Skill Gems & Passive Tree

Skill Gems

Skill Breakdown

Ignite Vortex

• Vortex - Your primary Skill, creates a Cold explosion underneath your feet that deals Cold DoT for a duration.
• Awakened Swift Affliction Support - Major damage boost at the cost of some Skill Effect Duration.
• Awakened Unbound Ailments Support - Increases the damage and effect of non-damaging Ailments.
• Empower Support - Major damage boost through the addition of Levels to the Main active Skill Gem.
• Cruelty Support - Major boost in damage over time, scaled off of the Hit of the ability.
• Cold to Fire Support - Converts some Cold Damage to Fire Damage. Also Gain 29% of Cold Damage as Extra Fire Damage.

Auras

Core Auras

• Determination - Scales your Physical Damage Reduction.
• Grace - Scales your evasion stat giving you a much higher chance of avoiding Attack based damage.
• Enlighten Support - Linked to all core Auras to allow for activation of Blood and Sand and higher Anomalous Precision levels.
• Petrified Blood - Mitigates some Hit damage by taking a portion of the Hit Damage over the next 4 Seconds. Must use a Life Flask to raise health above 50%.

Secondary Auras

• Defiance Banner - Provides additional Armour and Evasion Rating.
• Malevolence - Provides Damage and increased Skill Effect duration.
• Divine Blessing Support Supports permanent Auras, changing their reservation to a cost and making them temporary. Link this to Malevolence.
• Vitality - Provides Life Regeneration.
• Arrogance Support - Supports non-blessing Auras to reserve Life.

Utility

Mobility

• Frostblink - Is a movement spell that causes the player to teleport to a target location. Can be swapped with Flame Dash based on preference. Use it to quickly hop forwards after a Shield Charge.
• Shield Charge - Your primary form of mobility, use it in combination with running for maximum clear speed.
• Faster Attacks Support - Enhances the Attack Speed of Shield Charge increasing clear speed.

Defence

• Cast when Damage Taken Support - Automatically triggers the primary skill gem when taking a hit. Lower levels of Cast When Damage Taken require less damage to trigger (Use Level 6 for this build).
• Molten Shell - Provides an immense absorption shield based on your armour for a short duration. Molten Shell will trigger when taking damage to grant you mitigation when you need it most (Use level 13 for this build).

Offence

• Arcanist Brand - Automatically casts linked Spells to the attached target.
• Elemental Weakness - Is a Curse that reduces enemies Elemental Resistances.
• Flame Surge - Creates a burning ground upon hitting an Ignited enemy, dealing damage based on the damage of the Ignite.

Passive Tree Progression

Jewel Locations

Cluster Jewel 1

Cluster Jewel 2

Efficient Training

All Other Jewels

• Bloodnotch
• Watcher's Eye
• Immutable Force
• Your Rare Jewel with Immunity to Corrupted Blood, and Lightning Resistance.

Tattoos