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Blade Vortex's base damage is boosted by Physical Damage, Spell Damage, Area Damage, and Damage.

Spell Damage: Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Blade Vortex is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way.

Physical Damage: Because Blade Vortex deals physical damage, it can be boosted by supports and skills that are more commonly used to modify attacks, such as the


whats the best way to get your damage up with physical spells?

I can see that Shadows use Claws but maybe a stronger option for a... Witch or Ascendant? unless thats stupid as hell then stop me now

u dont have to use claws for a shadow.. u would use a wand/dagger/sceptre to boost spell dmg/crit chance/ele dmg if converting to elemental

are physical spells the most worthless attacks ever? I just logged in and you have to depend on passives and affixes alone?

Mmm prob the opposite.. Prob the strongest spells in the game if u can afford it since they have so many ways to scale

Spells aren’t attacks

Alright yeah i figured that out that id need things with "add XXXX to spells" and you litterly have to use a wand ...

I just thought blade vortex may have been some weird hybrid for shadows

just use physical to elemental convertion.

Yeah heralds apparently the way to go with Physical Spells or something... idk

With BV builds, the most commonly used offensive auras/heralds are Hatred, Zealotry, Herald of Ash, and Herald of Purity