Vaal Cleave

Attack, AoE, Physical, Vaal, Duration, Melee

Level: 1–20

Souls Per Use: 25

Can Store 3 Use

Soul Gain Prevention: 4 sec

Attack Speed: 80% of base

Attack Damage: 200–400% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200–400%

Requires Level 1

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Killing Blows on Rare or Unique enemies grant a buff that improves Cleave for a duration. Killing Blows on Rare Enemies also steal their modifiers for a secondary duration. Only works with Axes and Swords.

When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
Base duration is 20 seconds
Base secondary duration is 20 seconds
+0.8 seconds to Attack Time
(2–75) to (3–113) Added Attack Physical Damage
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
+(1.5–2.4) metres to radius
Culling Strike
Can't be Evaded
Buff grants Culling Strike with Cleave
Buff grants 60% more Cleave Area of Effect
Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life

Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Attack Speed

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

Unusual Gems /4

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous	Gain (0–20) Life per Enemy Hit	20
Divergent	(0–40)% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding	50
Phantasmal	(0–100)% chance to Destroy Corpses on Kill	50

Level Effect /40

Implicit
When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined Base duration is 20 seconds Base secondary duration is 20 seconds Buff grants Culling Strike with Cleave\nBuff grants 60% more Cleave Area of Effect\nBuff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life +0.8 seconds to Attack Time Culling Strike Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention Can't be Evaded (You are on Low Life if you have 50% of your Maximum Life or less) (Culling Strike means enemies that are on 10% or lower life after your Hit are Killed)

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Dexterity	Base Damage	2 to 3 Added Attack Physical Damage	+1.5 metres to radius	Experience
1	1	6	4	200%	2, 3	1.5	70
2	2	7	5	210.5%	2, 3	1.5	308
3	4	10	7	221.1%	3, 4	1.6	1,554
4	7	14	10	231.6%	4, 6	1.6	6,667
5	11	19	13	242.1%	5, 8	1.7	26,047
6	16	26	18	252.6%	7, 11	1.7	49,725
7	20	31	22	263.2%	9, 13	1.8	95,714
8	24	37	25	273.7%	11, 17	1.8	169,595
9	28	42	29	284.2%	14, 20	1.9	283,759
10	32	47	33	294.7%	16, 25	1.9	453,996
11	36	53	36	305.3%	20, 30	2	703,128
12	40	58	40	315.8%	24, 35	2	1,061,223
13	44	63	44	326.3%	28, 42	2.1	2,065,870
14	48	68	48	336.8%	33, 49	2.1	2,507,110
15	52	74	51	347.4%	39, 58	2.2	5,798,936
16	56	79	55	357.9%	45, 68	2.2	15,083,919
17	60	84	59	368.4%	52, 79	2.3	27,792,735
18	64	90	62	378.9%	61, 91	2.3	43,869,739
19	67	94	65	389.5%	68, 102	2.4	242,081,556
20	70	98	68	400%	75, 113	2.4
21	72			410.5%	81, 122	2.5
22	74			421.1%	87, 130	2.5
23	76			431.6%	93, 140	2.6
24	78			442.1%	100, 150	2.6
25	80			452.6%	107, 160	2.7
26	82			463.2%	114, 172	2.7
27	84			473.7%	123, 184	2.8
28	86			484.2%	131, 197	2.8
29	88			494.7%	140, 210	2.9
30	90			505.3%	150, 224	2.9
31	91			510.5%	155, 232	2.9
32	92			515.8%	160, 240	3
33	93			521.1%	165, 248	3
34	94			526.3%	171, 256	3
35	95			531.6%	176, 265	3
36	96			536.8%	182, 273	3.1
37	97			542.1%	188, 282	3.1
38	98			547.4%	194, 292	3.1
39	99			552.6%	201, 301	3.1
40	100			557.9%	207, 311	3.2

Acronym	Hit, Weapon, Duration, Buff, Ailment, Modifiers
BaseType	Vaal Cleave
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, Area, Melee, ThresholdJewelArea, Physical, Vaal, Duration, Buff
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalCleave
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Demon Hand Cleave Effect Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

Supported By /100 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Increased Duration Support Supports any skill with a duration.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Bloodlust Support Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	Culling Strike Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast on Melee Kill Support Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Less Duration Support Supports any skill that has a duration.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
	Summon Phantasm Support Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Shockwave Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Trinity Support Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.

Cleave

Level: 1–40

Attack Speed: 80% of base

Requires Level 1

The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.

When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2–207) to (3–311) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0–1.8) metres to radius
console skill dont chase [1]
is area damage [1]
skill double hits when dual wielding [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Attack Speed

Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Trigger Level 20 Summon Spectral Wolf on Critical Strike with Cleave or Reave

Cleave /6 ⍟

An area of effect melee attack that deals damage in an arc. When dual-wielding Cleave uses both weapons.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Chance to Bleed Support	Increases the chance of inflicting the bleed ailment on enemies with Cleave. Bleeding deals physical damage over time, with more damage dealt to moving targets. This support also adds a small amount of flat physical damage to Cleave.
Concentrated Effect Support	Reduces the area of effect while significantly increasing the area damage Cleave does. This makes it an excellent choice for difficult individual monsters.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Increases the area of effect of Cleave allowing it to hit a greater number of targets at once.
Maim Support	Grants Cleave a chance to Maim enemies on hit. Maimed enemies have reduced movement speed and take increased physical damage. This support also gives more physical damage with Cleave.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Grants more melee physical damage for Cleave. This support also increases the amount of damage inflicted bleeds and poisons do.
Multistrike Support	Causes Cleave to repeat an additional two times, as well as providing a large bonus to attack speed.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 6 When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined

Level	Requires Level	Base Damage	2 to 3 Added Attack Physical Damage	# metres to radius
1	1	125%	2, 3	0
2	2	130.9%	2, 3	0.1
3	4	136.8%	3, 4	0.1
4	7	142.7%	4, 6	0.2
5	11	148.6%	5, 8	0.2
6	16	154.5%	7, 11	0.3
7	20	160.4%	9, 13	0.3
8	24	166.3%	11, 17	0.4
9	28	172.2%	14, 20	0.4
10	32	178.1%	16, 25	0.5
11	36	183.9%	20, 30	0.5
12	40	189.8%	24, 35	0.6
13	44	195.7%	28, 42	0.6
14	48	201.6%	33, 49	0.7
15	52	207.5%	39, 58	0.7
16	56	213.4%	45, 68	0.8
17	60	219.3%	52, 79	0.8
18	64	225.2%	61, 91	0.9
19	67	231.1%	68, 102	0.9
20	70	237%	75, 113	1
21	72	242.9%	81, 122	1
22	74	248.8%	87, 130	1.1
23	76	254.7%	93, 140	1.1
24	78	260.6%	100, 150	1.2
25	80	266.5%	107, 160	1.2
26	82	272.4%	114, 172	1.3
27	84	278.3%	123, 184	1.3
28	86	284.2%	131, 197	1.4
29	88	290.1%	140, 210	1.4
30	90	295.9%	150, 224	1.5
31	91	298.9%	155, 232	1.5
32	92	301.8%	160, 240	1.5
33	93	304.8%	165, 248	1.6
34	94	307.7%	171, 256	1.6
35	95	310.7%	176, 265	1.6
36	96	313.6%	182, 273	1.7
37	97	316.6%	188, 282	1.7
38	98	319.5%	194, 292	1.7
39	99	322.5%	201, 301	1.8
40	100	325.4%	207, 311	1.8

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 10000xGold
BaseType	Cleave
Weapon	One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Attack, Area, Multistrikeable, Melee, ThresholdJewelArea, Physical
ActiveSkillsCode	cleave

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Vaal Cleave

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.1	Updated various descriptions of conditional modifiers, such as the increased Damage against Ignited Enemies modifier on Gang's Momentum, to clarify the kinds of damage they can apply to. (Not in patch notes) Updated Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage to Enemies that are on Low Life to Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life. ^{Note: this is just a visual change.}https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/zfjwci/comment/izccrpo/
3.20.0	Introduced to the game.

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Changes

3.20.1

Updated various descriptions of conditional modifiers, such as the increased Damage against Ignited Enemies modifier on Gang's Momentum, to clarify the kinds of damage they can apply to.

(Not in patch notes) Updated Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage to Enemies that are on Low Life to Buff grants 60% more Cleave Damage with Hits and Ailments to Enemies that are on Low Life. ^{Note: this is just a visual change.}https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/zfjwci/comment/izccrpo/

3.20.0

Introduced to the game.

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