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Gem
Skill

Vaal

Vaal Domination

SpellMinionDurationVaalAttackMeleeStrike

Overview

This spell causes one of your existing Sentinels of Dominance to Ascend, becoming more powerful, gaining new attacks, and overriding its duration, while maintaining its monster modifiers and other bonuses, including from support gems. If you cannot have more Ascended Sentinels of Dominance, an existing one will be refreshed instead.

Properties

Gem type
Vaal
Colour
Red
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
12
Cast time
0.5 sec

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

Mechanics at a glance

  • Maximum 3 Ascended Sentinels of Dominance
    Ascended Sentinels do not count towards the regular limits
  • Ascended Sentinels deal 300% more Damage
  • Ascended Sentinels take 70% less Damage
  • Base duration is 30 seconds
  • Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
At 20% quality

Minions have 40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Related gem versions 2

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Dominating BlowDominating Blow of Inspiring

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Minion, Duration, Vaal, Creates Sentinel Minion
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
Can be supported
Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Compatible support gems 9

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Inspiration SupportFaster Casting SupportMore Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSwift Affliction SupportEfficacy SupportArcane Surge SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportLifetap Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelVaal soulsSoul gain preventionExp. to nextTotal exp.
1283020 sec199,3450
2313020 sec285,815199,345
3343020 sec401,344485,160
4373020 sec554,379886,504
5403020 sec477,4371,440,883
6423020 sec583,7861,918,320
7443020 sec710,3592,502,106
8463020 sec1,355,5113,212,465
9483020 sec1,138,8774,567,976
10503020 sec1,368,2335,706,853
11523020 sec1,638,3387,075,086
12543020 sec1,956,6488,713,424
13563020 sec3,655,18410,670,072
14583020 sec3,017,32714,325,256
15603020 sec7,759,99517,342,583
16623020 sec15,138,19325,102,578
17643020 sec26,083,82540,240,771
18663020 sec62,620,24766,324,596
19683020 sec211,708,088128,944,843
20703020 sec—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
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Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%Minions have 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
10%Minions have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
15%Minions have 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
20%Minions have 40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
23%Minions have 46% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
30%Minions have 60% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Alternate effects 1

Celestial Dominating Blow Effect

Your Dominating Blow becomes a Celestial Effect.

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