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
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
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Level Effect /40
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Attribute /8

Vaal Molten Shell

KeyValue
AcronymHit, Duration, Armour, Damage taken, Buff, Modifiers
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
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
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
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.
Microtransactions /6
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.
Stygian Molten Shell Effect
Your Molten Shell becomes a Stygian Effect.
Viper Molten Shell Effect
Your Molten Shell becomes a Viper Effect.
Divine Molten Shell Effect
Your Molten Shell becomes a Divine Effect.
Magmatic Molten Shell Effect
Your Molten Shell becomes a Magmatic Effect.
Encasing Molten Shell Effect
Your Molten Shell becomes an Encasing Effect.
Supported By /11
  • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Vaal, InstantShiftAttackForLeftMouse, InstantNoRepeatWhenHeld, Cooldown, Guard
    • Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    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.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    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.
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Second Wind Support
    Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.
    Molten Shell
    Level: (1–40)
    Cost: (8–17) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Requires Level (16–100)
    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
    This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
    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
    Reflects (100–10230)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
    Buff grants +(115–1929) to Armour
    base skill show average damage instead of dps [1]
    damage originates from initiator location [1]
    is area damage [1]
    skill override pvp scaling time ms [200]

    Additional Effects From Quality:
    (0–20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
    Level Effect /40
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    Attribute /7

    Molten Shell

    KeyValue
    CostiLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 25000xGold
    AcronymIgnite
    BaseType Molten Shell
    TargetTypesAny
    TypeSpell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Triggerable, Guard, Cooldown
    BuffIcon
    ActiveSkillsCodemolten_shell
    Supported By /14
  • Active Type: Spell, Area, Duration, Totemable, TotemCastsWhenNotDetached, Fire, Instant, AreaSpell, Physical, Triggerable, Guard, Cooldown
    • Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    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.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    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.
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Second Wind Support
    Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.
    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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