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Best Ascendancy for Cold and Freeze

5 ascendancies ranked by nodes about cold and freeze · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
StormweaverStormweaverSorceress · 5 nodes

Stormweaver (Sorceress) has the most ascendancy nodes about cold and freeze: 5, among them Heavy Snows, Shaper of Winter and Tempest Caller. Next: Invoker (2), Amazon (1) and Chronomancer (1). 5 of 22 ascendancies have at least one such node. Counted: nodes about dealing cold damage, chill and freeze (resistances and damage you take are left out). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

A count is not a damage number: one notable can matter more than four small passives, so each row lists the nodes it counts. Pick the ascendancy, then read them. Abyssal Lich is left out: its nodes are in the files but not on this patch's passive tree.

Ascendancies by nodes about cold and freeze

  1. 1
    Stormweaver
    Sorceress · 3 notables
    5nodes
    • Heavy Snows
      Targets can be affected by two of your Chills at the same time
      Your Chills can Slow targets by up to a maximum of 35%
      25% less Magnitude of Chill you inflict
    • Shaper of Winter
      All Damage from Hits Contributes to Chill Magnitude
    • Tempest CallerGrants skill Elemental StormCreate a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.Grants skill Elemental StormCreate a stationary Fire, Cold or Lightning storm at a target location for a duration, based on the highest Elemental Damage type for the Hit that Triggered the storm. Hits which do not deal Elemental Damage will not Trigger the storm.
    • Chill Duration
      25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies
    • Chill Duration
      25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies
  2. 2
    Invoker
    Monk · 1 notable
    2nodes
    • I am the Blizzard...
      Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
      On Freezing Enemies create Chilled Ground
    • Chill Effect
      15% increased Magnitude of Chill you inflict
  3. 3
    Amazon
    Huntress · 1 notable
    1nodes
    • Surging Avatar
      When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 2 Cold Surges
  4. 4
    Chronomancer
    Sorceress · 1 notable
    1nodes
    • Ultimate CommandGrants skill Time FreezeRelease a large wave that stops time for all affected enemies for a duration. Duration is lower the more times the enemy has had time stopped for them.Grants skill Time FreezeRelease a large wave that stops time for all affected enemies for a duration. Duration is lower the more times the enemy has had time stopped for them.
  5. 5
    Pathfinder
    Ranger · 0 notables
    1nodes
    • Shattering ConcoctionGrants skill Shattering ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Cold Attack damage in an area and inflicting Exposure. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.Grants skill Shattering ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Cold Attack damage in an area and inflicting Exposure. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.

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