Vaal Rain of Arrows

Vaal Rain of ArrowsVaal, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 20
Can Store 2 Use(s)
Attack Damage: (80-100)% of baseRequires Level 12Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in multiple sequences after a delay, each starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (80-100.1)% of Base Attack Damage
Fires (17-21) additional Arrows
Fires 3 additional sequences of arrows
150% increased Effect of Maim
Maim on Hit
Can't be Evaded
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalRainOfArrows

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Rain of Arrows.

Vaal Rain of Arrows is a vaal bow attack that fires multiple sequential volleys of arrows into the air to hit enemies in the targeted area. Enemies hit by the skill are maimed for greatly reduced movement speed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Maim: Vaal Rain of Arrows applies Maim with 150% increased effect resulting in a 75% reduced movement speed modifier for affected monsters.
• Can't be Evaded: Ignores accuracy and secondary critical strike check. Will always hit unless Dodge, Blocking, or Avoidance (The Pantheon's Soul of Lunaris upgrade from Arachnoxia for example) takes effect.
• Fires 4 total sequences of arrows
  • Each sequence deals 100% base damage, double the base of standard Rain of Arrows, meaning if all sequences hit, it deals the damage equivalent of 8 standard Rain of Arrows shots.
  • Can be increased to 5 sequences of arrows with the helmet Enchantment "Rain of Arrows has 15% chance to fire an additional sequence of arrows".
  • Sequences have a 1 second delay between them. There does not seem to be any way to affect this delay.
  • Each sequence has an independent chance to critically strike.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	# Arrows	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	80%	80%	17	0	0
2	15	39	81%	81.1%	17	15249	15249
3	19	48	82%	82.1%	17	41517	56766
4	23	56	83%	83.2%	17	81983	138749
5	27	64	84%	84.2%	18	147968	286717
6	31	73	85%	85.3%	18	250557	537274
7	35	81	86%	86.3%	18	405086	942360
8	38	88	87%	87.4%	18	447718	1390078
9	41	94	88%	88.4%	19	615318	2005396
10	44	100	89%	89.5%	19	834639	2840035
11	47	106	91%	90.6%	19	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	92%	91.6%	19	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	93%	92.7%	20	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	94%	93.7%	20	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	95%	94.8%	20	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	96%	95.8%	20	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	97%	96.9%	21	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	98%	98%	21	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	99%	99%	21	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	100%	100.1%	21	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	101%	101.1%	22	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	102%	102.2%	22	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	103%	103.2%	22	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	104%	104.3%	22	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	105%	105.3%	23	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	106%	106.4%	23	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	108%	107.5%	23	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	109%	108.5%	23	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	110%	109.6%	24	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	111%	110.6%	24	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	112%	111.7%	24	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	113%	112.7%	24	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	114%	113.8%	24	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	115%	114.8%	24	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	116%	115.9%	24	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	117%	117%	25	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	118%	118%	25	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	119%	119.1%	25	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	120%	120.1%	25	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	121%	121.2%	25	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 with 20% quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	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 with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Rain of Arrows has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Rain of Arrows EffectCelestial Rain of Arrows EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Rain of Arrows becomes a Celestial Rain of Arrows	Your Rain of Arrows becomes a Celestial Rain of Arrows
Emerald Rain of Arrows EffectEmerald Rain of Arrows EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Rain of Arrows glow a ghostly green	Your Rain of Arrows glow a ghostly green

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	Now fires 27 additional arrows at gem level 1 (previously 17) and 33 additional arrows at gem level 20 (previously 21). Now fires 4 additional sequences of arrows (previously 3).
3.3.0	Previously dealt damage in an area of effect, pinning enemies hit by it in place for a duration. Now fires a number of arrows across the area, dealing damage based on weapon damage with each one. Half of these arrows will target enemies in the area, while the rest will target the area at set ranges from the centre at random. This is then repeated 3 additional times. Now maims on hit, with 150% increased effect of maim. Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 80% at gem level 1 (down from 140%), up to 100.1% at gem level 20 (down from 169%). Now prevents you from gaining Vaal souls for 5 seconds after use.
3.1.0	Bear TrapBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-23) Mana Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec Can Store 3 Use(s) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 260%Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Physical Damage2% increased Skill Effect Duration0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1% chance to Impale Enemies on HitTrap lasts 4 seconds Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts Base duration is 3 seconds Locks enemy in place Traps do not Trigger at the end of their DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Vaal Rain of ArrowsVaal Rain of ArrowsVaal, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 20 Can Store 2 Use(s) Attack Damage: (80-100)% of baseRequires Level 12Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in multiple sequences after a delay, each starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (80-100.1)% of Base Attack Damage Fires (17-21) additional Arrows Fires 3 additional sequences of arrows 150% increased Effect of Maim Maim on Hit Can't be Evaded CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now remove all movement speed, as opposed to reducing it by 300%.
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.