Vaal Summon Skeletons

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Vaal Summon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration, Vaal
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 10 sec
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Requires Level 10Summons an army of skeletal warriors, archers and mages, led by a powerful general.Maximum (17-36) Summoned Skeletons
Base duration is 20 seconds
Summons (14-21) Skeleton Warriors
Summons (2-9) Skeleton Archers
Summons (0-5) Skeleton Mages
Summons 1 Skeleton General

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions deal 1% increased Damage
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 10
Vaal Summon Skeletons can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalSummonSkeletons

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Summon Skeletons.

Vaal Summon Skeletons is a vaal spell that summons an army of skeletons, led by a skeleton general.

Skill functions and interactions

One of several general variants will be randomly summoned on cast.

  • Aura General: Skeleton General that wears armor, somewhat similar to Vaal Fallen. Has an Aura that grants 10% of physical damage as extra fire damage.[1]
  • Melee General: Skeleton General that wields a mace. It has melee splash attacks that are slow but deal high damage.
  • Archer General: Skeleton General that uses a bow. It can use the Rain of Arrows ability.

This skill works with the passive skills that increase the maximum number of skeletons. But like Summon Skeletons it does not gain an increase in the amount spawned at each use. If one were to cast the ability while it is still in effect its behavior is similar to Summon Skeletons; first it spawns new skeletons up to the cap, then it start replacing the oldest one. When replacing, no consideration is taken to what kind of skeleton is summoned or replaced. Hence it's possible to have two generals at a (short) time. At gem level 20 with all passives and no unique items the chance is 6/(36+6).

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired Intelligence# Skeleton
Warriors
# Skeleton
Archers
# Skeleton
Mages
Skeleton MaximumExp.Total Exp.
11029N/A211800
21335N/A211995699569
31743N/A31202818937758
42152N/A32225914696904
52560N/A4223111192208096
62969N/A4224193800401896
73377N/A5225320280722176
83683N/A52263590901081266
93990N/A53274985081579774
104296N/A63286820572261831
1145102N/A63289217773183608
1248109N/A632917278794911487
1351115N/A643017917696703256
1454121N/A643123536799056935
1557127N/A7432307091212127847
1660134N/A7432909546621223313
1763140N/A84331603989037263203
1866146N/A85352981711767080320
1968151N/A853562895056129975376
2070155N/A9536212051599342026975
2172159N/A9537N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A9537N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A10639N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A10640N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A10640N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A11641N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A11642N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A11743N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A11744N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A12745N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A12745N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A12746N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A12746N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A12847N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A12847N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A12848N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A12848N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A13849N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A13849N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A13849N/AN/A

Gem quality

TypeAdditional Effects per 1-20% QualityWeight
Superior+(0.05-1) to Maximum Summoned Skeletons1

Item acquisition

Vaal Summon Skeletons has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Summon Skeletons can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas; for Vaal Summon Skeletons gems that grant "of Archers" and "of Mages" skills, the gems are acquired from Eternal Labyrinth of Potential

Recipes

Vaal Summon Skeletons can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
6The BonesThe Bones6Level 21 Vaal Summon Skeletons
Corrupted
The flesh is a prison, and we are finally free.
N/AM
9Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem
Quality: +20%
Corrupted
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Skeleton limit

The skeleton limit can be increased with certain passive skills or items.

Unique items

The following unique items affect the player's skeleton limit:

ItemBase ItemRequired levelStats
Queen's DecreeQueen's Decree
Ornate Sword
Two Hand Sword
Physical Damage: 30-50
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.40
Weapon Range: 1.3 metres
Requires Level 27, 56 Str, 54 Dex+185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement
Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life
(150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration
Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
The nobles wanted to take her throne.
She let the peasants take their wealth.
The peasants wanted to take her wealth.
She let the soldiers take their heads.
The soldiers wanted to take her head.
She sat on her throne and wept.
Ornate Sword27+185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement
Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life
(150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration
Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Midnight BargainMidnight Bargain
Engraved Wand
Wand
Physical Damage: 21-38
Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.50
Requires Level 40, 131 Int(22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence
Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed
Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Reserves 30% of Life
Cannot be used with Chaos Inoculation
A chilling hush, a scraping sound
Of things no more entombed in ground.
A shambling horde is on its way
To crush the very light of day.
Engraved Wand40(22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence
Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed
Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Reserves 30% of Life
Cannot be used with Chaos Inoculation


Passive skills

The following passive skills increase the player's skeleton limit:

NameStats
Death Attunement
+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons [1]
Lord of the Dead
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
Minions have 15% increased maximum Life
Minions deal 20% increased Damage [1]


Limit

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The Player can have a maximum of 47 (or more) Skeletons from this skill gem Active at once:

Note, that To Dust (previously named Army of Bones) no longer grants +2 to Maximum number of Skeletons.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Summon Skeletons:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

ItemLimitRadiusStatsDrop
Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Summon Skeletons.

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.

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                   CASE `cargo__mods`.`required_level`
                       WHEN 32 THEN "Normal Labyrinth"
                       WHEN 53 THEN "Cruel Labyrinth"
                       WHEN 66 THEN "Merciless Labyrinth"
                       WHEN 75 THEN "Eternal Labyrinth"
                       WHEN 83 THEN "Eternal Labyrinth of Potential"
                   END
               ) AS `labyrinth_text`,`cargo__mods`.`stat_text` AS `mods.stat_text`  FROM `cargo__mods` LEFT OUTER JOIN `cargo__mod_spawn_weights` ON ((`cargo__mods`.`_pageID`=`cargo__mod_spawn_weights`.`_pageID`))   WHERE `cargo__mods`.`generation_type`=10 
   AND spawn_weights.tag = "helmet"
   AND spawn_weights.weight > 0
   AND `cargo__mods`.`id` LIKE "%EnchantmentSummonSkeletons%"  GROUP BY `cargo__mods`.`_pageID` ORDER BY `cargo__mods`.`id` LIMIT 5000  

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Video demonstration

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Summon Skeletons has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Celestial Summon Skeletons SkinCelestial Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons' Skins become Celestial.Your Summoned Skeletons' Skins become Celestial.
Demonic Summon Skeletons SkinDemonic Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become Demonic.Your Summoned Skeletons become Demonic.
Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinOblivion Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectThe standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Oblivion skin.The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Oblivion skin.
Onyx Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinOnyx Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectThe standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Onyx Oblivion skin.The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Onyx Oblivion skin.
Summon Mannequins SkinSummon Mannequins SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become animated mannequins.Your Summoned Skeletons become animated mannequins.
Summon Statues SkinSummon Statues SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become animated statuesYour Summoned Skeletons become animated statues

Monster stats

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Version history

Version Changes
3.19.0
  • The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill.
3.14.0
  • 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.
3.13.0
  • Summoned Skeleton Mages now deal 50% more damage, and their projectile speed has been doubled.
1.1.3
  • Solved a situation where Vaal Summon Skeletons summoned fewer skeletons if the summoner had summoned skeletons from a standard Summon Skeleton skill.
1.1.1b
  • Fixed a bug with Vaal Summon Skeleton's placement of skeletons.
1.1.1
  • Introduced to the game.

References

  1. zephyrdragoon (March 14, 2014). "Vaal Summon Skeletons is a lot of fun". Reddit. Retrieved March 15, 2013.

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