Online:Whirlwind

	Whirlwind
Line		Dual Wield
Line Rank		14	Cost	3510 Stamina
Cast Time		Instant	Duration	–
Target		Area
Area		6 meters
Morphs
		Whirling Blades Ability deals more damage the less Health enemies have.
		Steel Tornado Increases the radius. Reduces cost as ability ranks up.
Notes Values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000.

Whirlwind in use

Whirlwind: Launch yourself into a lethal spin, dealing [4610 / 4660 / 4711 / 4761] Physical Damage to nearby enemies.

Whirling Blades: Launch yourself into a lethal spin, dealing [4765 / 4816 / 4869 / 4921] Physical Damage to nearby enemies. Deals up to 100% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.

Steel Tornado: Cost: [3510 / 3420 / 3330 / 3240] Stamina, Radius: 9 meters.
Launch yourself into a lethal spin, releasing a flurry of blades around you that deals 4765 Physical Damage to nearby enemies.

Whirlwind deals Physical Damage to enemies around you. Whirling Blades increases the damage done, with extra damage to wounded enemies, while Steel Tornado reduces the cost and increases your Stamina Recovery so you can use it more often and increases the radius.

Notes

• The Chaotic Whirlwind set from Asylum Sanctorium will briefly increase your Movement Speed and your Weapon and Spell Damage when you use this ability.

Gallery

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  Whirling Blades

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  Steel Tornado

Patch Notes

1.2.3

• This ability no longer increases the damage of weapon enchantments.

2.3.5

• Steel Tornado: Decreased the radius of this morph to 9 meters on all Ranks from 11/11.5/12/12.5 meters on Ranks I/II/III/IV. This morph now gains slightly more damage as it ranks up.

2.7.5

• Adjusted the order of the Active Abilities in this skill line. They now unlock in the following order:
  • Flurry
  • Twin Slashes
  • Whirlwind
  • Blade Cloak
  • Hidden Blade

3.3.5

• The damage from this ability and its morphs can now be blocked, but cannot be dodged.

5.0.5

• Increased the base damage of this ability and morphs by 50%, but removed the execute bonus.
• Reduced the base cost to 3510 from 3780.
• Increased the radius of this ability and the Whirling Death morph to 6 meters from 5 meters.
• Steel Tornado (morph): Removed the execute bonus, but reduced the base cost to 3240 from 3510.
• Whirling Blades (morph):
  • Removed the reduced cost and Major Endurance on hit, and reintroduced the execute bonus to this morph.
  • Reduced the execute threshold for this ability to 50% from 100% in order to reduce instances where it was out performing single target "spammable" attacks.
• Developer Comment: Previously, this ability and its morph were overloaded with their execute multiplier, which stacked on top of the passive execute multiplier of the skill line. We've now brought the base line performance of this ability into the same realm of our other Direct Damage Area of Effect abilities in damage, cost, and area coverage. The morphs now allow for increased area coverage and reduced drain, or increased overall damage to targets.

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