Vaal Hazak, the 3 Miasma Jewel won't protect me from the usual Damage from it, right?

[Arzon]

With the add of the Girros Coil instead? I'm with the lance right now, still not that used to it and since it's a pain in the bott having to use nulberry i was wondering if i can totally nullify the problem.

[SHAd0WsiNr]

you can nullify the debuff with the miasma skill but you'll still take the damage over time

[Grisnir]

the 3 miasma gems protect you from the vaal hazak effluvium, thats cuts your health in half
and lets him steal your hp

for the normal miasma effect, girro coil, clear mind charm, or a health aug on the weapon

[Arzon]

Purrfect, thank you!

[cruste]

torch slinger pods fired on the ground negate the toxic clouds for a while.

[Knight_of_Gallifrey]

Originally posted by cruste:

torch slinger pods fired on the ground negate the toxic clouds for a while.

Sadly it is a deceptively small area as well as not lasting long. It helps, but you will still be taking alot of chip damage.

[Washing Machine]

The environment damage isn't that big, it hardly matters. What does the major damage over time is his own aura that he stacks up, and Effluvial Expert does nothing about that. EE just gets rid of the environmental damage (and acid pools I believe?).

Elderseal does work at least in single player, or just knock him down a ton so he won't get the chance to power up the aura (albeit I swear you can get situations where elderseal triggers the flinch, you break a part, and Vaal won't fall over from the part break because of the elderseal flinch, urgh). It's why AT Vaal is fairly annoying and health regen aug is almost a must, since AT Vaal tends to stack up a ton of aura and the damage over time you take becomes insane for it.