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Vaal Molten Shell
Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Vaal, Guard
Level: (1—20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use
Soul Gain Prevention: 14 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Projectile Speed: 10.4 metres per Second
Requires Level (16—70), (41—155) Str
Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.
Base duration is 9 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
(35—39)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000
Reflects (300—9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted
Buff grants +(115—858) to Armour
Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0—20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Genus
MoltenShell
·
VaalMoltenShell
Level Effect /40
Implicit
CooldownTime: 500
Base duration is 9 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
LevelRequires LevelStrBase DamageBuff grants +115 to Armour35% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000		Reflects 300% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted		Experience
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1764142100%, 100%, 100%71939, 20, 100006780, 126,272,845
1866146100%, 100%, 100%76339, 20, 100007500, 162,872,274
1968151100%, 100%, 100%80939, 20, 100008220, 1212,023,122
2070155100%, 100%, 100%85839, 20, 100009000, 1
2172100%, 100%, 100%90940, 20, 100009810, 1
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3090100%, 100%, 100%148842, 20, 1000018390, 1
3191100%, 100%, 100%152842, 20, 1000019500, 1
3292100%, 100%, 100%156942, 20, 1000020640, 1
3393100%, 100%, 100%161042, 20, 1000021780, 1
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3595100%, 100%, 100%169642, 20, 1000024180, 1
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3898100%, 100%, 100%183343, 20, 1000028020, 1
3999100%, 100%, 100%188043, 20, 1000029340, 1
40100100%, 100%, 100%192943, 20, 1000030690, 1
Attribute /10

Vaal Molten Shell

NameShow Full Descriptions
AcronymHit, Duration, Armour, Damage taken, Buff, Modifiers
IdVaalMoltenShell
DropLevel 16
BaseType Vaal Molten Shell
Class Skill Gems
TargetTypesAny
TypeSpell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Vaal, InstantShiftAttackForLeftMouse, InstantNoRepeatWhenHeld, Cooldown, Guard
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalMoltenShell
ActiveSkillsCodevaal_molten_shell
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Version history /14
VersionChanges
3.25.0
  • Vaal Molten Shell: As a result of the level requirement change for the base Gem, the Buff now grants +115 to Armour at gem level 1 (previously +50), and is unchanged at gem level 20.
    • 3.21.0
  • Vaal Molten Shell now has "Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000" at all gem levels (previously 30% of your Armour, up to 30000).
    • 3.16.0
    • Vaal Molten Shell: Buff will now grant +50 Armour at gem level 1 (previously 25), up to +858 Armour at gem level 20 (previously 429). Buff no longer grants 20-29% more Armour. Now grants 35% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield at gem level 1 (previously 30%), up to 40% at gem level 20 (previously 35%).
    3.11.0

    Vaal Molten Shell
  • Fixed a bug where Molten Shell's effect would linger indefinitely if the skill gem were replaced by a Vaal Molten Shell gem during the original gem's duration.
    • 3.10.0
  • Standardised the behaviour of instant skills bound to the left mouse button or any button that is held thusly: all non-Vaal guard skills, Blood Rage, Detonate Mines, Convocation, Phase Run, Vortex, Summon Doedre's Effigy, Focus, Brand Recall and Withering Step will repeat as long as you hold the button down. Berserk, Frostblink and Deathmark will repeat as long as you hold the button down while you also have attack-in-place set. Throw Flare and Throw Dynamite will only be used once if you hold the button down. All auras and other reservation skills, Righteous Fire, Vaal Righteous Fire, Plague Bearer and Vaal Molten Shell will only be used once but also require that you have attack-in-place set.
    • 3.7.0
    Vaal Molten Shell
    Vaal Molten Shell
    3.5.0
  • Vaal Haste, Vaal Grace, Vaal Clarity, Vaal Discipline, Vaal Impurity of Fire, Vaal Impurity of Lightning, Vaal Impurity of Ice, Vaal Molten Shell, Vaal Righteous Fire and Gluttony of Elements (from the Blood of Corruption unique amulet) are now all instant, with a very short cooldown.
  • Fixed a bug where casting Vaal Molten Shell while you already had a Vaal Molten Shell active would prevent Vaal Molten Shell from correctly detonating from prevented physical damage.
    • 3.4.0
    Vaal Molten Shell
      3.3.0
      Vaal Molten Shell
        2.6.0
      • Changed the explosion effect of Molten Shell and Vaal Molten Shell. The new one has better performance.
        • 2.4.0
      • Vaal Molten Shell now causes an explosion when it prevents any physical damage, rather than when it takes any hit.
        • 2.3.0
      • Vaal Molten Shell's duration has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds at all gem levels. Its damage has been reduced at high levels. It does the same damage at gem level 1, up to half the damage it previously did at gem level 20.
        • 2.2.0
      • Molten Shell and Vaal Molten Shell now have cast times of 500ms.
        • 2.0.0
      • Vaal Molten Shell: Damage reduced by 30%. Increased base Soul Requirement to 48.
        • Vaal Molten Shell
        Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Vaal, Guard
        Level: (1—20)
        Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
        Souls Per Use: 50
        Can Store 1 Use
        Soul Gain Prevention: 14 sec
        Cast Time: Instant
        Projectile Speed: 10.4 metres per Second
        Requires Level (16—70), (41—155) Str
        Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.
        Base duration is 9 seconds
        Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
        (35—39)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
        Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000
        Reflects (300—9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
        or when Buff expires or is depleted
        Buff grants +(115—858) to Armour
        base skill show average damage instead of dps [1]
        damage originates from initiator location [1]
        molten shell explode each hit [1]
        skill override pvp scaling time ms [1400]
        Corrupted

        Additional Effects From Quality:
        (0—20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
        Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
        Supported By /22
      • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Vaal, InstantShiftAttackForLeftMouse, InstantNoRepeatWhenHeld, Cooldown, Guard
        • IncreasedDuration
        More Duration Support
        Supports any skill with a duration.
        Totem
        Spell Totem Support
        Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
        Empower
        Empower Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        ReduceDuration
        Less Duration Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration.
        EmpowerPlus
        Awakened Empower Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        LifeTap
        Lifetap Support
        Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
        VaalTemptationSupport
        Vaal Temptation Support
        Supports Vaal skills.
        TransfusionSupport
        Transfusion Support
        Supports non-blessing spells.
        enhance
        Enhance Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        SupportRapidDecayGem
        Swift Affliction Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
        SupportRapidDecayPlus
        Awakened Swift Affliction Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
        enhanceplus
        Awakened Enhance Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        SecondWindSupport
        Second Wind Support
        Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.
        IncreasedAOE
        Increased Area of Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect.
        ConcentratedAOE
        Concentrated Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
        Enlighten
        Enlighten Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        Efficacy
        Efficacy Support
        Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
        ArcaneSurge
        Arcane Surge Support
        Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
        IncreasedAOEPlus
        Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect.
        Enlightenplus
        Awakened Enlighten Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        CooldownRecovery
        Cooldown Recovery Support
        Supports skills that have a cooldown. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
        Eclipse
        Eclipse Support
        Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        Microtransactions /6
        AuraVanishingDye
        Invisible Buff Effect
        Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
        StygianMoltenShellEffect
        Stygian Molten Shell Effect
        Your Molten Shell becomes a Stygian Effect.
        ViperMoltenShellEffect
        Viper Molten Shell Effect
        Your Molten Shell becomes a Viper Effect.
        DivineMoltenShellEffect
        Divine Molten Shell Effect
        Your Molten Shell becomes a Divine Effect.
        MagmaticMoltenShellSkillEffect
        Magmatic Molten Shell Effect
        Your Molten Shell becomes a Magmatic Effect.
        EggMoltenShellEffect
        Encasing Molten Shell Effect
        Your Molten Shell becomes an Encasing Effect.
        Molten Shell
        Level: (1—40)
        Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
        Cast Time: 0.40 sec
        Projectile Speed: 10.4 metres per Second
        Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.
        Base duration is 3 seconds
        75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
        Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
        Buff grants +(115—1929) to Armour
        damage originates from initiator location [1]
        is area damage [1]
        skill override pvp scaling time ms [200]
        Level Effect /40
        Implicit
        CooldownTime: 8000
        75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield\nBuff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
        Base duration is 3 seconds
        LevelRequires LevelBase DamageBuff grants +115 to ArmourExperience
        116100%, 100%, 100%115
        220100%, 100%, 100%141
        324100%, 100%, 100%171
        428100%, 100%, 100%204
        531100%, 100%, 100%232
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        Attribute /5

        Molten Shell

        NameShow Full Descriptions
        BaseType Molten Shell
        TargetTypesAny
        TypeSpell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Triggerable, Guard, Cooldown
        BuffIconmoltenshield
        ActiveSkillsCodemolten_shell
        Supported By /25
      • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Triggerable, Guard, Cooldown
        • IncreasedDuration
        More Duration Support
        Supports any skill with a duration.
        Totem
        Spell Totem Support
        Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
        Empower
        Empower Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        ReduceDuration
        Less Duration Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration.
        CastOnDmgTaken
        Cast when Damage Taken Support
        Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
        EmpowerPlus
        Awakened Empower Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        LifeTap
        Lifetap Support
        Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
        TransfusionSupport
        Transfusion Support
        Supports non-blessing spells.
        CastOnDeath
        Cast on Death Support
        Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
        enhance
        Enhance Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        SupportRapidDecayGem
        Swift Affliction Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
        SupportRapidDecayPlus
        Awakened Swift Affliction Support
        Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
        enhanceplus
        Awakened Enhance Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        SecondWindSupport
        Second Wind Support
        Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.
        CastonWardBreak
        Cast on Ward Break Support
        Each supported spell skill will be triggered when your Ward breaks. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
        IncreasedAOE
        Increased Area of Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect.
        ConcentratedAOE
        Concentrated Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
        CastOnStun
        Cast when Stunned Support
        Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
        Enlighten
        Enlighten Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        Efficacy
        Efficacy Support
        Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
        ArcaneSurge
        Arcane Surge Support
        Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
        IncreasedAOEPlus
        Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
        Supports any skill with an area of effect.
        Enlightenplus
        Awakened Enlighten Support
        Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        CooldownRecovery
        Cooldown Recovery Support
        Supports skills that have a cooldown. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
        Eclipse
        Eclipse Support
        Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
        Vaal Molten Shell Monster /2
        NameModifiersSpectre
        Mutated Chieftain30% increased Movement Speed
        60% increased Attack Speed
        +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
        125% increased Area of Effect
        monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-40]
        monster no map drops [1]
        kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
        base totem range [80]        		Y
        Raihara, Tukohama's LoyalY
        Acquisition /1
        SourceIngredientOffer
        The Magma CrabVaal Molten Shell

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        Vaal Molten Shell

        Vaal Molten Shell is a vaal spell that creates a shell around the user that grants extra armour and absorbs incoming hits, absorbing more damage with increased armour. Each second or when expiring, the shell deals fire damage around it based on how much damage it has absorbed.

        Skill functions and interactions

        • Duration: Skill duration modifiers will increase the duration of Vaal Molten Shell.
        • Critical Strike Chance: Since Vaal Molten Shell deals reflected damage, its damage cannot critically strike.
        • Damage reflection: Vaal Molten Shell doesn't trigger on reflected damage.
        • Molten Shell: Casting Molten Shell while Vaal Molten Shell is active will terminate the Vaal Molten Shell buff and replace it for the cast Molten Shell. This will happen both ways (when Vaal Molten Shell is cast while Molten Shell is active). This makes it unfavorable to use both skills in conjunction with one another.
        • Order of Operations: Guard skills happen after all other mitigation when receiving damage, so your character always takes 65-70% of damage directly to their base resources (ward, energy shield, life, mana). To reach the damage cap of a level 20 gem, the character would need to heal (.65/.35*30000=) 55714 points of the affected resource(s) over the buff's duration.

        Version history

        VersionChanges
        3.16.0
      • Buff will now grant +50 Armour at gem level 1 (previously 25), up to +858 Armour at gem level 20 (previously 429). Buff no longer grants 20-29% more Armour.
      • Now grants 35% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield at gem level 1 (previously 30%), up to 40% at gem level 20 (previously 35%).
        • 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.
        • 3.11.0
      • Now grants 25 additional armour at gem level 1 (from 60), up to 429 additional armour at gem level 20 (from 1030).
      • Now grants 20% more armour at gem level 1, up to 29% more armour at gem level 20.
      • Now causes 30% of Damage taken from hits to be taken from the buff before your life or energy shield at gem level 1, up to 35% at gem level 20 (from 80% at all levels).
      • The buff can now take Damage equal to 30% of your armour (from 60%), up to a maximum of 30000.
      • Now reflects 300% of Damage taken from buff as Fire Damage each second or when the buff expires or is depleted at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 9000% at gem level 20 (from 3000%).
      • Now removes and is removed by any other Guard skill.
        • 3.7.0
      • Now has a base duration of 9 seconds at all gem levels (from 5).
      • Now grants 60 additional armour at gem level 1 (from 17), up to 1030 at gem level 20 (from 943)
      • Now creates a buff that can take damage equal to 60% of your armour.
      • Now causes 80% of damage from hits to be taken from the buff before your life or energy shield.
      • Now reflects a portion of the damage taken from the buff as fire damage every second until the buff expires or is depleted.
      • Now reflects 100% of damage taken from the buff as fire damage when the buff expires or is depleted at gem level 1, up to 3000% at gem level 20 (previously stated 1050% at gem level 20).
      • Now has a Vaal Soul generation cooldown of 14 seconds (from 7 seconds).
      • No longer has an added damage effectiveness multiplier or critical strike chance, as reflected damage cannot benefit from added damage, nor can it critically strike.
      • Shares its cooldown with other guard skills (Steelskin and Immortal Call).
        • 3.4.0
      • Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 7 seconds (up from 5).
        • 2.6.0
      • Changed the explosion effect. The new one has better performance.
        • 2.4.0
      • Vaal Molten Shell now causes an explosion when it prevents any physical damage, rather than when it takes any hit.
        • 2.3.2
      • When switching between regular and Vaal Molten Shell, the Shields will now visually destroy and recreate itself.
      • Fixed a bug where Molten Shell buff effect bonuses did not apply to Vaal Molten Shell.
        • 2.3.0
      • Vaal Molten Shell's duration has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds at all gem levels. Its damage has been reduced at high levels. It does the same damage at gem level 1, up to half the damage it previously did at gem level 20.
        • 2.2.0
      • Cast time reduced from 1 sec to 500 ms.
        • 2.1.0
      • Fixed a bug where Molten Shell could be applied multiple times via Spell Echo.
        • 1.1.0d
      • Vaal Skill soul counts were initially balanced for Merciless difficulty, where there are more monsters. We want them to be easier to use in Normal and Cruel difficulty. We have halved the number of souls required for each skill. In Cruel difficulty, skills require 50% more souls to uses. In Merciless difficulty, they require 100% more (which is the same as before the patch).
        • 1.1.0b
      • Fixed a bug with damage feedback on Vaal Molten Shell.
        • 1.1.0
      • Introduced to the game.
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