Vaal Summon Skeletons

Vaal Summon SkeletonsVaal, Spell, Minion, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 10Summons an army of skeletal warriors, archers and mages, led by a powerful general.Per 1% Quality:1SuperiorMinions deal 1% increased DamageSummons (14-21) Skeleton Warriors
Summons (2-9) Skeleton Archers
Summons 1 Skeleton General
Maximum (17-36) Summoned Skeletons
Base duration is 20 seconds
Summons (0-5) Skeleton Mages
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 10Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalSummonSkeletons

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Summon Skeletons.

Vaal Summon Skeletons is a vaal spell that summons an army of skeletons, led by a skeleton general.

Skill functions and interactions

One of several general variants will be randomly summoned on cast.

• Aura General: Skeleton General that wears armor, somewhat similar to Vaal Fallen. Has an Aura that grants 10% of physical damage as extra fire damage.

• Melee General: Skeleton General that wields a mace. It has melee splash attacks that are slow but deal high damage.

• Archer General: Skeleton General that uses a bow. It can use the Rain of Arrows ability.

• Mage General: Skeleton General that doesn't use weapons. It mainly casts Summon Raging Spirit.

This skill works with the passive skills that increase the maximum number of skeletons. But like Summon Skeletons it does not gain an increase in the amount spawned at each use. If one were to cast the ability while it is still in effect its behavior is similar to Summon Skeletons; first it spawns new skeletons up to the cap, then it start replacing the oldest one. When replacing, no consideration is taken to what kind of skeleton is summoned or replaced. Hence it's possible to have two generals at a (short) time. At gem level 20 with all passives and no unique items the chance is 6/(36+6).

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	# Skeleton Warriors	# Skeleton Archers	# Skeleton Mages	Skeleton Maximum	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	0	0	29	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14	2	N/A	17	0	0
2	13	0	0	35	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15	2	N/A	18	9569	9569
3	17	0	0	43	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15	3	N/A	19	28189	37758
4	21	0	0	52	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	16	3	N/A	20	59146	96904
5	25	0	0	60	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	16	4	N/A	21	111192	208096
6	29	0	0	69	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	17	4	N/A	22	193800	401896
7	33	0	0	77	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	17	5	N/A	23	320280	722176
8	36	0	0	83	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	18	5	N/A	24	359090	1081266
9	39	0	0	90	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	18	5	1	25	498508	1579774
10	42	0	0	96	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	18	6	1	26	682057	2261831
11	45	0	0	102	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	18	6	2	27	921777	3183608
12	48	0	0	109	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	19	6	2	28	1727879	4911487
13	51	0	0	115	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	19	6	3	29	1791769	6703256
14	54	0	0	121	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20	6	3	30	2353679	9056935
15	57	0	0	127	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20	7	3	31	3070912	12127847
16	60	0	0	134	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20	7	4	32	9095466	21223313
17	63	0	0	140	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	20	8	4	33	16039890	37263203
18	66	0	0	146	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	21	8	4	34	29817117	67080320
19	68	0	0	151	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	21	8	5	35	62895056	129975376
20	70	0	0	155	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	21	9	5	36	212051599	342026975
21	72	0	0	159	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	22	9	5	37	-342026975	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	22	9	6	38	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	22	10	6	39	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	23	10	6	40	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	23	10	7	41	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	23	11	7	42	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	24	11	7	43	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	24	11	8	44	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25	11	8	45	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25	12	8	46	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	25	12	8	46	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26	12	9	47	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26	12	9	47	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26	12	9	48	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	26	12	9	48	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27	12	9	49	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27	12	9	49	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27	13	9	50	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27	13	9	50	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	27	13	10	51	0	0

Skeleton limit

The skeleton limit can be increased with certain passive skills or items.

Unique items

The following unique items affect the player's skeleton limit:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Passive skills

The following passive skills increase the player's skeleton limit: No results found for the given query.

Limit

The Player can have a maximum of 47 (or more) Skeletons from this skill gem Active at once:

• 36 from level 20 skill gem
• 6 from passive skills
• 3 from unique equipment (wearing Alberon's Warpath, and dual wielding Midnight Bargain)
• 2 from a body armour with Catarina's mod

Note, that To Dust (previously named Army of Bones) no longer grants +2 to Maximum number of Skeletons.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Summon Skeletons:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Summon Skeletons. No results found

Video demonstration

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Alternate skill effects

Vaal Summon Skeletons has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Summon Skeletons SkinCelestial Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Skeletons become Celestial Skeletons.	Your Skeletons become Celestial Skeletons.
Summon Statues SkinSummon Statues SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become animated statues	Your Summoned Skeletons become animated statues

Monster stats

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attack speed	critical strike chance	damage multiplier	experience multiplier	health multiplier	minimum attack distance	maximum attack distance	skill ids	size	part1 mod ids	part2 mod ids	mod ids	endgame mod ids	metadata id	name	monsters.tags	monster_types.tags	armour multiplier	damage spread	energy shield multiplier	evasion multiplier	part1 fire	part1 cold	part1 lightning	part1 chaos	part2 fire	part2 cold	part2 lightning	part2 chaos	monster_resistances.endgame_fire	monster_resistances.endgame_cold	monster_resistances.endgame_lightning	monster_resistances.endgame_chaos
1.07	5.0	0.98	0.7	1.05	6	46	SkeletonMinionProjectileCold	2					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonSpellcaster1Army	Summoned Skeleton Caster	bones
1.07	5.0	0.98	0.7	1.05	6	46	SkeletonMinionProjectileLightning	2					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonSpellcaster2Army	Summoned Skeleton Caster	bones
1.07	5.0	0.98	0.7	1.05	6	46	SkeletonMinionProjectileFire	2					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonSpellcaster3Army	Summoned Skeleton Caster	bones
1.07	5.0	1.37	0.7	1.05	6	8	Melee • GroundSlamSkeletonBossVaalSummonedSkeletons	3					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonGeneral1Army	Summoned Skeleton Colossus	bones
1.07	5.0	1.37	0.7	1.05	6	8	SummonRagingSpiritVaalSummonedSkeletons • MonsterFireballVaalSummonedSkeleton	3					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonGeneral4Army	Summoned Skeleton Deathmage	bones
1.33	5.0	0.98	0.7	1.05	6	40	Melee	2					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonRanged1Army	Summoned Skeleton Archer	bones
1.33	5.0	0.98	0.7	1.05	6	40	Melee	2					Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonRanged2Army	Summoned Skeleton Archer	bones

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 OR monsters.metadata_id LIKE "Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonSpellcaster%Army"
 OR monsters.metadata_id LIKE "Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonRanged%Army"
 OR monsters.metadata_id LIKE "Metadata/Monsters/RaisedSkeletons/RaisedSkeletonGeneral%Army"

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Summoned Skeleton Mages now deal 50% more damage, and their projectile speed has been doubled.
1.1.3	Solved a situation where Vaal Summon Skeletons summoned fewer skeletons if the summoner had summoned skeletons from a standard Summon Skeleton skill.
1.1.1b	Fixed a bug with Vaal Summon Skeleton's placement of skeletons.
1.1.1	Introduced to the game.

References

ru:Сотворение скелетов ваал