PoE Capture Shadow of the Vaal

In Path of Exile (PoE), enhancing your Pantheon powers is a crucial step for improving your character’s defenses and survivability. This guide focuses on capturing Shadow of the Vaal to upgrade the Soul of Arakaali, providing a substantial boost to chaos resistance against Damage Over Time (DoT) effects.

Understanding the Soul of Arakaali

The Soul of Arakaali offers essential defensive buffs, particularly against DoT effects. Here’s the base ability and its potential upgrades:

PoE Soul of Arakaali

Base Ability:

  • Soul of Arakaali: “10% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time.”

Upgrades:

  • Capture Maligaro the Mutilator (Overgrown Shrine Map): 20% increased Recovery rate of Life and Energy Shield if you’ve stopped taking Damage Over Time Recently.
  • Capture Hybrid Widow (Arachnid Tomb Map): Debuffs on you expire 20% faster.
  • Capture Shadow of the Vaal (Maze Map): +40% Chaos Resistance against Damage Over Time.

Capturing Shadow of the Vaal provides a significant upgrade by enhancing your chaos resistance, which is crucial for mitigating the effects of chaos damage over time.

Steps to Capture Shadow of the Vaal

  1. Acquire the Maze Map(Non-unique map) and add it into your map device at your hideout. Maze Map Tier: 14, 16, 16, 16, 16.
  2. Add a Divine Vessel into the map device.
  3. Run the map and kill the Shadow of the Vaal boss (you can have other players help kill the boss, but you must be present in the map for the capturing to work).
  4. Check your map device, you should have acquired the Captured Soul of a god (item that looks like a blue bottle).
  5. Consume the Captured Soul to upgrade a God Power.
  6. View your Pantheon and roll over the God you are trying to upgrade; the upgraded God Power should now be available.

There must be space in the map device for the Captured Soul or it will be deleted.

Why Upgrade the Soul of Arakaali?

Upgrading the Soul of Arakaali provides significant defensive benefits that enhance your character’s survivability:

  • +40% Chaos Resistance against Damage Over Time: This upgrade, obtained by capturing Shadow of the Vaal, offers substantial protection against chaos DoT effects.
  • Debuffs on you expire 20% faster: This upgrade, from capturing Hybrid Widow, helps mitigate the duration of harmful effects, allowing you to recover and respond more effectively in combat.
  • 20% increased Recovery rate of Life and Energy Shield if you’ve stopped taking Damage Over Time Recently: This upgrade, from capturing Maligaro the Mutilator, is particularly valuable for quickly recovering from DoT effects.

These upgrades make the Soul of Arakaali a versatile and powerful defensive option, suitable for a variety of builds.

Important Tips

  • Map Device Space: Always ensure there is space in your map device for the Captured Soul to avoid deletion.
  • Pantheon Sharing: Upgrades to the Pantheon are shared between all characters in the same league but are disabled until the character has completed “An End to Hunger” (completing the Act campaign).

Conclusion

Capturing Shadow of the Vaal and upgrading the Soul of Arakaali is a vital step in enhancing your character’s defenses in Path of Exile. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can efficiently upgrade your Pantheon powers and enjoy the benefits of increased chaos resistance, faster debuff expiration, and improved life and energy shield recovery. Keep exploring, Exiles, and may your journey through Wraeclast be ever prosperous!

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