Frostbolt CoC Comet Stormweaver

Sorceress · Stormweaver · Hauptskill: Frostbolt · Patch 0.5.4

von maxroll (imported) · aktualisiert 2026-07-10

A Stormweaver that turns Frostbolt into a crit machine: shatter Frost Wall crystals into chained explosions, feed Cast on Critical, and rain devastating Comets. Starts on a budget Cast on Elemental Ailment variant, then Snakepit makes Frostbolt split and explode on every hit for the full CoC experience. Finishes as a chaos- and bleed-immune CI energy-shield build.

Skill-Setup — High Budget

Frostbolt

Wildshards III

Pinpoint Critical

Rising Tempest

Magnified Effect II

Vilenta's Propulsion

Frost Wall

Spell Cascade

Ingenuity II

Pinpoint Critical

Fortress II

Arcane Tempo II

Cold Snap

Pinpoint Critical

Rising Tempest

Concentrated Effect

Considered Casting

Elemental Focus

Frost Bomb

Strip Away

Magnified Effect II

Ingenuity II

Cast On Critical

Comet

Living Bomb Player

Inspiration II

Pinpoint Critical

Dialla's Desire

Cast On Elemental Ailment

Comet

Living Bomb Player

Spell Cascade

Inspiration II

Pinpoint Critical

Convalescence

Ingenuity II

Persistence II

Second Wind III

Siphon Elements

Dissipate II

Cold Mastery

Clarity

Elemental Weakness

Heightened Curse

Persistence II

Cursed Ground

Sigil Of Power

Persistence II

Magnified Effect II

Ingenuity II

Leveling-Fortschritt (2 Phasen)

Cast On Elemental Ailment

Ice Nova

Magnified Effect II

Astral Projection

Rising Tempest

Controlled Destruction

Frost Darts

Elemental Focus

Considered Casting

Cold Penetration

Controlled Destruction

Cold Snap

Rising Tempest

Magnified Effect II

Elemental Focus

Controlled Destruction

Frost Wall

Spell Cascade

Ingenuity II

Fortress

Frost Bomb

Spell Echo

Overabundance

Strip Away

Elemental Weakness

Heightened Curse

Focused Curse

Persistence II

Cast On Elemental Ailment

Comet

Living Bomb Player

Impetus II

Inspiration II

Convalescence

Persistence II

Ingenuity II

Second Wind III

Sigil Of Power

Persistence II

Magnified Effect II

Ingenuity II

Cast On Crit

Frostbolt

Scattershot II

Acceleration

Pinpoint Critical

Arcane Tempo II

Frost Wall

Spell Cascade

Fortress

Pinpoint Critical

Considered Casting

Frost Bomb

Strip Away

Ingenuity II

Magnified Effect II

Elemental Weakness

Heightened Curse

Focused Curse

Persistence II

Cursed Ground

Cast On Critical

Comet

Living Bomb Player

Inspiration II

Pinpoint Critical

Concentrated Effect

Siphon Elements

Dissipate II

Cold Mastery

Interlude III

Convalescence

Persistence II

Ingenuity II

Second Wind III

Sigil Of Power

Persistence II

Arcane Tempo III

Magnified Effect II

Ingenuity II

Ausrüstung (16 Slots)

Sacramental Robe

BodyArmour · rare

Rawhide Belt

Belt · rare

Golden Charm

Charm2 · unique

Chiming Staff

Weapon2 · rare

Thawing Charm

Charm1 · magic

Ultimate Life Flask

Flask1 · magic

Siphoning Wand

Weapon · rare

Shrine Sceptre

Offhand · unique

Fine Bracers

Gloves · unique

Ultimate Mana Flask

Flask2 · magic

Solar Amulet

Amulet · rare

Sandsworn Sandals

Boots · rare

Topaz Ring

Ring2 · rare

Silver Charm

Charm3 · magic

Pearl Ring

Ring · unique

Kamasan Tiara

Helm · rare

Passivbaum (152 zugewiesen)

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Keystones & Notables (42)

Pure Energy — 30% increased maximum Energy Shield; +10 to Intelligence
Dampening Shield — 28% increased maximum Energy Shield; Gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to 12% of maximum Energy Shield; Gain additional Stun Threshold equal to 12% of maximum Energy Shield
Chaos Inoculation — Maximum Life is 1 Immune to Chaos Damage and Bleeding
Invocated Efficiency — 10% increased Mana Cost Efficiency; Triggered Spells deal 40% increased Spell Damage
Abasement — 20% increased Stun Recovery; Gain additional Stun Threshold equal to 30% of maximum Energy Shield
Thin Ice — 20% increased Freeze Buildup; 50% increased Damage with Hits against Frozen Enemies
Heavy Frost — 20% increased Freeze Buildup; Hits ignore non-negative Elemental Resistances of Frozen Enemies
Careful Assassin — 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus; 50% increased Critical Hit Chance
Preservation — 25% increased Skill Effect Duration
Controlling Magic — 25% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells; Hits have 25% reduced Critical Hit Chance against you
Ether Flow — 25% reduced Mana Regeneration Rate while stationary; 50% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while moving; 5% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
Lingering Whispers — 40% increased Curse Duration; 10% increased Curse Magnitudes
Inescapable Cold — 40% increased Freeze Buildup; 20% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Endless Blizzard — +1 to Level of all Cold Skills
Master of Hexes — 25% reduced Curse Duration; 18% increased Curse Magnitudes
Overexposure — 30% increased Exposure Effect
Enhanced Barrier — 25% increased maximum Energy Shield; 5% of Maximum Life Converted to Energy Shield
Shredding Force — 15% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells; 15% increased Critical Spell Damage Bonus; 15% increased Magnitude of Damaging Ailments you inflict with Critical Hits
Ingenuity — +25 to Intelligence
Patient Barrier — 50% increased maximum Energy Shield; 20% slower start of Energy Shield Recharge
Conservative Casting — 20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate; 15% increased Mana Cost Efficiency
Crashing Wave — 25% increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past 8 seconds
Critical Exploit — 25% increased Critical Hit Chance
Melding — 40% increased maximum Energy Shield; 10% reduced maximum Mana
Stripped Defences — Exposure you inflict lowers Resistances by an additional 5%
Efficient Casting — 15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate; 20% increased Mana Cost Efficiency
Mana Blessing — +20 to maximum Mana; 20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Rapid Recharge — 12% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate; 12% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
Constant Gale — You have Arcane Surge
Force of Will — 20% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life; 20% increased Effect of Arcane Surge on you per ten percent missing Mana
Strike Twice — Targets can be affected by two of your Shocks at the same time; 25% less Magnitude of Shock you inflict
Refracted Infusion — When collecting an Elemental Infusion, gain another different Elemental Infusion
Turn the Clock Forward — 20% increased Spell Damage; 15% increased Projectile Speed for Spell Skills
Harsh Winter — 8% increased Cast Speed with Cold Skills; 16% increased Skill Effect Duration
Convalescence — 10% reduced Energy Shield Recharge Rate; 20% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
Shimmering Mirage — Gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to 30% of maximum Energy Shield; 10% reduced Duration of Ailments on You
Alternating Current — 25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate if you have Shocked an Enemy Recently; 20% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict
Echoing Frost — 30% increased Elemental Damage if you've Chilled an Enemy Recently
Echoing Thunder — 30% increased Elemental Damage if you've Shocked an Enemy Recently
Echoing Flames — 30% increased Elemental Damage if you've Ignited an Enemy Recently
Practiced Signs — 6% increased Cast Speed
Raw Power — 20% increased Spell Damage; +10 to Intelligence

Vollständiger Guide

Frostbolt CoC Comet Stormweaver — Full Guide (0.5.4)

Source: maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/frostbolt-cast-on-crit-comet-stormweaver-endgame-build-guide Version: Path of Exile 2 — 0.5.4 (Return of the Ancients) Class: Sorceress → Stormweaver | Main skills: Frostbolt + Cast on Critical → Comet Author: Zen_M | Last updated: 2026-06-26

Build Overview

This Stormweaver spell build uses Frostbolt as its core cold projectile and Cast on Critical to trigger Comet for enormous burst damage. The core loop:

Cast Frost Wall on top of enemies to create ice crystals
Detonate the crystals with Frostbolt, chaining Frostbolts and crystal explosions
Every Frostbolt + crystal explosion crit feeds energy into the Cast on Critical meta skill
At full energy, Comet triggers automatically for devastating single-target cold damage

The build has two stages:

Pre-Snakepit (budget stage): run the Cast on Elemental Ailment variant with Ice Nova, triggering Comet through freeze-applied ailments
Post-Snakepit (the real build): with Snakepit in the left ring slot, Frostbolt no longer pierces — it explodes on every hit and splits into 2 projectiles (3 with the Split Shot amulet mod). Explosion frequency and crit count skyrocket, and you switch to the mainline Cast on Critical setup

Defensively, you start life + energy shield hybrid, then swap to Chaos Inoculation (CI) for a pure energy shield build immune to chaos damage and bleed.

Skills In Depth

Leveling

Level with the Snap + Frostbolt combo — see the site's Snap Frostbolt Stormweaver Leveling Guide for details. This guide assumes you're level 68 with the campaign complete.

Mapping

Pre-Snakepit (Cast on Elemental Ailment variant)

Frostbolt — main clear projectile
Snap — detonates Frostbolts and crystals
Ice Nova — backup detonator while Snap is on cooldown
Frost Wall — cast on monsters to create crystals; detonating them chains
Cast on Elemental Ailment — meta skill; freezes trigger Comet

Post-Snakepit (mainline Cast on Critical)

Frostbolt — with Snakepit it splits and explodes on hit
Frost Wall — rares only
Snap — finishes off frozen low-HP enemies
Cast on Critical — the meta skill that triggers Comet
Pinpoint Critical — on Frostbolt, pushing it to 100% crit chance

Bossing

Comet — main damage, triggered by CoC
Frostbolt — the detonation source
Frost Wall — creates crystals on the boss; Frostbolt detonates them all
Sigil of Power (from the second weapon set's Chiming Staff) — pre-place before the fight for a single-target boost
Elemental Weakness — second weapon set; lowers boss elemental resistance
Frost Bomb — second weapon set; lowers boss cold resistance and applies Exposure

Auras / Buffs

Cast on Critical (100 Spirit) — the main meta skill
Cast on Elemental Ailment (early version)
Convalescence (enable if gear provides an extra 30 Spirit)

Skill Rotation

Mapping (pre-Snakepit)

Cast Frost Wall on the pack
Detonate the resulting crystals with Frostbolt and Snap
On cooldown, throw Frostbolts directly and pop them with Snap at the enemy's position
While Snap is down, detonate Frostbolts with Ice Nova instead
Freezes feed energy to Cast on Elemental Ailment, auto-triggering Comet

Mapping (post-Snakepit)

Just spam Frostbolt (auto-split + explode on hit)
Drop Frost Wall on rares
Finish frozen stragglers with Snap

Bossing

Pre-place Sigil of Power before the fight starts
Swap to the second weapon set; apply Elemental Weakness + Frost Bomb to shred resistances
Swap back and cast Frost Wall on the boss
Detonate every crystal with Frostbolt
The flood of Frostbolt + crystal crits fills Cast on Critical, auto-triggering Comet

Ascendancy (Stormweaver)

Take the nodes in this order:

Constant Gale — grants the Arcane Surge buff (+15% cast speed, +20% mana regeneration rate)
(Respec out of Constant Gale into)
- Strike Twice — applies 2 Shocks at once
- Shaper of Storms — your cold damage can Shock
Constant Gale — take it back (you now have a 3rd ascendancy point)
Refracted Infusion (if you have a 4th point) — generates Infusion charges of all elements, empowering Comet / Ice Nova / Frost Wall
High-budget late swap (once your wand has 25%+ extra lightning damage):
- Replace Shaper of Storms with Force of Will

Passive Tree

Priorities / Key Notables

Cast on Ailment tree (pre-Snakepit)

Stack Increased Freeze Buildup first — more freezes means more Cast on Elemental Ailment triggers
Green weapon-set (Set 2) nodes: Stripped Defences and Overexposure amplify Exposure
Red weapon-set (Set 1) nodes: grab any damage nodes using the free weapon-set-specific points
Once you have Shaper of Storms, start stacking Magnitude of Shocks nodes (e.g. Alternating Current)

Cast on Crit tree (post-Snakepit)

Scale back Freeze Buildup and pivot into Increased Critical Hit Chance (key notables: Careful Assassin, Controlling Magic)
Psychic Fragmentation — Frostbolt occasionally fires 2 extra projectiles
ES defense nodes: Patient Barrier, Enhanced Barrier, Dampening Shield for a huge chunk of effective HP

High-budget tree

Optimize pathing into Mana Regeneration and Mana Efficiency nodes

Attributes

Grab enough Intelligence + Dexterity for gear / gem / support requirements first
Dump the rest into Strength for life
You can also re-spec attributes at the Hooded One or Doryani

Stat Priority

Offense (highest to lowest)

All Spells / Cold Spells Skill Levels
Increased Critical Hit Chance For Spells (60%+ on wand + focus)
% Gain Cold/Lightning/Fire as Extra Damage
% Spell Damage / Cold Damage
% Increased Magnitude of Shocks / Non-Damaging Ailments
% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate
+ Maximum Mana
% Increased Cast Speed

Defense

Elemental resistances (cap cold / fire / lightning at 75)
Maximum Energy Shield
% Faster Start of Energy Shield Recharge
% Increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
% Increased Freeze Buildup (feeds the freeze-trigger chain)

Gearing

Campaign

This guide assumes the campaign is done. For leveling, read the Snap Frostbolt Stormweaver Leveling Guide.

Early Mapping

Slot	Recommendation
Main hand	Attuned Wand with high `+ to Level of all Cold Spell Skills`
Off-hand	Sacred Focus with high `+ to Level of all Cold Spell Skills`
Weapon Set 2 off-hand	Chiming Staff — provides Sigil of Power
Off-hand (alternative/early)	Palm Of The Dreamer (expensive; Gloom Shrine death explosions) or Guiding Palm of the Eye (cheap; auto-fires cold projectiles)
Body armour	Havoc Raiment or a crafted rare: high Life + ES
Helmet	High Life + ES; socket a Talisman of Eeshta for mana efficiency
Gloves	Maligaro's Virtuosity (locks crit damage at 250%)
Ring (left)	Snakepit (core) — makes Frostbolt split and explode on hit
Belt	Ingenuity — +25 Int and amplified gear mods
Amulet	High attributes; can be instilled with Split Shot

Mod-stacking order:

Attuned Wand + Sacred Focus with high + to Level of all Cold Spell Skills
Once you have Snakepit + Maligaro's, stack % Increased Critical Hit Chance For Spells
Then stack ES for defense
Finally stack Mana Regen Rate + Max Mana

Endgame

Slot	Key mods
Wand (main hand)	+ Cold Spell Levels, % Crit Chance for Spells, % Spell Damage, + Spirit
Focus (off-hand)	+ Cold/All Spell Levels, % Crit Chance for Spells, % Critical Damage Bonus, ES
Chiming Staff (2nd set)	Provides Sigil of Power (single-target buff)
Body Armour	Spirit, Max Life, Max ES, triple resistance
Helmet	Max ES, + Cold Spell Levels (if craftable), resistances, Talisman of Eeshta socket
Gloves	Maligaro's Virtuosity (core) or crafted ES + Crit
Boots	Movement Speed, Max ES, resistances, % ES Recharge Rate
Belt	Ingenuity, or % Flask Mana Recovery Rate + Max Life + ES
Amulet	Attribute implicit, Split Shot instill, + Spell Skill Levels
Rings	Left: Snakepit; Right: + Mana, Crit, resistances, attributes
Jewels	Recover 2% of Maximum Mana On Kill × 2 — mandatory

Mana Sustain

Mana is this build's biggest bottleneck.

While mapping

Two jewels with Recover 2% Of Maximum Mana On Kill solve it completely

During boss fights

Comet is expensive and CoC triggers constantly — mana is the single biggest cap on your single-target damage.

Solutions:

Stack + Maximum Mana and % Increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Arcane Surge (from Constant Gale) adds even more Mana Regen
Increased Mana Cost Efficiency:
- Tree notables like Conservative Casting
- A Talisman of Eeshta socketed in the helmet
Flask strategy: Saturated Ultimate Mana Flask of the Chemist (high % Amount Recovered) + a belt with high % Flask Mana Recovery Rate

Spirit requirements

Cast on Critical needs 100 Spirit — a Sceptre in the off-hand provides exactly 100
If gear grants an extra 30 Spirit, enable Convalescence

Tips & Tricks

Crit mechanics

All Cold Spells have high base crit, making it easy to stack
Target: Careful Assassin + Controlling Magic + Critical Exploit + 60%+ crit mods on wand/focus → 70–80% spell crit
Frostbolt with Pinpoint Critical support → 100% crit chance
Crit damage cap: Maligaro's Virtuosity locks crit damage at 250% — it can't be raised or lowered, so Pinpoint Critical / Careful Assassin crit-damage effects don't apply to it

Snakepit + Frostbolt

Normally Frostbolt only explodes at the end of its flight or against walls
With Snakepit, Frostbolt can't pierce → it explodes on every enemy hit
Split projectiles that overlap can hit the same enemy simultaneously → % Increased Area of Effect is extremely valuable

Shock scaling

Shocked enemies take +20% damage from all sources
Shaper of Storms lets your cold damage apply Shock
Strike Twice stacks 2 Shocks (weaker individually)
Combine with Increased Magnitude of Shocks + Increased Magnitude of Non-Damaging Ailments

Defense strategy

Early: Life + ES hybrid for an easy transition
Late: Chaos Inoculation (CI) — pure ES, immune to chaos + bleed, and you can drop chaos res from your gear entirely

Frost Wall chains

Ice Crystals created by Frost Wall detonate instantly when enemies pass through
Great against rares while mapping — one Frost Wall + Frostbolt combo usually clears the pack

Summary

Snakepit is the core — without it, play the Cast on Elemental Ailment variant
Frost Wall creates Ice Crystals → Frostbolt detonates them → a flood of Comets
Stacking Cold Spell Levels + Crit Chance is your most efficient damage scaling
Maligaro's Virtuosity solves the crit-damage gap
CI + ES delivers a huge effective HP pool
Recover Mana On Kill jewels + Mana Regen / Max Mana solve mana sustain

Video / References

Original Maxroll page: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/frostbolt-cast-on-crit-comet-stormweaver-endgame-build-guide
Author's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVDXpdRWYf2oKXfIP2cR6w
Author's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zen_m