Spectral Helix

Attack, Projectile

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (6–9) Mana

Attack Speed: 110% of base

Attack Damage: (120–180)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (120–180)%

Requires Level (12–70), (14–68) Str, (21–98) Dex

Requires Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Warstaves, Rune Daggers

Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It spins around while flying in a large spiral, damaging enemies in its path, and bouncing if it collides with walls.

Bounces up to 3 times
Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of Bounces
Spirals through 4.25 rotations

Additional Effects From Quality:

Projectiles that have Pierced deal (0–10)% more Damage

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

Quest /2 ⍟

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	The Siren's Cadence	Quest Reward	Scion
1	The Siren's Cadence	Nessa	Duelist · Marauder · Ranger · Shadow · Templar

Genus

Spectral Helix

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Bounces up to 3 times\nModifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of Bounces Spirals through 4.25 rotations

Level	Requires Level	Str	Dex	Cost	Base Damage	Experience
1	12	14	21	6	120%	15,249
2	15	17	25	6	123.2%	41,517
3	19	21	30	6	126.3%	81,983
4	23	24	35	6	129.5%	147,968
5	27	28	41	7	132.6%	250,557
6	31	32	46	7	135.8%	405,086
7	35	36	51	7	138.9%	447,718
8	38	38	55	7	142.1%	615,318
9	41	41	59	7	145.3%	834,639
10	44	44	63	8	148.4%	1,570,760
11	47	47	67	8	151.6%	1,633,987
12	50	49	71	8	154.7%	2,151,030
13	53	52	75	8	157.9%	2,812,189
14	56	55	79	8	161.1%	5,099,360
15	59	58	83	8	164.2%	9,400,731
16	62	60	87	9	167.4%	15,273,366
17	64	62	90	9	170.5%	26,286,582
18	66	64	92	9	173.7%	62,890,590
19	68	66	95	9	176.8%	212,046,017
20	70	68	98	9	180%
21	72			9	183.2%
22	74			9	186.3%
23	76			9	189.5%
24	78			10	192.6%
25	80			10	195.8%
26	82			10	198.9%
27	84			10	202.1%
28	86			10	205.3%
29	88			10	208.4%
30	90			10	211.6%
31	91			10	213.2%
32	92			10	214.7%
33	93			10	216.3%
34	94			11	217.9%
35	95			11	219.5%
36	96			11	221.1%
37	97			11	222.6%
38	98			11	224.2%
39	99			11	225.8%
40	100			11	227.4%

Attribute /10

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Transmutation
Acronym	Projectile, Modifiers
DropLevel	12
BaseType	Spectral Helix
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Rune Daggers, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy,
Type	Attack, RangedAttack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSpectralHelix
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Crucible Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Each Projectile from Spectral Helix or Spectral Throw has between 40% more and 40% less Projectile Speed at random
1000 (T5)	Each Projectile from Spectral Helix or Spectral Throw has between 75% more and 75% less Projectile Speed at random

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Nightfall Spectral Helix Effect

Your Spectral Helix becomes a Nightfall Effect.

Supported By /106 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser

Icon	Name
Added Fire Damage Support	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Faster Attacks Support	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Faster Projectiles Support	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Added Cold Damage Support	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Additional Accuracy Support	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Mana Leech Support	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Pierce Support	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
Item Rarity Support	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Cold to Fire Support	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Life Gain on Hit Support	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	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.
Point Blank Support	Point Blank Support Supports projectile skills.
Iron Grip Support	Iron Grip Support Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.
Damage on Full Life Support	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
Chance to Flee Support	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Chain Support	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
Fork Support	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
Returning Projectiles Support	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Hextouch Support	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.
Cast On Critical Strike Support	Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Slower Projectiles Support	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Vicious Projectiles Support	Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ice Bite Support	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Bleed Support	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills.
Chance to Poison Support	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Maim Support	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
Immolate Support	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Momentum Support	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
Volley Support	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
Summon Phantasm Support	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.
Withering Touch Support	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
Bonechill Support	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Impale Support	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
Nightblade Support	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
Arrow Nova Support	Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Barrage Support	Barrage Support Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Greater Volley Support	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Brutality Support	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Arrow Nova Support	Awakened Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support	Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Awakened Chain Support	Awakened Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Fork Support	Awakened Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support	Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	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	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Trinity Support	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.
Bloodthirst Support	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
Cruelty Support	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Overcharge Support	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Prismatic Burst Support	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Devour Support	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Sadism Support	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Volatility Support	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.
Sacred Wisps Support	Sacred Wisps Support Supports attack skills that can be used with Wands. Cannot support Vaal skills, minion skills, movement skills, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Rupture Support	Rupture Support Supports attack skills.

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Spectral Helix now has 100% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 160%), up to 150% at gem level 20 (previously 250%).
3.15.0	Spectral Helix has been added to the game.

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