Vaal Molten Shell

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Molten Shell.

Vaal Molten Shell is a vaal spell that temporarily grants the player extra armour and causes them to deal a burst of fire damage for each hit they take.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Duration - Skill duration modifiers will increase the duration of Vaal Molten Shell.

• Critical Strike Chance - Vaal Molten Shell's chance to crit is decided when the user initially casts the spell. It uses the user's crit chance to determine if all Vaal Molten Shell procs will crit or not crit. This means that the spell will either crit for every proc of the duration or none of them, making a Diamond FlaskDiamond FlaskLasts 6.00 Seconds
  Consumes 20 of 40 Charges on use
  100% increased Global Critical Strike ChanceRequires Level 27Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. the most effective flask to consume before casting the spell.

• Molten Shell - Casting while Vaal Molten Shell is active will terminate the Vaal Molten Shell buff and replace it for the casted . This will happen both ways (when Vaal Molten Shell is casted while is active). This makes it unfavorable to use both skills in conjunction with one another.

Strategy

Unlike its , Vaal Molten Shell will persist for the full duration, regardless of how many times an explosion is triggered. This unique property offers potentially vastly more utility than at the cost of less availability. Because of this, it is recommended that Vaal Molten Shell be saved for an occasion in which it will offer the greatest benefit, such as during an encounter with a Unique mob or even a troublesome Rare.

Due to the nature of Vaal Molten Shell, it has synergy with support gems that utilize the potentially frequent explosions, such as Stun or Life Leech; however, the rather steep soul cost of Vaal Molten Shell gates the strength of the gem. In addition, while the armour offered during Vaal Molten Shell's duration is first-rate, it may cause conflicts with .

Gem level progression

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Version History

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Fixed a bug where could be applied multiple times via Spell Echo.
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).
1.1.0b	Fixed a bug with damage feedback on .
1.1.0	Introduced to the game.