Whirling Assault

Whirling AssaultAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike
Tier: 11
Level: 1Advance while hitting enemies around you with a series of spinning Strikes.+1.4 seconds to Total Attack TimePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.

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

Whirling Assault is a quarterstaff strike skill. The user performs a series of spinning strikes that hits surrounding enemies as they move around.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	0	0	0	18	40%
2	3	0	0	21	44%
3	6	9	9	24	49%
4	10	13	13	28	53%
5	14	17	17	31	58%
6	18	20	20	35	63%
7	22	24	24	39	68%
8	26	28	28	44	73%
9	31	32	32	48	77%
10	36	37	37	53	82%
11	41	41	41	59	87%
12	46	46	46	64	93%
13	52	51	51	71	100%
14	58	57	57	77	106%
15	64	62	62	84	114%
16	66	64	64	91	122%
17	72	70	70	99	131%
18	78	75	75	107	141%
19	84	80	80	116	152%
20	90	86	86	126	163%

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		RuthlessRuthlessSupport Category: RuthlessSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing repeated uses to be more effective at Stunning enemies.Every fifth use of Supported Attacks causes 500% more Stun BuildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	UnyieldingUnyieldingSupport, Attack, Melee Category: Unyielding Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attack Skills you use yourself. While using Supported Skills, a percentage of Damage taken is Recouped as Life, with the percentage scaling higher the longer the Attack time of the Supported Skill. Cannot Support Channelling Skills.8% of Damage taken while using Supported Skills is Recouped as Life per quarter second of Attack time of Supported SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II		MomentumMomentumSupport Category: Momentum Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal more damage if you move a sufficient distance while using the skill. Teleportation does not count towards the distance travelled.After moving at least 2 metres during a single use of a Supported Skill, the rest of that use deals 40% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	PotentialPotentialSupport Category: PotentialSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills that you use yourself. Supported Skills will consume a Power Charge on use if possible, and will be much more likely to Critically Hit if they do. Supported Skills cannot generate Power Charges.Supported Skills cannot generate Power Charges Supported Skills will consume a Power Charge on use if possible Supported Skills have 40% more chance to Critically Hit when consuming Power ChargesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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Item acquisition

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Whirling Assault has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.