Vaal Double Strike

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Double Strike.

Vaal Double Strike is a vaal melee skill that performs two fast attacks and summons a double of the character to attack monsters for a duration.

Skill function and interactions

Using this skill spawns a clone of your character which uses Double Strike to attack. The clone gains all the effects on the character such as auras and flasks and is immune to all forms of damage.

Unlike similar skills that creates clones of your character like Mirror Arrow, the clone is not classified as a minion so it will not benefit from any effects regarding minions.

The clone creates a visual snapshot of the character upon usage of the skill, which includes visual effects like charges or monster auras stolen by HeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom or Inspired LearningInspired Learning
Crimson JewelRadius: SmallWith 4 Notables Allocated in Radius, When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain 1 of its Modifiers for 20 secondsIf you do not learn from a won battle
then you have already lost the war.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.. They will not have any effect on the clone however.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Base Duration	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	28%	28%	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	29%	28.7%	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	29%	29.4%	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	30%	30.1%	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	31	31%	30.7%	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	41	31%	31.4%	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	50	32%	32.1%	N/A	49725	84371
8	24	58	33%	32.8%	N/A	95714	180085
9	28	67	33%	33.5%	N/A	169595	349680
10	32	75	34%	34.2%	N/A	283759	633439
11	36	83	35%	34.8%	N/A	453996	1087435
12	40	92	36%	35.5%	N/A	703128	1790563
13	44	100	36%	36.2%	N/A	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	37%	36.9%	N/A	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	38%	37.6%	N/A	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	38%	38.3%	N/A	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	39%	38.9%	N/A	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	40%	39.6%	N/A	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	40%	40.3%	N/A	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	41%	41%	N/A	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	42%	41.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	42%	42.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	43%	43.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	44%	43.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	44%	44.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	45%	45.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	46%	45.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	46%	46.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	47%	47.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	48%	47.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	48%	48.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	49%	48.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	49%	48.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	49%	49.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	50%	49.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	50%	49.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	50%	50.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	51%	50.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	51%	50.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	51%	51.3%	N/A	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.