PoE2 skill gem

Glacial Cascade

Sweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but the Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Effects

13 effects

Wave

Final Burst

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
Glacial Cascade levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntDexManaBase Damage
1044940%, 40%, 40%, 120%
23771044%, 44%, 44%, 132%
36991248%, 48%, 48%, 145%
41013131453%, 53%, 53%, 158%
51417171557%, 57%, 57%, 171%
61820201761%, 61%, 61%, 184%
72224241966%, 66%, 66%, 197%
82628282269%, 69%, 69%, 208%
93132322473%, 73%, 73%, 219%
103637372677%, 77%, 77%, 230%
114141412980%, 80%, 80%, 241%
124646463284%, 84%, 84%, 253%
135251513589%, 89%, 89%, 266%
145857573893%, 93%, 93%, 279%
156462624298%, 98%, 98%, 293%
1666646445103%, 103%, 103%, 308%
1772707049108%, 108%, 108%, 323%
1878757554113%, 113%, 113%, 339%
1984808058119%, 119%, 119%, 356%
2090868663125%, 125%, 125%, 374%
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Glacial Cascade levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntDexManaBase Damage
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable68131%, 131%, 131%, 393%
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable73138%, 138%, 138%, 413%
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable79144%, 144%, 144%, 433%
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable85152%, 152%, 152%, 455%
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable91159%, 159%, 159%, 478%
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable98167%, 167%, 167%, 502%
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable105176%, 176%, 176%, 527%
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable112184%, 184%, 184%, 553%
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable120194%, 194%, 194%, 581%
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable129203%, 203%, 203%, 610%
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable138213%, 213%, 213%, 640%
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable147224%, 224%, 224%, 672%
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable157235%, 235%, 235%, 706%
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable168247%, 247%, 247%, 741%
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable179259%, 259%, 259%, 778%
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable191272%, 272%, 272%, 817%
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable204286%, 286%, 286%, 858%
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable217300%, 300%, 300%, 901%
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable231315%, 315%, 315%, 946%
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable246331%, 331%, 331%, 993%

Quality effects

2 effects

Wave 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.

  • 20% more Attack SpeedQuality scaling: (0-20)% more Attack Speed

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Attack, Melee, Area, Cold, Area, UsableWhileMoving, SkillConsumesFreeze, CreatesFissure

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 Glacial Cascade. 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

7 changes
0.1.1
Direct change

Fixed a bug which allowed Glacial Cascade's hits to freeze enemies.

0.4.0
Direct change

Glacial Cascade: Wave now Converts 80% of Physical damage to Cold damage (previously 60%). Final Burst now Converts 100% of Physical damage to Cold damage (previously 60%).

0.3.0
Direct change

Ice Crystals will now instantly shatter from hits that could Consume Freeze. As this is now default behaviour, Glacial Cascade and Fragmentation Rounds no longer specifically call out this behaviour.

0.3.0
Direct change

Glacial Cascade: No longer has Consumes Freeze on enemies to deal 350% more Damage. It now Consumes Freeze on non-Unique enemies to deal 150% more Damage, and Consumes Freeze on Unique enemies to deal 500% more Damage. Burst Radius is now 0.6 metres (previously 0.5 metres). The Final Burst Radius is now 0.9-1.2 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 0.7 metres at all Gem levels). Quality now provides Gain 0-15% of Physical Damage as Cold Damage (previously 0-10%).

0.3.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where you could not change your targeting direction while using Glacial Cascade.

0.3.0
Direct change

Glacial Cascade: No longer has Consumes Freeze on enemies to deal 350% more Damage. It now Consumes Freeze on non-Unique enemies to deal 150% more Damage, and Consumes Freeze on Unique enemies to deal 425% more Damage. Burst Radius is now 0.6 metres (previously 0.5 metres). The Final Burst Radius is now 0.9-1.2 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 0.7 metres at all Gem levels). Quality now provides Gain 0-15% of Physical Damage as Cold Damage (previously 0-10%).

0.2.0
Direct change

Glacial Cascade Quality is now gains 0-10% of Physical damage as Cold damage (instead of 0-10% increased attack speed).