... Not only would that give Vaal gems some actual value since they would now be straight upgrades, but it would also reduce the headache of figuring out where to … I think what OP is trying to ask is whether you're better with a 0% quality Vaal Arc or a 20% quality Arc (since it's harder to get a high quality Vaal gem). share. If you only need 21/20 or 20/23 the vaal version is better since it gives you 2 skills with 1 gem. Having a corrupted gem simply means you cannot use a Vaal Orb or a Gemcutter's Prism on it anymore. Lastly, Divination Cards are tradable for Vaal Orbs in the following way: Three of The Catalyst for one leMicin added this to the 0.7.2 milestone Mar 26, 2020 leMicin closed this in 84d2681 Mar 27, 2020 With Vaal gems, we can't do that as the Vaal definition comes after the non vaal version. Other effects include +/-% quality for the gem, +/- level of the gem, or nothing at all (the usual case). who thinks vaal skill gems are useless? Gem level is the power level of the gem. Which Vaal gems can actually reasonably support a build and/or provide a significant improvement in comparison to using the normal one? The only time when it's not better is if you need a 21/23 (Gem level/quality) gem of your normal skil. 9 comments. The recipe works as follows – selling 7 Vaal Skill gems + 1 Sacrifice at Dawn/Dusk/Noon will give you 1 Vaal orb. The recipe lets you obtain Vaal orbs. Vaal Orbs are available through the vendor recipe system, where players have to give vendors a semi-specific set of items in exchange for another. They can be lvl. ... vaal molten shell looks like one of the better vaal skills. Hi how do i know what gems i have to vaal for extra + Level? or Level to 20 use the recipe to put it down to 20% and Level 1 and then Level it again to 20 and vaal it? This is, in my opinion, one of the most important PoE vendor recipes, yet a lot of people haven’t even heard about it. Corrupted gems are ordinary gems that have been subjected to a Vaal orb. an efficient way to have 20/20% gem is to level a gem to lv 20, then sell it with a gemcutter prism, you'll get the gem lv 1 but with 20% quality. This means that Vaal gems cannot be used continuously, but can only serve as a support skill. I have 100% uptime on it in some maps. only Support gems? There are also potentially negative consequences. 21 or they can reach +23 quality. Vaal haste is way better with increased duration+an aura build. Vaal sk i ll gems are obtained from Vaal Vessels in corrupted areas or by corrupting a regular skill gem. Thats not possible with a vaal version of the gem. Personally (if you're poor and/or cheap), I'd go with the low/no quality Vaal version and level up a bunch of regular Arc gems in my off hand weapons. For Vaal Orbs, it’s Vaal skill gems and one Sacrifice Vaal Fragment for one Vaal Orb. Then you relevel the gem. Vaal Orb recipe. i do, i found a corupted cold snap and it is crap, u need to wait till u kill 64 enemys and then u can use it 1 single time... i expected that i can use it like a normal gem and when i kill 64 enemys i get the special function... as they r now they r only wasted link slots. Gem level is, in most cases, more important than quality. do i have to Level a gem to Level 20 and then vaal and then put Quality on it? Using a Vaal Orb on a gem only gives it a chance to change to its Vaal Skill counterpart.