Vaal Detonate Dead

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Detonate Dead.

Vaal Detonate Dead is a vaal cast that explodes a corpse and all other nearby corpses in a chain reaction, dealing fire damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Ascendancy interaction: Despite Detonate Dead exploiting an unused corpse, this skill does not satisfy the condition of consuming a corpse for the purpose of the Necromancer's Spirit Eater or the Ascendant's Necromancer ascendancy skills. This is easily tested by taking the Necromancer's Spirit Eater, and using Detonate Dead on a corpse. The players damage does NOT increase after using Detonate Dead. However, this Notable may still be useful for the additional corpses creates by desecrate but does not increase damage after Detonate Dead is used to destroy a corpse.

Gem level progression

Level				Fire Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	23 to 33	0	0
2	6	0	0	32 to 49	841	841
3	9	17	0	48 to 64	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	55 to 82	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	74 to 111	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	98 to 147	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	127 to 190	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	162 to 243	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	205 to 308	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	257 to 385	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	319 to 479	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	394 to 591	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	484 to 726	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	592 to 888	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	686 to 1029	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	793 to 1190	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	916 to 1374	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	1056 to 1583	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	1214 to 1822	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	1395 to 2092	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	1529 to 2293	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	1675 to 2512	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	1833 to 2750	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	2006 to 3008	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	2193 to 3290	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	2397 to 3595	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	2619 to 3928	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	2859 to 4289	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	3121 to 4681	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	3405 to 5108	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	3556 to 5334	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	3713 to 5570	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	3877 to 5816	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	4048 to 6072	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	4226 to 6339	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	4412 to 6617	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	4605 to 6907	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	4806 to 7209	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	5015 to 7523	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	5234 to 7850	N/A	N/A

Video Demonstration

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Version History

Version	Changes
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.