Vaal Firestorm

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Vaal FirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Vaal
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 35
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 7 sec
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 760%
Requires Level 28A fixed number of flaming bolts rain down in a spiral, culminating in the central one impacting the targeted location. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies and leaving burning ground, which deals fire damage over time.Deals (256.8-3995.2) Base Fire Damage per second
Burning Ground lasts 4.00 seconds
Deals (224-3487) to (336-5230) Fire Damage
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
16 Bolts
Impacts have 20% more Area of Effect
Base radius is 1.3 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
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: 28
Vaal Firestorm can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corrupting FirestormFirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (13-25) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
Requires Level 28Flaming bolts rain down over the targeted area. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies.Base duration is 1.40 seconds
Deals (23-361) to (35-541) Fire Damage
One impact every 0.15 seconds
Base radius is 1.3 metres
First Impact has 100% more Area of Effect
First Impact deals 325% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Maximum 3 Firestorms at a time

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
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Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalFirestorm

Vaal Firestorm is a Fire Vaal spell that calls down several meteors which deal damage in an area consecutively, leaving Burning Ground.

Skill functions and interactions

Modifiers to Spell Damage do not affect the burning ground's damage over time; however, the base damage over time exceeds that of Fire TrapFire TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-20) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 260%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level 12Throws a trap that explodes when triggered, dealing fire damage to surrounding enemies and leaving an area of burning ground that damages enemies who walk through it.Trap lasts 4 seconds
Deals (32.5-3018.8) Base Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 1.75 seconds
Deals (10-915) to (15-1373) Fire Damage
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
+(0-0.8) metres to radius
(3-286) to (5-429) added Fire Damage against Burning Enemies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(4-80)% increased Trap Trigger Area of Effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
of the same level.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceFire
Damage
Fire
DoT
Exp.Total Exp.
12867224 to 336256.800
23173279 to 418319.7199345199345
33479345 to 518395.8285815485160
43785426 to 639487.8401344886504
54092522 to 784598.75543791440883
64296598 to 897684.94774371918320
744100683 to 1024782.25837862502106
846104779 to 1168892.37103593212465
948109887 to 13311016.513555114567976
10501131009 to 15141156.611388775706853
11521171147 to 17211314.613682337075086
12541211303 to 19541492.516383388713424
13561251477 to 22161692.9195664810670072
14581301674 to 25111918.4365518414325256
15601341896 to 28432172.1301732717342583
16621382144 to 32172457.2775999525102578
17641422424 to 36362777.71513819340240771
18661462738 to 41073137.62608382566324596
19681513091 to 46363541.762620247128944843
20701553487 to 52303995.2211708088340652931
21721593931 to 58964504N/AN/A
2274N/A4429 to 66435074.5N/AN/A
2376N/A4987 to 74805714N/AN/A
2478N/A5612 to 84186430.6N/AN/A
2580N/A6313 to 94697233.3N/AN/A
2682N/A7097 to 106468132.2N/AN/A
2784N/A7975 to 119639138.5N/AN/A
2886N/A8958 to 1343710264.5N/AN/A
2988N/A10058 to 1508611524.4N/AN/A
3090N/A11287 to 1693112933.4N/AN/A
3191N/A11956 to 1793313699.2N/AN/A
3292N/A12662 to 1899314508.9N/AN/A
3393N/A13409 to 2011415365N/AN/A
3494N/A14199 to 2129916270N/AN/A
3595N/A15034 to 2255117226.8N/AN/A
3696N/A15917 to 2387518238.1N/AN/A
3797N/A16850 to 2527519307.1N/AN/A
3898N/A17836 to 2675420437N/AN/A
3999N/A18878 to 2831721631.1N/AN/A
40100N/A19979 to 2996922893N/AN/A

Gem quality

TypeAdditional Effects per 1-20% QualityWeight
SuperiorBase radius is (0.01-0.2) metres1

Item acquisition

Vaal Firestorm has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Firestorm can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corrupting FirestormFirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (13-25) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
Requires Level 28Flaming bolts rain down over the targeted area. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies.Base duration is 1.40 seconds
Deals (23-361) to (35-541) Fire Damage
One impact every 0.15 seconds
Base radius is 1.3 metres
First Impact has 100% more Area of Effect
First Impact deals 325% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Maximum 3 Firestorms at a time

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
.

Recipes

Vaal Firestorm can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Firestorm.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Firestorm Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Firestorm Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Firestorm Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Firestorm Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Firestorm Duration 166Merciless Labyrinth20% increased Firestorm Durationhelmet 100
Enchantment Firestorm Duration 275Eternal Labyrinth30% increased Firestorm Durationhelmet 100
Enchantment Firestorm Explosion Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Firestorm explosion Area of Effecthelmet 100
Enchantment Firestorm Explosion Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Firestorm explosion Area of Effecthelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Firestorm has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Celestial Firestorm EffectCelestial Firestorm EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Firestorm becomes a Celestial Effect.Your Firestorm becomes a Celestial Effect.
Purple Firestorm EffectPurple Firestorm EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Firestorm becomes a Purple Effect.Your Firestorm becomes a Purple Effect.
Siege Firestorm EffectSiege Firestorm EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Firestorm becomes a flaming siege assaultYour Firestorm becomes a flaming siege assault
Stygian Firestorm EffectStygian Firestorm EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Firestorm becomes a Stygian Effect.Your Firestorm becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.23.0
  • Quality now provides +0-0.2 metres to radius, instead of 0-20% increased Damage.
3.21.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References