Mage – Bard – Defense
Defense is one of the three branches of the Bard school node in the Mage tree. The name is the wiki’s; in game the hub is titled “Sentience”. It takes 7 points from the Bard node to reach its hub, which gives +5% Sound Spell Power. Three leaves branch off the hub, one point each.
Its nodes give Sound Spell Power, Mana Regeneration, Max Mana, Summon Damage and Spell Resistance.
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Nodes#
The Points column counts the points spent in this branch to reach a node, starting from the Bard node. Path nodes must be taken in order; each leaf needs only the hub.
| Node | Points | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Path ×6 | 1–6 | +1% Spell Resistance per 100% Sound Spell Power (each) |
| Hub | 7 | +5% Sound Spell Power |
| Leaf | 8 | +4% Mana Regeneration per 25% Sound Spell Power |
| Leaf | 8 | +4% Max Mana per 25% Sound Spell Power |
| Leaf | 8 | +15% Summon Damage per 25% Sound Spell Power |
Totals#
Taking all 10 nodes (10 points) gives:
- +5% Sound Spell Power
- +4% Mana Regeneration per 25% Sound Spell Power
- +4% Max Mana per 25% Sound Spell Power
- +15% Summon Damage per 25% Sound Spell Power
- +6% Spell Resistance per 100% Sound Spell Power