Whirling Slash

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Whirling SlashAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Staged
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-42) Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (70-218)% of basePerform a circular slash that kicks up a Whirlwind around you, Slowing enemies and Blinding them in its area of effect. Leaving the area collapses the storm, dealing damage and causing Knockback.Melee
Using this Attack again in the storm adds 1 Stage to the storm

Storm
Attack Damage: (70-218)%
Maximum 3 Stages
Damage from releasing Storm has +4 to radius per Stage
Deals 150% more Damage per Stage when released
Enemies inside the storm have 30% reduced Movement Speed
Storm gains +3 to radius per StageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemWhirlingSlash

Whirling Slash is a spear skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Whirling Slash has inbuilt forward movement that scales with attack speed but not movement speed. This is prevented if Attack Without Moving is enabled.

The Whirlwind created by this skill is considered an object.

Whirling Slash causes TwisterTwisterAttack, AoE, Projectile, Duration
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-34) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (72-190)% of baseWhip up a twister with a flick of your Spear. The twister moves forward erratically, Blinding and repeatedly Hitting enemies within. If a twister touches a Whirlwind from your other skills, it Consumes the Whirlwind to create additional twisters that deal more damage. Passing over Elemental Ground Surfaces or Consuming an elemental Whirlwind will grant twisters extra damage of that element.Blinds Enemies
Pierces all Targets
Twister radius is 0.5 metres
Twister duration is 3 seconds
Consumes Whirlwinds to create an additional twister and deal 80% more damage per Whirlwind stage
Elemental twisters Gain 50% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type
Twisters fired at the same time can Hit the same
target no more than once every 0.66 secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. to fire additional twisters.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	0	0	6	70%
2	3	9	6	77%
3	6	16	7	85%
4	10	25	8	92%
5	14	34	9	100%
6	18	43	10	107%
7	22	52	11	115%
8	26	61	12	122%
9	31	72	13	128%
10	36	83	15	134%
11	41	95	16	141%
12	46	106	18	148%
13	52	119	20	155%
14	58	133	22	163%
15	64	146	25	171%
16	66	160	28	180%
17	72	173	31	189%
18	78	189	34	198%
19	84	205	38	208%
20	90	221	42	218%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	BrutalityBrutalitySupport, Physical Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 25% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	EncumbranceEncumbranceSupport, Spell Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill, causing inflicted Slows to be more powerful.Debuffs inflicted with Supported Skills have 15% increased Slow MagnitudePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Martial TempoMartial TempoSupport, Attack Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Supported Skills have 20% more Attack SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Arms LengthArms LengthSupport Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Hit Enemies, causing Knockback from those Hits to be significantly more effective.Supported Skills have 30% more Knockback DistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	CadenceCadenceSupport, Attack Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills gain more Attack speed each time you use them, but will become unusable if used too frequently in a short time frame.Supported Skills have 8% more Attack speed for each time they've been used Recently Supported Skills are unusable for 10 seconds after being used 6 or more times within four secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Heavy SwingHeavy SwingSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Supported Skills deal 35% more Melee Physical Damage Supported Skills have 10% less Attack SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	DefyDefySupport, Attack Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Attack Damage with Hits with Supported Skills is Lucky while you are SurroundedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Punch ThroughPunch ThroughSupport, Attack, Melee Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills apply Easy Target when Knocking Back Enemies, causing the next Projectile Attack Hit they take to deal increased Damage.Supported Skills apply Easy Target on Knockback Easy Target applied this way has a magnitude of 3% per metre of Expected Knockback DistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	TearTearSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks you use yourself. On-Kill effects caused by Killing Blows with Supported Skills on Bleeding enemies have a chance to occur twice.50% Chance for On-Kill Effects caused by killing blows on Bleeding Enemies with Supported Skills to occur twicePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Whirling Slash has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Whirling Slash has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Added Staged tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.