Spectral Helix PoE Build

Spectral Helix Spectral Helix throws out a spectral copy of your weapon which spirals outwards from you.

Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It spins around while flying in a large spiral, damaging enemies in its path, and bouncing if it collides with walls.

Attack, Projectile. Level: 1–20. Cost: 7–9 Mana. Attack Speed: 110% of base. Attack Damage: 100–150% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100–150%. Requires Level 12.

  • Bounces up to 3 times
    Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of Bounces
  • Spirals through 4.25 rotations

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Spectral Helix(0–10)% increased Attack Speed100

PoE 3.20 Changes

Spectral Helix
Modified
  • New: Attack Damage 150% of base
  • Old: Attack Damage 250% of base
  • New: Effectiveness of Added Damage 150%
  • Old: Effectiveness of Added Damage 250%

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Related Gems

Path of Exile Spectral Helix Build

Support Gems Description Requires
Level
Tag Popularity
Inspiration Support Inspiration Support Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges. 31 Support 80%
Nightblade Support Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions. 18 Attack, Support 77%
Trinity Support Trinity Support Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions. 18 Support 60%
Increased Critical Strikes Support Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. 8 Support 52%
Added Lightning Damage Support Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. 8 Lightning, Support 48%
Added Cold Damage Support Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. 8 Cold, Support 42%
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills. 18 Attack, Support 37%
Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. 31 Cold, Support 18%

PoE Spectral Helix Raider Build

There are about 1.1% of Path of Exile players use this gem as the main damage skill. Among those players, 83% players are Raider.

This is an attack skill. Therefore, Inspiration Support, Nightblade Support, and Trinity Support are recommended to support its damage. You can also add Critical Strikes by using Increased Critical Strikes Support, add lightning damage by using Added Lightning Damage Support, add cold damage by using Added Cold Damage Support. Here is an example of a Level 96 Raider, Spectral Helix(455k): Lightning(53%) + Fire(32%) + Cold(13%) + Physical(1%) + Chaos(1%).

Other skills are also recommended: Precision, Blood Rage, Whirling Blades, Ancestral Protector, Steelskin, Herald of Ice, Anger, and Dash.

For Raider players, these passives skills are recommended: Acrobatics, Phase Acrobatics, Quartz Infusion, Avatar of the Veil, Wind Dancer, Rapid Assault, and Avatar of the Chase.

Claw / Shield is the best choice for your weapon.

For attributes and defensive, the following is a level 96 Raider character example:

Name Value
Strength266
Dexterity382
Intelligence186
Life6080
Mana865
Energy shield439
Armour30
Evasion rating17106

PoE Spectral Helix Skill Build 3.15

Spectral Helix Spectral Helix throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon which spirals outward from you, dealing damage to any enemies it passes through.

The design of this skill achieves what we had always wanted Vaal Spectral Throw Vaal Spectral Throw to be. We thought it was a really fun idea for a skill but because of the limitations caused by the soul-gathering requirements of Vaal Skills, it wasn’t possible to use Vaal Spectral Throw as a primary skill.

Now that Spectral Helix can live up to this purpose, we’ve reworked Vaal Spectral Throw, which we’ll reveal closer to release.

One of the other issues that Vaal Spectral Throw had was that it didn’t work very well in indoors areas. However, Spectral Helix improves upon this as the projectiles that spiral outwards can also bounce off of walls and proceed to hit enemies, rather than simply disappearing upon collision.

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthDexterityCostBase DamageExperience
11214217160%15,249
21517257164.7%41,517
31921307169.5%81,983
42324357174.2%147,968
52728417178.9%250,557
63132467183.7%405,086
73536518188.4%447,718
83838558193.2%615,318
94141598197.9%834,639
104444638202.6%1,570,760
114747678207.4%1,633,987
125049718212.1%2,151,030
135352758216.8%2,812,189
145655799221.6%5,099,360
155958839226.3%9,400,731
166260879231.1%15,273,366
176462909235.8%26,286,582
186664929240.5%62,890,590
196866959245.3%212,046,017
207068989250%
217210254.7%
227410259.5%
237610264.2%
247810268.9%
258010273.7%
268210278.4%
278410283.2%
288610287.9%
298810292.6%
309010297.4%
319111299.7%
329211302.1%
339311304.5%
349411306.8%
359511309.2%
369611311.6%
379711313.9%
389812316.3%
399912318.7%
4010012321.1%

Spectral Helix is an attack skill. It throws the current melee weapon, making it spin in a large spiral, damaging enemies in its path. If the weapon collides with walls, it bounces a number of times.

Skill Functions and Interactions

  • Sniper's Mark - Projectiles that hit the marked enemy have their behavior overridden by the mark, they no longer spiral.
  • Fork/Chain/Pierce - As the projectile will inherently pierce enemies, Fork and Chain will have no effect.
  • Additional Projectiles - Sources of additional projectiles, such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support or the Deadeye passive Endless Munitions, do not increase the number of projectiles thrown. Rather, they add to the number of times a projectile will bounce off surfaces.

Item acquisition

Spectral Helix can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Spectral Helix can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1

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

Gem quality

Type Stats (per 1% quality) Weight
Superior 0.5% increased Attack Speed 100
Anomalous 1% increased Projectile Speed 50
Divergent Bounces up to 0.1 times
Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to the number of Bounces
50

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Spectral Helix.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Spectral Helix Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Spectral Helix Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Helix Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Spectral Helix Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Helix Extra Rotation 75 Eternal Labyrinth Spectral Helix Projectile spirals through +1 rotations helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Helix Projectile Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% increased Spectral Helix Projectile Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Helix Projectile Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 30% increased Spectral Helix Projectile Speed helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Spectral Helix has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Nightfall Spectral Helix Effect Your Spectral Helix becomes a Nightfall Effect.