Vaal Pact bad for (uber) lab?

I watched an old video on YouTube about "how to lab", in this video they tell us to go for a ton on life regen. But if you're Vaal Pact, then you... spec out of it for the labyrinth parts and spec back in for Izaro fights?

Is it how its supposed to go?

Regen is more valuable for doing the lab.

However, it's not necessary if you can deal with the traps properly to minimize damage taken.

Regen provides you with a bit more protection if you get hit by traps though, so if you're not too confident, it is something to opt for. Though I personally wouldn't go out of my way for Regen just for Lab outside of a dedicated Lab farming character (Who'd also stack a bunch of armour and Fire Resist too)

It's quite possible to deal with Uber Lab with VP. With both Life and ES (Life gets a bit of an easier time, since you can run a few Life Flasks with instant recovery to spam if you get caught in a trap. Then swap to utility flasks before Izaro)

Its the easier way to do it for normal players. Some people can do uber lab with Vaal pact. And some builds/classes are better at it than others. It also depends a lot on the daily layout. Today (uber lab) is relatively easy (I think - at least for me it was) and very short. You may be able to do it with Vaal pact + flasks (basalt at least).

There is no general rule/recommendation. If you can do it without respec then you do it without. Otherwise you spend the regrets.

Some people use Devouring Totem + Desecrate to "regen" with Vaal Pact.

Not quite, sure you can spec out of vaal pact, but does that give you enough life regen to deal with the traps? No, absolutely not, just bring 1 or 2 more life pots, bring desecrate + devouring totem to get you life back to full when you find a safe place to stand , cheese your way thru the traps, a life base vaal pact character is not a lab farmer anyway, you are not doing this often.


Tons of life regen is a decent idea but not a lot of builds have that many spare points, it's not that practical, and if it's a dedicated lab farmer, why not occulist CI? life regen no matter how big, will not prevent a fully buffed Izaro one shot you, but enough ES amount will.

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DiGG wrote:

I watched an old video on YouTube about "how to lab", in this video they tell us to go for a ton on life regen. But if you're Vaal Pact, then you... spec out of it for the labyrinth parts and spec back in for Izaro fights?

Is it how its supposed to go?

I don't really have any issues doing uber lab with VP and only one life pot. Have around 5k life. Can get a bit hairy sometimes, usually with the golden keys.

However for the uber trials I need to TP for extra life pots...so I usually don't bother with them. Not a lab farmer.

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cdchi1 wrote:

I don't really have any issues doing uber lab with VP

This.

It's all about the player's skill really. Once you've learned to navigate your way through the labyrinth it can be done just fine with VP and proper flask setup. Tons of Life/ES regeneration only allow you to cheese the trap mechanics but that doesn't make "VP bad for Uber Lab".