Vaal Blade Vortex PoE Build, Support Gems

Vaal Blade Vortex Vaal Blade Vortex is a Vaal skill gem that creates a vortex of blades that rapidly deal physical damage. The vortex will home in on enemies while it lasts.

Creates an independently-moving vortex of ethereal blades which lasts for a duration. The vortex moves toward nearby enemies, repeatedly damaging enemies that it passes through.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.

Critical, Spell, AoE, Duration, Vaal, Physical. Level: 1–20. Souls Per Use: 30. Can Store 2 Use. Soul Gain Prevention: 6 sec. Cast Time: 0.80 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%. AoE Radius: 15. Requires Level 12. Level: 1–40. Cost: 6–22 Mana. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (11–276) to (17–413) Physical Damage
  • Base duration is 5 seconds
  • Hits Enemies every 0.2 Seconds
  • Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill"s Soul Gain Prevention
  • +(8–12) to radius
  • 100% increased Critical Strike Chance
  • Has 10 blades
  • CorruptedDeals (3–619) to (5–929) Physical Damage
  • Base duration is 4 seconds
  • +(0–4) to radius
  • 35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
  • 35% more Damage for each blade
  • Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
  • 10% increased Critical Strike Chance for each blade
  • action ignores crit tracking [1]
  • base skill show average damage instead of dps [1]
  • damage originates from initiator location [1]
  • is area damage [1]
  • skill can add multiple charges per action [1]
  • skill cannot gain repeat bonuses [1]

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Vaal Blade Vortex(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityDeals 11 to 17 Physical Damage+8 to radiusExperience
1123311, 17815,249
2153914, 21841,517
3194819, 28881,983
4235624, 368147,968
5276431, 479250,557
6317339, 599405,086
7358149, 749447,718
8388858, 879615,318
9419468, 10210834,639
104410079, 119101,570,760
114710692, 138101,633,987
1250113107, 161102,151,030
1353119124, 186112,812,189
1456125144, 215115,099,360
1559132166, 248119,400,731
1662138191, 2861115,273,366
1764142209, 3141226,286,582
1866146230, 3441262,890,590
1968151252, 37712212,046,017
2070155276, 41312
2172302, 45213
2274330, 49513
2376361, 54113
2478394, 59113
2580430, 64514
2682470, 70414
2784512, 76814
2886559, 83814
2988609, 91315
3090663, 99515
3191692, 103915
3292723, 108415
3393754, 113115
3494787, 118015
3595821, 123115
3696856, 128416
3797893, 133916
3898931, 139716
3999971, 145716
401001013, 151916
LevelRequires LevelCostDeals 3 to 5 Physical Damage# to radiusExperience
11263, 50
21564, 60
31975, 80
42387, 110
527910, 150
631913, 190
7351016, 250
8381120, 301
9411124, 361
10441229, 431
11471235, 521
12501341, 621
13531349, 741
14561458, 881
15591469, 1042
16621582, 1232
17641592, 1382
186616103, 1542
196816114, 1722
207016128, 1912
217217142, 2142
227417159, 2383
237618177, 2653
247818197, 2953
258018219, 3283
268219243, 3653
278419270, 4053
288619300, 4503
298820333, 5004
309020370, 5554
319120390, 5844
329220410, 6164
339321432, 6484
349421455, 6834
359521479, 7194
369621505, 7574
379721531, 7974
389822559, 8394
399922589, 8834
4010022619, 9294

Item acquisition

Vaal Blade Vortex has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Blade Vortex can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Vaal Blade Vortex can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
9 Volatile Power Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Blade Vortex:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Blade Vortex.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Blade Vortex has +2% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Crit Multi Per Blade 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Blade Vortex has +3% to Critical Strike Multiplier for each blade helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Blade Vortex Spell Damage helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% increased Blade Vortex Duration helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Duration 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 30% increased Blade Vortex Duration helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect helmet 75
default 0
Enchantment Blade Vortex Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Blade Vortex Area of Effect helmet 75
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Blade Vortex has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Demonic Blade Vortex Your Blade Vortex becomes a black and red demonic vortex.
Illusionist Blade Vortex Effect Your Blade Vortex becomes an Illusionist Effect.
Sawblade Blade Vortex Your Blade Vortex becomes a Sawblade Effect.
Transcendence Blade Vortex Effect Your Blade Vortex becomes a Transcendence Effect.

PoE Vaal Blade Vortex Build

1. Character: 100 Occultist

Life: 4967 Strength: 210
Energy Shield: 436 Dexterity: 164
Mana: 2332 Intelligence: 308
Evasion Rating: 1160 Charges: E: 4 / F: 4 / P: 6
Armour: 2816

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Blade Vortex Blade Vortex. DPS: 529k.

Damage types:

  • Fire: 56%
  • Chaos: 23%
  • Physical: 13%
  • Lightning: 4%
  • Cold: 4%

Vaal Blade Vortex Support Gems:

  • Empower Empower Support(Red): 85%
  • Inspiration Support(Red): 84%
  • Awakened Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support(Blue): 78%
  • Awakened Unleash Unleash Support(Blue): 73%
  • Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 69%
  • Physical to Lightning Physical to Lightning Support(Blue): 28%
  • Unleash Unleash Support(Blue): 22%
  • Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 21%
  • Awakened Added Fire Damage Added Fire Damage Support(Red): 12%
  • Power Charge On Critical Power Charge On Critical Support(Blue): 10%
  • Hypothermia Hypothermia Support(Green): 4%
  • Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support(Blue): 3%
  • Intensify Intensify Support(Blue): 2%
  • Awakened Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support(Green): 2%

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3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Weapon: Vaal Blade Vortex Vaal Blade Vortex (Green) (21 / 23), Awakened Added Fire Damage Added Fire Damage Support (Red) (6 / 21), Inspiration Support (Red) (21 / 20), Empower Empower Support (Red) (4), Awakened Unleash Unleash Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Awakened Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support (Blue) (5 / 20),

Body Armour: Herald of Ash Herald of Ash (Red) (21 / 20), Flame Dash Flame Dash (Blue) (20 / 20), Enlighten Enlighten Support (Blue) (4), Anger Anger (Red) (21 / 23), Phase Run Phase Run (Green) (20 / 15),

Gloves: Temporal Chains Temporal Chains (Green) (20 / 23), Awakened Curse On Hit Curse On Hit Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Vaal Grace Vaal Grace (Green) (21 / 23), Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder (Blue) (20 / 20),

Helmet: Withering Step (Green) (8 / 20), Immortal Call Immortal Call (Red) (4 / 20), Wave of Conviction Wave of Conviction (Blue) (7 / 20), Cast when Damage Taken Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (3 / 20),

4. Passive Skill Build

Vaal Blade Vortex Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Profane Bloom: 100%
  • Malediction: 100%
  • Forbidden Power: 98%
  • Vile Bastion: 89%
  • Void Beacon: 10%
  • Pain Attunement: 8%
  • Acrobatics: 8%
  • Phase Acrobatics: 7%
  • Zealot’s Oath: 2%
  • Withering Presence: 2%
  • Mind Over Matter: 1%

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: Skull Suit Gladiator Plate

Weapon: Blood Fletch Recurve Bow

Offhand Weapon: The Signal Fire The Signal Fire Fire Arrow Quiver

Helmet: Crown of the Inward Eye Prophet Crown

Gloves: Shackles of the Wretched Shackles of the Wretched Chain Chain Gloves

Boots: Kaom’s Roots Kaom’s Roots Titan Greaves

Belt: Headhunter Headhunter Leather Belt

Amulet: Solstice Vigil Solstice Vigil Onyx Amulet

Ring: Circle of Anguish Circle of Anguish Synthesised Ruby Ring, Gloom Gyre Topaz Ring

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