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	Heavy SwingHeavy SwingSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Category: Heavy Swing Tier: 4Support 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.		Arms LengthArms LengthSupport Category: Arms' Length 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 40% 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III		Punch ThroughPunch ThroughSupport, Attack, Melee Category: Punch Through 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	TearTearSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Category: Tear Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks you use yourself or that you Trigger. 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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.