PoE2 skill gem

Grim Pillars

Spend Runic Ward to cause damaging Ice-Crystal spears to erupt from the ground around you. These spears can be destroyed for an explosion of Cold damage.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.

Full patch history

Effects

18 effects
  • Creates 8 Grim Pillars
  • Creation radius is 4 metres
  • Eruption radius is 1.2 metres
  • Grim Pillar duration is 10 seconds
  • Limit 20 Grim Pillars
  • 80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5 seconds by something other than you

Pillars

  • Deals (3-99) to (5-149) Cold Damage
  • 80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5 seconds by something other than you
  • Creation radius is 4 metres
  • Creates 8 Grim Pillars
  • Eruption radius is 1.2 metres
  • Grim Pillar duration is 10 seconds
  • Grim Pillars have (27-9536) maximum Life
  • Limit 20 Grim Pillars

Explosion

  • Deals (5-159) to (7-239) Cold Damage
  • 50% more Freeze Buildup
  • 80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5 seconds by something other than you
  • Explosion radius is 2 metres

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90)
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90)

Gem level progression

40 levels
Grim Pillars levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageDeals 3 to 5 Cold DamageGrim Pillars have 27 maximum LifeDeals 5 to 7 Cold Damage
1015100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 5275, 7
2317100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 6486, 9
3619100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 9819, 13
41021100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7, 1112311, 17
51424100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9, 1418014, 21
61826100%, 100%, 100%, 100%12, 1725118, 26
72229100%, 100%, 100%, 100%14, 2134522, 32
82632100%, 100%, 100%, 100%17, 2546826, 39
93135100%, 100%, 100%, 100%20, 3062431, 46
103638100%, 100%, 100%, 100%24, 3682537, 55
114142100%, 100%, 100%, 100%28, 42107943, 64
124645100%, 100%, 100%, 100%32, 49140050, 75
135249100%, 100%, 100%, 100%38, 56180658, 88
145853100%, 100%, 100%, 100%43, 65231568, 102
156457100%, 100%, 100%, 100%50, 75295579, 118
166661100%, 100%, 100%, 100%58, 86376291, 136
177266100%, 100%, 100%, 100%66, 994772105, 157
187871100%, 100%, 100%, 100%76, 1146024121, 181
198476100%, 100%, 100%, 100%87, 1307589139, 208
209081100%, 100%, 100%, 100%99, 1499536159, 239
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Grim Pillars levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageDeals 3 to 5 Cold DamageGrim Pillars have 27 maximum LifeDeals 5 to 7 Cold Damage
21Not applicable86100%, 100%, 100%, 100%114, 17010013183, 275
22Not applicable92100%, 100%, 100%, 100%130, 19510513210, 316
23Not applicable98100%, 100%, 100%, 100%148, 22211039242, 362
24Not applicable104100%, 100%, 100%, 100%169, 25411591277, 416
25Not applicable110100%, 100%, 100%, 100%193, 29012170319, 478
26Not applicable117100%, 100%, 100%, 100%221, 33112779366, 549
27Not applicable124100%, 100%, 100%, 100%252, 37913418421, 631
28Not applicable132100%, 100%, 100%, 100%288, 43314088484, 726
29Not applicable140100%, 100%, 100%, 100%330, 49514793557, 836
30Not applicable148100%, 100%, 100%, 100%377, 56615533642, 963
31Not applicable156100%, 100%, 100%, 100%432, 64816309740, 1110
32Not applicable165100%, 100%, 100%, 100%495, 74317125853, 1280
33Not applicable174100%, 100%, 100%, 100%568, 85217981985, 1478
34Not applicable184100%, 100%, 100%, 100%652, 977188801139, 1709
35Not applicable194100%, 100%, 100%, 100%749, 1123198231318, 1977
36Not applicable204100%, 100%, 100%, 100%861, 1291208151527, 2290
37Not applicable215100%, 100%, 100%, 100%991, 1486218561771, 2656
38Not applicable227100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1141, 1712229492056, 3084
39Not applicable238100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1316, 1974240962390, 3586
40Not applicable251100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1520, 2280253012783, 4174

Quality effects

2 effects

Pillars standard quality

  • Creates +(0-2) Grim Pillars

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.

  • +0.4 metres to eruption radiusQuality scaling: +(0-0.4) metres to eruption radius

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Duration, Cold, CreatesGroundEffect, IceCrystal, Area, Nova, Cascadable, ToggleSpawnedObjectTargetable_DefaultOn, Limit, Totemable, Triggerable

Level this Kalguuran gem

Use Thaumaturgic Flux instead of treating it as a normal gem upgrade.

Levels 1 to 20

Apply the Thaumaturgic Flux whose level matches the level you want this gem to become. A Flux cannot lower the gem below its current level. Check the resulting level requirement before applying a high-level Flux.

Target level1Target level2Target level3Target level4Target level5Target level6Target level7Target level8Target level9Target level10Target level11Target level12Target level13Target level14Target level15Target level16Target level17Target level18Target level19Target level20

Patch history

1 changes
0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.