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The Blade Maelstrom ability has a cooldown of 20 seconds, with an initial cooldown of 6.67 seconds. When activated, it fires extra-strong blades in two opposite directions for 3 seconds, and the direction in which it fires rapidly spin clockwise creating a spiral pattern with the blades. Each blade deals 2 [[Damage#Shatter|Shatter]] damage, has 100 [[pierce]], and is fired with an attack cooldown of 0.045 seconds. It can be affected with all types of buffs (damage, attack speed, pierce, etc.).

* [[Faster Shooting (BTD6) (Tack Shooter)|Faster Shooting]] — ability gains ~17.6% increased attack speed (0.85x attack cooldown).

* [[Even Faster Shooting (BTD6)|Even Faster Shooting]] — ability gains ~38.4% increased attack speed total (0.85x attack cooldown on top, total of 0.7225x).

* [[More Tacks (BTD6)|More Tacks]] — ability gains +0.5s duration and spins counter-clockwise.

* [[Even More Tacks (BTD6)|Even More Tacks]] — ability gains +1s duration total.

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Blade Maelstrom is one of the strongest towers in [[Race Event]]s, due to its extremely high pierce and ability to wipe out extraordinary amounts of Bloons and make large amounts of cash that can be used to purchase other towers. When using it in Race Events, fullsend immediately after purchasing it, purchase a 0-2-0 {{BTD6|Alchemist}} next to it, and upgrade the Alchemist to a 3-2-0 {{BTD6|Berserker Brew}} immediately after using the ability to allow it to pop {{BTD6|Lead Bloon}}s and greatly boost its popping power. The same could be done for {{BTD6|Bloonarius}}.

Outside of Race Events, Blade Maelstrom is useful to wipe out Round 76, Round 78 (with [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo]] detection), and the 1st and 3rd wave of {{BTD6|Ceramic Bloon}}s on Round 63, but is not very useful on other rounds and becomes useless after Round 80 due to [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)#Super Ceramic Bloons|Super Ceramics]]. 2-4-0 and 0-4-2 are on roughly equal footing, the former being preferred for burst damage and the latter for more reliable damage, regardless of the game setting.

{{BTD6 langs

|ar name          =دوامة الشفرات

|ar description   =القدرة على عمل دوامة من الشفرات: تغطية المنطقة في عاصفة من الشفرات.

|da name          =Klingemalstrøm

|da description   =Klingemalstrøm-evne: dækker området med en storm af klinger.

|de name          =Klingeninferno

|de description   =Klingeninferno-Fähigkeit: Fähigkeit: Bedeckt die ganze Strecke mit einem Klingenteppich.

|es name          =Vorágine de cuchillas

|es description   =Habilidad vorágine de cuchillas: cubre el área con una tormenta de cuchillas.

|es-la name      =Vorágine de cuchillas

|es-la description=Habilidad vorágine de cuchillas: cubre el área con una tormenta de cuchillas.

|fi name          =Terämyrsky

|fi description   =Terämyrsky-kyky: peittää alueen terämyrskyllä.

|fr name          =Maelström de lames

|fr description   =Aptitude Maelström de lames : fait pleuvoir une tempête de lames sur la zone.

|it name          =Vortice di lame

|it description   =Abilità Vortice di lame: ricopre l'area coinvolta con una tempesta di lame.

|ja name          =ブレード大混乱

|ja description   =ブレード大混乱能力：地域をブレードの嵐で覆う。

|ko name          =칼날 소용돌이

|ko description   =칼날 소용돌이 능력: 영역에 칼날의 폭풍이 휘몰아칩니다.

|nl name          =Messenkolk

|nl description   =Messenkolk-vaardigheid: bedekt het gebied in een storm van messen.

|no name          =Bladmalstrøm

|no description   =Klingemalstrøm-evne: dekker området med en storm av klinger.

|pl name          =Wir ostrzy

|pl description   =Umiejętność wiru ostrzy: pokrywa obszar burzą ostrzy.

|pt-br name      =Tempestade de Lâminas

|pt-br description=Habilidade Tempestade de Lâminas: Cobre a área numa tempestade de lâminas.

|ru name          =Водоворот клинков

|ru description   =Способность «Водоворот клинков» накрывает зону вихрем клинков.  

|sv name          =Rakbladmalström

|sv description   =Bladmalströmförmåga: Täcker området med en storm av blad.

|th name          =พายุใบเลื่อย

|th description   =สกิลพายุใบเลื่อย: ยิงใบเลื่อยจำนวนมากออกไปเหมือนพายุหมุนครอบคลุมทั้งจอ

|tr name          =Bıçak Girdabı

|tr description   =Bıçak Girdabı yeteneği: Bıçak fırtınasıyla alanı korur.

|zh-cn name      =利刃漩涡

|zh-cn description=利刃漩涡技能：对目标区域发起利刃风暴。

|zh-tw name      =刀刃漩渦

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