In what way is ES > Life?

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kodr wrote:

The main benefit is you're immune to stun and maybe stuff like frozen or shock (not sure about that though).

ES also benefits from the damage reduction from armor and ele resists.

Well I find it extremely derp that all I do is run back after ES is gone and wait for recharge. Mean while I see marauders(that I leech exp from :D) can really sustain themselves. Like how they use life leech and at the same dps sweep

I can see an actual balance there when THEY play.

At least you can flee when you take a hit and have some ES to not be stunned by the hit.
IMO that's the purpose of ES' design, that's why it's a caster's armor.
If you want to take more hits, get some str and take the hybrid armor with armor and ES.

But the purpose of ES is to be able to flee and regen the shield, and not focusing on how you can sustain the damage with life leech.

Also getting some passives to decrease the time it takes to begin recharging are very useful. The recharge rate is also MUCH faster than life flasks provide.

I'd somewhat agree with what people are saying about CI... without the increased energy shied it is much less appealing. I'm not ready to say it couldn't be used like any other keystone passive, but I am scared to try it right now. 20-25% ES increase might be in order.