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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.

Mechanics

Comparison to standard behavior

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 will not grant instant energy shield leech with Vaal Pact.

Timing

Leech is processed before receiving reflected damage.^[1] Therefore the order of operations is:

Hit a target -> Leech -> Receive reflected 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. 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 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
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

↑ Mark_GGG (July 15, 2013). "Phys Reflect VS Vaal Pact: who wins?". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2015.

[Timing-1] Mark_GGG (July 15, 2013). "Phys Reflect VS Vaal Pact: who wins?". Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2015.

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-With Vaal Pact, life [[leech]] instantly restores [[life]] or [[energy shield]] 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]].
+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]] will not grant instant energy shield leech with Vaal Pact.
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 ===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 {{il|Shavronne's Revelation}}, will still work, as it is specifically energy shield regeneration and not life regeneration converted by Zealot's Oath.
 ==Location==