Prismatic Rift (15 Skill Points): Prismatic Rift is your last line of defense in case approaching enemies reaches you.

Triggering Ice Brand is very easy for this build since it has high chance to freeze enemies.

Ice Brand (15 Skill Points): This passive skill lets you deal more Ice damage to enemies.

Frozen Fate (1 Skill Point): Putting single point in Frozen Fate lets you immobilize more enemies.

Astral Ally (15 Skill Points): Summon another caster dealing damage to your slowed or immobilize enemies.

This skill is excellent in holding enemies at bay buying you more time to do other things.

Ice Prison (15 Skill Point): You surround the target location with column of ice trapping enemies.

The skill is a good combination of damage and crowd control. It hits multiple enemies with a high freeze chance.

Frost Wave (15 Skill Points): Frost Wave is the main damage skill that you’re going to spam.

Since Elemental Boon has longer cooldown than its duration, use it wisely. Using Elemental Boon provides you with: increase elemental damage, reduce elemental damage taken, increase mana recovery, bonus resistance to slow, and bonus resistance to immobilization.

Elemental Boon (15 Skill Points): The ultimate Embermage buff skill.

Frost Phase (1 Skill Point): You only need the ability to teleport so single point is enough for this skill.

Hailstorm can also stun or freeze affected enemies. It makes enemies more susceptible to ice and electric damage.

Hailstorm (15 Skill Points): This is the first damaging skill that you’re going to cast.

Gorgeous Christmas Tree Decorations That You'll Love Frost (92 Skill Points) You can proc this passive skill with Elemental Attunement etc.

Fire Brand (1 Skill Point): Alternate element such as fire is good in dealing with high ice resistant enemies.

Elemental Attunement complements with Fire Brand, Ice Brand, and Lightning Brand. The passive skill grants you chance to burn, freeze, shock, and poison surrounding enemies.

Elemental Attunement (8 Skill Points): Put all your remaining skill points here.

Immolation Aura also damages nearby enemies with fire. Effect last longer whenever you level up this skill. The skill has long cooldown so cast it wisely.

Immolation Aura (15 Skill Points): Use this skill to absorb portion of heavy damage that you cannot swallow.

Vitality (50 Stat Points): Vitality increases your defense.

Focus also increases maximum mana and chance to execute if you’re planning to dual wield wands.

Focus (345 Stat Points): This is the primary stats mainly increasing your ice damage.

Then dodge and fumble recovery adds to your defensive capability.

Dexterity (100 Stat Points): Critical hit chance can multiply your damage.

Torchlight 2 ice embermage build