Vaal Lightning Trap

Vaal Lightning TrapTrap, Critical, Spell, Projectile, Duration, Vaal, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 20
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 4 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Throws a trap that launches a ring of projectiles through the enemy that set it off, dealing lightning damage to them and subsequent targets and leaving a trail of shocked ground.Deals (26-686) to (79-2057) Lightning Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Base duration is 4.00 seconds
Fires 9 Projectiles
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Fires Projectiles in a circle
Projectiles leave Shocked Ground
Shocked Ground causes 15% increased Damage taken

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Shocked Ground causes (0.25-5)% increased Damage takenCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 12
Vaal Lightning Trap can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalLightningTrap

Vaal Lightning Trap is a Vaal skill. It creates a trap that launches a ring of projectiles when triggered. The projectiles pierce through all targets, dealing lightning damage and leaving behind a narrow trail of shocking ground for a duration.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Chaining: Since Vaal Lightning Trap's projectiles always pierce, then they cannot chain, so supporting it with Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
  Icon: c
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times
  Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis 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. will have no effect.

• Multiple Traps: When Vaal Lightning Trap is linked with Multiple Traps SupportMultiple Traps SupportSupport, Trap
  Icon: t
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 8Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps in a line.Supported Skills throw up to 2 additional Traps
  Supported Skills deal (58-52)% less Damage
  Supported Skills can have up to 3 additional Traps placed at a time
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Trap Trigger Area of EffectThis 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. or Cluster Traps SupportCluster Traps SupportTrap, Support
  Icon: L
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports traps skills, making them throw extra traps randomly around the targeted location.Supported Skills throw up to 2 additional Traps
  Supported Skills throw Traps randomly around targeted location
  Supported Skills can have up to 5 additional Traps placed at a time
  Supported Skills deal (61-55)% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Trap Trigger Area of EffectThis 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., additional traps are only placed if Vaal Lightning Trap has sufficient souls to do so.

• Duration: Increased Duration increases both the trap duration and the duration of the shocking ground effect.

Each trap can only proc once and cannot re-arm due to restrictions related to souls.

Gem level progression

Level				Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	14	21	26 to 79	0	0
2	15	17	25	33 to 99	15249	15249
3	19	21	30	44 to 132	41517	56766
4	23	24	35	57 to 172	81983	138749
5	27	28	41	74 to 222	147968	286717
6	31	32	46	94 to 281	250557	537274
7	35	36	51	118 to 353	405086	942360
8	38	38	55	139 to 417	447718	1390078
9	41	41	59	164 to 491	615318	2005396
10	44	44	63	192 to 576	834639	2840035
11	47	47	67	224 to 673	1570760	4410795
12	50	49	71	261 to 784	1633987	6044782
13	53	52	75	304 to 911	2151030	8195812
14	56	55	79	352 to 1056	2812189	11008001
15	59	58	83	407 to 1222	5099360	16107361
16	62	60	87	471 to 1412	9400731	25508092
17	64	62	90	518 to 1553	15273366	40781458
18	66	64	92	569 to 1707	26286582	67068040
19	68	66	95	625 to 1874	62890590	129958630
20	70	68	98	686 to 2057	212046017	342004647
21	72	70	100	752 to 2256	—	—
22	74	—	—	824 to 2473	—	—
23	76	—	—	903 to 2709	—	—
24	78	—	—	989 to 2967	—	—
25	80	—	—	1082 to 3247	—	—
26	82	—	—	1184 to 3551	—	—
27	84	—	—	1294 to 3882	—	—
28	86	—	—	1414 to 4243	—	—
29	88	—	—	1545 to 4634	—	—
30	90	—	—	1687 to 5060	—	—
31	91	—	—	1762 to 5287	—	—
32	92	—	—	1841 to 5523	—	—
33	93	—	—	1923 to 5769	—	—
34	94	—	—	2008 to 6025	—	—
35	95	—	—	2098 to 6293	—	—
36	96	—	—	2190 to 6571	—	—
37	97	—	—	2287 to 6862	—	—
38	98	—	—	2388 to 7164	—	—
39	99	—	—	2493 to 7479	—	—
40	100	—	—	2603 to 7808	—	—

Item acquisition

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

Recipes

Vaal Lightning Trap 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

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Alternate skill effects

Vaal Lightning Trap has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Lightning Trap EffectCelestial Lightning Trap EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Lightning Trap becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Lightning Trap becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	Now deals 26 to 79 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 18 to 54) and 686 to 2057 Lightning Damage at gem level 20 (previously 466 to 1399). Now has added damage effectiveness of 250% (previously 170%). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 4 seconds (previously 6). 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.
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 170% (from 135%).
3.2.0	Base duration lowered to 4 seconds (from 16).Trap will now trigger at the end of its duration.
2.0.0	Damage increased by 33%. Projectiles from Vaal Lightning Trap now also have 100% pierce chance. Critical Strike Chance increased from 4% to 5%.
1.1.5	Introduced to the game.