Vaal Summon Skeletons

Vaal Summon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration, Vaal
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 10 sec
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 10Summons an army of skeletal soldiers, archers and mages, led by a powerful general.Maximum (18-36) Summoned Skeletons
Base duration is 20.00 seconds
Summons (14-21) Skeleton Soldiers
Summons (2-9) Skeleton Archers
Summons (1-5) Skeleton Mages
Summons 1 Skeleton General

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to Maximum Summoned SkeletonsCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 10
Vaal Summon Skeletons can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas; for Vaal Summon Skeletons gems that grant "of Archers" and "of Mages" skills, the gems are acquired from Eternal Labyrinth of PotentialMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalSummonSkeletons

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 armour, 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 ArrowsRain of ArrowsAttack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-10) Mana
  Attack Damage: (48-60)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (48-60)%
  AoE Radius: 24Requires Level 12Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in sequence after a delay, starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.Fires (18-22) Arrows
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.2-4) ArrowsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ability.

• Mage General: Skeleton General that doesn't use weapons. It mainly casts Summon Raging SpiritSummon Raging SpiritSpell, Minion, Duration, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly, converting all its physical damage to fire. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits
  Base duration is 5.00 seconds
  Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1.5-30)% chance to summon an extra MinionPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

This skill works with the passive skills that increase the maximum number of skeletons. But like Summon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 10Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.Maximum (5-7) Summoned Skeletons
Base duration is 20.00 seconds
Summons (2-3) Skeleton Warriors

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to Maximum Summoned SkeletonsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. 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 behaviour 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).

As with the normal counterpart, Summon Skeletons, the summoned skeletons do not follow you and cannot be summoned with ConvocationConvocationSpell, Duration, Minion
Level: 1
Cost: 6 Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 31Recalls all minions that are following you to your location, and grants them a temporary life regeneration effect.Base duration is 2.00 seconds
Regenerate 2% of Life per second

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
(1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. While Alberon's WarpathAlberon's Warpath
Soldier BootsArmour: (268-319)
Energy Shield: (18-20)Requires Level 49, 47 Str, 47 Int(15-18)% increased Strength
Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks
+(180-220) to Armour
+(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
Summoned Skeleton Warriors are Permanent and Follow you
Summon Skeletons cannot Summon more than 1 Skeleton WarriorAlberon walked among the accursed,
and they welcomed him. will make Skeleton Warriors summoned by non-Vaal Summon Skeletons permanent and follow you, this does not apply to skeletons summoned by Vaal Summon Skeletons.

Duration: Vaal Summon Skeletons is the only Vaal Skill with a duration component that does not have the stat Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention. Accordingly, soul gain prevention time cannot be indirectly modified through skill effect duration.

Gem level progression

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

Item acquisition

Vaal Summon Skeletons has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Summon Skeletons can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas; for Vaal Summon Skeletons gems that grant "of Archers" and "of Mages" skills, the gems are acquired from Eternal Labyrinth of Potential

Recipes

Vaal Summon Skeletons can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The BonesThe Bones6Level 21 Vaal Summon Skeletons CorruptedThe flesh is a prison, and we are finally free.	—	M
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

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
Queen's DecreeQueen's Decree Ornate SwordTwo Hand Sword Physical Damage: 30-50 Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.40 Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 27, 56 Str, 54 Dex+185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life (150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies +1 to maximum number of Skeletons +1 to maximum number of SpectresThe nobles wanted to take her throne. She let the peasants take their wealth. The peasants wanted to take her wealth. She let the soldiers take their heads. The soldiers wanted to take her head. She sat on her throne and wept.	Ornate Sword	27	+185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life (150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies +1 to maximum number of Skeletons +1 to maximum number of Spectres
Midnight BargainMidnight Bargain Engraved WandWand Physical Damage: 19-36 Critical Strike Chance: 8.00% Attacks per Second: 1.60Requires Level 40, 131 Int(22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies +1 to maximum number of Skeletons +1 to maximum number of Spectres Reserves 30% of Life Cannot be used with Chaos InoculationA chilling hush, a scraping sound Of things no more entombed in ground. A shambling horde is on its way To crush the very light of day.	Engraved Wand	40	(22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies +1 to maximum number of Skeletons +1 to maximum number of Spectres Reserves 30% of Life Cannot be used with Chaos Inoculation

Passive skills

The following passive skills increase the player's skeleton limit:

Name	Stats
Death Attunement	+1 to Maximum number of Spectres +1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies +1 to Maximum number of Skeletons [1]
Lord of the Dead	+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons +1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies Minions have 15% increased maximum Life Minions deal 20% increased Damage [1]

Limit

The Player can have a maximum of 50 (or more) Skeletons from this skill gem Active at once:

• 37 from level 21 skill gem
• 7 from level 21 non-Vaal counterpart of this gem
• 2 from passive skills
• 2 from unique equipment (dual wielding Midnight BargainMidnight Bargain
  Engraved WandWand
  Physical Damage: 19-36
  Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.60Requires Level 40, 131 Int(22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence
  Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed
  Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage
  +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
  +1 to maximum number of Skeletons
  +1 to maximum number of Spectres
  Reserves 30% of Life
  Cannot be used with Chaos InoculationA chilling hush, a scraping sound
  Of things no more entombed in ground.
  A shambling horde is on its way
  To crush the very light of day.)
• 1 from a helmet with +1 to maximum number of Skeletons mod
• 1 from body armour with +1 to maximum number of Skeletons mod

Note, that Alberon's WarpathAlberon's Warpath
Soldier BootsArmour: (268-319)
Energy Shield: (18-20)Requires Level 49, 47 Str, 47 Int(15-18)% increased Strength
Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks
+(180-220) to Armour
+(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
Summoned Skeleton Warriors are Permanent and Follow you
Summon Skeletons cannot Summon more than 1 Skeleton WarriorAlberon walked among the accursed,
and they welcomed him. no longer grants +1 to Maximum number of Skeletons, but their legacy variants may still be obtainable on permanent league, where the limit of summoned skeletons at once might be much higher than 50.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Summon Skeletons:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Summon Skeletons.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Skeletons deal 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Skeletons deal 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Additional Warrior Skeletons 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton with Summon Skeletons	helmet 100
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Additional Warrior Skeletons 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton with Summon Skeletons	helmet 100

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Alternate skill effects

Vaal Summon Skeletons has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Summon Skeletons SkinCelestial Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons' Skins become Celestial.	Your Summoned Skeletons' Skins become Celestial.
Demonic Summon Skeletons SkinDemonic Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become Demonic.	Your Summoned Skeletons become Demonic.
Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinOblivion Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectThe standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Oblivion skin.	The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Oblivion skin.
Onyx Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinOnyx Oblivion Summon Skeletons SkinSkill Gem EffectThe standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Onyx Oblivion skin.	The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Onyx Oblivion skin.
Summon Mannequins SkinSummon Mannequins SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become animated mannequins.	Your Summoned Skeletons become animated mannequins.
Summon Statues SkinSummon Statues SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Summoned Skeletons become animated statues	Your Summoned Skeletons become animated statues

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Fixed a bug where Vaal Summon Skeletons of Mages was incorrectly displayed as Vaal Summon Skeletons of Sorcery. Fixed a bug where Vaal Summon Skeletons of Archers was incorrectly displayed as Vaal Summon Skeletons of Archery.
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0-1 to Maximum Summoned Skeletons, instead of causing Minions to deal 0-20% increased Damage.
3.22.0	Vaal Summon Skeletons now Summons 1 Skeleton Mage at gem level 1 (previously 0), scaling up to 5 at gem level 20 (unchanged).
3.19.0	The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill.
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.
3.13.0	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.