Vaal Blade Vortex

Vaal Blade VortexCritical, Spell, AoE, Duration, Vaal, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 2 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 6 sec
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 12Creates an independently-moving vortex of ethereal blades which lasts for a duration. The vortex moves toward nearby enemies, repeatedly damaging enemies that it passes through.Deals (11-276) to (17-413) Physical Damage
Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Hits Enemies every 0.20 Seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(0.8-1.2) metres to radius
100% increased Critical Strike Chance
Has 10 blades

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.25-5)% increased Hit Rate for each bladeCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 12
Vaal Blade Vortex can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalBladeVortex

Vaal Blade Vortex is a Vaal skill gem that creates a vortex of blades that rapidly deal physical damage. The vortex will home in on enemies while it lasts.

Gem level progression

Level			Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	11 to 17	+0.8m	0	0
2	15	39	14 to 21	+0.8m	15249	15249
3	19	48	19 to 28	+0.8m	41517	56766
4	23	56	24 to 36	+0.8m	81983	138749
5	27	64	31 to 47	+0.9m	147968	286717
6	31	73	39 to 59	+0.9m	250557	537274
7	35	81	49 to 74	+0.9m	405086	942360
8	38	88	58 to 87	+0.9m	447718	1390078
9	41	94	68 to 102	+1m	615318	2005396
10	44	100	79 to 119	+1m	834639	2840035
11	47	106	92 to 138	+1m	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	107 to 161	+1m	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	124 to 186	+1.1m	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	144 to 215	+1.1m	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	166 to 248	+1.1m	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	191 to 286	+1.1m	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	209 to 314	+1.2m	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	230 to 344	+1.2m	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	252 to 377	+1.2m	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	276 to 413	+1.2m	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	302 to 452	+1.3m	—	—
22	74	—	330 to 495	+1.3m	—	—
23	76	—	361 to 541	+1.3m	—	—
24	78	—	394 to 591	+1.3m	—	—
25	80	—	430 to 645	+1.4m	—	—
26	82	—	470 to 704	+1.4m	—	—
27	84	—	512 to 768	+1.4m	—	—
28	86	—	559 to 838	+1.4m	—	—
29	88	—	609 to 913	+1.5m	—	—
30	90	—	663 to 995	+1.5m	—	—
31	91	—	692 to 1039	+1.5m	—	—
32	92	—	723 to 1084	+1.5m	—	—
33	93	—	754 to 1131	+1.5m	—	—
34	94	—	787 to 1180	+1.5m	—	—
35	95	—	821 to 1231	+1.5m	—	—
36	96	—	856 to 1284	+1.6m	—	—
37	97	—	893 to 1339	+1.6m	—	—
38	98	—	931 to 1397	+1.6m	—	—
39	99	—	971 to 1457	+1.6m	—	—
40	100	—	1013 to 1519	+1.6m	—	—

Item acquisition

Vaal Blade Vortex has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Blade Vortex can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.

Recipes

Vaal Blade Vortex can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Blade Vortex.

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 Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blade Vortex has +2% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blade Vortex has +3% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Blade Vortex Duration	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Blade Vortex Duration	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 75
Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect	helmet 75

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Blade Vortex has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Demonic Blade VortexDemonic Blade VortexSkill Gem EffectYour Blade Vortex becomes a black and red demonic vortex.	Your Blade Vortex becomes a black and red demonic vortex.
Illusionist Blade Vortex EffectIllusionist Blade Vortex EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blade Vortex becomes an Illusionist Effect.	Your Blade Vortex becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Sawblade Blade VortexSawblade Blade VortexSkill Gem EffectYour Blade Vortex becomes a Sawblade Effect.	Your Blade Vortex becomes a Sawblade Effect.
Transcendence Blade Vortex EffectTranscendence Blade Vortex EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blade Vortex becomes a Transcendence Effect.	Your Blade Vortex becomes a Transcendence Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-5% increased Hit Rate for each blade, instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
3.14.0	Now deals 11 to 17 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 14 to 20), and 276 to 413 Physical Damage at gem level 20 (previously 331 to 496). Now has added damage effectiveness of 60% (previously 75%). Now hits enemies every 0.2 seconds (previously 0.13). Now has a base duration of 5 seconds (previously 3). Now stores up to 2 uses (previously 1). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 6 seconds (previously 5). Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
3.6.0	Now deals 14 to 20 Physical damage at level 1 of the gem (from 20 to 30), up to 331 to 496 Physical damage at level 20 of the gem (from 369 to 554). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 75% (from 80%).
3.3.0c	Improved the AI of Vaal Blade Vortex.
3.3.0	Vaal Blade Vortex has been added to the game.