Vaal Cleave

Vaal CleaveAttack, AoE, 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: (287-726)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (287-726)%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
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 corrupting CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (179-511)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (179-511)%
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
+(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..Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalCleave

Vaal Cleave is a Vaal melee area attack that deals damage in a frontal 180 degree arc, usable with axes and swords. It simultaneously uses both weapons if dual wielding.

Vaal Cleave has culling strike, cannot be evaded, can temporarily buff the user's regular CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (179-511)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (179-511)%
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
+(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., and can temporarily steal the monster modifiers of a killed rare monster, 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.

Skill functions and interactions

• Dual Wielding: Vaal Cleave attacks with both weapons simultaneously, averaging the attack speed of both weapons and combining the damage of both weapons.

• Killing blows: both the Cleave buff and theft of monster modifiers require killing blows: kills with hits. This can occur through culling strike. Kills by damage over time such as poison or bleed are not killing blows.

• Buff: the buff obtained by killing a rare or unique enemy with a hit grants regular CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (7-13) Mana
  Attack Speed: 80% of base
  Attack Damage: (179-511)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (179-511)%
  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
  +(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. culling strike, more area of effect, and more damage against enemies on low life.

• Monster modifiers: monster modifiers are stolen by killing rare monsters with hits. Unique or magic monster modifiers are not stolen by Vaal Cleave. 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.

• Duration: Both the duration of the buff and the duration of stolen monster modifiers can be scaled with modifiers to skill effect duration, at the cost of increasing Soul Gain Prevention.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	287.5%	287.5%	0	0
2	2	0	0	301.9%	301.9%	70	70
3	4	0	0	317%	317%	308	378
4	7	0	14	332.8%	332.8%	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	349.5%	349.5%	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	366.9%	366.9%	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	385.3%	385.3%	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	404.5%	404.5%	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	424.8%	424.8%	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	446%	446%	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	468.3%	468.3%	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	491.7%	491.7%	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	516.3%	516.3%	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	542.1%	542.1%	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	569.2%	569.2%	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	597.7%	597.7%	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	627.6%	627.6%	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	659%	659%	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	691.9%	691.9%	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	726.5%	726.5%	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	762.8%	762.8%	—	—
22	74	—	—	801%	801%	—	—
23	76	—	—	841%	841%	—	—
24	78	—	—	883.1%	883.1%	—	—
25	80	—	—	927.2%	927.2%	—	—
26	82	—	—	973.6%	973.6%	—	—
27	84	—	—	1022.3%	1022.3%	—	—
28	86	—	—	1073.4%	1073.4%	—	—
29	88	—	—	1127%	1127%	—	—
30	90	—	—	1183.4%	1183.4%	—	—
31	91	—	—	1273.6%	1273.6%	—	—
32	92	—	—	1305.5%	1305.5%	—	—
33	93	—	—	1338.1%	1338.1%	—	—
34	94	—	—	1371.6%	1371.6%	—	—
35	95	—	—	1405.8%	1405.8%	—	—
36	96	—	—	1441%	1441%	—	—
37	97	—	—	1477%	1477%	—	—
38	98	—	—	1513.9%	1513.9%	—	—
39	99	—	—	1551.8%	1551.8%	—	—
40	100	—	—	1590.6%	1590.6%	—	—

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 corrupting CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (179-511)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (179-511)%
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
+(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 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 Cleave:

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
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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Cleave.

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 Cleave Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Cleave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Demon Hand Cleave EffectDemon Hand Cleave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.	Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	No longer has Added Attack Physical Damage at all gem levels. It now has 287% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 200%), scaling up to 726% at gem level 20 (previously 400%). The following Skills no longer have the Physical tag: Blade Flurry, Blade Flurry of Incision, Cleave, Cleave of Rage, Cyclone, Cyclone of Tumult, Lancing Steel of Spraying, Perforate, Perforate of Duality, Shrapnel Ballista, Split Arrow, Sweep, Vaal Blade Flurry, Vaal Cleave, and Vaal Cyclone.
3.23.0	Quality now causes Cleave to have +0-0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre, instead of 0-10% increased Attack Speed.
3.20.1	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.
3.20.0	Introduced to the game.