The Ice Nova is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 70 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Zenith II, Efficiency II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Controlling Magic, Careful Assassin, Sudden Escalation on the skill tree.

Ice Nova
(Monk) Builds
Sample size: 70 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC
Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.
★ Selected Main Skills
Other Active Skills & Auras
Flasks Distribution
Main Hand (Set I)
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to maximum Mana
31.4%
# to Level of all [Spell|Spell] Skills
25.7%
#% increased Cast Speed
24.3%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Cold] Damage
24.3%
# to Level of all [Cold|Cold] [Spell|Spell] Skills
21.4%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances] per [Charges|Power Charge]
20%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Lightning] Damage
17.1%
# to Maximum [Charges|Power Charges]
15.7%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
15.7%
#% increased effect of Socketed [Rune|Runes]
15.7%
Offhand (Set I)
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
27.1%
# to maximum Mana
25.7%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
21.4%
Enemies in your [Presence|Presence] Resist [ElementalDamage|Elemental Damage] based on their Lowest [Resistances|Resistance]
17.1%
[Allies] in your [Presence] Regenerate #% of their Maximum Life per second
17.1%
[Allies|Allies] in your [Presence|Presence] [Gain|Gain] #% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage
17.1%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Fire] Damage
17.1%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
12.9%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
12.9%
#% increased [Spirit|Spirit]
12.9%
Helmet
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
47.1%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
42.9%
# to maximum Mana
38.6%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
38.6%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
27.1%
#% increased [Evasion|Evasion] Rating
25.7%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
25.7%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
20%
# to [Spirit|Spirit]
20%
#% increased [Critical|Critical Hit] Chance
20%
Body Armour
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to [Spirit|Spirit]
30%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
28.6%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
28.6%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
28.6%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
28.6%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
24.3%
# to maximum Mana
18.6%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
18.6%
# to [Dexterity|Dexterity]
15.7%
#% increased [Evasion|Evasion] Rating
15.7%
Gloves
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to [Dexterity|Dexterity]
32.9%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
32.9%
#% increased [Evasion|Evasion] Rating
32.9%
#% increased [Critical|Critical Hit] Chance
31.4%
#% increased [Attack] Speed
30%
# to maximum Life
25.7%
Your [CriticalDamageBonus|Critical Damage Bonus] is #%
24.3%
Your [Critical|Critical Hit] Chance cannot be [RerollCrit|Rerolled]
24.3%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
20%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
20%
Boots
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased Movement Speed
61.4%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
44.3%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
40%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
32.9%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
31.4%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
24.3%
# to maximum Life
20%
# to maximum Mana
20%
# to [StunThreshold|Stun Threshold]
17.1%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
12.9%
Amulet
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to Level of all [Spell|Spell] Skills
62.9%
# Prefix Modifier allowed
57.1%
# Suffix Modifier allowed
55.7%
# to [Spirit|Spirit]
50%
#% increased Cast Speed
27.1%
# to maximum Mana
25.7%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
18.6%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
14.3%
#% increased maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
14.3%
# to maximum Life
12.9%
Ring 1
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased Cast Speed
44.3%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
44.3%
# to maximum Mana
42.9%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances]
35.7%
#% increased maximum Mana
30%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
28.6%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
21.4%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
21.4%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
20%
#% increased [Cold] Damage
18.6%
Ring 2
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
45.7%
Reflects opposite Ring
31.4%
#% increased Cast Speed
27.1%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances]
27.1%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
24.3%
# to maximum Mana
21.4%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
21.4%
# to maximum Life
15.7%
#% increased Mana Cost [Efficiency] of [Spell|Spells]
15.7%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
14.3%
Belt
Top Explicit Mods
Has # [Charm] Slots
95.7%
#% of [Flask|Flask] Recovery applied Instantly
44.3%
# to maximum Life
42.9%
All [MagesLegacy|Mage's Legacies] have #% increased effect per duplicate [MagesLegacy|Mage's Legacy] you have
38.6%
# to [Strength|Strength]
37.1%
#% increased [StunThreshold|Stun Threshold]
35.7%
Legacy of [LegacyOfBismuth|Bismuth]
32.9%
# to [Dexterity|Dexterity]
31.4%
Legacy of [LegacyOfQuicksilver|Quicksilver]
31.4%
When you kill a [Rarity|Rare] monster, you gain its [MonsterModifiers|Modifiers] for # seconds
31.4%
Main Hand (Set II)
Top Explicit Mods
# to maximum Mana
42.9%
#% increased Cast Speed
37.1%
# to Level of all [Spell|Spell] Skills
27.1%
# to Maximum [Charges|Power Charges]
22.9%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances] per [Charges|Power Charge]
22.9%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Fire] Damage
15.7%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
11.4%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
11.4%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Cold] Damage
10%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Lightning] Damage
10%
Offhand (Set II)
Top Explicit Mods
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
8.6%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
8.6%
#% increased [Armour|Armour] and [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
7.1%
#% increased [CooldownRecovery|Cooldown Recovery Rate]
7.1%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
7.1%
Enemies in your [Presence|Presence] Resist [ElementalDamage|Elemental Damage] based on their Lowest [Resistances|Resistance]
5.7%
[Allies] in your [Presence] Regenerate #% of their Maximum Life per second
5.7%
[Allies|Allies] in your [Presence|Presence] [Gain|Gain] #% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage
5.7%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Fire] Damage
5.7%
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Key Notables & Keystones
Controlling Magic
(43)61.4%✕ Remove
Careful Assassin
(40)57.1%✕ Remove
Sudden Escalation
(37)52.9%✕ Remove
Critical Overload
(35)50%✕ Remove
Turn the Clock Forward
(34)48.6%✕ Remove
Thin Ice
(34)48.6%✕ Remove
Raw Power
(34)48.6%✕ Remove
Invocated Efficiency
(34)48.6%✕ Remove
Arcane Intensity
(33)47.1%✕ Remove
Invigorating Archon
(32)45.7%✕ Remove
Mental Alacrity
(31)44.3%✕ Remove
Efficient Casting
(31)44.3%✕ Remove
Endless Blizzard
(31)44.3%✕ Remove
Infusion of Power
(31)44.3%✕ Remove
Evocational Practitioner
(30)42.9%✕ Remove
Raw Mana
(29)41.4%✕ Remove
Energising Archon
(29)41.4%✕ Remove
Practiced Signs
(28)40%✕ Remove
For the Jugular
(27)38.6%✕ Remove
Essence of Virtue
(26)37.1%✕ Remove
Advanced Thaumaturgy
(26)37.1%✕ Remove
Dominion
(26)37.1%✕ Remove
Gem Studded
(25)35.7%✕ Remove
Eldritch Battery
(25)35.7%✕ Remove
Remnant Attraction
(24)34.3%✕ Remove
Dreamcatcher
(24)34.3%✕ Remove
Implanted Gems
(24)34.3%✕ Remove
Echoing Frost
(23)32.9%✕ Remove
Brain Freeze
(23)32.9%✕ Remove
Mind Over Matter
(23)32.9%✕ Remove
True Strike
(23)32.9%✕ Remove
Heavy Frost
(22)31.4%✕ Remove
Throatseeker
(22)31.4%✕ Remove
Dynamism
(21)30%✕ Remove
Echoing Thunder
(21)30%✕ Remove
Brain Storm
(21)30%✕ Remove
Pure Energy
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Heartbreaking
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Paragon
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Arcane Remnants
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Echoing Flames
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Overflowing Power
(20)28.6%✕ Remove
Tempered Mind
(19)27.1%✕ Remove
Heartstopping
(19)27.1%✕ Remove
Energise
(19)27.1%✕ Remove
Critical Exploit
(19)27.1%✕ Remove
Dampening Shield
(18)25.7%✕ Remove
Roil
(18)25.7%✕ Remove
Glaciation
(17)24.3%✕ Remove
Pain Attunement
(17)24.3%✕ Remove
Chakra of Elements
(17)24.3%✕ Remove
The Power Within
(16)22.9%✕ Remove
Enhanced Barrier
(16)22.9%✕ Remove
Chaos Inoculation
(16)22.9%✕ Remove
Patient Barrier
(16)22.9%✕ Remove
Empowering Infusions
(15)21.4%✕ Remove
Everlasting Infusions
(15)21.4%✕ Remove
Desensitisation
(15)21.4%✕ Remove
Ingenuity
(15)21.4%✕ Remove
Frozen Limit
(14)20%✕ Remove
Climate Change
(13)18.6%✕ Remove
Ether Flow
(13)18.6%✕ Remove
Elemental Equilibrium
(13)18.6%✕ Remove
Whispers of Doom
(13)18.6%✕ Remove
Insightfulness
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Lust for Power
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Melding
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Deadly Force
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Ice Storm
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Turn the Clock Back
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Efficient Inscriptions
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Ice Walls
(12)17.1%✕ Remove
Grinning Immolation
(11)15.7%✕ Remove
Cooked
(11)15.7%✕ Remove
Final Barrage
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Altered Flesh
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Phased Form
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Conservative Casting
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Convalescence
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Thaumaturgic Generator
(10)14.3%✕ Remove
Core of the Guardian
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Quicksand Hourglass
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Pyromantic Pact
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Potent Incantation
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Preservation
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Crashing Wave
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Stormbreaker
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Wide Barrier
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Barbaric Strength
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Overexposure
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Forthcoming
(9)12.9%✕ Remove
Illuminated Crown
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Overzealous
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Temporal Mastery
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Lingering Whispers
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Shocking Limit
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Gem Enthusiast
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Master of Hexes
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Ancestral Bond
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Inescapable Cold
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Flow Like Water
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Infernal Limit
(8)11.4%✕ Remove
Now and Again
(7)10%✕ Remove
Bringer of Flame
(7)10%✕ Remove
Zone of Control
(7)10%✕ Remove
Mindful Awareness
(7)10%✕ Remove
Vigorous Remnants
(7)10%✕ Remove
Ruin
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Reverberation
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Rapid Recharge
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Heavy Buffer
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Chakra of Thought
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Branching Bolts
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Stupefy
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Empowering Remnants
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Ancestral Reach
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Dizzying Hits
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Step Like Mist
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Apex of the Moment
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Lucidity
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
All Natural
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Lightning Storm
(6)8.6%✕ Remove
Elemental Force
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Decrepifying Curse
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Relentless Vindicator
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Defensive Stance
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Lightning Quick
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Moment of Truth
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Kite Runner
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Archon of the Storm
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Lord of Horrors
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Stripped Defences
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Baryanic Leylines
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Drenched
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Refracted Infusion
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Beidat's Will
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Storm's Recollection
(5)7.1%✕ Remove
Efficient Killing
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Left Ventricle
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Shimmering Mirage
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Abasement
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Bounty Hunter
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Chilled to the Bone
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Vulgar Methods
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Heart Tissue
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Struck Through
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Runic Meridians
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Way of the Stonefist
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Harmonic Generator
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
The Fourth Teaching
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Soul Bloom
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Affliction Enforcer
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Killer Instinct
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Open Mind
(4)5.7%✕ Remove
Ancestral Alacrity
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Eldritch Will
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Sanguine Tolerance
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Mental Perseverance
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Navira's Fracturing
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Necrotic Touch
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Barya of Kelari
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Rhythm of Ice
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Puppet Master chance
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Sacrificial Blood
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Crystalline Phylactery
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Impending Doom
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Kelari's Deception
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Resonance
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Tenfold Attacks
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Harsh Winter
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Bone Chains
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Footprints in the Sand
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Archon of Undeath
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Aspiring Genius
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Eternal Life
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Iron Reflexes
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Entropic Incarnation
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Grip of Evil
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Hunting Companion
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Barya of Navira
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Soulless Form
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Flow State
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Spectral Ward
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
At your Command
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Beidat's Gaze
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Thirst for Power
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Chronomancy
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Blackflame Covenant
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Acceleration
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Remorseless
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Splintering Force
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
First Principle of the Hollow
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
The Soul Meridian
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Relentless Fallen
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Mana Blessing
(3)4.3%✕ Remove
Invocated Limit
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Storm Driven
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Martial Artistry
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Strike Twice
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Unbound Encore
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Adverse Growth
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Shredding Force
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Crystallised Immunities
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Breaking Point
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Rupturing Pins
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
The Fabled Stag
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Multitasking
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Constant Gale
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Right Hand of Darkness
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Snowpiercer
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
One with the Storm
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Repulsion
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Harness the Elements
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Tempest Caller
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Radial Force
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Loose Flesh
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Growing Swarm
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Sacred Flow
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Tempered Defences
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Cruel Fate
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Immaterial
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Supportive Ancestors
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Instruments of Power
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Explosive Impact
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Glazed Flesh
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Immortal Infamy
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Necromantic Conduit
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Refocus
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Touch the Arcane
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Coming Calamity
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Devoted Protector
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Finish Them
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Dead can Dance
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Slow Burn
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Essence of the Mountain
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Flurry
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Conduit
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Hallowed
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Chakra of Life
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Investing Energies
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Rhythm of Fire
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Pliable Flesh
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Multiplying Squalls
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Maiming Strike
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Martial Adept
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
The Hollowkeeper
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Wisdom of the Maji
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Lay Siege
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Stigmata
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Shattering
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Taut Flesh
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Enhanced Reflexes
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Ancestral Conduits
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Immortal Thirst
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Shimmering
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Firestarter
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Pure Chaos
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Exposed to the Cosmos
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Sacred Rituals
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Lasting Incantations
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Ultimate Command
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Enduring Archon
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Fated End
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Thirst for Endurance
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
First Teachings of the Keeper
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Against the Elements
(2)2.9%✕ Remove
Martial Master
(2)2.9%✕ Remove