Vaal Reave

Vaal ReaveVaal, Attack, AoE, Melee
Radius: 12
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires 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.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (100-122.8)% of Base Attack Damage
50% more Area of Effect for each stage
Can't be Evaded
+(0-2) to radius
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalReave

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Reave.

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 ReaveReaveAttack, AoE, Melee
  Radius: 20
  Mana Cost: 6
  Cast Time: 1.00 sec
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135%-155%)Requires Level 12Attacks a small 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.Per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (135-155)% of Base Attack Damage
  50% more Area of Effect for each stage
  +(0-2) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. within three seconds of Vaal Reave ending, all accumulated stacks of Reave are lost.

• 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.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	100%	100%	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	17	101%	101.2%	N/A	15,249	15,249
3	19	30	21	102%	102.4%	N/A	41,517	56,766
4	23	35	24	104%	103.6%	N/A	81,983	138,749
5	27	41	28	105%	104.8%	N/A	147,968	286,717
6	31	46	32	106%	106%	N/A	250,557	537,274
7	35	51	36	107%	107.2%	N/A	405,086	942,360
8	38	55	38	108%	108.4%	N/A	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	59	41	110%	109.6%	N/A	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	63	44	111%	110.8%	1	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	67	47	112%	112%	1	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	71	49	113%	113.2%	1	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	75	52	114%	114.4%	1	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	79	55	116%	115.6%	1	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	83	58	117%	116.8%	1	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	87	60	118%	118%	1	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	90	62	119%	119.2%	1	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	92	64	120%	120.4%	1	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	95	66	122%	121.6%	1	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	98	68	123%	122.8%	2	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	100	70	124%	124%	2	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	125%	125.2%	2	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	126%	126.4%	2	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	128%	127.6%	2	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	129%	128.8%	2	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	130%	130%	2	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	131%	131.2%	2	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	132%	132.4%	2	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	134%	133.6%	2	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	135%	134.8%	3	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	135%	135.4%	3	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	136%	136%	3	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	137%	136.6%	3	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	137%	137.2%	3	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	138%	137.8%	3	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	138%	138.4%	3	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	139%	139%	3	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	140%	139.6%	3	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	140%	140.2%	3	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	141%	140.8%	3	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Superior Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	random corrupted superior Vaal gem (Q20)	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Reave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
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
3.7.0	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 Radius: 20 Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135%-155%)Requires Level 12Attacks a small 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.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (135-155)% of Base Attack Damage 50% more Area of Effect for each stage +(0-2) to radiusPlace 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.