I just do not understand Energy Shield viability.

wicked ward is rly good. u can make rings now with es% and faster start of es recharge




its possible to get that recharge kick in rly quick and once it starts with wicked ward youre pretty hard to kill while ward is active. u can get essence surge on the tree and stack faster start on tree jewels for further sources.



this belt gives you phasing if ur recharge has started recently too, which is nice if ur getting surrounded or theres problematic ground denial effects you can avoid by just running directly through a boss/pack of mobs.

It's fine on minion builds, when you actually can defer attention from yourself. Thus getting hit only occasionally. Of course you still have manually avoid any AoEs, and getting rid of DoTs.

Also ^
About Wicked Ward. Just gotta shorten recharge delay.