Bladefall

BladefallSpell, AoE
Radius: 12
Mana Cost: (13 to 26)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 90%Requires Level 28Ethereal weapons rain from the sky, dealing damage to enemies in a sequence of five volleys, each wider but less damaging than the last. Enemies can be hit multiple times where these overlap.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (44-380) to (65-570) Physical Damage
6% less Damage per VolleyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

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

• 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 KnivesProjectile, Spell
  Mana Cost: (5 to 23)
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Projectile Speed: 1300Fires an arc of knives in front of the caster which deals physical damage.Per 1% Quality:
  1% increased Projectile SpeedDeals (4-459) to (6-688) Physical Damage
  9 additional Projectiles
  (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, Duration
  Radius: 24
  Mana Cost: (24 to 58)
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Damage Effectiveness: 60%Requires Level 28Summons a totem that shakes the earth around it, knocking back and damaging nearby enemiesPer 1% Quality:
  1% increased totem lifeDeals (23-231) to (46-429) Physical Damage
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  25% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit
  Summons a Totem which uses this SkillPlace 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
  Radius: 15
  Mana Cost: (6 to 19)
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Damage Effectiveness: 30%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:
  0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (7-123) to (10-185) Physical Damage
  Base duration is 5 seconds
  Can have up to 20 active spinning blades
  20% more Damage with Ailments for each blade
  10% increased Hit Rate for each blade
  30% more Damage with Hits 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, Support
  Icon: F
  Mana Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased 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. support gem and the HatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold
  Radius: 36
  Mana Reserved: 50%
  Can store 1 use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Cast Time: 1.20 secRequires Level 24Casts an aura that increases the cold damage of you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:
  1% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby allies gain (26-36)% of Physical Damage as Extra 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	13	44 to 65	0	0
2	31	73	14	52 to 78	199,345	199,345
3	34	79	15	62 to 93	285,815	485,160
4	37	85	16	73 to 110	401,344	886,504
5	40	92	17	86 to 129	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	96	18	96 to 144	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	100	18	107 to 160	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	104	19	118 to 177	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	109	19	131 to 197	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	113	20	145 to 218	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	117	21	160 to 241	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	121	21	177 to 266	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	125	22	195 to 293	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	130	22	215 to 323	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	134	23	237 to 356	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	138	24	261 to 392	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	142	24	287 to 431	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	146	25	315 to 473	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	151	25	346 to 519	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	155	26	380 to 570	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	159	27	417 to 625	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	27	457 to 685	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	28	500 to 750	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	28	548 to 821	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	29	599 to 899	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	30	655 to 983	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	30	716 to 1074	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	31	782 to 1174	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	31	854 to 1282	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	32	933 to 1399	N/A	N/A

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class	Marauder	Templar	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Scion
Quest
Sever the Right Hand Act 3

Vendor reward

This skill can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class	Marauder	Templar	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Scion
Quest
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Golden Bladefall Effect Golden Bladefall EffectBladefall Skin Stack Size: 20Your Bladefall becomes a rain of golden blades.Right click this item then left click a Bladefall Gem to apply it.	90	Replaces the standard effect on a BladefallBladefallSpell, AoE Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (13 to 26) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Damage Effectiveness: 90%Requires Level 28Ethereal weapons rain from the sky, dealing damage to enemies in a sequence of five volleys, each wider but less damaging than the last. Enemies can be hit multiple times where these overlap.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (44-380) to (65-570) Physical Damage 6% less Damage per VolleyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a golden effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Bladefall:

Name		Effect(s)
EnchantmentBladefallCriticalStrikeChance1	66	60% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentBladefallCriticalStrikeChance2	75	90% increased Bladefall Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentBladefallDamage1	66	25% increased Bladefall Damage
EnchantmentBladefallDamage2_	75	40% increased Bladefall Damage
EnchantmentBladefallRadius1	66	8% increased Bladefall Area of Effect
EnchantmentBladefallRadius2	75	12% increased Bladefall Area of Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
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, Bow Radius: 24 Mana Cost: (7 to 11) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (110% to 129%)Requires Level 12Fires a large number of arrows into the air, to land at the target after a short delay.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (110-129)% of Base Damage +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Blast RainBlast RainFire, Attack, AoE, Bow Radius: 24 Mana Cost: (8 to 10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (40% to 48%)Requires Level 28Fires an arrow up in the air, which splits and rains down in a series of explosions over an area. The explosions will always overlap on the targeted area.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (40-47.6)% of Base Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Causes 4 ExplosionsPlace 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.