Vaal Pact: Difference between revisions

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Vaal Pact is a keystone passive skill that grants doubled life leech speed and maximum life leech rate, but causes life regeneration to have no effect.

Mechanics

Comparison to standard behavior

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. Note that energy shield regeneration, from sources such as Shavronne's RevelationShavronne's Revelation
Moonstone RingRequires Level 30+(15-25) to maximum Energy Shield+(60-75) to Intelligence
Right ring slot: You cannot Regenerate Mana
Right ring slot: Regenerate 6% of Energy Shield per second
Right ring slot: +250 to maximum Mana
Left ring slot: You cannot Recharge or Regenerate Energy Shield
Left ring slot: Regenerate 40 Mana per Second
Left ring slot: +250 to maximum Energy Shield"Shavronne held Sanity in her right
hand and Revelation in her left.
Brutus chose the left hand."
- Kadavrus, Surgeon to the Umbra, will still work, as it is specifically energy shield regeneration and not life regeneration converted by Zealot's Oath.

Location

Vaal Pact is located on the bottom side of the tree, close to the Duelist leech cluster.

Class	Distance from start
Duelist	8
Ranger	10
Scion	14
Marauder	16
Shadow	18
Templar	24
Witch	24

Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Vaal Pact has been significantly reworked. It no longer grants instantaneous Life Leech, and instead doubles the rate of your Life Leech as well as your maximum Leech rate. It has been moved into the Duelist's area.
3.0.0	Now only applies to leeched life.
2.0.0	Vaal Pact now no longer reduces the amount of life leeched. It has also been moved to between the Shadow and Ranger on the passive skill tree.
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%.
0.9.12	Introduced to the game.

References

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@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 | type                   = Keystone
 | bonuses                =
-* Gain Life from Leech instantly
+* Life Leeched per Second is doubled
+* Maximum Life Leech Rate is doubled
 * 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]]. It also causes [[life regeneration]] to have no effect.
+'''Vaal Pact''' is a [[keystone passive skill]] that grants doubled [[life leech]] speed and maximum life leech rate, but causes [[life regeneration]] to have no effect.
 ==Mechanics==
 ===Comparison to standard behavior===
 {{main|Leech}}
-With Vaal Pact, life [[leech]] instantly restores [[life]] relative to the [[damage]] dealt to an enemy rather than over time. This also causes maximum life leech rate to become irrelevant. Vaal Pact has no effect on [[mana leech]] or energy shield leech. As a result, [[Ghost Reaver]] or items such as {{il|Soul Tether}} will not gain instant energy shield leech with Vaal Pact.
-===Timing===
-Leech is processed before receiving [[reflected damage]].<ref name="Timing"/> Therefore the order of operations is:
-: Hit a target -> Leech -> Receive reflected damage
 ===Interaction with Zealot's Oath===
@@ Line 24: / Line 19: @@
 ==Location==
-Vaal Pact is located on the right side of the tree, between Ranger and Shadow.
+Vaal Pact is located on the bottom side of the tree, close to the Duelist leech cluster.
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
 !Class
 !Distance from start
 |-
-|Duelist||17
+|Duelist||8
 |-
-|Ranger||7
+|Ranger||10
 |-
-|Marauder||21
+|Scion||14
 |-
-|Scion||11
+|Marauder||16
 |-
-|Templar||21
+|Shadow||18
 |-
-|Shadow||7
+|Templar||24
 |-
-|Witch||17
+|Witch||24
 |}
 ==Version history==
 {{VersionHistoryTable}}
+{{VersionHistoryRow|3.1.0}}
+* Vaal Pact has been significantly reworked. It no longer grants instantaneous Life Leech, and instead doubles the rate of your Life Leech as well as your maximum Leech rate. It has been moved into the Duelist's area.
 {{VersionHistoryRow|3.0.0}}
 * Now '''only''' applies to leeched life.