Another draw is that you can activate set-bonuses with certain off-hands that cannot be cubed instead.įor example, the Deathwish sword coupled with an Etched Sigil is a very powerful combination, especially with The Grand Vizier in the cube!

But the main draw for using one-handed weapons with a source are the legendary affixes associated on some items. In the end, the two-hander will still have superior damage in terms of the raw DPS numbers. Two-handed weapons have higher damage per hit but attack slower and of course take up two slots (no quiver for Wizards)! Next, one-handed weapons are faster and the source off-hand is designed to beef up the damage per hit for their faster attacks. I’m not a Wizard but I can maybe shed some light on the situation. Since it is harder to get a 1-hand and an off-hand weapon I think the total damage should be greater than just a 2-hand staff. My apologies if this issue was already discussed 5 years ago.īTW: I think this issue is a weapon design “glitch” that should be fixed. If so, should I just automatically salvage/sell 1-hand staffs and off-hand orbs once you reach a certain point in the game? The prob with that is that my set (Firebird) has an off-hand orb in order to get the 6th item, but I don’t use it because my 2-hand staff is much better, stat-wise, so I have only 5 items in the set.Īny advice is appreciated. Will 2-hand staffs ALWAYS be better, damage stat-wise, than a 1-hand w/off-hand orb? Sometimes, my other stats will go up a little but not enough to make up for the lower damage stat. When I change from my 2-hand staff to a 1-hand with an off-hand orb, my damage stat goes down by about 20 - 25%.

The 1-hand staffs avg 1200 - 1800 damage and the off-hand orbs avg 250 - 425 damage.

I have gotten prolly 50 - 60 1-hand staffs in drops and the same # of off-hand orbs. I currently have a 2-hand staff that deals ~2500 - 3700 damage (which is the highest I have gotten so far) plus it has a legendary power of 5 skeleton “helpers”. This effect can stack up to 4 times.Just wanting your expert opinion on what is better. Each time you hit an enemy with Explosive Blast your damage is increased by 8 - 10% and your damage reduction is increased by 20% for 6 seconds.

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