Whirling Blades

Whirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 ManaRequires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. Only works with daggers, claws and one handed swords. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed3% increased Damage10% increased Evasion Rating while MovingDeals (100-120)% of Base Attack Damage
+0.6 seconds to Attack TimePlace 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/SkillGemWhirlingBlades

Whirling Blades is an attack skill. The player dives in a target direction, dealing damage to enemies they pass through.

Skill functions and interactions

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.

Dual wielding: While dual wielding, hits are dealt with either the main or off-hand weapon, chosen at random.

Multistrike: Whirling Blades cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 160%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
Supported Skills deal (20-10)% less Attack 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 Active 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: 140%
Radius: 14Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 1% increased Melee DamageSupported Skills deal -2% less Damage to surrounding targetsSupported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	18	0	0	0%	0%	0	100%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	100%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
2	13	22	0	15	0%	0%	0	101%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	101.1%	0.00 sec	0%	9569	9569
3	17	27	0	19	0%	0%	0	102%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	102.1%	0.00 sec	0%	28189	37758
4	21	33	0	23	0%	0%	0	103%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	103.2%	0.00 sec	0%	59146	96904
5	25	38	0	26	0%	0%	0	104%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	104.2%	0.00 sec	0%	111192	208096
6	29	43	0	30	0%	0%	0	105%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	105.3%	0.00 sec	0%	193800	401896
7	33	49	0	34	0%	0%	0	106%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	106.3%	0.00 sec	0%	320280	722176
8	36	52	0	36	0%	0%	0	107%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	107.4%	0.00 sec	0%	359090	1081266
9	39	56	0	39	0%	0%	0	108%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	108.4%	0.00 sec	0%	498508	1579774
10	42	60	0	42	0%	0%	0	109%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	109.5%	0.00 sec	0%	682057	2261831
11	45	64	0	45	0%	0%	0	111%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	110.5%	0.00 sec	0%	921777	3183608
12	48	68	0	48	0%	0%	0	112%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	111.6%	0.00 sec	0%	1727879	4911487
13	51	72	0	50	0%	0%	0	113%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	112.6%	0.00 sec	0%	1791769	6703256
14	54	76	0	53	0%	0%	0	114%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	113.7%	0.00 sec	0%	2353679	9056935
15	57	80	0	56	0%	0%	0	115%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	114.7%	0.00 sec	0%	3070912	12127847
16	60	84	0	59	0%	0%	0	116%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	115.8%	0.00 sec	0%	9095466	21223313
17	63	88	0	61	0%	0%	0	117%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	116.8%	0.00 sec	0%	16039890	37263203
18	66	92	0	64	0%	0%	0	118%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	117.9%	0.00 sec	0%	29817117	67080320
19	68	95	0	66	0%	0%	0	119%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	118.9%	0.00 sec	0%	62895056	129975376
20	70	98	0	68	0%	0%	0	120%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	120%	0.00 sec	0%	212051599	342026975
21	72	100	0	70	0%	0%	0	121%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	121.1%	0.00 sec	0%	-342026975	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	122%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	122.1%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	123%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	123.2%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	124%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	124.2%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	125%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	125.3%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	126%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	126.3%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	127%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	127.4%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	128%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	128.4%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	129%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	129.5%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	131%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	130.5%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	131%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	131.1%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	132%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	131.6%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	132%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	132.1%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	133%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	132.6%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	133%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	133.2%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	134%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	133.7%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	134%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	134.2%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	135%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	134.7%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	135%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	135.3%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	136%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	135.8%	0.00 sec	0%	0	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Whirling Blades. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Whirling Blades has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Faith Guard Whirling Blades EffectFaith Guard Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes a Faith Guard Effect.	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Ice Whirling Blades EffectIce Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes an Icy effect.	Your Whirling Blades becomes an Icy effect.
Phantasmal Whirling Blades EffectPhantasmal Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes a Phantasmal Effect.	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Phantasmal Effect.
Purple Whirling Blades EffectPurple Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes a purple effect.	Your Whirling Blades becomes a purple effect.
Ringmaster Whirling Blades EffectRingmaster Whirling Blades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Whirling Blades becomes a Ringmaster Effect.	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Ringmaster 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%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 100% at gem level 1 (from 80%), up to 120% at gem level 20 (from 99%). Now has a mana cost of 10 at all gem levels (from 15).
3.6.0	Can now affect up to 40 targets per attack (from 20).
3.5.0	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.
2.3.0	Increased the attack time of Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 ManaRequires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. Only works with daggers, claws and one handed swords. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed3% increased Damage10% increased Evasion Rating while MovingDeals (100-120)% of Base Attack Damage +0.6 seconds to Attack TimePlace 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.
2.2.0	Whirling Blades is now 10% slower.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
2.0.0	Skill speed increased by 29%.
1.0.0	Reduced the mana cost.
0.10.0	Damage effectiveness increased from 60% to 80%.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%.
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Whirling Blades would always get Critical Strikes.
0.9.12	Whirling Blades now checks Evasion properly, rather than always hitting.
0.9.10	Fixed two problems that prevented Whirling Blades from hitting its targets correctly.
0.9.9	Whirling Blades has been added to the game.