Whirling Blades - Path of Exile

Whirling Blades is an active skill gem.

Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. Only works with daggers, claws and one handed swords. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.

Attack, Movement, Travel, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 10 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100–150%. Requires Level 10.

+0.6 seconds to Attack Time

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

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Whirling Blades	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Whirling Blades	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous Whirling Blades	(0–60)% increased Damage	100
Divergent Whirling Blades	(0–200)% increased Evasion Rating while Moving	20

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Base Damage	Experience
1	10	18	12	100%	9,569
2	13	22	15	102.6%	28,189
3	17	27	19	105.3%	59,146
4	21	33	23	107.9%	111,192
5	25	38	26	110.5%	193,800
6	29	43	30	113.2%	320,280
7	33	49	34	115.8%	359,090
8	36	53	36	118.4%	498,508
9	39	56	39	121.1%	682,057
10	42	60	42	123.7%	921,777
11	45	64	45	126.3%	1,727,879
12	48	68	48	128.9%	1,791,769
13	51	72	50	131.6%	2,353,679
14	54	76	53	134.2%	3,070,912
15	57	80	56	136.8%	9,095,466
16	60	84	59	139.5%	16,039,890
17	63	88	61	142.1%	29,817,117
18	66	92	64	144.7%	62,895,056
19	68	95	66	147.4%	212,051,599
20	70	98	68	150%
21	72			152.6%
22	74			155.3%
23	76			157.9%
24	78			160.5%
25	80			163.2%
26	82			165.8%
27	84			168.4%
28	86			171.1%
29	88			173.7%
30	90			176.3%
31	91			177.6%
32	92			178.9%
33	93			180.3%
34	94			181.6%
35	95			182.9%
36	96			184.2%
37	97			185.5%
38	98			186.8%
39	99			188.2%
40	100			189.5%

Whirling Blades is an attack skill. The player dives in a target direction, dealing damage to enemies they pass through.

Skill functions and interactions

Movement: Whirling Blades is a movement skill that makes the player move in a straight path in the targeted direction, passing through any enemies and dealing damage to them, after which there is a brief recovery period during which the player cannot move or perform any actions. Enemies cannot be hit more than once with the same skill use. Whirling Blades has both a minimum distance, which can be achieved by aiming the cursor close to the player, and maximum distance, neither of which can be modified.

Use time: Both local and global attack speed modifiers, including the attack speed bonus for dual wielding, decrease Whirling Blades' use time accordingly. If the player uses Whirling Blades to move less than the maximum distance, or if the player collides with an object during the movement, the recovery period is shortened, such that the use time is less.

Dual wielding: While dual wielding, hits are dealt with either the main or off-hand weapon, chosen at random.

Multistrike: Whirling Blades cannot be supported by Multistrike Support or Melee Splash Support.

Venom Gyre: Caught returning projectiles from Venom Gyre spiral outwards when you use Whirling Blades and do not return.

Item acquisition

Whirling Blades can drop anywhere. Drop level: 10.

Recipes

Whirling Blades 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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
The Caged Brute 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 ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
The Caged Brute 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 Whirling Blades.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Venom Gyre Chance To Retain Projectile On Release 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Venom Gyre has a 25% chance to keep caught Projectiles fired by using Whirling Blades	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Whirling Blades Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Whirling Blades Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Whirling Blades Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Whirling Blades Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Whirling Blades Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Whirling Blades Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Whirling Blades Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Whirling Blades Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Whirling Blades has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Faith Guard Whirling Blades Effect	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Ice Whirling Blades Effect	Your Whirling Blades becomes an Icy effect.
Phantasmal Whirling Blades Effect	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Phantasmal Effect.
Purple Whirling Blades Effect	Your Whirling Blades becomes a purple effect.
Ringmaster Whirling Blades Effect	Your Whirling Blades becomes a Ringmaster Effect.