Vaal CleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Vaal, Duration, Melee Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 25 Can Store 3 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 4 sec Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (200-400)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (200-400)%The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Killing Blows on Rare or Unique enemies grant a buff that improves Cleave for a duration. Killing Blows on Rare Enemies also steal their modifiers for a secondary duration. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined Base duration is 20.00 seconds Base secondary duration is 20.00 seconds +0.8 seconds to Attack Time (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention +(1.5-2.4) metres to radius Culling Strike Can't be Evaded Buff grants Culling Strike with Cleave Buff grants 60% more Cleave Area of Effect Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metreCorruptedPlace 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 Cleave can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corruptingCleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)% AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage +(0-1) metre to radius
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metrePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalCleave
Vaal Cleave is a Vaalmeleeattack that deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.
The skill cleaves the area in front of the user after a small delay. If a rare or unique enemy is killed, this skill grants a temporary buff to CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)% AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage +(0-1) metre to radius
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metrePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. that gives it culling strike, more area of effect, and more damage against enemies on low life. In addition, killing a rare enemy with Vaal Cleave will also steal its monster modifiers for a duration, similar to 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. Unique monster modifiers (such as those on some bosses) and magic monsters' modifiers are not stolen by Vaal Cleave.
Dual Wielding: Vaal Cleave attacks with both weapons simultaneously, averaging the attack speed of both weapons and combining the attacks of both weapons into a single hit. Both weapons will roll their damage values and their accuracy and critical strike checks separately, then combine the expected damage of both weapons. It is possible to miss or crit with one weapon, but not the other.
On-hit effects will only check the result of the final hit.
Any ailments applied by the skill will scale off the final hit.
The final hit is considered a critical strike as long as one of the weapons rolled a crit.
Both the Cleave buff and the monster modifiers steal duration can be scaled with modifiers to duration, at the cost of increasing Soul Gain Prevention.
In order to grant the buff and steal modifiers, the killing blow must be directly dealt by a hit of Vaal Cleave - monsters dying to other effects/ailments such as ignite, poison, or bleed, even if applied by Vaal Cleave, will not grant the buff. However, culling strike kills applied by Vaal Cleave will count, even if the culling strike threshold exceeds Vaal Cleave's (such as from slayer's 20% culling strike). This prevents culling strike from interfering with getting the killing blow.
Unlike some other forms of temporary monster mod stealing (such as Behead SupportBehead SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike Icon: H Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports strike skills.Supported Skills have +(0.2-0.3) metres to Melee Strike Range Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies on Low Life Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills with Melee Weapons against Rare Monsters grant one of their Modifiers for 20 seconds 20% chance to refresh Duration of granted Modifier by up to 5 seconds when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy with Supported Skills
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (1-20)% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low LifeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.), multiple sets of modifiers can be stolen from multiple rares if killed by Vaal Cleave, even if they're killed with the same use of Vaal Cleave - this naturally makes Vaal Cleave (and by extension, the player) more powerful the more Vaal Cleave is used to kill rares, and the more rare-dense the map is.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
1
0
0
200%
200%
0
0
2
2
0
0
210.5%
210.5%
70
70
3
4
0
0
221.1%
221.1%
308
378
4
7
0
14
231.6%
231.6%
1554
1932
5
11
0
19
242.1%
242.1%
6667
8599
6
16
18
26
252.6%
252.6%
26047
34646
7
20
22
31
263.2%
263.2%
49725
84371
8
24
25
37
273.7%
273.7%
95714
180085
9
28
29
42
284.2%
284.2%
169595
349680
10
32
33
47
294.7%
294.7%
283759
633439
11
36
36
52
305.3%
305.3%
453996
1087435
12
40
40
58
315.8%
315.8%
703128
1790563
13
44
44
63
326.3%
326.3%
1061223
2851786
14
48
48
68
336.8%
336.8%
2065870
4917656
15
52
51
74
347.4%
347.4%
2507110
7424766
16
56
55
79
357.9%
357.9%
5798936
13223702
17
60
59
84
368.4%
368.4%
15083919
28307621
18
64
62
90
378.9%
378.9%
27792735
56100356
19
67
65
94
389.5%
389.5%
43869739
99970095
20
70
68
98
400%
400%
242081556
342051651
21
72
70
100
410.5%
410.5%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
421.1%
421.1%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
431.6%
431.6%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
442.1%
442.1%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
452.6%
452.6%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
463.2%
463.2%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
473.7%
473.7%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
484.2%
484.2%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
494.7%
494.7%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
505.3%
505.3%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
510.5%
510.5%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
515.8%
515.8%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
521.1%
521.1%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
526.3%
526.3%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
531.6%
531.6%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
536.8%
536.8%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
542.1%
542.1%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
547.4%
547.4%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
552.6%
552.6%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
557.9%
557.9%
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
+0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
1
Item acquisition
Vaal Cleave has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
Vaal Cleave can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corruptingCleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 80% of base Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)% AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage +(0-1) metre to radius
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metrePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Recipes
Vaal Cleave 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 corruptedVaal gem with 20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.
Item
Limit
Radius
Stats
Drop Enabled
Overwhelming OddsOverwhelming Odds Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Cleave Fortify With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +0.1 metres to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metreEven as the tide turned, and victory swiftly became impossible, The legionnaires of Lioneye's Watch stood their ground and fought on, Every last man dying a brutal but honourable death.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
1
Medium
(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Hits with Cleave Fortify With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Cleave has +0.1 metres to Radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre
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.
Updated various descriptions of conditional modifiers, such as the increased Damage against Ignited Enemies modifier on Gang's MomentumGang's Momentum Legion BootsArmour: (270-336) Energy Shield: (54-70)Requires Level 58, 54 Str, 54 Int(160-180)% increased Armour and Energy Shield +(50-60)% to Fire Resistance 25% increased Movement Speed (10-15)% chance to Ignite (25-40)% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments against Ignited EnemiesBecome one with the unstoppable flame., to clarify the kinds of damage they can apply to.
Updated Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage to Enemies that are on Low Life to Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life. Note: this is just a visual change.[1]
CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
.Vendor Offer
HeadhunterHeadhunter
. Unique monster modifiers (such as those on some bosses) and magic monsters' modifiers are not stolen by Vaal Cleave.
Behead SupportBehead SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike
), multiple sets of modifiers can be stolen from multiple rares if killed by Vaal Cleave, even if they're killed with the same use of Vaal Cleave - this naturally makes Vaal Cleave (and by extension, the player) more powerful the more Vaal Cleave is used to kill rares, and the more rare-dense the map is.
Volatile Power
Volatile Power
9Vaal Gem
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Overwhelming Odds
Demon Hand Cleave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.
