Skill

Active

Blade Vortex

Overview

This spell creates ethereal blades which orbit in an area around you, dealing damage every 0.6 seconds to all enemies in their radius. As more blades are added, the damage becomes greater and more frequent.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Green
Attribute: Dexterity
Drop level: 12
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.

Quest	Classes	Amount	Reward item level
The Siren's Cadence	Shadow	1	1
The Siren's Cadence	Scion	1	1

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.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

+30% increased Hit Rate for each blade
30% more Damage for each blade
Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
Base duration is 4 seconds
Deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage

At 20% quality

+5% increased Hit Rate for each blade

Acquisition

The Siren's CadenceAct 1 quest reward · Shadow The Siren's CadenceAct 1 quest reward · Scion

Related gem versions 2

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

Blade Vortex of the Scythe

Vaal Blade Vortex

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Totem Casts Alone, 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.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	12	6 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage	15,249	0
2	15	6 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 4 to 6 Physical Damage	41,517	15,249
3	19	7 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 6 to 9 Physical Damage	81,983	56,766
4	23	8 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 8 to 12 Physical Damage	147,968	138,749
5	27	9 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 11 to 16 Physical Damage	250,557	286,717
6	31	9 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 14 to 21 Physical Damage	405,086	537,274
7	35	10 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 18 to 27 Physical Damage	447,718	942,360
8	38	11 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 22 to 33 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	615,318	1,390,078
9	41	11 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 26 to 40 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	834,639	2,005,396
10	44	12 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 32 to 48 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	1,570,760	2,840,035
11	47	12 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 38 to 57 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	1,633,987	4,410,795
12	50	13 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 45 to 68 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	2,151,030	6,044,782
13	53	13 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 54 to 81 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	2,812,189	8,195,812
14	56	14 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 64 to 96 Physical Damage +0.1 metres to radius	5,099,360	11,008,001
15	59	14 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 76 to 114 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	9,400,731	16,107,361
16	62	15 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 90 to 135 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	15,273,366	25,508,092
17	64	15 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 101 to 151 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	26,286,582	40,781,458
18	66	16 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 113 to 169 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	62,890,590	67,068,040
19	68	16 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 126 to 189 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	212,046,017	129,958,630
20	70	16 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 140 to 211 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	—	342,004,647

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	17 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 157 to 235 Physical Damage +0.2 metres to radius	—	—
22	74	17 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 174 to 262 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
23	76	18 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 194 to 291 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
24	78	18 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 216 to 324 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
25	80	18 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 241 to 361 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
26	82	19 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 267 to 401 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
27	84	19 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 297 to 446 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
28	86	19 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 330 to 495 Physical Damage +0.3 metres to radius	—	—
29	88	20 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 367 to 550 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
30	90	20 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 407 to 610 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
31	91	20 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 429 to 643 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
32	92	20 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 451 to 677 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
33	93	21 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 475 to 713 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
34	94	21 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 501 to 751 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
35	95	21 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 527 to 791 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
36	96	21 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 555 to 832 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
37	97	21 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 584 to 876 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
38	98	22 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 615 to 923 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
39	99	22 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 647 to 971 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—
40	100	22 Mana	10%	30%	Deals 681 to 1022 Physical Damage +0.4 metres to radius	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	+1.25% increased Hit Rate for each blade
10%	+2.5% increased Hit Rate for each blade
15%	+3.75% increased Hit Rate for each blade
20%	+5% increased Hit Rate for each blade
23%	+5.75% increased Hit Rate for each blade
30%	+7.5% increased Hit Rate for each blade

Blade Vortex

Overview

Properties

Quest reward sources

Compare gem levels and variants

Mechanics at a glance

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Compatibility inputs

Compatible support gems 93

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Quality progression

Alternate effects 5

Demonic Blade Vortex

Sawblade Blade Vortex

Illusionist Blade Vortex Effect

Transcendence Blade Vortex Effect

Hasina Blade Vortex Effect