Blink Arrow

Blink Arrow is an attack that fires an arrow, upon reaching the destination you are teleported there and a clone is summoned at your previous location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.

Technical complexity of the Skill's Usage

When the skill is cast, the player fires an arrow. The arrow takes time to land, and the player can take damage during the time it take for the arrow to hit the ground.

The frame before the arrow lands, the player will still be in his/her old location. Anything trying to damage the player at that location can do so up to and including this frame.

The next frame, the player is teleported, and is now at the location the arrow landed.

Immediately, anything which could damage the player at the old location but can't at the new one will be unable to damage the player, and vice versa for anything the player come into range of at his/her new position.[1]

If the player is suffering from any ailment that restrict movement or suffers from AoE type of damages (any type except for Chaos) from anytime during the initial phase where the player aim in the sky and shoot his/her arrow, the skill is then stopped and on cooldown (default is 3 secs). This makes the skill useless if the player is surrounded by multiple enemies within melee range and have a low resistance to Stun. Due to this technical difficulty, it's advised to not consider the skill as an escape movement skill, but instead as a movement skill that allow the player to move to a specific position while he/she is still safe.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Minion Damage	Minion Life	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	14	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	13	35	14	N/A	N/A	9569	9569
3	17	43	15	N/A	N/A	28189	37758
4	21	52	15	N/A	N/A	59146	96904
5	25	60	15	N/A	N/A	111192	208096
6	29	69	16	N/A	N/A	193800	401896
7	33	77	16	N/A	N/A	320280	722176
8	36	83	16	N/A	N/A	359090	1081266
9	39	90	16	N/A	N/A	498508	1579774
10	42	96	17	N/A	N/A	682057	2261831
11	45	102	17	N/A	N/A	921777	3183608
12	48	109	17	N/A	N/A	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	17	N/A	N/A	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	18	N/A	N/A	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	18	N/A	N/A	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	18	N/A	N/A	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	19	N/A	N/A	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	19	N/A	N/A	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	20	N/A	N/A	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	20	N/A	N/A	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	27	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	27	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	27	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ascendancy Passive Skills

This passive skill is dedicated to Blink Arrow: Template:Ascendancy passive table

Item acquisition

Blink Arrow can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Blink Arrow can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
1	Mirror ArrowMirror ArrowAttack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (14-20) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 10Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.Base duration is 3.00 seconds (0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate Minions deal (0-57)% more Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	N/A	M
1	Orb of AlterationOrb of AlterationStack Size: 20Reforges a magic item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a magic item to apply it.
6	The SummonerThe Summoner6Minion Gem Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare.	Random Minion gem with 20% quality	A
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

Usage in recipes

Blink Arrow is used in the following recipes:

Result	Amount	Part	Description	Meta
Mirror ArrowMirror ArrowAttack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (14-20) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 10Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.Base duration is 3.00 seconds (0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate Minions deal (0-57)% more Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	1	Blink ArrowBlink ArrowAttack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (14-20) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 10Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, you are teleported to it and a clone is summoned at your old location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.Base duration is 3.00 seconds (0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate Minions deal (0-57)% more Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	Mirror Arrow	M
	1	Orb of AlterationOrb of AlterationStack Size: 20Reforges a magic item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a magic item to apply it.

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓

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 ↓
The Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Monster stats

Clone

Mods:

• {{#show: MirrorArrowEnergyShield | ?Has stat text}}

Resistances:

• Normal: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in normal difficulty|?Has cold resistance in normal difficulty|?Has fire resistance in normal difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in normal difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Cruel: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has cold resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has fire resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in cruel difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Merciless: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has cold resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has fire resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in merciless difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}

Level	Life
24	140
27	171
30	208
33	251
35	283
38	337
40	379
43	448
46	529
48	590
50	656
52	730
54	810
56	899
58	996
60	1102
62	1219
64	1346
66	1486
68	1640
70	1807
72	1991
74	2192
76	2411
78	2651
80	2913
82	3199
84	3511
86	3853
88	4225

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Blink Arrow.

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 Blink Arrow Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blink Arrow and Blink Arrow Clones have 10% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Blink Arrow Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blink Arrow and Blink Arrow Clones have 15% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Blink Arrow Cooldown Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blink Arrow has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Blink Arrow Cooldown Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blink Arrow has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Blink Arrow Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blink Arrow and Blink Arrow Clones have 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Blink Arrow Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blink Arrow and Blink Arrow Clones have 40% increased Damage	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Divine Blink and Mirror Arrow EffectDivine Blink and Mirror Arrow EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blink or Mirror Arrow becomes infused with a divine glow.	110	Replaces the standard effect on a Blink or Mirror Arrow skill gem with a divine effect. Preview
Verdant Blink and Mirror Arrow EffectVerdant Blink and Mirror Arrow EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blink or Mirror Arrow becomes infused with rich grass and vegetation.	100	Replaces the standard effect on a Blink or Mirror Arrow skill gem with rich grass and vegetation. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Blink Arrow's clones now show as the player they are impersonating on the minimap.
1.3.1d	Reduced the life of Mirror Arrow and Blink Arrow clones by around 80%. The clones now take 80% less damage to match their previous survivability.
1.3.0k	Fixed a bug which caused Clones to not be created when using Blink and Mirror Arrow if the player had less than 1% of their maximum life.
1.3.0	Added to the game.

Sources

[1] https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1586529