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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.9%
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6%
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2.4%
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10.3%
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12%
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1.7%
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0.1%
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1.1%
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13.9%
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12.4%
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3.9%
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1.5%
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Ritualist
1.4%
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1.4%
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0.4%
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12.6%
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0.9%
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2.3%
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0.3%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Ice Nova

(Disciple of Varashta) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 20 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Ice Nova is a highly effective skill for the Disciple of Varashta in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 20 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Efficiency II, Encroaching Ground. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like The Fourth Teaching, Pure Energy, Dampening Shield on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Ice Nova
100%
└
Magnified Area II
70%
└
Efficiency II
40%
└
Encroaching Ground
40%
└
Pinpoint Critical
35%
└
Astral Projection
30%
└
Zenith II
30%
└
Considered Casting
30%
└
Cold Mastery
30%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Expand
25%
└
Cold Exposure
15%
└
Freeze
15%
└
Cold Penetration
10%
└
Trickster's Shard
10%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Comet
65%
└
Efficiency II
76.9%
└
Boundless Energy II
61.5%
└
Considered Casting
46.2%
└
Concentrated Area
46.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
46.2%
└
Zenith II
30.8%
└
Cold Mastery
30.8%
└
Zarokh's Refrain
23.1%
└
Energy Retention
23.1%
└
Elemental Focus
15.4%
└
Uhtred's Augury
15.4%
└
Zarokh's Revolt
15.4%
└
Fluke
7.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
7.7%
└
Vorana's Siege
7.7%
Cast on Critical
60%
└
Efficiency II
83.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
41.7%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Cold Mastery
25%
└
Cold Exposure
25%
└
Energy Retention
25%
└
Concentrated Area
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
16.7%
└
Fluke
8.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
8.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
8.3%
└
Breachlord's Rift
8.3%
Mana Remnants
60%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
91.7%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
25%
└
Uhtred's Augury
16.7%
└
Mysticism II
16.7%
└
Remnant Potency III
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
8.3%
└
Clarity I
8.3%
└
Upwelling I
8.3%
└
Remnant Potency II
8.3%
Navira, the Last Mirage
50%
└
Frost Nexus
80%
└
Muster
70%
└
Bidding II
50%
└
Encroaching Ground
50%
└
Bidding III
40%
└
Hulking Minions
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Kurgal's Leash
20%
└
Persistent Ground III
10%
└
Cold Mastery
10%
└
Rapid Casting II
10%
└
Minion Mastery
10%
Frost Wall
50%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Magnified Area II
60%
└
Efficiency II
60%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Fortress II
30%
└
Cold Exposure
20%
└
Cold Mastery
20%
└
Verglas
20%
└
Considered Casting
20%
└
Glacier
10%
└
Deliberation
10%
└
Zenith II
10%
└
Kaom's Madness
10%
└
Ahn's Citadel
10%
Powered by Verisium
45%
└
Boundless Energy II
77.8%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Encroaching Ground
44.4%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
22.2%
└
Arcane Surge
11.1%
└
Potent Exposure
11.1%
Sigil of Power
45%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
11.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Rite
11.1%
└
Second Wind III
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
11.1%
Frostbolt
40%
└
Sione's Temper
75%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
75%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Trickster's Shard
25%
└
Cold Mastery
25%
└
Considered Casting
25%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
25%
└
Ice Bite II
12.5%
└
Unleash
12.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
12.5%
└
Rakiata's Flow
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
└
Deliberation
12.5%
Elemental Weakness
40%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
62.5%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
37.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
37.5%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Doedre's Undoing
12.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
12.5%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
12.5%
Frost Bomb
40%
└
Short Fuse II
87.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
62.5%
└
Overabundance II
62.5%
└
Spell Echo
50%
└
Efficiency II
37.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
25%
└
Potent Exposure
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
└
Short Fuse I
12.5%
└
Overabundance I
12.5%
└
Spell Cascade
12.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.5%
└
Freeze
12.5%
└
Cold Mastery
12.5%
└
Cold Exposure
12.5%
Pain Offering
35%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Magnified Area II
85.7%
└
Sacrificial Offering
57.1%
└
Brutus' Brain
42.9%
└
Meat Shield I
14.3%
Skeletal Storm Mage
35%
└
Shock
100%
└
Overcharge
100%
└
Muster
85.7%
└
Last Gasp
42.9%
└
Minion Instability
14.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
└
Dominus' Grasp
14.3%
Skeletal Reaver
35%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Last Gasp
42.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
42.9%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
28.6%
└
Infernal Legion I
28.6%
└
Muster
28.6%
└
Minion Instability
14.3%
└
Armour Explosion
14.3%
└
Rage III
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
14.3%
Cast on Minion Death
35%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Encroaching Ground
71.4%
└
Efficiency II
57.1%
└
Magnified Area II
57.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
14.3%
Convalescence
35%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
85.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
71.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
57.1%
└
Second Wind I
28.6%
└
Clarity I
28.6%
└
Second Wind III
14.3%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
14.3%
└
Mysticism I
14.3%
Kelari, the Tainted Sands
35%
└
Muster
100%
└
Heft
85.7%
└
Kurgal's Leash
71.4%
└
Bidding II
57.1%
└
Bidding III
42.9%
Siphon Elements
35%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
85.7%
└
Cold Mastery
42.9%
└
Fire Mastery
42.9%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
28.6%
└
Uhtred's Augury
14.3%
└
Clarity II
14.3%
└
Warm Blooded
14.3%
└
Remnant Potency III
14.3%
Spectre: Powered Zealot
30%
└
Pierce III
100%
└
Wildshards II
100%
└
Muster
100%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
33.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
16.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
16.7%
Wolf Pack
30%
└
Minion Instability
100%
└
Infernal Legion I
83.3%
└
Romira's Requital
83.3%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
66.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
33.3%
└
Loyalty
16.7%
└
Infernal Legion II
16.7%
└
Essence Harvest
16.7%
Living Bomb
30%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
16.7%
└
Concentrated Area
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
16.7%
└
Zenith II
16.7%
Skeletal Warrior
25%
└
Sacrificial Lamb I
40%
└
Meat Shield II
40%
└
Minion Instability
20%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Armour Break II
20%
└
Maim
20%
└
Hulking Minions
20%
└
Essence Harvest
20%
Skeletal Arsonist
25%
└
Multishot II
60%
└
Infernal Legion I
60%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
40%
└
Minion Instability
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Last Gasp
20%
└
Elemental Armament II
20%
└
Muster
20%
Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword
25%
└
Efficiency II
40%
└
Muster
40%
└
Bidding II
40%
└
Magnified Area I
20%
└
Long Fuse I
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Hulking Minions
20%
Skeletal Cleric
20%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Minion Instability
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Minion Mastery
25%
Skeletal Sniper
20%
└
Last Gasp
75%
└
Muster
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Armour Explosion
25%
└
Corrosion
25%
└
Multishot II
25%
└
Uruk's Smelting
25%
└
Sacrificial Lamb II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
Blasphemy
20%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
Temporal Chains
15%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Cursed Ground
33.3%
Freezing Shards
15%
Skeletal Frost Mage
15%
└
Last Gasp
66.7%
└
Muster
66.7%
└
Freeze
66.7%
└
Multishot I
33.3%
└
Frost Nexus
33.3%
└
Exploit Weakness
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Snap
15%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Elemental Focus
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Runic Extraction
33.3%
Vulnerability
10%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
Spark
10%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Pierce III
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Rakiata's Flow
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Embitter
50%
Archmage
10%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
Mirror of Refraction
10%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
Feast of Flesh
5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Corpse Conservation
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
Skeletal Brute
5%
└
Minion Instability
100%
└
Muster
100%
└
Armour Explosion
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Minion Splash II
100%
His Scattering Calamity
5%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Profanity II
100%
Discipline
5%
└
Upwelling II
100%
Raise Shield
5%
Time of Need
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
Lightning Bolt
5%
Solar Orb
5%
Arctic Armour
5%
Eye of Winter
5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Grim Pillars
5%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
100%
Fulmination
5%
Temporal Rift
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Repulsion
5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Blink
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Consecrate
5%
Freezing Mark
5%
└
Overcharge
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Commiserate
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Unleash
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Refutation
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Orb of Storms
5%
└
Shock
100%
└
Chain II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Remnant Potency II
100%
└
Expand
100%
Bow Shot
5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Nova Projectiles II
100%
└
Ricochet II
100%
Attrition
5%
Flameblast
5%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Inexorable Critical II
100%