Diablo 2 staves, though they can provide nice bonuses to spells, are extremely little utilized in Diablo 2, given that they make carrying a shield impossible. A shield is required for a high-level Sorceress, for that blocking, in most cases the huge three-diamond socketed resistance. In the Expansion shields tend to be less helpful for blocking, doing virtually nothing should you don’t add Dexterity. A Clvl 50+ Sorceress who hasn’t added lots of Dexterity may have just 5% blocking, that is just 5% a lot more than the same Sorc carrying a staff.
So the largest trade-offs would be the +skills on the staff vs the large +resistance or any other mods you will get from a shield. There would be considered a much bigger debate otherwise for Orbs, which could give the same bonus skills along with other nice mods, but still be used having a shield. Still, an excellent staff, or one from the excellent Unique staves is not a bad choice for any Sorceress, if she will make up the resistance she’d usually have on the shield.
Staves do poor damage and therefore are not effective for dealing damage through any kind of quality armor. Their greatest attribute is the ability to carry bonus spell levels for that Sorceress, and she will turn these phones use like a bashing weapon, but her Attack Rating will often prevent her from making contact an adequate percent of the time, and her damage is going to be low in any event.
Also, staves with good levels of skill bonuses in them tend to be very costly, and also the enormous repair costs of these weapons are one more reason to not damage them around the hard skulls of monsters.
Interestingly enough, a Barbarian that has invested points in Mace Mastery will even do increased damage with staves, though this is seldom beneficial in practice because most maces outclass staves in damage and speed.
Inherent bonuses: Staves might have +1-3 points to as many as three skills from any of her skill trees. Bonus skills greatly boost the repair price of a staff though, so resist the need to do any melee having a good staff.
Damage Bonus: This determines the way you multiply the product damage because of your stats to achieve the actual damage. Every 100 points for the reason that stat doubles your weapon’s total physical damage. All Staves (staff) are 100 Str, meaning every 100 points in Str doubles the weapon damage.
Item Level: Used in many in-game calculations. Monsters should be of this level to drop the product, also it factors in when you are getting to gamble with this item type too.
Weapon Speed: A relative comparison with other weapons of the same type. 0 may be the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower, always in increments of 10. Each 10 is the same as a SIAS item. Characters are abbreviated for their first letter, with Am = Amazon and As = Assassin.
Range: Goes from 1 (least) to five (most), and it is identical for those weapon types. I.E. a 3 sword = a 3 spear = a 3 hammer.
All Staves are wielded in 2 hands.
ELITE STAVES
Walking Stick
62-85 Damage
20 Durability
Str Req: 25
Dex Req: None
Item Level: 58
Clvl Req: 43 Sockets: 1-2
Range: 2
Dmg Bonus: 100 Str
Inv Size: 1×3 Weapon Speed: -10
Swing Speed:
Sorc: Fast
Stalagmite
75-107 Damage
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