PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Blade Blast

Overview

Deals spell damage in a targeted area. Each time this spell deals damage, it will detonate any of your Lingering Blades it touches, dealing damage again in an area around them. Up to 50 Blades can be detonated this way.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
16
Cast time
0.5 sec

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Intruders in BlackShadow11

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

Mechanics at a glance

  • Base radius is 1.5 metres
  • Deals 11 to 17 Physical Damage
At 20% quality

Base radius is 0.1 metres

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Area, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, Damage, Triggerable, Multicastable, Cascadable, Can Rapid Fire, Area Spell, Physical
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
Can be supported
Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Compatible support gems 97

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportTrap SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportSpell Totem SupportBlastchain Mine SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportSpell Echo SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast on Death SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Stunned SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportArcane Surge SupportSpell Cascade SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportIntensify SupportUnleash SupportHigh-Impact Mine SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Spell Cascade SupportAwakened Spell Echo SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportAwakened Unleash SupportArchmage SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSacrifice SupportSadism SupportGreater Spell Cascade SupportGreater Spell Echo SupportCull the Weak SupportFrostmage SupportGreater Devour SupportGreater Unleash SupportUnholy Trinity SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1166 Mana10%70%Deals 11 to 17 Physical Damage49,7250
2206 Mana10%70%Deals 15 to 23 Physical Damage95,71449,725
3247 Mana10%70%Deals 20 to 31 Physical Damage169,595145,439
4288 Mana10%70%Deals 27 to 40 Physical Damage199,345315,034
5319 Mana10%70%Deals 33 to 49 Physical Damage285,815514,379
6349 Mana10%70%Deals 40 to 59 Physical Damage401,344800,194
73710 Mana10%70%Deals 48 to 71 Physical Damage554,3791,201,538
84011 Mana10%70%Deals 57 to 86 Physical Damage755,0491,755,917
94311 Mana10%70%Deals 69 to 103 Physical Damage1,016,5332,510,966
104612 Mana10%70%Deals 82 to 123 Physical Damage1,898,6023,527,499
114912 Mana10%70%Deals 97 to 146 Physical Damage1,964,0195,426,101
125213 Mana10%70%Deals 116 to 173 Physical Damage2,573,7317,390,120
135513 Mana10%70%Deals 137 to 205 Physical Damage4,676,4399,963,851
145814 Mana10%70%Deals 162 to 242 Physical Damage3,017,32714,640,290
156014 Mana10%70%Deals 180 to 271 Physical Damage7,823,00117,657,617
166215 Mana10%70%Deals 201 to 302 Physical Damage15,264,20825,480,618
176415 Mana10%70%Deals 224 to 336 Physical Damage26,272,84540,744,826
186616 Mana10%70%Deals 250 to 375 Physical Damage62,872,27467,017,671
196816 Mana10%70%Deals 278 to 417 Physical Damage212,023,122129,889,945
207016 Mana10%70%Deals 309 to 464 Physical Damage—341,913,067
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217217 Mana10%70%Deals 343 to 515 Physical Damage——
227417 Mana10%70%Deals 382 to 572 Physical Damage——
237618 Mana10%70%Deals 424 to 635 Physical Damage——
247818 Mana10%70%Deals 470 to 705 Physical Damage——
258018 Mana10%70%Deals 521 to 782 Physical Damage——
268219 Mana10%70%Deals 578 to 867 Physical Damage——
278419 Mana10%70%Deals 640 to 960 Physical Damage——
288619 Mana10%70%Deals 709 to 1063 Physical Damage——
298820 Mana10%70%Deals 785 to 1177 Physical Damage——
309020 Mana10%70%Deals 868 to 1302 Physical Damage——
319120 Mana10%70%Deals 913 to 1370 Physical Damage——
329220 Mana10%70%Deals 960 to 1441 Physical Damage——
339321 Mana10%70%Deals 1010 to 1515 Physical Damage——
349421 Mana10%70%Deals 1062 to 1593 Physical Damage——
359521 Mana10%70%Deals 1116 to 1674 Physical Damage——
369621 Mana10%70%Deals 1174 to 1760 Physical Damage——
379721 Mana10%70%Deals 1234 to 1850 Physical Damage——
389822 Mana10%70%Deals 1296 to 1945 Physical Damage——
399922 Mana10%70%Deals 1363 to 2044 Physical Damage——
4010022 Mana10%70%Deals 1432 to 2148 Physical Damage——

Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%Base radius is 0.03 metres
10%Base radius is 0.05 metres
15%Base radius is 0.07 metres
20%Base radius is 0.1 metres
23%Base radius is 0.11 metres
30%Base radius is 0.15 metres

Alternate effects 3

Sawblade Blast Effect

Your Blade Blast becomes a Sawblade Effect.

Illusionist Blade Blast Effect

Your Blade Blast becomes an Illusionist Effect.

Void Emperor Blade Blast Effect

Your Blade Blast becomes a Void Emperor Effect.

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