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Tier Rank Name Description
A Tier
AvalancheLucky Hit: Your Frost Skills have up to a 10% chance to make your next cast of Ice Shards, Frozen Orb, or Blizzard consume no Mana and deal 40% increased damage. Chance is doubled against Vulnerable enemies.

Best Paragons To Use with Avalanche

The best paragon to use with Avalanche passive in D4 is Exploit.

Paragons Good With Avalanche
Tier Paragons Effect
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  • Dealing Cold Damage to Vulnerable enemies increases your Lucky Hit Chance by +1% for 5 seconds, up to +15%.
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  • Killing a Frozen enemy grants you 15% of your Maximum Life as a Barrier for 5 seconds.
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Average Synergy
Control
Rare
Glyph
  • Bonus:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [14.4%] increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
  • Extra Bonus:
    You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies.
  • Radius Requirements:
    25 Dexterity
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Average Synergy
Electrocute
Rare
Glyph
  • Bonus:
    Paragon nodes within range gain + [192%] bonus to their Lightning damage and Damage Reduction modifiers.
  • Extra Bonus:
    Your Lightning damage has a +5% increased chance to Critically Strike enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, or Frozen.
  • Radius Requirements:
    25 Dexterity
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Good Synergy
Exploit
Rare
Glyph
  • Bonus:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [7.2%] increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
  • Extra Bonus:
    Dealing damage to a Vulnerable enemy increases your damage by x1% for 6 seconds, up to x10%.
  • Radius Requirements:
    25 Dexterity
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Average Synergy
Frostbite
Rare
Glyph
  • Bonus:
    For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [14.4%] increased damage to Chilled targets.
  • Extra Bonus:
    Enemies deal 13.3% reduced damage to you for 5 seconds after they are no longer Frozen.
  • Radius Requirements:
    25 Willpower

Best Unique Weapons and Armor To Use with Avalanche

The best unique equipment to use with Avalanche passive in D4 is Iceheart Brais.

Unique Equipment Good With Avalanche
Tier Uniques Stats & Effect
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  • Your Potion Also Restores X% Resource
  • Intelligence
  • Damage to Frozen Enemies
  • Damage to Injured Enemies
  • Freeze Duration
  • Enemies that die while Frozen, have a [11 - 20%] chance to unleash a Frost Nova.
  • Sorceress Class Only

Best Avalanche Legendary Aspects To Use

The best legendary aspects to combo with Avalanche passive in D4 is Aspect of Biting Cold.

Legendary Aspects Good With Avalanche
Tier Aspect Effect
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When you Freeze an enemy there is a [25 - 35%] chance they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
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You deal [30 - 40%] more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.
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The Avalanche Key Passive now applies to 1 additional cast.
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Frozen Orb stays in place after reaching its destination and explodes 2 additional times for [20 - 30%] of its damage.
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You take [20 - 25%] less damage from Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.
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When you cast Blizzard it will periodically spawn exploding Ice Spikes that deal [X] damage. Your Ice Spikes deal [20 - 30%] increased damage to Frozen enemies.
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Explosions from the Shatter Key Passive deal [30 - 40%] increased damage if enemies die while Frozen.
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You deal [11 - 20%] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies while you have a Barrier.
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Best Skills To Use with Avalanche

The best skill synergy with the Avalanche passive in D4 is Ice Shards, and there is also a strong passive synergy with Frigid Breeze.

Skills & Passives Good With Avalanche
Tier Skills & Passives Description
A Tier
Launch 5 shards that deal 7 damage each. Deals 25% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
Damage Type:
Cold
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Mana Cost: 30
Enchantment Effect:
Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly towards Frozen enemies.
Upgrades
Enhanced Ice Shards
Destructive Ice Shards
Greater Ice Shards
B Tier
Unleash an orb that Chills for 34% and expels piercing shards, dealing a total of 32% damage. Upon expiration, Frozen Orb explodes, dealing 29% damage and Chilling enemies for 9%.
Damage Type:
Cold
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Mana Cost: 40
Enchantment Effect:
Whenever you cast a non-Basic Skill, you have a 20% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at a nearby enemy.
Upgrades
Enhanced Frozen Orb
Destructive Frozen Orb
Greater Frozen Orb
C Tier
Conjure a pair of ice blades for 6 seconds that rapidly slash enemies for 31% damage and have a 30% chance to make them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
Damage Type:
Cold
Lucky Hit Chance: 71%
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Enchantment Effect:
Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to conjure Ice Blades. 20 seconds to recharge.
Upgrades
Enhanced Ice Blades
Invoked Ice Blades
Summoned Ice Blades
S Tier
You deal 3% increased damage to Chilled enemies, and 6% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
S Tier
After Freeze expires, enemies explode for 25% of the damage you dealt to them while Frozen.
A Tier
Lucky Hit: Cold Damage against Vulnerable enemies has a 20% chance to generate 5 Mana.
A Tier
You deal 4% increased Cold Damage to Vulnerable enemies.
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