Vaal Orbs in Path of Exile 2 offer a thrilling yet risky approach to enhance or potentially ruin your gear, maps, and skill gems. Here's everything you need to know about using Vaal Orbs effectively:
What Does a Vaal Orb Do?
Corruption: When used on an item, a Vaal Orb corrupts it, potentially adding beneficial or detrimental implicit modifiers, changing item levels, adding/removing sockets, or even altering stats.
Item Types:
Gear: Helmets, boots, belts, rings, amulets, etc. can gain new implicits or change existing ones.
Skill Gems: Increases or decreases level or quality, adds or removes sockets.
Maps: Can upgrade or downgrade map tiers or modify map affixes.
Strongboxes: Can alter their contents or effects.
Outcomes of Vaal Orbing
Implicit modifiers:
Examples:
Boots: Movement speed, resistances.
Gloves: Penetration, frenzy charges.
Belts: Energy Shield, resistances.
Weapons: Often base-specific outcomes like increased damage.
Socket changes: There's a chance to add or remove sockets, which can be crucial for gem setups.
Stat Reroll: Can reroll item stats, potentially for better or worse.
Magnitude Changes: Some items can get their base stats altered by a multiplier (e.g., 0.8 to 1.2), which can significantly affect the item's power.
When to Use Vaal Orbs
Avoid using on:
Crucial Upgrades: If an item is a critical upgrade for your current build, think twice before corrupting it, as you risk ruining it.
Best Times to Use:
Sidegrades: When an item would be better with a slight change, but isn't essential to your build.
Endgame Gear: Once your gear is settled, and you're looking for enhancements rather than major changes.
Uniques: Generally safer to corrupt, as they can't turn into rares (except in special cases like the Ultimatum boss drop).
Skill Gems:
Early game, to gain extra sockets when you lack higher-tier Jeweler's Orbs.
Maps:
Corrupt higher-tier maps (like Tier 15 or 16) for a chance at better rewards or map upgrades.
Risks and Considerations
Irreversible Changes: Once corrupted, many actions such as further quality upgrades or socket modifications are no longer possible.
Potential for Loss: There's always a chance to worsen an item, so only use on items you're prepared to lose or are not central to your build.
Magnitude Rerolling: Items are divined before the magnitude changes, so a perfect roll can be lost before the orb potentially improves it.
Strategic Uses
Gear Enhancement: Look for items where an implicit could make a significant difference, such as adding resistances or stats.
Skill Gem Optimization: Early on, use Vaal Orbs to try and gain an extra socket, but be careful with high level gems due to the risk of quality loss.
Map Corrupting: Only attempt on high-tier maps where the risk is justified by the potential reward.
Thanks for Reading
Vaal Orbs are a powerful tool in PoE2 for those willing to gamble on their gear for potentially game-changing outcomes. Use them wisely, understanding both the risks and the rewards. They're best used for sidegrades, or when you want to push your build to new heights without compromising essential gear.
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