Ethereal Knives

Template:Gem Infobox 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

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4–6 | 0% | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5–7 | 1% | 70 | 70 |- ! 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6–9 | 2% | 308 | 378 |- ! 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8–12 | 3% | 1,554 | 1,932 |- ! 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 12–18 | 4% | 6,667 | 8,599 |- ! 6 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 18–27 | 5% | 26,047 | 34,646 |- ! 7 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 24–37 | 6% | 49,725 | 84,371 |- ! 8 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 32–49 | 7% | 95,714 | 180,085 |- ! 9 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 42–64 | 8% | 169,595 | 349,680 |- ! 10 | 32 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 55–82 | 9% | 283,759 | 633,439 |- ! 11 | 36 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 70–105 | 10% | 453,996 | 1,087,435 |- ! 12 | 40 | 58 | 40 | 17 | 89–134 | 11% | 703,128 | 1,790,563 |- ! 13 | 44 | 63 | 44 | 18 | 112–169 | 12% | 1,061,223 | 2,851,786 |- ! 14 | 48 | 68 | 48 | 18 | 141–212 | 13% | 2,065,870 | 4,917,656 |- ! 15 | 52 | 74 | 51 | 19 | 176–265 | 14% | 2,507,110 | 7,424,766 |- ! 16 | 56 | 79 | 55 | 20 | 219–329 | 15% | 5,798,936 | 13,223,702 |- ! 17 | 60 | 84 | 59 | 21 | 272–408 | 16% | 15,083,919 | 28,307,621 |- ! 18 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 22 | 336–504 | 17% | 27,792,735 | 56,100,356 |- ! 19 | 67 | 94 | 65 | 22 | 393–590 | 18% | 43,869,739 | 99,970,095 |- ! 20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 23 | 459–688 | 19% | 242,081,556 | 342,051,651 |- ! 21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 24 | 509–763 | 20% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | | 24 | 563–845 | 21% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | | 25 | 623–935 | 22% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | | 25 | 690–1034 | 23% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | | 26 | 762–1144 | 24% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | | 26 | 842–1264 | 25% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | | 27 | 931–1396 | 26% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | | 27 | 1027–1541 | 27% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | | 28 | 1134–1701 | 28% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | | 29 | 1251–1876 | 29% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | 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
2.0.0	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.