Bladestorm

BladestormAttack, AoE, Duration, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 8 Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (105-150)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (105-150)%Requires Level 28Perform a spinning attack, damaging enemies around you and creating a bladestorm matching your stance. The bladestorm repeatedly damages enemies, based on your weapon damage and attack time, for a duration. Blood bladestorms are stationary and cause Bleeding, while Sand bladestorms move slowly forwards and Blind enemies. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
(70-108)% more Damage with Bleeding while in Blood Stance
(10-12)% more Attack Speed while you're in a Blood Bladestorm
Maximum of 3 Bladestorms at a time
Sand Bladestorms grant (30-38)% increased Movement Speed to you
Bladestorm deals 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to Maximum number of Bladestorms at a timePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBladestorm

Bladestorm is a melee attack skill that creates a bladestorm that continuously deals damage in an area for a short duration.

Skill functions and interactions

Sand Bladestorm skill icon

Blood Bladestorm skill icon

Bladestorm has two components: an initial melee attack that deals damage around the player, and a lingering blood or stand storm that will repeatedly (based on attack speed) deal 50% of melee damage to enemies within its area.

This skill interacts with Blood and Sand Stance:

• In Blood Stance, the bladestorm will be stationary and deal more bleeding damage.
• In Sand Stance, the bladestorm will travel forward (in the direction of the player's cursor position on-attack), blind enemies standing in it, and grant the user increased movement speed while standing in it.

In either stance, Bladestorm will have more attack speed while inside a blood bladestorm.

Because hits do not snapshot, existing storms will account for any changes to the skill's stats, including attack rate.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Attack Speed	Damage with Bleeding	Movement Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	29	42	105%	105%	10%	70%	30%	0	0
2	31	32	46	107%	107.4%	10%	72%	30%	199345	199345
3	34	35	50	110%	109.7%	10%	74%	31%	285815	485160
4	37	37	54	112%	112.1%	10%	76%	31%	401344	886504
5	40	40	58	114%	114.5%	10%	78%	32%	554379	1440883
6	42	42	60	117%	116.8%	10%	80%	32%	477437	1918320
7	44	44	63	119%	119.2%	11%	82%	32%	583786	2502106
8	46	46	66	122%	121.6%	11%	84%	33%	710359	3212465
9	48	48	68	124%	123.9%	11%	86%	33%	1355511	4567976
10	50	49	71	126%	126.3%	11%	88%	34%	1138877	5706853
11	52	51	74	129%	128.7%	11%	90%	34%	1368233	7075086
12	54	53	76	131%	131.1%	11%	92%	34%	1638338	8713424
13	56	55	79	133%	133.4%	11%	94%	35%	1956648	10670072
14	58	57	82	136%	135.8%	12%	96%	35%	3655184	14325256
15	60	59	84	138%	138.2%	12%	98%	36%	3017327	17342583
16	62	60	87	141%	140.5%	12%	100%	36%	7759995	25102578
17	64	62	90	143%	142.9%	12%	102%	36%	15138193	40240771
18	66	64	92	145%	145.3%	12%	104%	37%	26083825	66324596
19	68	66	95	148%	147.6%	12%	106%	37%	62620247	128944843
20	70	68	98	150%	150%	12%	108%	38%	211708088	340652931
21	72	70	100	152%	152.4%	13%	110%	38%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	155%	154.7%	13%	112%	38%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	157%	157.1%	13%	114%	39%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	159%	159.5%	13%	116%	39%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	162%	161.8%	13%	118%	40%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	164%	164.2%	13%	120%	40%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	167%	166.6%	13%	122%	40%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	169%	168.9%	14%	124%	41%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	171%	171.3%	14%	126%	41%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	174%	173.7%	14%	128%	42%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	175%	174.9%	14%	129%	42%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	176%	176.1%	14%	130%	42%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	177%	177.2%	14%	131%	42%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	178%	178.4%	14%	132%	42%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	180%	179.6%	14%	133%	43%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	181%	180.8%	14%	134%	43%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	182%	182%	14%	135%	43%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	183%	183.2%	14%	136%	43%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	184%	184.3%	14%	137%	43%	N/A	N/A
40	99	N/A	N/A	186%	185.5%	15%	138%	44%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	+(0.05-1) to Maximum number of Bladestorms at a time	1

Item acquisition

Bladestorm can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Bladestorm can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Bladestorm.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Bladestorm Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Bladestorm deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Bladestorm Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Bladestorm deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Bladestorm Maximum Number Of Storms Allowed 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	+1 to Maximum number of Bladestorms at a time	helmet 100
Enchantment Bladestorm Sandstorm Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Sand Bladestorms move with 50% increased speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Bladestorm Sandstorm Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Sand Bladestorms move with 75% increased speed	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Bladestorm has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Bladestorm EffectCelestial Bladestorm EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Bladestorm becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Bladestorm becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.24.0	Fixed a bug where Rage Vortex and Bladestorm were not cancelled if you swapped to a weapon type these skills could not be used with after casting them.
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-1 to Maximum number of Bladestorms at a time, instead of 0-20% increased Skill Effect Duration.
3.15.0	Now deals 150% of Base Damage, and has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 120%).
3.14.0	Now deals 70-108% more Damage with Bleeding while in Blood Stance.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments.
3.7.2	Bladestorm can now be supported by Multistrike Support. Fixed a bug where Bladestorm's initial hit did not actually hit.
3.7.1	Fixed a bug where Cyclone and Bladestorm could not gain more than one charge (such as via Power Charge on Crit Support) while channelling or per use respectively.
3.7.0	Bladestorm has been added to the game.