Blade Vortex of the ScytheSpell, AoE, Duration, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (10-26) Mana Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 12This spell creates a swarm of ethereal blades which briefly orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius.Deals (22-902) to (32-1353) Physical Damage Base duration is 0.60 seconds +(1-1.9) metres to radius Can have up to 1 active spinning blade
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base duration is (0.01-0.2) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Blade Vortex of the Scythe is a spell that creates an ethereal blade that spins around the caster that deals physical damage.
It is a transfigured version of Blade VortexBlade VortexSpell, 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%Requires Level 12This 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 (3-140) to (5-211) Physical Damage Base duration is 4.00 seconds +(0-0.2) metres to radius 35% increased Hit Rate for each blade 35% more Damage for each blade Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.25-5)% increased Hit Rate for each bladePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version has more damage and damage effectiveness, a larger radius, higher mana cost, slower cast time, and it hits directly after being cast. The duration of each blade is much shorter and the hit rate does not increase with more active blades. It has a single maximum active blade limit. Gem quality increases blade duration instead.
Skill functions and interactions
Interaction w/ Blade Blast of Unloading: When targeted by Blade Blast of UnloadingBlade Blast of UnloadingSpell, AoE, Physical, Nova Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-21) Mana Cast Time: 0.65 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 16Deals spell damage in an area around you. If you have Blade Vortex blades orbiting you, it will detonate each of them in turn, dealing damage again in an area around you for each one.Deals (40-1107) to (60-1661) Physical Damage Base radius is 1.4 metres 100% more Area of Effect per Blade Vortex blade detonated
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.005-0.1) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., the blades will detonate in sequence, increasing in AoE with subsequent detonations. The damage from these detonations scale solely from the Blade Blast skill.
Maximum blades: 1 blade can be active at a time. Once the limit is reached, creating a new blade will simply remove the existing active blade.
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.[1]
Multiple casts: When Blade Vortex is linked to Unleash SupportUnleash SupportSpell, Support Icon: q Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports 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.Supported Spells gain a Seal every (0.90-0.71) seconds, to a maximum of 3 Seals Supported Spells are Unsealed when cast, and their effects Reoccur for each Seal lost Supported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage when Reoccurring
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., the damage is defined by the initial cast and does not inherit the less damage multiplier.[2] This behavior includes the Greater Spell Echo Support from Pledge of HandsPledge of Hands Judgement StaffWarstaff Physical Damage: 73-136 Critical Strike Chance: 6.50% Attacks per Second: 1.30 Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 68, 113 Str, 113 Int+20% Chance to BlockSpell Damage while wielding a StaffSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 30 Greater Spell Echo (120-160)% increased Spell Damage 50% increased maximum Mana"To shake a hand is to double your power." - Jaetai, Queen's Advisor.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Physical Damage
Radius
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
12
33
10
22 to 32
+1m
0
0
2
15
39
11
28 to 42
+1m
15249
15249
3
19
48
12
38 to 57
+1.1m
41517
56766
4
23
56
13
51 to 77
+1.1m
81983
138749
5
27
64
14
68 to 102
+1.2m
147968
286717
6
31
73
15
90 to 134
+1.2m
250557
537274
7
35
81
16
116 to 175
+1.3m
405086
942360
8
38
88
17
141 to 211
+1.3m
447718
1390078
9
41
94
18
170 to 255
+1.4m
615318
2005396
10
44
100
19
204 to 306
+1.4m
834639
2840035
11
47
106
20
244 to 367
+1.5m
1570760
4410795
12
50
113
21
292 to 438
+1.5m
1633987
6044782
13
53
119
22
348 to 521
+1.6m
2151030
8195812
14
56
125
23
413 to 620
+1.6m
2812189
11008001
15
59
132
23
490 to 735
+1.7m
5099360
16107361
16
62
138
24
580 to 870
+1.7m
9400731
25508092
17
64
142
24
648 to 973
+1.8m
15273366
40781458
18
66
146
25
724 to 1087
+1.8m
26286582
67068040
19
68
151
25
809 to 1213
+1.9m
62890590
129958630
20
70
155
26
902 to 1353
+1.9m
212046017
342004647
21
72
159
27
1006 to 1509
+2m
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
26
1121 to 1681
+2m
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
28
1248 to 1872
+2.1m
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
29
1389 to 2084
+2.1m
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
29
1545 to 2318
+2.2m
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
30
1718 to 2577
+2.2m
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
30
1909 to 2864
+2.3m
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
31
2121 to 3182
+2.3m
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
31
2355 to 3533
+2.4m
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
32
2614 to 3921
+2.4m
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
32
2753 to 4130
+2.5m
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
32
2900 to 4350
+2.5m
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
33
3054 to 4581
+2.5m
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
33
3216 to 4824
+2.5m
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
33
3387 to 5080
+2.6m
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
34
3566 to 5348
+2.6m
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
34
3754 to 5630
+2.6m
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
34
3951 to 5927
+2.6m
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
35
4159 to 6239
+2.7m
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
35
4377 to 6566
+2.7m
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
Base duration is (0.01-0.2) seconds
1
Item acquisition
Blade Vortex of the Scythe has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.
Recipes
Blade Vortex of the Scythe can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
4
The Blessing of MooshThe Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem CorruptedWhile the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.
Random corruptedlevel 21 transfigured gem
A
8
The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality:+23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.
Random corruptedlevel 21 transfigured gem with 23% quality
A
3
Doryani's EpiphanyDoryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality:+20% Corrupted"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."
Random corruptedlevel 21 transfigured gem with 20% quality
A
8
Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem Quality:+19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
level 19 transfigured gem with 19% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.