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For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Lightning Trap.

Vaal Lightning Trap is a Vaal skill. It creates a trap that launches a ring of projectiles when triggered. The projectiles pierce through all targets, dealing lightning damage and leaving behind a narrow trail of shocking ground for a duration.

Skill Functions and Interactions[]

  • Chaining: Since Vaal Lightning Trap's projectiles always pierce, then they cannot chain, so supporting it with Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes.. will have no effect.
  • Multiple Traps: When Vaal Lightning Trap is linked with Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes.. or Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageName"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes.., additional traps are only placed if Vaal Lightning Trap has sufficient souls to do so.
  • Duration: Increased Duration increases both the trap duration and the duration of the shocking ground effect.

Gem level progression[]

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired IntelligenceLightning
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
112142118 to 5400
215172523 to 681524915249
319213030 to 904151756766
423243539 to 11781983138749
527284150 to 151147968286717
631324664 to 191250557537274
735365180 to 240405086942360
838385595 to 2844477181390078
9414159111 to 3346153182005396
10444463131 to 3928346392840035
11474767153 to 45815707604410795
12504971178 to 53316339876044782
13535275207 to 62021510308195812
14565579240 to 719281218911008001
15595883277 to 832509936016107361
16626087320 to 961940073125508092
17646290352 to 10561527336640781458
18666492387 to 11612628658267068040
19686695425 to 127562890590129958630
20706898466 to 1399212046017342004647
217270100512 to 1535N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A561 to 1682N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A614 to 1843N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A673 to 2018N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A736 to 2209N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A805 to 2416N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A880 to 2641N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A962 to 2886N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A1051 to 3153N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A1147 to 3442N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A1199 to 3596N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A1252 to 3757N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A1308 to 3924N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A1366 to 4099N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A1427 to 4281N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A1490 to 4470N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A1556 to 4668N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A1625 to 4874N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A1696 to 5088N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A1770 to 5311N/AN/A

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Video demonstration[]

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Lightning Trap has the following alternate skill effects: Lua error: Error: invalid field alias "items._pageID"; aliases cannot contain dots or quotes..

Version history[]

Version Changes
3.14.0
  • Now deals 26 to 79 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 18 to 54) and 686 to 2057 Lightning Damage at gem level 20 (previously 466 to 1399).
  • Now has added damage effectiveness of 250% (previously 170%).
  • Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 4 seconds (previously 6).
3.11.0
  • Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 170% (from 135%).
3.2.0
  • Base duration lowered to 4 seconds (from 16).Trap will now trigger at the end of its duration.
2.0.0
  • Damage increased by 33%.
  • Projectiles from Vaal Lightning Trap now also have 100% pierce chance.
  • Critical Strike Chance increased from 4% to 5%.
1.1.5
  • Introduced to the game.