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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Skill Effect DurationSand Bladestorms move with 1% increased speedBlood Bladestorm deals 2% increased Damage with Ailments2% chance to create the wrong BladestormDeals (105-150)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 3 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 AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
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. This skill interacts with Blood and Sand Stance. In Blood Stance, the bladestorm will be stationary and grants the user more attack speed while standing in it. In Sand Stance, the bladestorm will travel forward and grant the user increased movement speed while standing in it.

Skill functions and interactions

The blood/sand storms created by Bladestorm can trigger Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportTrigger, Support, Spell
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Level: (1-20)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
Supported Skills have 1% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills deal 1% more Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Spell Damage
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Sand Bladestorm skill icon

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Bladestorm:

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Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Bladestorm. No results found

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
3.15.0	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.