Thoughts on Vaal Orbs use

2 questions:

1. How many times can Vaal orbs be used on the same item?

Given the fact that vaal orbs only improve the item it's used on, I'm guessing it can only be used once in the same item.

2. How will vaal orb and eternal orb interact?

Say, i want to corrupt an item, but before i use the eternal, so if i dont like the roll of the vaal orb, i return to the imprint status. Is this correct?

Thanks

Once you use a vaal orb on an item, that item can no longer be modified by currency items. If you eternal it before using the vaal, you won't be able to apply the imprint if the corruption fucks up because the imprint is a currency item. Also, mirrors won't be able to copy corrupted items, and mirrored items cannot be corrupted.

i wonder what extra it will add to legacy koams

& i desperately want something good on headhunter bcoz can use that 40 life as CI

I guarantee we will see tons of people mess up by applying vaal orbs to items without quality. Especially armor. Guarantee.

NO currency can be applied after vaal orb. Links, Sockets, Chroms, Quality are all fixed. It becomes Just like a mirrored item.

For 20/20 gems without vaal counterparts there seems to be no downside. 3 possibilities.
1. Nothing
2. + to level
3. + to qualty

Again, I could see people using a vaal on a level 20 faster attacks and then trying to GCP it. Can't do that.
(can you vendor a level 21 vaal gem and gcp for a 21% quality or 20% quality that can reach lvl 21?)

If gems have a vaal counterpart then you may roll the vaal gem which I think would be the most undesirable outcome for most since they can be found and leveled.

Armor you need a 6link. Also, it locks in the Colors so not sure it's worth the benefit. Gloves, boots, shields, helmets mostly don't have implicits and it seems vaal orbs add only implicit values (would need that confirmed) so same drawback as the chest piece but less so since it's easier to get a new pair of boots or gloves than a 6link chest.

Jewelery is a tough one. IF you don't need the implicit mod then yolo. Else I'm not sure. Some rings may be more worth it. For instance, if you are Resolute Technique and you see a diamond ring that has all the mods you want for you build but that implicit crit is worthless you can now corrupt it for something that may be useful.

Several uniques surely could be yolo'd vaal orb. Again, chrom, quality and links are the annoying part. So, maybe mostly jewelry. Perandus Signet with elemental life leech or high resist? I'd take that.

Would be easier to say once we have a list of the possible implicit mods that can be rolled per gear.