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 Vertex 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. Because Blade Vortex also has a cast time, its cast speed can be effected by supports skills such as Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Spell Echo" and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Faster Casting".
Leech: The passives Blood Drinker, Mind Drinker, Essence Sap, etc, do not work, nor will other Attack based leeching as they state "x% Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life/Mana" as Blade Vortex is a spell and not an attack despite dealing physical damage.
The types of leeching that do affect Blade Vortex are as follows:
- 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".
- 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. - Elemental leech from Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Doryani's Catalyst" and the fire/cold/lightning leech from Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Doryani's Invitation" (3 elemental variations).
- Physical leech from Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Doryani's Invitation" (Physical variation) as it applies to all physical damage, not only physical attacks.
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").
Heralds: Unlike most other spells, because Blade Vortex is both a spell and deals physical damage, therefore 
Herald of Ash will take effect and the player will gain the 15% of physical damage as extra fire damage. 
Herald of Ice and 
Herald of Thunder will also grant their Cold/Lightning damage added to spells.
Gem level progression
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Version history
| Version | Changes |
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| 2.1.0 |
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