An appropriate downside for Vaal Pact

Make it keep what it already has, but add in "Can only use white/normal potions"

That way people actually need to think seriously about picking it rather than being the automatic choice. And yes i know, burst damage/high dps mobs. Dodge them.

or
- 50% less life/ES :D
or
- 50% less damage
or
- Vaal Pact need 1 Sec. to start leech after a leech hit.
this means 1 sec no leech, then full leech, 1 sec no leech, then full leech.(destroy the stupid face-tanking)

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Nubman wrote:

Make it keep what it already has, but add in "Can only use white/normal potions"

That way people actually need to think seriously about picking it rather than being the automatic choice. And yes i know, burst damage/high dps mobs. Dodge them.

or much easier Do NOTHING about it. And if so...make it melee attacks only.

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SiegfriedXX wrote:

or
- 50% less life/ES :D
or
- 50% less damage
or
- Vaal Pact need 1 Sec. to start leech after a leech hit.
this means 1 sec no leech, then full leech, 1 sec no leech, then full leech.(destroy the stupid face-tanking)

Hmm....the cooldown seem legit

All good ideas.
I would also add (hopefully several at once):
- cannot have summons;
- damage on enemies is delayed by 3 seconds if you've hit recently;
- enemies hit by attacks become volatile;
- enemies hit by attacks cause poison and bleeding with their attacks;
- enemies hit by attacks bypass 100% resistances.

That ought to make you really think about taking vaal pact.



... white potions, jesus....

The only (other) downside I would add to VP is "you take 10% increased damage". Since oneshots are the only thing that can realistically kill you, make them slightly more likely [synergizes well with the berzerker VP meta ;-)]...

Just delete it finally.

Why is vaal pact such a hot topic?

It's a well-managed part of the game.
You all sound like you never spent more than a month with VP and you just like bitching about it.
Go, play at least 5 vaal pact builds, lvl them to at least 90 and than tell me how "unbalanced" it is.

I hope GGG never gives in to this garbage.

Buff life regen

Well, aside from the Berserker combo, the other thing is that high hit rate skills are petty much the meta now, and 1 use of most of them insta-heals you to full hp.