PoE Trap Skills: Blade Trap

PoE Trap Skill Gems

# Skill Gems Description Level Tag
1 Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Throws a trap that creates a large explosion when triggered, dealing spell damage in an area. A number of smaller explosions occur around this area in quick succession after the first. 1 Trap, Spell, AoE, Fire, Physical
2 Bear Trap Bear Trap Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage. 4 Trap, Spell, Duration, Physical
3 Blade Trap Blade Trap Throws a trap which, once triggered, swings two copies of your equipped Dagger, Claw or One Handed Sword around it in a circle, each repeatedly damaging enemies they spin through. 12 Trap, Attack, AoE
4 Fire Trap Fire Trap Throws a trap that explodes when triggered, dealing fire damage to surrounding enemies and leaving an area of burning ground that damages enemies who walk through it. 12 Trap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Fire
5 Flamethrower Trap Flamethrower Trap Throws a trap that releases a number of flames in different directions around it when triggered. The flames last for a duration, rotating around the trap and repeatedly dealing damage. Burning enemies are dealt more damage. 28 Trap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Fire
6 Ice Trap Ice Trap Throws a trap that creates a series of icy runic explosions when triggered, dealing cold damage to all enemies caught in the blasts. 28 Trap, Spell, AoE, Cold
7 Seismic Trap Seismic Trap Throws a trap which, once triggered, repeatedly releases a number of waves for a duration. Each wave deals damage in a series of small bursts in a line, ending with a larger burst. Modifiers to trap throwing speed affects how frequently it releases waves. 28 Trap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Physical
8 Conversion Trap Conversion Trap Throws a trap that, when triggered by an enemy, converts that enemy to your side for a short duration. Does not affect unique monsters or players. 4 Trap, Spell, Duration
9 Siphoning Trap Siphoning Trap Throws a trap that applies debuff beams to a number of nearby enemies for a duration. The beams chill enemies and deal cold damage over time. A beam is also applied to you, granting life and mana regeneration based on the number of debuff beams affecting enemies. 10 Trap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Cold
10 Lightning Trap Lightning Trap Throws a trap that launches a ring of projectiles through the enemy that set it off, dealing lightning damage to them and subsequent targets. 12 Trap, Critical, Spell, Projectile, Lightning
11 Vaal Lightning Trap Vaal Lightning Trap Throws a trap that launches a ring of projectiles through the enemy that set it off, dealing lightning damage to them and subsequent targets and leaving a trail of shocked ground. 12 Trap, Critical, Vaal, Spell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning
12 Summon Skitterbots Summon Skitterbots Summon a Chilling Skitterbot and a Shocking Skitterbot, which will trigger your traps and detonate your mines. Mines detonated by Skitterbots will re-arm and can then be detonated again. The Skitterbots grant you more trap and mine damage, and cannot be targeted or damaged. 16 Trap, Mine, Spell, Minion, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Aura
13 Lightning Spire Trap Lightning Spire Trap Throws a trap which, once triggered, will repeatedly strike multiple areas around it for a duration, dealing lightning damage. Modifiers to trap throwing speed will affect how frequently it strikes. Has a higher chance to critically strike Shocked enemies. 28 Trap, Critical, Spell, Duration, AoE, Lightning
14 Swift Assembly Support Swift Assembly Support Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines. 4 Support, Trap, Mine
15 Multiple Traps Support Multiple Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line. 8 Support, Trap
16 Trap Support Trap Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills. 8 Support, Trap
17 Trap and Mine Damage Support Trap and Mine Damage Support Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines. 18 Support, Trap, Mine
18 Charged Traps Support Charged Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps. 31 Critical, Support, Trap
19 Advanced Traps Support Advanced Traps Support Supports skills which throw traps. 31 Trap, Support
20 Cluster Traps Support Cluster Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps randomly around the targeted location. 38 Trap, Support

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Blade Trap

When you use Blade Trap Blade Trap, you throw out a mechanical device with two copies of your weapon attached. These blades spin rapidly in a circle a set number of times, dealing damage to anything they pass through.

Throws a trap which, once triggered, swings two copies of your equipped Dagger, Claw or One Handed Sword around it in a circle, each repeatedly damaging enemies they spin through.

Trap, Attack, AoE. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–20 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 76–96%. Requires Level 12.

  • Trap lasts 4 seconds
  • Rotates 4 times
  • 25% increased rotation speed if Dual Wielding
  • Rotates +1 times if Dual Wielding
  • +(0–6) to radius

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Blade Trap(0–30)% increased Critical Strike Chance100

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Related Gems

Blade Trap Build

Support Gems Description Requires Tag Popularity
Cluster Traps Support Cluster Traps Support Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps randomly around the targeted location. Level 38 Trap, Support 100%
Trap and Mine Damage Support Trap and Mine Damage Support Supports skills which throw Traps or Mines. Level 18 Support, Trap, Mine 96%
Immolate Support Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Level 38 Fire, Support 43%
Inspiration Support Inspiration Support Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges. Level 31 Support 43%
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills. Level 18 Attack, Support 39%
Increased Critical Strikes Support Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Level 8 Support 26%
Fire Penetration Support Fire Penetration Support
Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Level 31 Fire, Support 22%
Withering Touch Support Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills. Level 38 Chaos, Physical, Attack, Support, Duration 22%

PoE Blade Trap Build

There is about 0.2% of Path of Exile players use this gem as the main damage skill. Among those players, 96% are Saboteur.

It is a trap attack skill. Cluster Traps Support and Trap and Mine Damage Support are the best support gems.

To the best use of the Blade Trap skill, these skills are also recommended: Summon Skitterbots, Precision, Whirling Blades, Bear Trap.

For the Saboteur class, these passives are recommended: Acrobatics, Phase Acrobatics, Perfect Crime, Pyromaniac, Born in the Shadows, Wind Dancer, Chain Reaction.

For weapons, recommend choosing Dagger/ Dagger, or Dagger / Shield.

For attributes and defensive, here is an example of a Level 93 Saboteur character:

Name Value
Strength144
Dexterity347
Intelligence128
Life5173
Mana741
Energy shield53
Armour143
Evasion rating5722

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityCostBase Damage# to radiusExperience
11233876%015,249
21539877.1%041,517
31948978.1%181,983
423561079.2%1147,968
527641080.2%1250,557
631731181.3%2405,086
735811182.3%2447,718
838881283.4%2615,318
941941384.4%3834,639
10441001485.5%31,570,760
11471061486.5%31,633,987
12501131587.6%42,151,030
13531191688.6%42,812,189
14561251689.7%45,099,360
15591321790.7%59,400,731
16621381891.8%515,273,366
17641421892.8%526,286,582
18661461993.9%662,890,590
19681511994.9%6212,046,017
20701552096%6
21722097.1%7
22742198.1%7
23762199.2%7
247821100.2%8
258022101.3%8
268223102.3%8
278423103.4%9
288623104.4%9
298824105.5%9
309024106.5%10
319126107.1%10
329226107.6%10
339327108.1%10
349427108.6%10
359528109.2%10
369629109.7%11
379729110.2%11
389830110.7%11
399930111.3%11
4010031111.8%11

PoE Blade Trap Skill Build 3.15

When you use Blade Trap Blade Trap, you throw out a mechanical device with two copies of your weapon attached. These blades spin rapidly in a circle a set number of times, dealing damage to anything they pass through. When dual-wielding, the trap rotates faster but deals damage based on both weapons.

Because it’s a trap, Blade Trap Blade Trap behaves a little differently to other attack skills by operating independently of your attack speed. This means you’ll have some interesting itemisation choices to make in focusing more on damage modifiers rather than the typical focus of maximising attack speed.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Weapon Stats: It uses weapon stats, however, it ignores attack speed.
  • Hit Rate: Each rotation hits two times per rotation for a total of 8 hits by default or 10 while dual wielding. Enchantment can increase this by one for a total of 12 hits per trap.
  • Accuracy: Since this skill is considered an attack, it is affected by accuracy and therefore needed to hit consistently.
  • MTX: Weapon effects affect the visual on this skill.

Item acquisition

Blade Trap can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Blade Trap can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
7 Deathly Designs Random corrupted level 21 Trap gem with 23% quality
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Blade Trap.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Blade Trap Additional Rotation 75 Eternal Labyrinth Blade Trap rotates +1 times helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Blade Trap Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Blade Trap Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Blade Trap Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Blade Trap Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Blade Trap Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Blade Trap Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Blade Trap Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Blade Trap Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0