Blade Vortex

Critical, Spell, AoE, Duration, Physical
Level: 1–20
Cost: 6–16 Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 30%
Radius: 14

Requires Level 12

This spell creates ethereal blades which orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius. As more blades are added, the damage becomes greater and more frequent.

Deals (3–128) to (5–191) Physical Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
+(0–2) to radius
35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
35% more Damage for each blade
Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
10% increased Critical Strike Chance for each blade

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–10)% increased Area of Effect

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Unusual Gems /4

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous	(0–0.4)% of Damage Leeched as Life	10
Divergent	(0–20)% chance to create an additional Blade	100
Phantasmal	(0–60)% increased Damage while you have 5 or fewer Blades	100

Quest /2

Act	Quest Complete	NPC	Character
1	The Siren's Cadence	Quest Reward	Scion Shadow
1	The Siren's Cadence	Nessa	Ranger Scion Shadow Witch

Level Effect /40

Implicit
action ignores crit tracking [1] base skill show average damage instead of dps [1] damage originates from initiator location [1] is area damage [1] skill can add multiple charges per action [1] skill cannot gain repeat bonuses [1] Base duration is 4 seconds Can have up to 10 active spinning blades 10% increased Critical Strike Chance for each blade 35% increased Hit Rate for each blade 35% more Damage for each blade

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Cost	Deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage	# to radius	Experience
1	12	33	6	3, 5	0	15,249
2	15	39	6	4, 6	0	41,517
3	19	48	7	5, 8	0	81,983
4	23	56	8	7, 11	0	147,968
5	27	64	9	10, 15	0	250,557
6	31	73	9	13, 19	0	405,086
7	35	81	10	16, 25	0	447,718
8	38	88	11	20, 30	1	615,318
9	41	94	11	24, 36	1	834,639
10	44	100	12	29, 43	1	1,570,760
11	47	106	12	35, 52	1	1,633,987
12	50	113	13	41, 62	1	2,151,030
13	53	119	13	49, 74	1	2,812,189
14	56	125	14	58, 88	1	5,099,360
15	59	132	14	69, 104	2	9,400,731
16	62	138	15	82, 123	2	15,273,366
17	64	142	15	92, 138	2	26,286,582
18	66	146	16	103, 154	2	62,890,590
19	68	151	16	114, 172	2	212,046,017
20	70	155	16	128, 191	2
21	72		17	142, 214	2
22	74		17	159, 238	3
23	76		18	177, 265	3
24	78		18	197, 295	3
25	80		18	219, 328	3
26	82		19	243, 365	3
27	84		19	270, 405	3
28	86		19	300, 450	3
29	88		20	333, 500	4
30	90		20	370, 555	4
31	91		20	390, 584	4
32	92		20	410, 616	4
33	93		21	432, 648	4
34	94		21	455, 683	4
35	95		21	479, 719	4
36	96		21	505, 757	4
37	97		21	531, 797	4
38	98		22	559, 839	4
39	99		22	589, 883	4
40	100		22	619, 929	4

Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki
Acronym	Hit
DropLevel	12
BaseType	Blade Vortex
Class	Active Skill Gems
Vaal	Vaal Blade Vortex
TargetTypes	Any
Type	Spell, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, Triggerable, TotemCastsAlone, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, Physical
BuffIcon
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBladeVortex

Blade Vortex Monster /12 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Spectral Scoundrel	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Blocks Attacks and Spells You take 40% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Slashed Miscreation		Y
Undying Shredder	50% chance to gain a Power Charge on Hit	Y
Undying Outcast		Y
Daemon		Y
Torment Daemon		Y
Prophecy Daemon		Y
The White Death	50% increased Movement Speed	Y
Fleetfreak		Y
Daemon	monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-25]	Y
Daemon	emerge speed +% [0,30]	Y
Spectral Scoundrel	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [300] monster no map drops [1] monster slain experience +% [0] cannot be used as minion [1] Blocks Attacks and Spells You take 40% of Damage from Blocked Hits	N

Blade Vortex

You have blades in a Blade Vortex around you

IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	4
IsCharged	1
IsInvisible	0
IsRemovable	0
IsSkillBuff	0
BuffGroupsID	-1

Blade Vortex

You have blades in a Blade Vortex around you

buff_impl_stat
current_number_of_spinning_blades

IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	1
IsCharged	1
IsInvisible	1
IsRemovable	0
IsSkillBuff	0
BuffGroupsID	-1

Code	buff impl stat
IsPublic	1
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied	0
IsParty	1
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

Code	current number of spinning blades
IsPublic	0
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied	0
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

Blade Vortex

You have blades in a Blade Vortex around you

buff_impl_stat
current_number_of_spinning_blades

IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	1
IsCharged	1
IsInvisible	1
IsRemovable	0
IsSkillBuff	0
BuffGroupsID	-1

Code	buff impl stat
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IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied	0
IsParty	1
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

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IsPublic	0
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied	0
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

Microtransactions /5 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Demonic Blade Vortex Your Blade Vortex becomes a black and red demonic vortex.
	Sawblade Blade Vortex Your Blade Vortex becomes a Sawblade Effect.
	Illusionist Blade Vortex Effect Your Blade Vortex becomes an Illusionist Effect.
	Transcendence Blade Vortex Effect Your Blade Vortex becomes a Transcendence Effect.
	Hasina Blade Vortex Effect Your Blade Vortex becomes a Hasina Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /8 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 1	25% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 2	40% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage	75
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 1	20% increased Blade Vortex Duration	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 2	30% increased Blade Vortex Duration	75
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect	75
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 1	Blade Vortex has +2% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 2	Blade Vortex has +3% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade	75

Supported By /82 ⍟

Support Gem	Description
Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Item Rarity Support	Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Faster Casting Support	Supports non-instant spell skills.
Concentrated Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
Increased Duration Support	Supports any skill with a duration.
Cold to Fire Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Iron Will Support	Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
Spell Totem Support	Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
Chance to Flee Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Spell Echo Support	Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Less Duration Support	Supports any skill that has a duration.
Cast on Death Support	Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Cast when Damage Taken Support	Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Cast when Stunned Support	Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ice Bite Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Poison Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Immolate Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Onslaught Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Arcane Surge Support	Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
Summon Phantasm Support	Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
Bonechill Support	Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Intensify Support	Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Unleash Support	Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Awakened Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Spell Echo Support	Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Awakened Unleash Support	Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Archmage Support	Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Trinity Support	Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Cruelty Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Community Wiki

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Blade Vortex

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see VaalSpinningEtherealBladesGem Vaal Blade Vortex.

Blade Vortex (often referred to as BV) is a spell that creates an ethereal blade that spins around the caster that deals physical damage, each blade lasting for the minimum duration of 5 seconds.

Skill functions and interactions

Blade Vortex's base damage is boosted by Physical Damage, Spell Damage, Area Damage, and Damage.

Interaction w/ Blade Blast: When targeted by BladeBurst Blade Blast, the blades will detonate in sequence, increasing in AoE with subsequent detonations. The damage from these detonations scale solely from the Blade Blast skill.

Physical Damage: Because Blade Vortex deals physical damage, it can be boosted by supports and skills that are more commonly used to modify attacks, such as the AddedFireDamage Added Fire Damage Support gem and the Hatred Hatred aura.

Spell Damage: Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Blade Vortex is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way. Blade Vortex is one of several skills that work in this manner. The others include EtherealKnives Ethereal Knives, RainOfBlades Bladefall, and ShockwaveTotem Shockwave Totem. Its damage can be amplified by Spell Damage on items and passives from the skill tree, as well as support gems that increase spell damage.

Leech: Leech effects that apply to Spell damage and to damage types dealt by Blade Vortex (Physical by default) will work as usual. Note that leech effects which apply to attacks do not apply to Blade Vortex because it is a spell, not an attack.

Area of Effect: Increases and decreases in to Area of Effect from support gems, passives, and equipment will augment the radius in which the skill deals damage (e.g. IncreasedAOE Increased Area of Effect Support, ConcentratedAOE Concentrated Effect Support and CarcassJack Carcass Jack).

Cast Speed: FasterCast Faster Casting Support, Echo Spell Echo Support, and Cast Speed from passives and gear will increase the rate at which blades are generated.

Duration: IncreasedDuration Increased Duration Support, ReduceDuration Less Duration Support, and duration-modifying passives and equipment will affect the duration of the blades (including TemporalChains Temporal Chains on yourself.) It is possible to have multiple blades active at the same time, up to a maximum of 10 blades. Once the limit is reached, creating a new blade will simply remove the oldest existing active blade, similar to SummonElemental Summon Raging Spirit.

Poison: As Blade Vortex deals physical damage, it can easily scale poison damage.

Visual effect: Blade vortex's visual effect does not scale with Area of effect modifiers. Instead, to give a rough indication of radius, there are several versions of the knife effect, each rotating at a different radius. The skill will always try to have one knife using the largest-radius effect that's not larger than the actual radius of the skill, but that skill results in discrete visual changes where you need to reach a certain threshold before the next wider effect can be used. The full radius is always used mechanically.[2]

Multiple casts: When Blade Vortex is linked to UnleashSupport Unleash Support, the damage is defined by the initial cast and does not inherit the less damage multiplier.[3] This behavior includes the Greater Spell Echo Support from PledgeofHands Pledge of Hands.

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Unusual Gems /4

Unusual Gems /4

Quest /2

Quest /2

Level Effect /40

Level Effect /40

Blade Vortex

Blade Vortex Monster /12 ⍟

Blade Vortex Monster /12 ⍟

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new_blade_vortex

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Microtransactions /5 ⍟

Microtransactions /5 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /8 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /8 ⍟

Supported By /82 ⍟

Supported By /82 ⍟

Community Wiki

Blade Vortex

Skill functions and interactions