Chances are you’ll either focus purely on one of these or mix and match two of them.

Fire and ice, in other words!

Check out our support gems below for advice on splitting your main Fireball off into several smaller ones.

Artwork showing the Sorceress in Path of Exile 2. She holds fire and ice energy in her hands and stands over a destroyed wasteland.

Frost Wall

Think of Frost Wall as the fence that supports Fireball.

This is a great skill not only for doing damage but for controlling the movements of enemies.

Still, it’s fun to cast Flame Wall atop enemies and then follow up with Fireball.

Artwork of the Chronomancer Ascendancy in Path of Exile 2, showing the Sorceress standing before circular, clock-like mechanisms and channeling purple orbs around her.

This gem affects any spell you cast yourself, making its effect reoccur to a staggering degree.

The damage is better than Arcane Tempo, but you’d best monitor your blue mana pool.

This means a spiraling octet of new Fireballs splitting off from your central Fireball.

A Sorceress chucks a fireball at a zombie in Path of Exile 2.

It’s good stuff when it activates, and offers a truly beautiful pyrotechnic kaleidoscope.

Any negatives are negligible and will cancel each other out.

Magnified does just that, giving our bombs 40% more AoE.

you might place this on Frost Wall or Frost Bomb, whichever you prefer.

Strip Away

Strip Away increases the effect of any exposure.