Blade Vortex

Template:Gem Infobox Blade Vortex is an upcoming skill to be released in the 2.1.0 content update that marks the start of The Talisman Challenge Leagues.

Blade Vortex creates an ethereal blade that spins around the caster that deals physical damage, each blade lasts for the minimum duration of 5 seconds. Because of the duration nature of this skill, it is possible to have multiple blades active at the same time, up to a maximum of 50 blades. Once the limit is reached, creating a new blade will simply remove the oldest existing active blade, similar to Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Summon Raging Spirit". Please choose only one of the following ids:
SummonRagingSpiritRoyale - Maximum 10 Summoned Raging Spirits, Base duration is 4.00 seconds, Minions deal 20% less Damage, Minions cannot Taunt Enemies (page)
AshwakerSummonRagingSpiritOnKill - Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, 25% chance to Trigger this Spell on Kill, Minions deal 18% more Damage, Minions cannot Taunt Enemies (page).

Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Blade Vortex is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way. Blade Vortex is 1 of 3 skills that work in this manner, the other 2 being Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Ethereal Knives". Please choose only one of the following ids:
WraithEtherealKnives - Deals (192-692) to (288-1038) Physical Damage, Deals 15% less Damage, 25% reduced Cast Speed, 25% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page)
MonsterEtherealKnives - Deals (24-625) to (36-937) Physical Damage, 20% less Cast Speed, (0-25)% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 9 additional Projectiles (page) and the other upcoming 2.1.0 skill Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Bladefall". Please choose only one of the following ids:
IzaroDaemonBladefall - Deals (16-1521) to (23-2282) Physical Damage, +5 Volleys, 5% less Damage per Volley (page)
ExileWitchBladefall - Deals (16-1521) to (23-2282) Physical Damage, +5 Volleys, 5% less Damage per Volley (page).

Skill Functions and Interactions

Physical Damage: Because Blade Vortex deals physical damage, it can be boosted by supports and skills that are more commonly used to modify attacks, such as the Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Added Fire Damage" support gem and the Hatred aura.

Spell Damage: Since Blade Vortex is considered a Spell its damage can be amplified by Spell Damage on items and passives from the skill tree, as well as support gems that increase spell damage.

Leech: All leech effects that apply to spells or elemental damage will apply to the skill respectively.

Hits from enemies cursed with Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Warlord's Mark". Please choose only one of the following ids:
MonsterWarlordsMark - Base duration is 4.00 seconds, Cursed enemies grant 2% Life Leech when Hit by Attacks, Cursed enemies grant 2% Mana Leech when Hit by Attacks, Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain, Hits against Cursed Enemies have 40% chance to double Stun Duration (page)
ArchnemesisWarlordsMark - Base duration is 4.00 seconds, Cursed enemies grant 2% Life Leech when Hit by Attacks, Cursed enemies grant 2% Mana Leech when Hit by Attacks, Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain, Hits against Cursed Enemies have 40% chance to double Stun Duration (page) grant life and mana leech.
The support gems Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Life Leech" and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Mana Leech".
Elemental leech from Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Doryani's Catalyst" if elemental damage is present.

Area of Effect: Due to the fact that Blade Vortex has the AoE tag, increases and decreases in AoE will augment the radius in which the skill deals damage e.g. (Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Increased Area of Effect", Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Concentrated Effect" and Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Carcass Jack").

Duration: Blade Vortex is a duration based spell and as such the duration and therefore the maximum amount of active blades can be augmented. The following list outlines ways the duration of 'Blade Vortex' can be modified:

Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Increased Duration" Gem
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Chober Chaber" Unique Mallet
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Conqueror's Efficiency" Unique Jewel
Corrupted belts can grant (5 to 8)% increased Skill Effect Duration
The passive mod #% Increased Skill Effect Duration

Once the maximum duration has been calculated, if it is used alongside the players cast speed, they can be used to calculate the amount of blades that are active at each time.

Active Blades = Casts per second * Blade Duration
              = 2 * 5
              = 10

Gem level progression

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Quest reward

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Vendor reward