Zealot's Oath | PoE2 Mechanic

What Zealot's Oath does

Current rules

Zealot's Oath first lets Life regeneration satisfy the character's current Life recovery or ongoing Life loss. Only the excess amount that could not further recover Life is applied to Energy Shield. This Energy Shield recovery is regeneration, not Recharge, so Energy Shield Recharge Rate does not scale it. The Keystone disables Energy Shield Recharge but does not prevent Life Recharge granted by Eternal Youth.

Only excess regeneration moves to Energy Shield: Life regeneration continues to account for missing Life and ongoing Life loss first. The remaining recovery that cannot further restore Life becomes Energy Shield regeneration.
Full or capped Life creates excess: Excess commonly exists when Life is at its maximum unreserved value or valid Overflow, or when another rule prevents Life from recovering further. The exact transferred amount is the unused part after other Life recovery and loss are considered.
The recovery is regeneration: Energy Shield gained from Zealot's Oath is regeneration. Energy Shield Recharge Rate and faster start of Recharge do not scale or start this recovery.
Energy Shield Recharge is disabled: Ordinary Energy Shield Recharge cannot begin while Zealot's Oath applies, even after the normal Recharge delay. Builds must use the transferred regeneration or another compatible Energy Shield recovery source.
Eternal Youth Life Recharge still works: The downside disables Energy Shield Recharge specifically. Eternal Youth grants Life Recharge, which remains a Life recovery mechanic and is not prevented by this wording.

Zealot's Oath interactions

3 cases

01

Passive-tree Keystone

Allocate Zealot's Oath when excess Life regeneration can sustain Energy Shield more reliably than the Energy Shield Recharge being sacrificed.

Related: Zealot's Oath passive

02

Geofri's Sanctuary

The Unique body armour grants Zealot's Oath, regenerates Life from Intelligence, and prevents its maximum Energy Shield from being converted. These lines are designed to interact but remain separate rules.

Armour(682-819)Energy Shield76Base Movement Speed-0.04RequiresLevel 65, 67 Str, 67 Int+1% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances(150-200)% increased Armour+(10-20)% to all Elemental ResistancesYour maximum Energy Shield is equal to (200-300)% of your StrengthMaximum Energy Shield cannot be ConvertedRegenerate 2 Life per second for every 10 IntelligenceZealot's OathFaith does not make us invulnerable.It makes us immortal., Eldritch Battery

03

Recharge versus regeneration

Recharge begins after a delay and has its own rate. Regeneration is continuous recovery. Zealot's Oath disables the former and creates the latter only from excess Life regeneration.

Limits and exceptions

4 rules

Life regeneration needed to recover missing Life is not excess.
Energy Shield Recharge modifiers do not scale the transferred regeneration.
The Keystone disables Energy Shield Recharge even when no excess Life regeneration is available.
It does not prevent Life Recharge from Eternal Youth.

Related pages

5 connections

unique itemGeofri's Sanctuary

(150-200)% increased Armour

Geofri's SanctuaryUnique | Revered Vestments

Armour(682-819)Energy Shield76Base Movement Speed-0.04RequiresLevel 65, 67 Str, 67 Int+1% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances(150-200)% increased Armour+(10-20)% to all Elemental ResistancesYour maximum Energy Shield is equal to (200-300)% of your StrengthMaximum Energy Shield cannot be ConvertedRegenerate 2 Life per second for every 10 IntelligenceZealot's OathFaith does not make us invulnerable.It makes us immortal.mechanicEldritch Battery

Eldritch Battery converts all maximum Energy Shield into maximum Mana, then doubles Mana Costs. The converted Energy Shield becomes a Mana base value and no longer functions as a defensive Energy Shield pool.

mechanicEnergy Shield

Energy Shield is a rechargeable defensive resource that normally protects Life. Damage is mitigated first, then removes Energy Shield before Life unless the damage or another effect explicitly bypasses it.

mechanicEnergy Shield Recharge

Energy Shield Recharge is a recovery process that normally starts after a four-second delay and restores 12.5% of maximum Energy Shield per second. Losing Energy Shield or Life ordinarily interrupts it and restarts the delay. Recharge is Recovery, not Regeneration.

mechanicOverflow

Overflow allows a specified recovery source to raise Life, Mana, Energy Shield, or Runic Ward above its normal maximum. Current Life, Mana, and Energy Shield Overflow is capped at 150% of maximum. The effect does not increase the maximum resource itself.

Items and gems using this mechanic

1 connections

Direct relationGeofri's Sanctuary