Immortal Ambition

Immortal Ambition

Keystone

Energy Shield starts at zero
Cannot Recharge or Regenerate Energy Shield
Lose 5% of Energy Shield per second
Life Leech effects are not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled
Life Leech effects Recover Energy Shield instead while on Full Life [1]

You may live forever, so long as someone remains to be sacrificed.

Immortal Ambition is a keystone passive skill which disables both energy shield recharge and regeneration and makes it degenerate by 5% each second, while causing life leech to recover energy shield when on full life.

This keystone is only granted from certain unique items.

Mechanics

The Life Leech is applied to Energy Shield instead while on Full Life mod is functionally different from Ghost Reaver. While Ghost Reaver converts all sources of Life Leech to Energy Shield Leech, Immortal Ambition modifies Life Leech's effect while you are at full life. In turn, Life Leech modifiers do not affect leech from Ghost Reaver, and Energy Shield Leech does not affect leech from Immortal Ambition. Instances of life leech or energy shield leech do not interact with each other.

Life Leech effects from Immortal Ambition are not removed at Full Life or Full Energy Shield, because Life Leech instances are only ever removed at full life, which is prevented by the Life Leech Effects Are Not Removed At Full Life mod.

You cannot be at full energy shield and also leech energy shield simultaneously, so only one of the damage multipliers from Energy Leech SupportEnergy Leech SupportSupport
Icon: g
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.Supported Skills have (1.5-1.9)% of Damage Leeched as Energy Shield
Supported Skills deal (10-14)% more Damage while on Full Energy Shield
Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage while Leeching Energy Shield

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage while Leeching Energy ShieldThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. can be active at the same time. This can only be done with the claw Essentia SanguisEssentia Sanguis
Vaal ClawClaw
Physical Damage: 29-76
Elemental Damage: 1 to (600-700)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: (1.56-1.69)
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 66, 95 Dex, 131 Int2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life+8% Chance to Block Attack Damage while Dual Wielding Claws
Adds 1 to (600-700) Lightning Damage
(20-30)% increased Attack Speed
+(30-40) to maximum Energy Shield
Energy Shield Leech Effects from Attacks are not removed at Full Energy Shield
Ghost ReaverThe darkest clouds clashed and coupled,
giving birth to four lightning children of hate. or the Trickster ascendancy Soul Drinker.

"Full Life" on the Life Leech effects Recover Energy Shield instead while on Full Life mod is used in the literal sense akin to Damage on Full Life SupportDamage on Full Life SupportAttack, Support
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Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.Supported Attack Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage while on Full Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., rather than the "no Life left to recover" sense used by flasks. If you reserve a portion of life, you will never leech Energy Shield through this keystone when there's no more unreserved and missing life to recover.

Location

This keystone will conquer (i.e. convert) any existing keystones on the skill tree, that within the jewel radius of a Glorious VanityGlorious Vanity
Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic
Radius: LargeBathed in the blood of (100-8000) sacrificed in the name of (Ahuana-Doryani-Xibaqua)
Passives in radius are Conquered by the Vaal
HistoricThey believed themselves the pinnacle of civilisation, but that height toppled their empire.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.. The jewel needs to have the modifier Bathed in the blood of (100–8000) sacrificed in the name of Ahuana.

Related unique items

These unique items (other than Glorious VanityGlorious Vanity
Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic
Radius: LargeBathed in the blood of (100-8000) sacrificed in the name of (Ahuana-Doryani-Xibaqua)
Passives in radius are Conquered by the Vaal
HistoricThey believed themselves the pinnacle of civilisation, but that height toppled their empire.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.) have the Immortal Ambition modifier, which provides the same effect as this keystone. Taking the keystone in addition to equipping one of these items will impart no additional benefit.

Item	Base Item		Stats
Glorious VanityGlorious Vanity Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic Radius: LargeBathed in the blood of (100-8000) sacrificed in the name of (Ahuana-Doryani-Xibaqua) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Vaal HistoricThey believed themselves the pinnacle of civilisation, but that height toppled their empire.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	Timeless Jewel	1	Bathed in the blood of (100-8000) sacrificed in the name of (Ahuana-Doryani-Xibaqua) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Vaal Historic
Mahuxotl's MachinationMahuxotl's Machination Steel Kite ShieldChance to Block: 26% Armour: (146-167) Energy Shield: (30-35) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 46, 60 Str, 60 IntCorrupted Soul Divine Flesh Eternal Youth Everlasting Sacrifice Immortal Ambition Vaal PactThe Banished Architect sought to employ all the darkest secrets of the Vaal... at the same time.	Steel Kite Shield	46	Corrupted Soul Divine Flesh Eternal Youth Everlasting Sacrifice Immortal Ambition Vaal Pact
Soul TetherSoul Tether Cloth BeltRequires Level 48(15-25)% increased Stun and Block Recovery+(20-40) to Intelligence Gain (4-6)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Immortal AmbitionVaal bloodpriests were among the earliest intellectuals on record. It was they who found that a newly freed soul would desperately cling to any other source of life.	Cloth Belt	48	(15-25)% increased Stun and Block Recovery+(20-40) to Intelligence Gain (4-6)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Immortal Ambition

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	The Life Leech effects Recover Energy Shield instead while on Full Life stat is now limited by Maximum total Energy Shield Recovery from Leech instead of by Maximum total Life Recovery from Leech Combined with the Corrupted Soul Keystone and the powerful recovery source of life leech, it provided too great an increase to a character's combined recovery. This change preserves the desirable Life Effects not being removed at Full Life aspect of the Keystone, but limits how easy it is to recover your Energy Shield pool.
3.11.0	Introduced to the game.