Whirling Slash

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Whirling SlashAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike
Tier: 1
Level: 1
Cost: 7 ManaPerform a circular slash that kicks up a spining storm of wind and dust around you, Slowing enemies and Blinding them in its area of effect. Leaving the area unleashes the swirling storm, causing it to deal damage.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/Gem/SkillGemWhirlingSlash

Whirling Slash

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
II
III
IV
V

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	Introduced to the game.