Twister

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TwisterBarrageable, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Duration
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-34) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (72-190)% of base
Whip 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 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance for an additional twister
Skills 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/SkillGemTwister

Twister is a spear skill. It creates an erratically moving twister projectile that deals damage and applies Blind to enemies on contact. If the twister passes over a Whirlwind, it consumes the whirlwind to create another twister that deals more damage. If a twister passes over an elemental ground effect or an elemental Tornado, it gains extra damage of that element.

Skill functions and interactions

Whirlwind

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityMana
Cost
Attack
Damage
100480%
239588%
3614697%
410217105%
514288114%
618359122%
7224110130%
8264811138%
9315712144%
10366513151%
11417415158%
12468216165%
13529218172%
145810319180%
156411321188%
166611623196%
177212625205%
187813727214%
198414730223%
209015732232%

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 Projectile Acceleration IProjectile Acceleration ISupport, Projectile
Category: Projectile Speed
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile SpeedPlace 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.
Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration
Category: Prolonged Duration
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.
Retreat IRetreat ISupport, Projectile
Category: Retreat
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Projectiles. Supported Skills deal more damage with Projectiles if you have struck with a Melee Hit in the last eight seconds, but cannot themselves deal Melee Damage.Supported Skills deal no Melee damage
Supported Skills deal 20% more Projectile Damage if you have Damaged an Enemy with a Melee Hit in the last eight seconds
Place 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 Brutality IIBrutality IISupport, Physical
Category: Brutality
Tier: 2
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 30% more Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage
Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage
Place 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.
Longshot ILongshot ISupport, Attack
Category: Longshot
Tier: 2
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Supported Skills deal 25% more Attack Damage to
enemies further than 7 metres from you, scaling down to
no bonus at 3.5 metres or closer
Place 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.
III HaemocrystalsHaemocrystalsSupport, Attack, AoE, Physical
Tier: 3
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills Consume Bleeding on Hit to create explosive blood-filled crystals, but cannot themselves inflict Bleeding.Support
Supported Attacks cannot cause Bleeding
Supported Skills Consume Bleeding on Enemies they Hit, creating 4 Haemocrystal
Maximum 20 active Haemocrystals

Heamocrystals
Deal Physical Area Damage based on a percentage of the expected Damage of the Consumed Bleed.
Cannot cause Bleeding
Heamocrystals radius is 1 metre
Haemocrystals detonate after 1.5 seconds
Haemocrystals are randomly created within 2.5 meters of he Consumed Bleed
Haemocrystals deal Damage equal to 8% of the expected remaining Damage of the Consumed Bleed
Place 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.
Longshot IILongshot IISupport, Attack
Category: Longshot
Tier: 3
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Supported Skills deal 35% more Attack Damage to
enemies further than 7 metres from you, scaling down to
no bonus at 3.5 metres or closer
Place 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.
Retreat IIRetreat IISupport, Projectile
Category: Retreat
Tier: 3
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Projectiles. Supported Skills deal more damage with Projectiles if you have struck with a Melee Hit in the last eight seconds, but cannot themselves deal Melee Damage.Supported Skills deal no Melee damage
Supported Skills deal 25% more Projectile Damage if you have Damaged an Enemy with a Melee Hit in the last eight seconds
Place 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.
IV Hit and RunHit and RunSupport, Attack, Conditional
Category: Hit and Run
Tier: 4
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills can only be used after you have moved a certain distance, but have massively increased Skill Speed. Cannot support Skills which have a Cooldown or that are Triggered, and does not modify skills used by Minions.Supported Skills become usable after you have moved 10 metres
Supported Skills become unusable again after use
Supported Skills have 40% more Skill Speed
Place 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.
Nova ProjectilesNova ProjectilesSupport, Projectile
Category: Additional Projectiles
Tier: 4
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire extra Projectiles in a circle, at the cost of Damage. Does not support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills fire Projectiles in a circle
Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage
Place 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.
Spectral VolleySpectral VolleySupport, Attack, Projectile
Category: Spectral Volley
Tier: 4
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Bow or Spear Projectile Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills deal lower damage initially, but generate Spectral Projectiles, which deal more damage when they fire. Spectral Projectiles linger and will fire a short duration after no new Spectral Projectiles have been created. Cannot support Channelling Skills, Leaping skills, or skills which rain Projectiles from above.Attacks with Supported Skills create a Spectral Projectile
Spectral Projectiles will fire if no Spectral Projectiles have been created in the last 3 seconds
Supported Skills deal 60% less Damage when not fired from Spectral Projectiles
Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage when fired from Spectral Projectiles
Maximum 5 Spectral Projectiles
Place 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.
V Brutality IIIBrutality IIISupport, Physical
Category: Brutality
Tier: 5
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, as well as giving Hits from that skill a chance to ignore Physical Damage reduction.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage
Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage
Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reduction
Place 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.
Projectile Acceleration IIIProjectile Acceleration IIISupport, Projectile
Category: Projectile Speed
Tier: 5
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster, and causing increases and reductions to Projectile speed to also apply to Damage.Increases and reductions to Projectile speed also apply to Projectile Damage with Supported Skills
Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile Speed
Place 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.
Retreat IIIRetreat IIISupport, Projectile
Category: Retreat
Tier: 5
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Projectiles. Supported Skills deal more damage with Projectiles if you have struck with a Melee Hit in the last two seconds, but cannot themselves deal Melee Damage.Supported Skills deal no Melee damage
Supported Skills deal 30% more Projectile Damage if you have Damaged an Enemy with a Melee Hit in the last two seconds
Place 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.

Item acquisition

Twister has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Twister has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.3.0
  • Twister: Now deals 80-232% Attack Damage at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 72–190%).
0.2.1
  • Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
0.2.0b
  • (Hotfix 1) Fixed a bug which was causing "Elemental twisters Gain 50% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type" on Twister to gain an extra 50% for each Projectile fired. So one of the projectiles was gaining 50%, another 100%, another 150% and so on.
0.2.0
  • Introduced to the game.