Vaal Blight

Vaal BlightSpell, Chaos, AoE, Duration, Vaal, Nova, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 7 sec
Cast Time: 0.60 secApply a powerful debuff to enemies around you which deals chaos damage over time. Then applies two additional layers in a larger area, growing greatly in size each time. Enemies are also substantially hindered for a shorter secondary duration, slowing their movement.Deals (6.5-651.1) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 6.00 seconds
Base secondary duration is 3.00 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(0-0.9) metres to radius
80% reduced Movement Speed
Debuff can have up to 20 layers of Damage
Hindered Enemies take 20% increased Chaos Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.04-0.8) secondsCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 1
Vaal Blight can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalBlight

Vaal Blight is a Vaal skill gem that applies a debuff that deals chaos damage over time in a large area around the caster and greatly hindering enemies. The spell then expands to stack more damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Each cast can land a maximum of 3 stacks on the enemy.

• Vaal blight and blight both count towards the maximum stack size of 20. Any stack size over 20 will not add damage.

• Vaal blight is not considered a channeling spell. It will not gain channeling specific bonuses to damage.

Gem level progression

Level			Chaos Damage per sec	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	6.5	—	0	0
2	2	0	7.4	—	70	70
3	4	16	9.3	+0.1m	308	378
4	7	22	12.7	+0.1m	1554	1932
5	11	31	18.3	+0.2m	6667	8599
6	16	41	27.4	+0.2m	26047	34646
7	20	50	36.8	+0.3m	49725	84371
8	24	58	48.5	+0.3m	95714	180085
9	28	67	63.1	+0.4m	169595	349680
10	32	75	81.2	+0.4m	283759	633439
11	36	83	103.4	+0.5m	453996	1087435
12	40	92	130.8	+0.5m	703128	1790563
13	44	100	164.4	+0.6m	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	205.4	+0.6m	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	255.4	+0.7m	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	316.4	+0.7m	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	390.3	+0.8m	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	480	+0.8m	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	559.5	+0.9m	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	651.1	+0.9m	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	719.8	+1m	—	—
22	74	—	795.3	+1m	—	—
23	76	—	878.2	+1.1m	—	—
24	78	—	969.2	+1.1m	—	—
25	80	—	1069	+1.2m	—	—
26	82	—	1178.6	+1.2m	—	—
27	84	—	1298.8	+1.3m	—	—
28	86	—	1430.6	+1.3m	—	—
29	88	—	1575.1	+1.4m	—	—
30	90	—	1733.5	+1.4m	—	—
31	91	—	1818.3	+1.4m	—	—
32	92	—	1907	+1.5m	—	—
33	93	—	1999.9	+1.5m	—	—
34	94	—	2097.1	+1.5m	—	—
35	95	—	2198.8	+1.5m	—	—
36	96	—	2305.2	+1.6m	—	—
37	97	—	2416.6	+1.6m	—	—
38	98	—	2533.2	+1.6m	—	—
39	99	—	2655.1	+1.6m	—	—
40	100	—	2782.7	+1.7m	—	—

Item acquisition

Vaal Blight has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Blight can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.

Recipes

Vaal Blight can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Blight:

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

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop enabled
Spreading RotSpreading Rot Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(7-13)% increased Chaos Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Blight inflicts Withered for 2 seconds With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Blight has 30% reduced Cast SpeedThe Cataclysm was but the first act in a play of horrors. The dead lingered, and the living began to rot.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(7-13)% increased Chaos Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Blight inflicts Withered for 2 seconds With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Blight has 30% reduced Cast Speed

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Blight.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Blight Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Blight Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Blight Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Blight Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Blight Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Blight Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Blight Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Blight Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Blight Secondary Skill Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Blight has 20% increased Hinder Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Blight Secondary Skill Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Blight has 30% increased Hinder Duration	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Blight has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Blighted Cold Snap EffectBlighted Cold Snap EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes a blighted effect.	Your Cold Snap becomes a blighted effect.
Celestial Blight EffectCelestial Blight EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blight becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Blight becomes a Celestial Effect.
Project Blight EffectProject Blight EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blight becomes a Project Effect.	Your Blight becomes a Project Effect.
Scientist Blight EffectScientist Blight EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blight becomes a Scientist Effect.	Your Blight becomes a Scientist Effect.
Sunprism Blight EffectSunprism Blight EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Blight becomes a Sunprism Effect.	Your Blight becomes a Sunprism Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now deals 6.5 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 4.3), scaling up to 651.1 at gem level 20 (previously 524.7).
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0.00-0.80 seconds to Base duration, instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
3.14.0	Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 7 seconds (previously 8). 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.
3.6.0	Added wind physics.
3.3.0	Vaal Blight has been added to the game.