Vaal Blade Vortex
Level: (1—20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 2 Use
Soul Gain Prevention: 6 sec
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level (12—70), (33—155) Dex
Creates an independently-moving vortex of ethereal blades which lasts for a duration. The vortex moves toward nearby enemies, repeatedly damaging enemies that it passes through.
Deals (11—276) to (17—413) Physical Damage
Base duration is 5 seconds
Hits Enemies every 0.2 Seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(0.8—1.2) metres to radius
100% increased Critical Strike Chance
Has 10 blades
Corrupted
Additional Effects From Quality:
+(0—5)% increased Hit Rate for each blade
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Level Effect /40
| Implicit |
|---|
| Base duration is 5 seconds |
| Hits Enemies every 0.2 Seconds |
| 100% increased Critical Strike Chance |
| Has 10 blades |
| Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention |
| Level | Requires Level | Dex | Base Damage | Deals 11 to 17 Physical Damage | +0.8 metres to radius | Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 33 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 11, 17 | 0.8 | 15,249 |
| 2 | 15 | 39 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 14, 21 | 0.8 | 41,517 |
| 3 | 19 | 48 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 19, 28 | 0.8 | 81,983 |
| 4 | 23 | 56 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 24, 36 | 0.8 | 147,968 |
| 5 | 27 | 64 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 31, 47 | 0.9 | 250,557 |
| 6 | 31 | 73 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 39, 59 | 0.9 | 405,086 |
| 7 | 35 | 81 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 49, 74 | 0.9 | 447,718 |
| 8 | 38 | 88 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 58, 87 | 0.9 | 615,318 |
| 9 | 41 | 94 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 68, 102 | 1 | 834,639 |
| 10 | 44 | 100 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 79, 119 | 1 | 1,570,760 |
| 11 | 47 | 106 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 92, 138 | 1 | 1,633,987 |
| 12 | 50 | 113 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 107, 161 | 1 | 2,151,030 |
| 13 | 53 | 119 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 124, 186 | 1.1 | 2,812,189 |
| 14 | 56 | 125 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 144, 215 | 1.1 | 5,099,360 |
| 15 | 59 | 132 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 166, 248 | 1.1 | 9,400,731 |
| 16 | 62 | 138 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 191, 286 | 1.1 | 15,273,366 |
| 17 | 64 | 142 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 209, 314 | 1.2 | 26,286,582 |
| 18 | 66 | 146 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 230, 344 | 1.2 | 62,890,590 |
| 19 | 68 | 151 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 252, 377 | 1.2 | 212,046,017 |
| 20 | 70 | 155 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 276, 413 | 1.2 | |
| 21 | 72 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 302, 452 | 1.3 | ||
| 22 | 74 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 330, 495 | 1.3 | ||
| 23 | 76 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 361, 541 | 1.3 | ||
| 24 | 78 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 394, 591 | 1.3 | ||
| 25 | 80 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 430, 645 | 1.4 | ||
| 26 | 82 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 470, 704 | 1.4 | ||
| 27 | 84 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 512, 768 | 1.4 | ||
| 28 | 86 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 559, 838 | 1.4 | ||
| 29 | 88 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 609, 913 | 1.5 | ||
| 30 | 90 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 663, 995 | 1.5 | ||
| 31 | 91 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 692, 1039 | 1.5 | ||
| 32 | 92 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 723, 1084 | 1.5 | ||
| 33 | 93 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 754, 1131 | 1.5 | ||
| 34 | 94 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 787, 1180 | 1.5 | ||
| 35 | 95 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 821, 1231 | 1.5 | ||
| 36 | 96 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 856, 1284 | 1.6 | ||
| 37 | 97 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 893, 1339 | 1.6 | ||
| 38 | 98 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 931, 1397 | 1.6 | ||
| 39 | 99 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 971, 1457 | 1.6 | ||
| 40 | 100 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 1013, 1519 | 1.6 |
Attribute /10
Vaal Blade Vortex
| Name | Show Full Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Acronym | Hit, Duration, Modifiers |
| Id | VaalBladeVortex |
| DropLevel | 12 |
| BaseType | Vaal Blade Vortex |
| Class | Skill Gems |
| TargetTypes | Ground, Enemy |
| Type | Spell, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsAlone, Vaal, AreaSpell, Physical, Multicastable |
| ItemType | Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalBladeVortex |
| ActiveSkillsCode | vaal_blade_vortex |
| Reference |
Version history /5
| Version | Changes |
|---|---|
| 3.23.0 | Vaal Blade Vortex: |
| 3.16.0 |
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| 3.14.0 | Vaal Blade Vortex |
| 3.6.0 | Vaal Blade Vortex |
| 3.3.0 |
Vaal Blade Vortex
Level: (1—20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 2 Use
Soul Gain Prevention: 6 sec
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level (12—70), (33—155) Dex
Creates an independently-moving vortex of ethereal blades which lasts for a duration. The vortex moves toward nearby enemies, repeatedly damaging enemies that it passes through.
Deals (11—276) to (17—413) Physical Damage
Base duration is 5 seconds
Hits Enemies every 0.2 Seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(0.8—1.2) metres to radius
100% increased Critical Strike Chance
Has 10 blades
cannot cancel skill before contact point [1]
extra gore chance override % [15]
is area damage [1]
skill can add multiple charges per action [1]
skill cannot be stunned before contact point [1]
Corrupted
Additional Effects From Quality:
+(0—5)% increased Hit Rate for each blade
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Supported By /95
Added Fire 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.
Stun Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
More Duration Support
Supports any skill with a duration.
Cold to Fire Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Fire Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Burning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Empower Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Less Duration Support
Supports any skill that has a duration.
Brutality Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
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 Empower Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Cruelty Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Lifetap Support
Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
Vaal Temptation Support
Supports Vaal skills.
Annihilation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Transfusion Support
Supports non-blessing spells.
Added Cold Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Chance to Flee Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Cold Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Enhance Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Block Chance Reduction 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.
Critical Strike Affliction Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
Swift Affliction Support
Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Chance to Poison Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Vile Toxins Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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 Enhance Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Sadism Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Machinations Support
Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Cull the Weak Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies. If normal or magic enemies are left below a percentage of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Lethal Dose Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unholy Trinity Support
Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have unholy resonance of lightning, physical and chaos, and to grant unholy resonance of damage types other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 unholy resonance for each damage type. 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.
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.
Added Chaos Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Combustion Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Proliferation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
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.
Power Charge On Critical Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Enlighten Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Physical to Lightning Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Innervate Support
Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Controlled Destruction Support
Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Elemental Focus Support
Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation 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.
Immolate Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
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.
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 Unbound Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Awakened Enlighten Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
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.
Overcharge Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Spellblade Support
Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Devour Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Invert the Rules Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Vaal Sacrifice Support
Supports Vaal spell skills, making them repeat when cast at the cost of your life and energy shield. Cannot support totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
Greater Devour Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Living Lightning Support
Supports Skills which cause Damaging Hits, causing them to trigger Summon Living Lightning when dealing lightning damage. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of Minions.
Eclipse Support
Supports any skill gem.
Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Microtransactions /5
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.
Blade Vortex
Level: (1—40)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 30%
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—681) to (5—1022) Physical Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
+(0—0.4) metres to radius
+35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
35% more Damage for each blade
Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
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]
Level Effect /40
| Implicit |
|---|
| Base duration is 4 seconds |
| Can have up to 10 active spinning blades |
| +35% increased Hit Rate for each blade |
| 35% more Damage for each blade |
| Level | Requires Level | Base Damage | Deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage | # metres to radius | Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 3, 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 15 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 4, 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | 19 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 6, 9 | 0 | |
| 4 | 23 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 8, 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | 27 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 11, 16 | 0 | |
| 6 | 31 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 14, 21 | 0 | |
| 7 | 35 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 18, 27 | 0 | |
| 8 | 38 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 22, 33 | 0.1 | |
| 9 | 41 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 26, 40 | 0.1 | |
| 10 | 44 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 32, 48 | 0.1 | |
| 11 | 47 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 38, 57 | 0.1 | |
| 12 | 50 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 45, 68 | 0.1 | |
| 13 | 53 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 54, 81 | 0.1 | |
| 14 | 56 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 64, 96 | 0.1 | |
| 15 | 59 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 76, 114 | 0.2 | |
| 16 | 62 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 90, 135 | 0.2 | |
| 17 | 64 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 101, 151 | 0.2 | |
| 18 | 66 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 113, 169 | 0.2 | |
| 19 | 68 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 126, 189 | 0.2 | |
| 20 | 70 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 140, 211 | 0.2 | |
| 21 | 72 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 157, 235 | 0.2 | |
| 22 | 74 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 174, 262 | 0.3 | |
| 23 | 76 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 194, 291 | 0.3 | |
| 24 | 78 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 216, 324 | 0.3 | |
| 25 | 80 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 241, 361 | 0.3 | |
| 26 | 82 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 267, 401 | 0.3 | |
| 27 | 84 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 297, 446 | 0.3 | |
| 28 | 86 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 330, 495 | 0.3 | |
| 29 | 88 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 367, 550 | 0.4 | |
| 30 | 90 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 407, 610 | 0.4 | |
| 31 | 91 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 429, 643 | 0.4 | |
| 32 | 92 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 451, 677 | 0.4 | |
| 33 | 93 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 475, 713 | 0.4 | |
| 34 | 94 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 501, 751 | 0.4 | |
| 35 | 95 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 527, 791 | 0.4 | |
| 36 | 96 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 555, 832 | 0.4 | |
| 37 | 97 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 584, 876 | 0.4 | |
| 38 | 98 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 615, 923 | 0.4 | |
| 39 | 99 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 647, 971 | 0.4 | |
| 40 | 100 | 100%, 100%, 100% | 681, 1022 | 0.4 |
Attribute /5
Blade Vortex
| Name | Show Full Descriptions |
|---|---|
| BaseType | Blade Vortex |
| TargetTypes | Any |
| Type | Spell, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, Triggerable, TotemCastsAlone, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell, Physical |
| BuffIcon | |
| ActiveSkillsCode | blade_vortex |
Crucible Weapon /2
| Weight | Desc |
|---|---|
| 1000 (T5) | 30% chance for Blade Vortex and Blade Blast to Impale Enemies on Hit Blade Vortex and Blade Blast deal no Non-Physical Damage |
| 1000 (T5) | 60% chance for Blade Vortex and Blade Blast to Impale Enemies on Hit Blade Vortex and Blade Blast deal no Non-Physical Damage |
Supported By /113
Added Fire 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.
Stun Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
More Duration Support
Supports any skill with a duration.
Cold to Fire Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Fire Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Burning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Cast on Melee Kill Support
Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Empower Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Less Duration Support
Supports any skill that has a duration.
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.
Brutality Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
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 Empower Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Cruelty Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Lifetap Support
Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
Annihilation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Transfusion Support
Supports non-blessing spells.
Added Cold Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Chance to Flee Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Cold Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
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.
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.
Enhance Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Block Chance Reduction 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.
Critical Strike Affliction Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support
Supports any skill that deals damage.
Swift Affliction Support
Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Chance to Poison Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Vile Toxins Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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 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 Enhance Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Sadism Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Cast on Ward Break Support
Each supported spell skill will be triggered when your Ward breaks. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Machinations Support
Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Cull the Weak Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies. If normal or magic enemies are left below a percentage of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Lethal Dose Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unholy Trinity Support
Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have unholy resonance of lightning, physical and chaos, and to grant unholy resonance of damage types other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 unholy resonance for each damage type. 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.
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.
Added Chaos Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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.
Combustion Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Proliferation Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
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, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
Power Charge On Critical Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
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 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.
Enlighten Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Physical to Lightning Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Innervate Support
Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Controlled Destruction Support
Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Elemental Focus Support
Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Cast while Channelling Support
Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Ignite Proliferation 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.
Immolate Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
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 Chaos Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cast While Channelling Support
Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
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, retaliation skills, blink 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.
Awakened Enlighten Support
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Archmage Support
Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Brand skills, Orb 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.
Overcharge Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Spellblade Support
Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Devour Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Sacrifice Support
Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, arcane skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Invert the Rules Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Greater Spell Echo Support
Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, brand skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
Frostmage Support
Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Brand skills, Orb skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Greater Devour Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Greater 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.
Minion Pact Support
Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, arcane skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Living Lightning Support
Supports Skills which cause Damaging Hits, causing them to trigger Summon Living Lightning when dealing lightning damage. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of Minions.
Eclipse Support
Supports any skill gem.
Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Vaal Blade Vortex Monster /1
| Name | Modifiers | Spectre |
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| Daemon | Y |
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Vaal Blade Vortex
For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Blade Vortex.
Vaal Blade Vortex is a Vaal skill gem that creates a vortex of blades that rapidly deal physical damage. The vortex will home in on enemies while it lasts.
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