Whirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%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. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined +0.6 seconds to Attack Time
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack Speed3% increased Damage10% increased Evasion Rating while MovingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition Drop level: 10Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemWhirlingBlades Whirling Blades is an attackskill for one-handed swords, daggers, and claws. The player dives in a target direction, dealing damage to enemies they pass through. It uses both weapons to deal damage if you are dual wielding.
Movement: Whirling Blades is a movement skill that makes the player move in a straight path in the targeted direction, passing through any enemies and dealing damage to them, after which there is a brief recovery period during which the player cannot move or perform any actions. Enemies cannot be hit more than once with the same skill use. Whirling Blades has both a minimum distance, which can be achieved by aiming the cursor close to the player, and maximum distance, neither of which can be modified.
Use time: Both local and global attack speed modifiers, including the attack speed bonus for dual wielding, decrease Whirling Blades' use time accordingly. If the player uses Whirling Blades to move less than the maximum distance, or if the player collides with an object during the movement, the recovery period is shortened, such that the use time is less.
If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible for one weapon to get a critical strike when the other doesn't. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease in damage while dual wielding is multiplicative and applies to all damage bonuses.
Two hits are calculated separately (one from each weapon) and then combined into one unique hit/stack (damaging ailments).
Multistrike: Whirling Blades cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support Icon: 3 Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical 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. or Melee Splash SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE Icon: S Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130% AoE Radius: 14Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage to surrounding targets Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectThis 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..
Venom Gyre: Caught returning projectiles from Venom Gyre spiral outwards when you use Whirling Blades and do not return.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
10
18
0
100%
100%
0
0
2
13
22
15
103%
102.6%
9569
9569
3
17
27
19
105%
105.3%
28189
37758
4
21
33
23
108%
107.9%
59146
96904
5
25
38
26
111%
110.5%
111192
208096
6
29
43
30
113%
113.2%
193800
401896
7
33
49
34
116%
115.8%
320280
722176
8
36
52
36
118%
118.4%
359090
1081266
9
39
56
39
121%
121.1%
498508
1579774
10
42
60
42
124%
123.7%
682057
2261831
11
45
64
45
126%
126.3%
921777
3183608
12
48
68
48
129%
128.9%
1727879
4911487
13
51
72
50
132%
131.6%
1791769
6703256
14
54
76
53
134%
134.2%
2353679
9056935
15
57
80
56
137%
136.8%
3070912
12127847
16
60
84
59
139%
139.5%
9095466
21223313
17
63
88
61
142%
142.1%
16039890
37263203
18
66
92
64
145%
144.7%
29817117
67080320
19
68
95
66
147%
147.4%
62895056
129975376
20
70
98
68
150%
150%
212051599
342026975
21
72
100
70
153%
152.6%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
155%
155.3%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
158%
157.9%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
161%
160.5%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
163%
163.2%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
166%
165.8%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
168%
168.4%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
171%
171.1%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
174%
173.7%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
176%
176.3%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
178%
177.6%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
179%
178.9%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
180%
180.3%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
182%
181.6%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
183%
182.9%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
184%
184.2%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
186%
185.5%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
187%
186.8%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
188%
188.2%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
189%
189.5%
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Stats (per 1% quality)
Weight
Superior
0.5% increased Attack Speed
50
Anomalous
3% increased Damage
100
Divergent
10% increased Evasion Rating while Moving
20
Item acquisition
Whirling Blades can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Whirling Blades 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
8
Dying AnguishDying Anguish8DisabledMoribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
A
8
The HookThe Hook8DisabledEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.
Random corruptedlevel 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
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. Shift click to unstack.
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:
If dual wielding when using Whirling Blades, you now attack with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Whirling Blades now has "When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% of Damage from each Weapon combined" at all gem levels..
Updated the targeting behaviour for Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%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. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined +0.6 seconds to Attack Time
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. in Controller Input mode to target monsters rather than location.
Improved the behaviour of some travel skills when repeated through Echoing Shrine or the Echoist modifier gained by killing monsters. Flame Dash, Whirling Blades and Dash now repeat in the same direction as the initial use. Shield Charge is now able to repeat, though only the larger area attack performed upon reaching your target is repeated. Attacking in place with Leap Slam now repeats in the same direction as the initial use.
Now uses weapon attack time +0.6 seconds, rather than overriding your base attack time. While base weapon speed will have some effect, this change is intended to reduce the travel speed difference between characters using weapons local attack speed modifiers and characters who are not.
Increased the attack time of Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%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. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined +0.6 seconds to Attack Time
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. by 18%. Its previous default attack time was 2.2 seconds. It is now 2.6 seconds.
QuickstepQuickstepSpell, Movement, Travel, Blink Level: 1 Cooldown Time: 10.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: 0.15 secPerforms a series of quick teleports towards a targeted location, stopping if you would overlap with monsters or terrain. If using the "Attack in Place" option, the direction is reversed. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills. Cannot be supported.200% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate if used while a Unique Enemy is in your Presence Quality has no effect This Spell's Cast Speed cannot be modified
Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Quality has no effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Whirling Blades is an attack skill for one-handed swords, daggers, and claws. The player dives in a target direction, dealing damage to enemies they pass through. It uses both weapons to deal damage if you are dual wielding.
Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
or 
Melee Splash SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
.
The Fox
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Dying Anguish
8DisabledMoribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
The Hook
8DisabledEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Faith Guard Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become a Faith Guard Effect.
Hasina Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become a Hasina Effect.
Ice Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become an Icy effect.
Illusionist Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Phantasmal Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become a Phantasmal Effect.
Purple Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become a purple effect.
Ringmaster Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades become a Ringmaster Effect.
