Vaal Lightning Strike

Vaal Lightning StrikeVaal, Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, Lightning, Projectile
Souls Per Use: 20 (N) /
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80%-98%)Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy becomes an orb attached to the enemy you hit, or the ground if you don't hit an enemy. The orb will periodically fire projectiles at other nearby enemies for a duration, which will also damage the enemy the orb is attached to.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Damage
1% increased Projectile SpeedDeals (80-98.2)% of Base Attack Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 8 seconds
Fires (4-8) additional Projectiles
(1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
Can't be Evaded
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningStrike

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Lightning Strike.

Vaal Lightning Strike (often referred to as VLS) is a vaal melee attack with the secondary effect of launching projectiles periodically from the target struck or from the ground if no enemy is hit. These projectiles deal lightning damage based on the player's weapon damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• The pulse rate of the lightning beams produced by Vaal Lightning Strike's orbs can be modified by increases to attack speed such as Faster Attacks.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	# Projectiles	Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	80%	80%	4	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	17	81%	81%	4	N/A	15,249	15,249
3	19	30	21	82%	81.9%	4	N/A	41,517	56,766
4	23	35	24	83%	82.9%	4	N/A	81,983	138,749
5	27	41	28	84%	83.8%	4	N/A	147,968	286,717
6	31	46	32	85%	84.8%	6	N/A	250,557	537,274
7	35	51	36	86%	85.8%	6	N/A	405,086	942,360
8	38	55	38	87%	86.7%	6	N/A	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	59	41	88%	87.7%	6	N/A	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	63	44	89%	88.6%	6	N/A	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	67	47	90%	89.6%	6	N/A	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	71	49	91%	90.6%	6	N/A	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	75	52	91%	91.5%	6	N/A	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	79	55	92%	92.5%	6	N/A	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	83	58	93%	93.4%	6	N/A	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	87	60	94%	94.4%	8	N/A	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	90	62	95%	95.4%	8	N/A	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	92	64	96%	96.3%	8	N/A	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	95	66	97%	97.3%	8	N/A	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	98	68	98%	98.2%	8	N/A	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	100	70	99%	99.2%	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	100%	100.2%	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	101%	101.1%	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	102%	102.1%	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	103%	103%	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	104%	104%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	105%	105%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	106%	105.9%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	107%	106.9%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	108%	107.8%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	108%	108.25%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	109%	108.7%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	109%	109.15%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	110%	109.6%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	110%	110.05%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	111%	110.5%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	111%	110.95%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	111%	111.4%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	112%	111.85%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	112%	112.3%	10	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Superior Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	random corrupted superior Vaal gem (Q20)	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now adds 1 to 13 lightning damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 9 to 179 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased projectile speed and 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased lightning damage per 1% gem quality).
2.1.0	It is now a Dexterity Gem
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.