Bladefall - Path of Exile

Bladefall Bladefall is an active skill gem.

Ethereal weapons rain from the sky, dealing damage to enemies in a sequence of volleys, each wider but less damaging than the last. Enemies can be hit multiple times where these overlap.

Critical, Spell, AoE, Physical, Duration. Level: 1–20. Cost: 12–23 Mana. Cast Time: 0.70 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%. AoE Length: 12. AoE Radius: 44+6/stage. Requires Level 28.

  • Deals (43–595) to (65–893) Physical Damage
  • Base duration is 6 seconds
  • Leaves a Lingering Blade in the ground for every Volley
  • 5 Volleys
  • Leaves 50% fewer Lingering Blades in the ground if you don"t Cast this Spell yourself
  • 100% increased Critical Strike Chance
  • 6% less Damage per Volley
  • 20% reduced Critical Strike Chance per Volley
  • Maximum 40 Lingering Blades can be left in the ground at a time

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Bladefall(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityCostDeals 43 to 65 Physical DamageExperience
128671243, 65199,345
231731354, 80285,815
334791466, 99401,344
437851580, 121554,379
540921598, 147477,437
6429616111, 167583,786
74410016126, 189710,359
84610417143, 2151,355,511
94810917162, 2431,138,877
105011318183, 2751,368,233
115211718207, 3101,638,338
125412119233, 3501,956,648
135612519263, 3953,655,184
145813020296, 4453,017,327
156013420334, 5007,759,995
166213821375, 56315,138,193
176414221421, 63226,083,825
186614622473, 71062,620,247
196815122531, 796211,708,088
207015523595, 893
217224667, 1000
227424747, 1120
237625836, 1254
247825935, 1402
2580261045, 1568
2682261168, 1752
2784271304, 1956
2886271456, 2184
2988281625, 2437
3090281812, 2719
3191281914, 2871
3292292021, 3031
3393292133, 3200
3494292252, 3378
3595292377, 3566
3696302509, 3764
3797302648, 3972
3898302795, 4192
3999302949, 4423
40100313111, 4667

Bladefall is a physical spell that causes ethereal blades to rain from the sky, dealing damage to enemies in a sequence of volleys, each wider but less damaging than the last. Enemies can be hit multiple times where these overlap.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Waves: Casting the spell summons five cascading waves of blades, with each wave dealing damage once (6% less damage per wave after the first), and each falling one wave's width further than the last (there is no space in between waves where damage is not dealt). Enemies can be knocked back by this skill or others, allowing for the possibility of multiple hits. The first wave of the spell will always fall where the player points the cursor on cast.
  • Lingering Blades: Each wave of Bladefall leaves behind a Lingering Blade on the ground. These blades can be detonated with Blade Blast or animated with Animate Weapon. Lingering Blades have a duration of 6 seconds. Bladefall will leave 50% less blades if the skill is not directly cast (e.g. Cast On Critical Strike Support).
  • Physical spell: Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Bladefall is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way. Because Bladefall deals physical damage, it can be boosted by support gems and passive skills that are more commonly used to modify attacks, such as the Added Fire Damage Support gem or the Hatred aura. Bladefall is one of several skills that work in this manner, some others beingEthereal Knives, Shockwave Totem, and Blade Vortex.
  • Area of effect: Increases and reductions to area of effect apply to the area of each volley and their spacing. Increasing area of effect will increase total coverage but potentially lower overlap on one enemy. Reducing area of effect can increase DPS due to the constant size of enemy hitboxes.

Item acquisition

Bladefall can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Bladefall can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3		 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Bladefall.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Bladefall Additional Volley 75 Eternal Labyrinth Bladefall has an additional Volley helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Critical Strike Chance 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 60% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Critical Strike Chance 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 90% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Bladefall Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Bladefall Damage helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Bladefall Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Bladefall Area of Effect helmet 75
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Bladefall has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Demonic Bladefall Effect Your Bladefall gains a demonic effect.
Falling Sawblades Effect Your Bladefall becomes a Sawblade Effect.
Golden Bladefall Effect Your Bladefall becomes a rain of golden blades.
Illusionist Bladefall Effect Your Bladefall becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Void Emperor Bladefall Effect Your Bladefall becomes a Void Emperor Effect.