Vaal Reave

Vaal ReaveAttack, AoE, Vaal, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 25
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 2 sec
Attack Speed: 250% of base
Attack Damage: (295-613)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (295-613)%
AoE Radius: 12Requires Level 12Repeatedly attacks a large area in different directions. Each Vaal Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.+(0-0.2) metres to radius
50% more Area of Effect for each stage
Can't be Evaded
+4 to maximum Stages

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) to maximum StagesCorruptedPlace 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 Reave can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalReave

Vaal Reave is a vaal melee attack that deals damage in a small area all round the user, increasing the area of effect each time you hit an enemy.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Repeatedly attacks a large area: At the start of the attack the player is instantly granted 4 stacks of Reave. After striking the targeted area, the attack repeats 7 times, rotating 135 degrees (the angle of the cone) counterclockwise for each strike.

• Stacks: If no enemy is hit with Reave or Vaal Reave for three seconds, stacks are lost incrementally.

• More Area of Effect: This is a local multiplicative bonus, it applies only to Vaal Reave and Reave. The maximum number of stacks that can be applied by Vaal Reave is 8, for a total of 240% more radius which ends up at about 41 units. This is in contrast to Reave which can only apply up to 4 stacks, but is capable of maintaining any number of stacks. Area of effect spreads out in a 135 degree arc.

• Duration: Because Vaal Reave lacks the Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention line (as duration has no effect on reave), Vaal Reave's soul gain prevention period cannot be modified with skill effect duration. However, the soul gain prevention duration can be modified by things that directly affect soul gain prevention, such as the Soul Catcher flask.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	295.1%	295.1%	—	0	0
2	15	25	17	306.7%	306.7%	—	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	318.8%	318.8%	—	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	331.3%	331.3%	—	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	344.3%	344.3%	—	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	357.8%	357.8%	—	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	371.9%	371.9%	—	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	386.5%	386.5%	—	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	401.7%	401.7%	—	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	417.4%	417.4%	+0.1m	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	433.8%	433.8%	+0.1m	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	450.9%	450.9%	+0.1m	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	468.6%	468.6%	+0.1m	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	487%	487%	+0.1m	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	506.1%	506.1%	+0.1m	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	526%	526%	+0.1m	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	546.6%	546.6%	+0.1m	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	568.1%	568.1%	+0.1m	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	590.4%	590.4%	+0.1m	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	613.6%	613.6%	+0.2m	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	637.7%	637.7%	+0.2m	—	—
22	74	—	—	662.7%	662.7%	+0.2m	—	—
23	76	—	—	688.7%	688.7%	+0.2m	—	—
24	78	—	—	715.8%	715.8%	+0.2m	—	—
25	80	—	—	743.9%	743.9%	+0.2m	—	—
26	82	—	—	773.1%	773.1%	+0.2m	—	—
27	84	—	—	803.5%	803.5%	+0.2m	—	—
28	86	—	—	835%	835%	+0.2m	—	—
29	88	—	—	867.8%	867.8%	+0.2m	—	—
30	90	—	—	901.9%	901.9%	+0.3m	—	—
31	91	—	—	955.7%	955.7%	+0.3m	—	—
32	92	—	—	974.5%	974.5%	+0.3m	—	—
33	93	—	—	993.6%	993.6%	+0.3m	—	—
34	94	—	—	1013.1%	1013.1%	+0.3m	—	—
35	95	—	—	1033%	1033%	+0.3m	—	—
36	96	—	—	1053.3%	1053.3%	+0.3m	—	—
37	97	—	—	1074%	1074%	+0.3m	—	—
38	98	—	—	1095.1%	1095.1%	+0.3m	—	—
39	99	—	—	1116.6%	1116.6%	+0.3m	—	—
40	100	—	—	1138.5%	1138.5%	+0.3m	—	—

Item acquisition

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

Recipes

Vaal Reave 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

Video demonstration

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Alternate skill effects

Vaal Reave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Demonic Reave EffectDemonic Reave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Reave becomes a wave of demonic energy.	Your Reave becomes a wave of demonic energy.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has 295% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 250%), scaling up to 613% at gem level 20 (previously 350%).
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-2 to maximum Stages, instead of 0-10% increased Attack Speed.
3.19.0	Vaal Reave now has 250% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 200%), up to 350% at gem level 20 (previously 313%).
3.15.0	Now deals 313% of Base Damage, and has 313% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 250%).
3.14.0	Now deals 200% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 150%) and 250% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 180%). Now expends 25 Souls per use (previously 35). Now stores up to 3 uses (previously 2). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 2 seconds (previously 4). 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.
3.13.0	Now deals base weapon damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 150% at gem level 1 (from 135%), up to 180% at gem level 20 (from 155%).
3.7.0	Now has an attack speed multiplier of 250% (rather than 150% more attack speed). Now loses stages incrementally after a short period without hitting anything, rather than all at once.
2.6.0	Vaal Reave gains 1 additional unit of radius every 5 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius. Now gains 50% more area of effect per stage, instead of 20% more radius per stage.
2.4.0	Vaal Reave's area of effect has been updated to match changes to ReaveReaveAttack, AoE, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-10) Mana Attack Damage: (232-534)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (232-534)% AoE Radius: 20Requires Level 12Attacks an area in front of you. Each Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.4 Maximum Stages +(0-0.2) metres to radius 50% more Area of Effect for each stage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
2.0.0	Maximum number of stacks is now 8. The base Soul Requirements have been increased to 24.
1.1.3b	Fixed a bug where Vaal Reave was not correctly identified as a Vaal Gem in some circumstances, such as recipes. The recipes affected won't update on town instances that were created before the hotfix. Fixed a bug where Vaal Reave was not correctly identified as a Vaal Gem in some circumstances, such as recipes. On the client this will show as having the correct tags.
1.1.3	Vaal Reave has been added to the game. Changed Reave stacks so they are shared between multiple versions of the skill, if a player uses multiple copies of the Reave gem.