Vaal Impurity of Lightning

Aura, Spell, AoE, Duration, Vaal, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casts an aura that reduces lightning damage taken and provides shock immunity to you and nearby allies, and makes hits against nearby enemies ignore their lightning resistance.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(1.4-2) metres to radius
(0-76)% increased effect of Aura
You and nearby allies gain 5% additional maximum Lightning Resistance
You and nearby allies are Immune to Shock
Nearby Enemies' Lightning Resistance is Ignored by Hits

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Area of EffectCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Drop restricted
Drop level: 24
Vaal Impurity of Lightning can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningResistAura

Vaal Impurity of Lightning is a Vaal skill gem. It temporarily grants the caster and nearby allies lightning maximum lightning resistance, immunity to shock, and causes their lightning damage to ignore enemy lightning resistance.

Skill functions and interactions

Contrary to what is written in the description, the skill no longer reduces the amount of lightning damage taken, instead, it provides maximum lightning resistance.

Gem level progression

Level			Radius	Aura Effect	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	+1.4m	—	0	0
2	27	64	+1.4m	4%	118383	118383
3	30	71	+1.4m	8%	175816	294199
4	33	77	+1.5m	12%	254061	548260
5	36	83	+1.5m	16%	359090	907350
6	39	90	+1.5m	20%	498508	1405858
7	42	96	+1.6m	24%	682057	2087915
8	45	102	+1.6m	28%	921777	3009692
9	48	109	+1.6m	32%	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	+1.7m	36%	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	+1.7m	40%	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	+1.7m	44%	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	+1.8m	48%	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	+1.8m	52%	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	+1.8m	56%	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	+1.9m	60%	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	+1.9m	64%	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	+1.9m	68%	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	+2m	72%	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	+2m	76%	211877683	341331311
21	72	159	+2m	80%	—	—
22	74	—	+2.1m	84%	—	—
23	76	—	+2.1m	88%	—	—
24	78	—	+2.1m	92%	—	—
25	80	—	+2.2m	96%	—	—
26	82	—	+2.2m	100%	—	—
27	84	—	+2.2m	104%	—	—
28	86	—	+2.3m	108%	—	—
29	88	—	+2.3m	112%	—	—
30	90	—	+2.3m	116%	—	—
31	91	—	+2.3m	118%	—	—
32	92	—	+2.4m	120%	—	—
33	93	—	+2.4m	122%	—	—
34	94	—	+2.4m	124%	—	—
35	95	—	+2.4m	126%	—	—
36	96	—	+2.4m	128%	—	—
37	97	—	+2.4m	130%	—	—
38	98	—	+2.5m	132%	—	—
39	99	—	+2.5m	134%	—	—
40	100	—	+2.5m	136%	—	—

Item acquisition

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

Recipes

Vaal Impurity of Lightning 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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Impurity of Lightning.

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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Alternate skill effects

Vaal Impurity of Lightning has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
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.
3.12.0	No longer grant reduced damage taken of their respective damage types, and now instead grant +5% to their respective maximum resistances at all gem levels.
3.6.0	Now gain 4% aura effect per gem level (from 5%). Now cause you to take 25% less damage of their associated element, instead of 25% reduced damage.
3.5.0	Vaal Impurity of Lightning is now instant, with a very short cooldown.
3.3.0	Vaal Impurity of Lightning has been added to the game.

References

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