Bladefall

BladefallSpell, AoE, Physical, Duration
Radius: 12
Mana Cost: (12-23)
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Ethereal 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.Per 1% Quality:1230.5% increased Area of Effect1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit2% increased distance between VolleysBase duration is 6 seconds
Deals (44-411) to (66-617) Physical Damage
6% less Damage per Volley
100% increased Critical Strike Chance
20% reduced Critical Strike Chance per Volley
5 Volleys
Leaves a Lingering Blade in the ground for every Volley
Maximum 40 Lingering Blades can be left in the ground at a time
Leaves 50% fewer Lingering Blades in the ground if you don't Cast this Spell yourselfPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Purchase Costs

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1x Orb of Chance

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBladefall

Bladefall is a spell. It creates a rain of weapons in an area, dealing physical 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

• Lingering Blades: Each wave of Bladefall leaves behind a Lingering Blade on the ground. These blades can be detonated with Blade BlastBlade BlastSpell, AoE, Physical
  Mana Cost: (6-16)
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 16Deals spell damage in a targeted area. When this spell deals damage, if your Lingering Blades or Blade Vortex blades are nearby, it will detonate them, dealing damage again in an area around them. Up to 50 Blades can be detonated this way.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of Effect+0.5% to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier0.5% chance to Impale on Spell Hit0.5% increased Cast SpeedDeals (13-279) to (20-418) Physical Damage
  20% more Area of Effect per Blade Vortex blade detonated
  Unnerve Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit
  +(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or animated with Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical
  Mana Cost: (4-12)
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets unless specifically targeted. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Per 1% Quality:1234Minions have 1% increased Movement SpeedMinions have 0.5% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit1% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copyMinions deal 0 to 5 Added Lightning DamageBase duration is 40 seconds
  Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100)
  Minions deal (10-48)% more Damage
  Minions have (10-48)% more Attack Speed
  Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage
  Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons
  Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Lingering Blades have a duration of 6 seconds.

• Spell Damage: 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. Bladefall is one of several skills that work in this manner, the others include Ethereal KnivesEthereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical, Duration
  Mana Cost: (5-20)
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
  Projectile Speed: 1300Fires an arc of knives in front of the caster which deals physical damage.Per 1% Quality:1231% increased Projectile SpeedFires 0.1 additional Projectiles0.5% chance to Impale on Spell HitBase duration is 6 seconds
  Deals (7-633) to (10-949) Physical Damage
  Fires 9 additional Projectiles
  Maximum 40 Lingering Blades can be left in the ground at a time
  Leaves a Lingering Blade in the ground for every 3 Projectiles fired
  Leaves 50% fewer Lingering Blades in the ground if you don't Cast this Spell yourself
  (0-19)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemTotem, Spell, AoE, Physical, Nova
  Radius: 24
  Mana Cost: (21-39)
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Summons a totem that shakes the earth around it, knocking back and damaging nearby enemiesPer 1% Quality:12341% increased totem life1% increased Totem Placement speed
  0.5% increased Cast Speed2% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hitDeals (33-362) to (65-672) Physical Damage
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  25% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Blade VortexBlade VortexSpell, AoE, Duration, Physical
  Radius: 15
  Mana Cost: (6-16)
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 25%Requires Level 12This 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.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of Effect0.02% of Damage Leeched as Life1% chance to create an additional Blade3% increased Damage while you have 5 or fewer BladesDeals (3-101) to (5-151) Physical Damage
  Base duration is 5 seconds
  Can have up to 10 active spinning blades
  10% increased Critical Strike Chance for each blade
  35% increased Hit Rate for each blade
  35% more Damage for each blade
  +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

• Physical Damage: 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 SupportAdded Fire Damage SupportFire, Physical, Support
  Icon: F
  Mana Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire DamageSupported Skills deal 1% reduced Fire Damage
  Supported Skills have +1% to Fire Damage over Time MultiplierSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire DamageSupported Skills gain (25-44)% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. gem and the HatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold
  Radius: 36
  Mana Reserved: 50%
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 secRequires Level 24Casts an aura that grants extra cold damage based on physical damage to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1232% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 1% increased Chill and Freeze DurationYou and nearby Allies have 1% increased Movement Speed while on Chilled GroundYou and nearby allies gain (16-25)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  You and nearby allies deal (14-18)% more Cold Damage
  +(0-19) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. aura.

• 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.

• Area of Effect: area of effect increases and decreases apply to both the lateral width of the waves and their thickness, essentially increasing potential DPS when reduced due to the constant size of enemy hitboxes.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	12	44 to 66	0	0
2	31	73	13	53 to 79	199,345	199,345
3	34	79	14	63 to 94	285,815	485,160
4	37	85	15	75 to 112	401,344	886,504
5	40	92	15	89 to 133	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	96	16	99 to 148	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	100	16	110 to 165	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	104	17	123 to 184	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	109	17	136 to 205	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	113	18	152 to 227	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	117	18	168 to 252	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	121	19	186 to 279	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	125	19	206 to 309	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	130	20	228 to 342	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	134	20	252 to 378	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	138	21	278 to 418	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	142	21	307 to 461	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	146	22	339 to 508	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	151	22	373 to 560	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	155	23	411 to 617	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	159	24	452 to 678	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	24	497 to 746	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	25	547 to 820	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	25	601 to 901	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	26	659 to 989	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	26	724 to 1086	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	27	794 to 1191	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	27	870 to 1305	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	28	954 to 1431	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	28	1045 to 1567	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	28	1093 to 1640	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	29	1144 to 1716	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	29	1197 to 1796	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	29	1252 to 1879	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	29	1310 to 1965	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	30	1370 to 2055	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	30	1433 to 2150	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	30	1499 to 2248	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	30	1567 to 2351	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	31	1639 to 2458	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Bladefall.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Bladefall Additional Volley	75	Bladefall has an additional Volley	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Critical Strike Chance 1	66	60% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Critical Strike Chance 2	75	90% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Damage 1	66	25% increased Bladefall Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Damage 2	75	40% increased Bladefall Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Bladefall Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Bladefall Area Of Effect 2	75	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 EffectDemonic Bladefall EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Bladefall gains a demonic effect.	Your Bladefall gains a demonic effect.
Falling Sawblades EffectFalling Sawblades EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Bladefall becomes a Sawblade Effect.	Your Bladefall becomes a Sawblade Effect.
Golden Bladefall EffectGolden Bladefall EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Bladefall becomes a rain of golden blades.	Your Bladefall becomes a rain of golden blades.
Illusionist Bladefall EffectIllusionist Bladefall EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Bladefall gains an Illusionist effect.	Your Bladefall gains an Illusionist effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.10.0	Can now create Lingering Blades. These can be animated with Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical Mana Cost: (4-12) Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets unless specifically targeted. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Per 1% Quality:1234Minions have 1% increased Movement SpeedMinions have 0.5% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit1% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copyMinions deal 0 to 5 Added Lightning DamageBase duration is 40 seconds Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100) Minions deal (10-48)% more Damage Minions have (10-48)% more Attack Speed Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or destroyed with Blade BlastBlade BlastSpell, AoE, Physical Mana Cost: (6-16) Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%Requires Level 16Deals spell damage in a targeted area. When this spell deals damage, if your Lingering Blades or Blade Vortex blades are nearby, it will detonate them, dealing damage again in an area around them. Up to 50 Blades can be detonated this way.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of Effect+0.5% to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier0.5% chance to Impale on Spell Hit0.5% increased Cast SpeedDeals (13-279) to (20-418) Physical Damage 20% more Area of Effect per Blade Vortex blade detonated Unnerve Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit +(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. These blades have a base duration of 6 seconds at all gem levels.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 12 (was 13). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 26). Now deals 44 to 66 Physical damage at gem level 1 (from 44 to 65) and 411 to 617 Physical damage at gem level 20 (from 380 to 570).
3.3.0	Now has 100% increased critical strike chance. Now has 20% reduced critical strike chance per volley, as well as 6% less damage per volley. Previously there was no penalty per volley to critical strike chance. Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (down from 0.8)
3.1.0	Bladefall's area of effect was wider than intended close to the caster. The area of effect now better matches the area the blades visually land. The total width of Bladefall's area of effect has been increased slightly to compensate for the now-narrower early stages.
2.4.0	The trap/mine behaviour of Bladefall has been made more consistent with other traps/mines. The blades fall from the mine itself, not targeting the location where the monster is. (They will fall in the direction of the monster though).
2.3.0	If you use Rain of ArrowsRain of ArrowsAttack, AoE, Projectile, Bow Radius: 24 Mana Cost: (7-11) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (48%-60%)Requires Level 12Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in sequence after a delay, starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of Effect0.25% chance to fire an additional sequence of arrowsFires 0.2 additional Arrows0.5% chance to Maim on HitDeals (48-60)% of Base Attack Damage Fires (17-21) additional ArrowsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Blast RainBlast RainFire, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow Radius: 24 Mana Cost: (8-10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (30%-36%)Requires Level 28Fires arrows up in the air, to rain down in an area. Each arrow deals area damage around where it lands, and they will all overlap on the targeted location.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of Effect0.25% chance to Cover Enemies in Ash on Hit2% increased Damage to distant EnemiesArrows fall within a 3% increased Area of EffectDeals (30-35.6)% of Base Damage Fires 5 additional Arrows 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Penetrates (15-25)% Fire ResistancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Bladefall to target a blocked location then they will be now used on the nearest valid location.
2.2.0	Bladefall had a bug that caused its damage per volley reduction to apply too early, reducing the damage of the first four stages. This has been fixed, which has raised its damage. To compensate, Bladefall's damage has been reduced by 25% at all levels. Bladefall now does 6% less damage per stage (up from 5%). Its damage effectiveness has been reduced from 120% to 90%.
2.1.1b	Fixed a bug where Bladefall was unable to hit targets around corners.
2.1.0	Added to the game.