Vaal Lightning Strike - Path of Exile

Vaal Lightning Strike is an active skill gem.

Infuses 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.Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits a target.

Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, Vaal, Lightning, Projectile. Level: 1–20. Souls Per Use: 20. Can Store 2 Use. Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 105–163%. Requires Level 12. Level: 1–40. Cost: 6 Mana. Requires Level 12.

50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 6 seconds
(1–9) to (13–179) Added Lightning Damage
Fires (4–8) additional Projectiles
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill"s Soul Gain Prevention
Can"t be Evaded
Corrupted
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
(1–26) to (13–492) Added Lightning Damage
Fires (4–10) additional Projectiles
active skill projectile speed +% variation final [30]
console skill dont chase [1]
show number of projectiles [1]
total projectile spread angle override [70]

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Vaal Lightning Strike	(0–20)% increased Projectile Speed	50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Vaal Lightning Strike

Removed	20% increased Damage

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Lightning Strike	(0–20)% increased Projectile Speed	50
Anomalous Lightning Strike	Projectiles Pierce (0–2) additional Targets	100
Divergent Lightning Strike	0-20% chance to Shock enemies	20
Phantasmal Lightning Strike	(0–20)% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Base Damage	1 to 13 Added Lightning Damage	Fires 4 additional Projectiles	Experience
1	12	21	14	105%	1, 13	4	15,249
2	15	25	17	108.1%	1, 16	4	41,517
3	19	30	21	111.1%	1, 20	4	81,983
4	23	35	24	114.2%	1, 25	4	147,968
5	27	41	28	117.2%	2, 31	4	250,557
6	31	46	32	120.3%	2, 37	6	405,086
7	35	51	36	123.3%	2, 45	6	447,718
8	38	55	38	126.4%	3, 51	6	615,318
9	41	59	41	129.4%	3, 59	6	834,639
10	44	63	44	132.5%	3, 66	6	1,570,760
11	47	67	47	135.5%	4, 75	6	1,633,987
12	50	71	49	138.6%	4, 85	6	2,151,030
13	53	75	52	141.6%	5, 95	6	2,812,189
14	56	79	55	144.7%	6, 107	6	5,099,360
15	59	83	58	147.7%	6, 120	6	9,400,731
16	62	87	60	150.8%	7, 134	8	15,273,366
17	64	90	62	153.8%	8, 144	8	26,286,582
18	66	92	64	156.9%	8, 155	8	62,890,590
19	68	95	66	159.9%	9, 167	8	212,046,017
20	70	98	68	163%	9, 179	8
21	72			166.1%	10, 192	8
22	74			169.1%	11, 206	8
23	76			172.2%	12, 221	8
24	78			175.2%	12, 237	8
25	80			178.3%	13, 254	8
26	82			181.3%	14, 272	10
27	84			184.4%	15, 291	10
28	86			187.4%	16, 311	10
29	88			190.5%	18, 333	10
30	90			193.5%	19, 355	10
31	91			195.1%	19, 367	10
32	92			196.6%	20, 380	10
33	93			198.1%	21, 392	10
34	94			199.6%	21, 405	10
35	95			201.2%	22, 419	10
36	96			202.7%	23, 433	10
37	97			204.2%	24, 447	10
38	98			205.7%	24, 462	10
39	99			207.3%	25, 477	10
40	100			208.8%	26, 492	10

Level	Requires Level	Base Damage	1 to 13 Added Lightning Damage	Fires 4 additional Projectiles
1	12	135%	1, 13	4
2	15	139.7%	1, 16	4
3	19	144.5%	1, 20	4
4	23	149.2%	1, 25	4
5	27	153.9%	2, 31	4
6	31	158.7%	2, 37	5
7	35	163.4%	2, 45	5
8	38	168.2%	3, 51	5
9	41	172.9%	3, 59	5
10	44	177.6%	3, 66	5
11	47	182.4%	4, 75	6
12	50	187.1%	4, 85	6
13	53	191.8%	5, 95	6
14	56	196.6%	6, 107	6
15	59	201.3%	6, 120	6
16	62	206.1%	7, 134	7
17	64	210.8%	8, 144	7
18	66	215.5%	8, 155	7
19	68	220.3%	9, 167	7
20	70	225%	9, 179	7
21	72	229.7%	10, 192	8
22	74	234.5%	11, 206	8
23	76	239.2%	12, 221	8
24	78	243.9%	12, 237	8
25	80	248.7%	13, 254	8
26	82	253.4%	14, 272	9
27	84	258.2%	15, 291	9
28	86	262.9%	16, 311	9
29	88	267.6%	18, 333	9
30	90	272.4%	19, 355	9
31	91	274.7%	19, 367	9
32	92	277.1%	20, 380	10
33	93	279.5%	21, 392	10
34	94	281.8%	21, 405	10
35	95	284.2%	22, 419	10
36	96	286.6%	23, 433	10
37	97	288.9%	24, 447	10
38	98	291.3%	24, 462	10
39	99	293.7%	25, 477	10
40	100	296.1%	26, 492	10

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.
Only the initial skill use is considered a strike; the beams are considered projectile damage. Having Strike Skills target additional enemies will increase the number of strikes, but will not create additional orbs. Only the original strike is used to determine if the orb is attached to a target or the ground.

Item acquisition

Vaal Lightning Strike has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Lightning Strike can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Vaal Lightning Strike can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
9	Volatile Power	Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

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Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Lightning Strike.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Lightning Strike Additional Pierce 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Strike pierces 2 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Strike Additional Pierce 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Strike pierces 3 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Lightning Strike Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Lightning Strike Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lightning Strike fires 2 additional Projectiles	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lightning Strike Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lightning Strike fires 3 additional Projectiles	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Lightning Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Myrmidon Lightning Strike Effect	Your Lightning Strike becomes a Myrmidon Effect.