Ethereal Knives

Ethereal Knives (also commonly referred to as "EK") throws ten knives in front of the caster that deal physical damage. Multiple knives cannot hit the same target. The angle of the spell's arc is fixed and does not depend on where the cursor is, unlike other skills supported with .

Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Ethereal Knives is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Physical Spell Damage: Ethereal Knives is affected by modifiers to Spell Damage, Physical Damage, and Projectile Damage, but not Physical Attack Damage. Its damage can also be improved by , Hatred, and Herald of Ash.

Projectile Speed: Projectile Speed will increase the average distance that Ethereal Knives projectiles travel before they fade, effectively increasing the maximum range of the spell.

Life and Mana Leech: Since it is a spell, Ethereal Knives is not affected by Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life or Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana. However, the and support gems will function with Ethereal Knives.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Physical Damage	increased Projectile Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	5	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	5	N/A	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	5	N/A	N/A	308	378
4	7	14	0	6	N/A	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	19	0	7	N/A	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	26	18	8	N/A	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	31	22	9	N/A	N/A	49725	84371
8	24	37	25	10	N/A	N/A	95714	180085
9	28	42	29	11	N/A	N/A	169595	349680
10	32	47	33	11	N/A	N/A	283759	633439
11	36	52	36	12	N/A	N/A	453996	1087435
12	40	58	40	13	N/A	N/A	703128	1790563
13	44	63	44	14	N/A	N/A	1061223	2851786
14	48	68	48	15	N/A	N/A	2065870	4917656
15	52	74	51	16	N/A	N/A	2507110	7424766
16	56	79	55	17	N/A	N/A	5798936	13223702
17	60	84	59	18	N/A	N/A	15083919	28307621
18	64	90	62	18	N/A	N/A	27792735	56100356
19	67	94	65	19	N/A	N/A	43869739	99970095
20	70	98	68	20	N/A	N/A	242081556	342051651
21	72	100	70	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Ethereal Stars EffectEthereal Stars EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ethereal Knives become a volley of spinning throwing stars	35	Replaces the standard knife effects on an gem with spinning, black throwing stars. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Damage increased by around 20% higher at level 20. Now gains 1% projectile speed per gem level over 1.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% Increased projectile speed per 1% quality instead of increased projectile damage. Base Cast Speed has been decreased from a cast time of 800ms to 600ms, the mana costs have been reduced to compensate for the increase in cast speed. Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.
1.1.5	Ethereal Knives casts 25% faster (from 1 to 0.8 seconds), the damage and mana cost have been reduced by 20% to compensate.
1.0.0	Ethereal Knives' mana cost is reduced.
0.11.4	Fixed a bug with Ethereal Knives that would cause you to walk closer than needed if the range was affected by projectile speed.
0.11.0	The damage progression of Ethereal Knives has been reduced.
0.9.12s	Damage increased by 10%.
0.9.12qq	From 1% projectile damage per quality point to 0.5%.
0.9.11i	Fixed the randomness of Ethereal Knives when used with traps.
0.9.9b	Fixed a problem where the character would not run into range of an enemy before using the skill.
0.9.9	Ethereal Knives has been added to the game.