[2.4] The Dy'Ness Tank

1. Energy from within jewels that overlap on nodes result in their effects stacking. So if a 5% life node is in the radius of two energy from within jewels, it ends up being a 10% increased energy shield and 5% reduced life node. This is why I take pretty much the whole scion wheel of life: there are 5 nodes for which this overlap occurs, and they are some of the best nodes in the game to take for this build. Thus, I'd suggest taking them if you can deal with the reduced life (I do this through auxium and eye of chayula).

2. I'm not really sure why you go past the ZO node on the left side of the tree. It's not very efficient from an energy shield perspective, and the only cool thing you gain is the utility from the light of divinity node. I think it's better to go for the good duelist nodes.

3. I think master of the arena is probably better than armor mastery. It definitely is for my build--I have pretty much zero armor on gear, and the only armor I get is from granite flasks (optimally I would have two, but I have only one right now due to needing something for mana regeneration). Thus, I value the .5% life regen and 10 intelligence more than the increased armor. Additionally, it puts me closer to the golem's blood node, which is an enormous amount of regen, and the jewel slot there, which lets us get a reasonable amount of ES from the life nodes nearby.

4. Whether or not taking the aura nodes is better than taking more % increased energy shields comes down solely to gear. I think that with great gear, the % energy shield nodes are better, but early on or with mediocre gear, you probably gain more from the aura nodes. This one's a toss-up and I think it comes down to personal preference.

5. I like the fact that you grabbed nullification and have added it to my (hypothetical) tree. By my estimation, we lose 1% increased energy shield from taking these nodes instead of taking ES nodes from the energy shield wheel, but the spell damage and other things should make it worth it.

6. My pathing is a little different around the written in blood cluster because I've taken Ghost Reaver in my hypothetical build. Given that we have an enormous life leech cap due to the amount of ES we have, it makes sense to potentially get some leech. I may eventually try adding leech to my CWDT spells, and if I get a 6L (probably not anytime soon), it may make sense to add life leech in there. But again, this is a personal preference and it's entirely reasonable not to path this way. If I decide the leech isn't worth it, I'll probably path this area more like you did.

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1. I apparently didn't make this clear the first time, but nodes that fall within the radius of multiple energy from within nodes have the jewels' bonuses stack. In our case, starting from clockwise from the notable on the scion life wheel, the first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh 5% life nodes become 10% increased energy shield and 5% reduced life nodes. These are awesome to take for obvious reasons and are the main reason why we bother with the wheel of life in the first place.

2. We don't take the stray node in the wheel of life because it's only a 5% increased energy shield node for us, we don't need it for pathing, and we can do better elsewhere.

3. This build is designed to take the most possible energy shield and life regen in the most efficient manner, with few compromises. If you want damage, it's best to look elsewhere.