%, 100%, 100%, 1289%15533, 1
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable177100%, 100%, 100%, 1389%16309, 1
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable189100%, 100%, 100%, 1496%17125, 1
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable202100%, 100%, 100%, 1612%17981, 1
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable216100%, 100%, 100%, 1737%18880, 1
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable230100%, 100%, 100%, 1871%19823, 1
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable246100%, 100%, 100%, 2016%20815, 1
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable262100%, 100%, 100%, 2171%21856, 1
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable279100%, 100%, 100%, 2339%22949, 1
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable297100%, 100%, 100%, 2520%24096, 1
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable316100%, 100%, 100%, 2715%25301, 1

Quality effects

2 effects

Explosion 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.

  • Can have 1 additional Frozen LociQuality scaling: Can have (0-1) additional Frozen Loci

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Melee, Attack, Duration, Cold, CreatesGroundEffect, IceCrystal, CanCancelActions, Area, AttackInPlace, ToggleSpawnedObjectTargetable_DefaultOn, Limit

Acquisition

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

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Quarterstaff, tier 1

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 1 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Quarterstaff

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Frozen Locus. 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

9 changes
0.2.0f
Direct change

Frozen Locus can now be used while using other skills to interrupt what you're doing, similarly to dodge roll (though it does not allow you to dodge incoming hits).

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where projectiles were ignoring Ice Crystrals created by Frozen Locus.

0.4.0
Direct change

Fixed the following skills having modifiable Limits that were not described as Limits: Frozen Locus, Earthquake, Earthshatter, Shield Wall. These skills can also now be supported by Overabundance.

0.4.0
Direct change

Frozen Locus: No longer deals 80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5 seconds by something other than you. No Longer creates chilled ground. Ice Crystal no longer has collision. Now correctly works with increases to Limit. Frozen Locus Ice Crystals no longer have a hidden less damage taken from allies. Instead they now have a hidden more damage taken from monsters and the life of the Frozen Locus Ice Crystal has been greatly increased at later levels. This change has been made to make Frozen Locus stronger with things that scale off Ice Crystal life, while keeping the amount of damage to destroy the crystal from both players and monsters roughly the same. Frozen Locus Ice Crystal has 27-9536 maximum Life (from 43-1364).

0.3.0
Direct change

Killing Palm, Staggering Palm, Shattering Palm, Hand of Chayula, and Frozen Locus now deal damage based on your equipped quarterstaff. They no longer have flat added damage or additional critical strike chance. Palm skills can no longer be used without a quarterstaff equipped by default.

0.3.0
Direct change

Frozen Locus: Ice Crystal now deals 80% less damage in the first 0.5 seconds of its duration.

0.3.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Frozen Locus could not generate Energy for Meta Gems.

0.2.0
Direct change

Frozen Locus' explosion now deals 6 to 9 base Quarterstaff Cold Damage at Gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 141 to 212 at Gem level 20 (previously 89 to 134). The damage past Gem level 20 has also been adjusted. Explosion radius is now 2.4 metres (previously 2).

0.2.0
Direct change

The Chilled Ground from Frozen Locus now gains 30% more Radius per second, up to a maximum of 150% (from 40%, up to a maximum of 240%).