Vaal Lightning Strike

Vaal Lightning StrikeVaal, Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, Lightning, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 20
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Attack Damage: (105-163)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (105-163)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy becomes an orb attached to the enemy you hit, or the ground if you don't hit an enemy. The orb will periodically fire projectiles at other nearby enemies for a duration, which will also damage the enemy the orb is attached to.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Damage
1% increased Projectile SpeedDeals (105-163)% of Base Attack Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 6 seconds
Fires (4-8) additional Projectiles
(1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
Can't be Evaded
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningStrike

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Lightning Strike.

Vaal Lightning Strike (often referred to as VLS) is a vaal melee attack with the secondary effect of launching projectiles periodically from the target struck or from the ground if no enemy is hit. These projectiles deal lightning damage based on the player's weapon damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• The pulse rate of the lightning beams produced by Vaal Lightning Strike's orbs can be modified by increases to attack speed such as Faster Attacks.

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	# Projectiles	Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	0	14	0%	0%	0	105%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	105%	0.00 sec	0%	4	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	0	17	0%	0%	0	108%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	108.1%	0.00 sec	0%	4	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	30	0	21	0%	0%	0	111%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	111.1%	0.00 sec	0%	4	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	35	0	24	0%	0%	0	114%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	114.2%	0.00 sec	0%	4	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	41	0	28	0%	0%	0	117%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	117.2%	0.00 sec	0%	4	N/A	147968	286717
6	31	46	0	32	0%	0%	0	120%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	120.3%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	250557	537274
7	35	51	0	36	0%	0%	0	123%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	123.3%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	405086	942360
8	38	55	0	38	0%	0%	0	126%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	126.4%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	447718	1390078
9	41	59	0	41	0%	0%	0	129%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	129.4%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	615318	2005396
10	44	63	0	44	0%	0%	0	133%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	132.5%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	834639	2840035
11	47	67	0	47	0%	0%	0	136%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	135.5%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	0	49	0%	0%	0	139%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	138.6%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	0	52	0%	0%	0	142%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	141.6%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	0	55	0%	0%	0	145%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	144.7%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	0	58	0%	0%	0	148%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	147.7%	0.00 sec	0%	6	N/A	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	0	60	0%	0%	0	151%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	150.8%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	0	62	0%	0%	0	154%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	153.8%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	0	64	0%	0%	0	157%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	156.9%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	0	66	0%	0%	0	160%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	159.9%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	0	68	0%	0%	0	163%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	163%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	0	70	0%	0%	0	166%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	166.1%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	-342004647	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	169%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	169.1%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	172%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	172.2%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	175%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	175.2%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	178%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	178.3%	0.00 sec	0%	8	N/A	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	181%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	181.3%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	184%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	184.4%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	187%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	187.4%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	191%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	190.5%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	194%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	193.5%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	195%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	195.1%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	197%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	196.6%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	198%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	198.1%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	200%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	199.6%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	201%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	201.2%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	203%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	202.7%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	204%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	204.2%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	206%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	205.7%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	207%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	207.3%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	209%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	208.8%	0.00 sec	0%	10	N/A	0	0

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 163% of Base Damage, and has 163% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 130%).
3.14.0	Now deals 105% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 80%) and 130% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 98%). Now has a base duration of 6 seconds (previously 8). Now stores 2 uses (previously 1). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 8 seconds (previously 10).
3.7.0	Now adds 1 to 13 lightning damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 9 to 179 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased projectile speed and 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased lightning damage per 1% gem quality).
2.1.0	It is now a Dexterity Gem
1.1.0d	Vaal Skill soul counts were initially balanced for Merciless difficulty, where there are more monsters. We want them to be easier to use in Normal and Cruel difficulty. We have halved the number of souls required for each skill. In Cruel difficulty, skills require 50% more souls to uses. In Merciless difficulty, they require 100% more (which is the same as before the patch).
1.1.0	Introduced to the game.

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