Vaal Pact

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

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Without Vaal Pact, life leech restores over time an amount of life, Mana or Energy Shield relative to the damage inflicted on an enemy. Vaal Pact has no effect on mana leech.

Timing

Leech is processed before reflect damage. Therefore the order of operations is:

 Hit enemy -> Leech (Instantly) -> Reflect damage

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%.
2.0.0	Vaal Pact now applies leech at full value.