Vaal Double Strike

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Double Strike.

Vaal Double Strike is a Vaal melee skill that performs two fast attacks and summons two doubles of the character to attack monsters for a duration.

Skill function and interactions

Using this skill spawns two clones of your character that use Double Strike to attack. The clones gain all the effects on the character, such as auras and flasks, and are immune to all forms of damage.

Unlike similar skills that creates clones of your character, like , the clones are not classified as minions, so they will not benefit from any effects regarding minions.

The clones create a visual snapshot of the character upon usage of the skill, which includes visual effects like the charges or monster auras stolen by or . These effects will not have any effect on the clones however.

The clones will teleport to your location if you move too far away from them.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Movement Speed	Melee Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	28%	28%	3 to 5	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	28%	28.3%	3 to 5	3%	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	29%	28.5%	4 to 6	6%	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	29%	28.8%	6 to 8	9%	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	31	29%	29.1%	8 to 11	12%	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	41	29%	29.3%	10 to 16	15%	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	50	30%	29.6%	13 to 20	18%	1	49725	84371
8	24	58	30%	29.8%	17 to 25	21%	1	95714	180085
9	28	67	30%	30.1%	20 to 30	24%	1	169595	349680
10	32	75	30%	30.4%	25 to 37	27%	1	283759	633439
11	36	83	31%	30.6%	30 to 44	30%	1	453996	1087435
12	40	92	31%	30.9%	35 to 53	33%	1	703128	1790563
13	44	100	31%	31.2%	42 to 63	36%	1	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	31%	31.4%	49 to 74	39%	2	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	32%	31.7%	58 to 86	42%	2	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	32%	31.9%	67 to 101	45%	2	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	32%	32.2%	78 to 117	48%	2	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	32%	32.5%	91 to 136	51%	2	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	33%	32.7%	101 to 152	54%	2	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	33%	33%	113 to 169	57%	2	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	33%	33.3%	121 to 181	60%	3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	34%	33.5%	130 to 195	63%	3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	34%	33.8%	139 to 209	66%	3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	34%	34.1%	149 to 224	69%	3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	34%	34.3%	160 to 239	72%	3	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	35%	34.6%	171 to 256	75%	3	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	35%	34.8%	183 to 274	78%	3	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	35%	35.1%	196 to 293	81%	4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	35%	35.4%	209 to 314	84%	4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	36%	35.6%	223 to 335	87%	4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	36%	35.8%	231 to 346	88%	4	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	36%	35.9%	239 to 358	90%	4	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	36%	36%	247 to 370	92%	4	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	36%	36.2%	255 to 382	93%	4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	36%	36.3%	263 to 395	94%	5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	36%	36.4%	272 to 408	96%	5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	37%	36.6%	281 to 421	98%	5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	37%	36.7%	290 to 435	99%	5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	37%	36.8%	300 to 449	100%	5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	37%	36.9%	309 to 464	102%	5	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Double Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now has a maximum of 8 Summoned Doubles at once. Now deals 41% of Base Damage, and has 41% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 33%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 28% at gem level 1 (from 33%), up to 33% at gem level 20 (from 40%). Now has 25% chance to cause bleeding.
3.3.0	Previously generated a double of your character which would attack enemies for a duration of 3.6 seconds at gem level 1, up to 5.5 seconds at gem level 20. Previously required 16 souls to use, with the capacity to store 3 uses. Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 33% at gem level 1 (down from 70%), up to 40% at gem level 20 (down from 85%). Now creates two doubles of your character for a duration of 8 seconds at all levels. Now adds melee range as it levels up, up to +3 at gem level 20. Now deals 3-5 additional physical damage against bleeding enemies at gem level 1, up to 113-169 additional physical damage against bleeding enemies at gem level 20. Now requires 30 souls to use, with the capacity to store 2 uses. Now prevents you from gaining Vaal souls for 6 seconds after use.
1.1.0d	Vaal Skill soul counts were initially balanced for Merciless difficulty, where there are more monsters. We want them to be easier to use in Normal and Cruel difficulty. We have halved the number of souls required for each skill. In Cruel difficulty, skills require 50% more souls to uses. In Merciless difficulty, they require 100% more (which is the same as before the patch).
1.1.0	Introduced to the game.