Vaal Pact: Difference between revisions

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Vaal Pact is a keystone passive skill that grants instant life restoration from life leech. It also causes life regeneration to have no effect.

Comparison to standard behavior

Without Vaal Pact, life leech occurs at maximum leech rate, by default 20% of maximum life per second which can be increased by passives. Vaal Pact has no effect on mana leech.

Timing

Vaal Pact leech is applied before reflect. Both are applied for every hit in sequence.

Interaction with Zealot's Oath

The Zealot's Oath keystone causes life regeneration to restore energy shield instead of life. Because Vaal Pact causes life regeneration to have no effect, taking it along with Zealot's Oath will prevent the character from regenerating energy shield. It will not prevent energy shield from recharging as it normally does.

Location

Vaal Pact is located on the right side of the tree, between Ranger and Shadow.

Class	Distance from start
Duelist	17
Ranger	7
Marauder	21
Scion	11
Templar	21
Shadow	7
Witch	17

Version history

Version	Changes
1.1.0	Vaal Pact no longer suppresses life recovery from flasks. It still prevents life regeneration and now also reduces your leech by 60%.

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 | type                   = Keystone
 | bonuses                =
-* Life Leech applies instantly at 40% effectiveness
+* Life Leech applies instantly
 * Life Regeneration has no effect
 | flavourtext            = My ancestral pact was sealed. Forevermore, I would gain sustenance only from the ravaged flesh of my enemies.
 }}</onlyinclude>
-'''Vaal Pact''' is a [[keystone passive skill]] that grants instant life restoration from [[life leech]] at lower effectiveness. It also causes [[life regeneration]] to have no effect.
+'''Vaal Pact''' is a [[keystone passive skill]] that grants instant life restoration from [[life leech]]. It also causes [[life regeneration]] to have no effect.
 == Comparison to standard behavior ==
-Without Vaal Pact, life leech occurs at a base rate of 20% of maximum life per second. The duration is the leech amount divided by the leech rate. Multiple hits do not stack; only the fastest leech at any point in time will recover life. The maximum leech rate is thus 20% of maximum life per second. With Vaal Pact, the amount leeched is reduced to 40%, but the leech is instant, so the full amount will be leeched regardless of timing or magnitude of hits. The amount leeched is thus only limited by damage dealt.
+Without Vaal Pact, life [[leech]] occurs at maximum leech rate, by default 20% of maximum life per second which can be increased by passives. Vaal Pact has no effect on [[mana leech]].
 == Timing ==
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 ==Location==
-Vaal Pact is located left of the Duelist start, below [[Berserking]].
+Vaal Pact is located on the right side of the tree, between Ranger and Shadow.
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 !Class
 !Distance from start
 |-
-|Duelist||8
+|Duelist||17
 |-
-|Ranger||15
+|Ranger||7
 |-
-|Marauder||9
+|Marauder||21
 |-
-|Scion||9
+|Scion||11
 |-
-|Templar||14
+|Templar||21
 |-
-|Shadow||18
+|Shadow||7
 |-
-|Witch||19
+|Witch||17
 |}