Vaal EarthquakeAttack, AoE, Duration, Vaal, Slam, Melee Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 30 Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 9 sec Attack Speed: 75% of base Attack Damage: (70-106)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (70-106)%Requires Level 28Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a short duration. After using this skill, your steps will deal damage around you, cracking the earth if the previous cracks have erupted. This effect ends after a secondary duration, or after a maximum number of aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 1.00 seconds Base secondary duration is 12.00 seconds Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention Aftershock deals (350-407)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments Ongoing effect ends after 9 Aftershocks
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Aftershock deals +(1.5-30)% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition Drop restricted Drop level: 28 Vaal Earthquake can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalEarthquake
Vaal Earthquake is a Vaal skill gem. The character strikes the ground, creating an aftershock that erupts to deal more damage in a bigger area. Only one aftershock can be active at a time. The user will also release a limited number of aftershocks while moving.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Now deals 70% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 60%) and 85% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 71%)
Ongoing effect now ends after 9 Aftershocks (previously 7).
Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 9 seconds (previously 12).
Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.