Venom Gyre

Venom GyreAttack, Projectile, Chaos, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-8) Mana
Attack Speed: 120% of base
Attack Damage: (150-200)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (150-200)%Requires Level 12Fires a returning projectile that can be caught. Caught projectiles spiral outwards when you use Whirling Blades and do not return. Requires a Dagger or Claw.Base duration is 12.00 seconds
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Projectiles Return to you
40% chance to Poison on Hit
Returning Projectiles deal 75% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
Returning Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Maximum 30 caught Projectiles
40% chance to keep each caught Projectile fired with Whirling Blades

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Maximum +(0.5-10) caught ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVenomGyre

Venom Gyre is a claw/dagger attack skill that throws a projectile that deals chaos damage with a chance to poison. These projectiles return to you and can be caught, which can all be launched by using Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-10) Mana
Attack Damage: (136-314)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (136-314)%Requires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined
+0.6 seconds to Attack Time

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Skill functions and interactions

• Pierce: Primary projectiles can Pierce, allowing a single target to be struck by both the outgoing and returning projectiles. Does not generate additional Returning Projectiles.
• Fork: Forking projectiles do not Return, but the final projectiles return as expected. This can be useful for clearing packs and generates additional Returning Projectiles.
• Chain: Works as expected for the primary projectile. Projectiles do not Return until it is done Chaining.

Note: Caught projectiles can pierce, fork, split, and chain, but not return.

• Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-10) Mana
  Attack Damage: (136-314)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (136-314)%Requires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined
  +0.6 seconds to Attack Time
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Launches caught Returning Projectiles in a spiralling fashion when used. The projectiles are released very quickly but sequentially. When released while travelling through a target, approximately 30% of caught Projectiles can shotgun a target.

• Additional projectiles: Applies to the primary projectile, but not caught projectiles released by Whirling Blades.

• Point Blank and Far Shot: Takes total travel distance into account. Caught projectiles released by Whirling Blades are considered new projectiles while Returning Projectiles are not.

• Skill effect duration: Only applies to how long returning projectiles are stored and has no impact on Poison duration. Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage
  Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect DurationThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. increases all damage dealt by the Skill.

• This Skill can generate multiple hits and poison stacks due to the nature of its number of projectiles, giving it strong synergy with Herald of AgonyHerald of AgonySpell, Herald, Minion, Chaos, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 25% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Grants a buff giving more poison damage and a chance to inflict poison. When you poison an enemy while you have this buff, you gain Virulence, and summon an Agony Crawler minion that uses projectile and area attacks. You will lose Virulence over time, at a rate which increases the more Virulence you have. The minion will die when you have no Virulence.Maximum 1 Summoned Agony Crawler
  Buff grants 20% chance to Poison on Hit
  Grants Virulence when you Poison an Enemy
  Buff grants 10% more Damage with Poison
  40 Maximum Virulence
  Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
  Agony Crawler has (2-4)% increased Attack Speed per Virulence you have
  Agony Crawler deals (5-9)% increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have
  Agony Crawler has (1-45) to (3-84) Added Physical Damage per Virulence you have
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.25-5) to Maximum VirulencePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Vile Toxins SupportVile Toxins SupportSupport
  Icon: e
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills deal 5% more Damage with Hits for each Poison on the Enemy, up to (5-8)
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage with Poison
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage with PoisonThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., Withering Touch SupportWithering Touch SupportChaos, Physical, Attack, Support, Duration
  Icon: w
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports attack skills.Supported Skills have 25% chance to inflict Withered on Hit
  Withered lasts 2 seconds
  Supported Skills gain (10-29)% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., and the Assassin's Noxious Strike and Toxic Delivery nodes.

• Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: D
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (163-1034) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos DamageThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: Despite this support gem adding damage over time to the skill, the Decay inflicted by returning projectiles deal less damage due to the skill gem's Returning Projectiles deal 75% less Damage.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	5	150%	150%	0	0
2	15	25	17	5	152.6%	152.6%	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	6	155.3%	155.3%	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	6	157.9%	157.9%	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	6	160.5%	160.5%	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	6	163.2%	163.2%	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	6	165.8%	165.8%	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	7	168.4%	168.4%	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	7	171.1%	171.1%	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	7	173.7%	173.7%	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	7	176.3%	176.3%	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	7	178.9%	178.9%	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	7	181.6%	181.6%	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	8	184.2%	184.2%	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	8	186.8%	186.8%	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	8	189.5%	189.5%	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	8	192.1%	192.1%	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	8	194.7%	194.7%	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	8	197.4%	197.4%	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	8	200%	200%	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	8	202.6%	202.6%	—	—
22	74	—	—	9	205.3%	205.3%	—	—
23	76	—	—	9	207.9%	207.9%	—	—
24	78	—	—	9	210.5%	210.5%	—	—
25	80	—	—	9	213.2%	213.2%	—	—
26	82	—	—	9	215.8%	215.8%	—	—
27	84	—	—	9	218.4%	218.4%	—	—
28	86	—	—	9	221.1%	221.1%	—	—
29	88	—	—	9	223.7%	223.7%	—	—
30	90	—	—	9	226.3%	226.3%	—	—
31	91	—	—	10	227.6%	227.6%	—	—
32	92	—	—	10	228.9%	228.9%	—	—
33	93	—	—	10	230.3%	230.3%	—	—
34	94	—	—	10	231.6%	231.6%	—	—
35	95	—	—	10	232.9%	232.9%	—	—
36	96	—	—	10	234.2%	234.2%	—	—
37	97	—	—	10	235.5%	235.5%	—	—
38	98	—	—	10	236.8%	236.8%	—	—
39	99	—	—	10	238.2%	238.2%	—	—
40	100	—	—	10	239.5%	239.5%	—	—

Item acquisition

Venom Gyre can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Venom Gyre can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% 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

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence 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 Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Ruthless mode

This item cannot be obtained in leagues with Ruthless mode enabled.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Venom Gyre.

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 Venom Gyre Chance To Retain Projectile On Release 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Venom Gyre has a 15% chance to keep each caught Projectile fired with Whirling Blades	helmet 0
Enchantment Venom Gyre Chance To Retain Projectile On Release 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Venom Gyre has a 25% chance to keep each caught Projectile fired with Whirling Blades	helmet 100
Enchantment Venom Gyre Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Venom Gyre deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Venom Gyre Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Venom Gyre deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Venom Gyre Withering On Hit Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Venom Gyre has a 12% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit	helmet 100
Enchantment Venom Gyre Withering On Hit Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Venom Gyre has a 20% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Venom Gyre has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Illusionist Venom Gyre EffectIllusionist Venom Gyre EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Venom Gyre becomes an Illusionist Effect.	Your Venom Gyre becomes an Illusionist Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has a Mana cost of 5 at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 8 at gem level 20 (previously 7).
3.23.0	Quality now provides "Maximum +0-10 caught Projectiles", instead of 0-20% increased Poison Duration.
3.13.0	No longer deals added chaos damage. Now deals base weapon damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 125% at gem level 1 (from 90%), up to 165% at gem level 20 (from 115%). Now has a 40% chance to retain caught projectiles fired after using Whirling Blades at all gem levels. Now converts 60% of physical damage to chaos damage (from 50%). The Eternal Labyrinth enchantment for Venom Gyre now grants a 25% chance to keep caught projectiles fired by using Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (136-314)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (136-314)%Requires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined +0.6 seconds to Attack Time Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. (from 35%). Existing items with this enchantment are unaffected.
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.9.0	Now deals 90% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 80%), up to 115% at gem level 20 (from 104%).
3.8.0	Venom Gyre has been added to the game.