Offhand Weapon Question.

So I want to use dual wands. Instead of just a wand and shield. Does the off hand give the same stats as your main hand weapon? I mean, I played some other games where the off hand gives less dmg than the right hand. It seems to be the case here, I equipped two fairly similar wand, and the DPS only increased by a bit. I thought it'd double or something.

And do they each take turn attacking?

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pham818 wrote:

So I want to use dual wands. Instead of just a wand and shield. Does the off hand give the same stats as your main hand weapon? I mean, I played some other games where the off hand gives less dmg than the right hand. It seems to be the case here, I equipped two fairly similar wand, and the DPS only increased by a bit. I thought it'd double or something.

And do they each take turn attacking?

Dps cant be doubled that simple.To double dps,and not damage,you must have twice the physical attack on second wand.Dont confuse yourself,different thing is dps,different thing is damage.

Now,it all comes down to damage of the weapon and its speed.Since you dont attack with both of them but one at a time.

If you speak about spell damage,and is the same almost wand,you will notice at least 30% more damage.It would help to post your gear in general to make you understand how it works,though its easy to assume really

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pham818 wrote:

So I want to use dual wands. Instead of just a wand and shield. Does the off hand give the same stats as your main hand weapon? I mean, I played some other games where the off hand gives less dmg than the right hand. It seems to be the case here, I equipped two fairly similar wand, and the DPS only increased by a bit. I thought it'd double or something.

And do they each take turn attacking?

Most people will choose to use dual wands for the specific mods that can be found on wands like % spell damage. Aside from that the wands basic DPS is lumped into the dual wield category which can be found in the mechanic section of the forums.

So dual elemental wand is basically useless?

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pham818 wrote:

So dual elemental wand is basically useless?

Not at all.

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pham818 wrote:

So dual elemental wand is basically useless?

Depends on what you define as 'useful'. As someone above you pointed out, most people go dual wands to get that extra 30% spell damage boost that most wands have. Since most wand users/casters aren't really going to be firing with the wands, ever, they just wield them for the boosts they give their spells. Unlike other games, your spell's damage isn't based around your character sheet DPS to my knowledge.

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CrystalisQualinthi wrote:

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pham818 wrote:

So dual elemental wand is basically useless?

Depends on what you define as 'useful'. As someone above you pointed out, most people go dual wands to get that extra 30% spell damage boost that most wands have. Since most wand users/casters aren't really going to be firing with the wands, ever, they just wield them for the boosts they give their spells. Unlike other games, your spell's damage isn't based around your character sheet DPS to my knowledge.

Alright thank you, I was trying to run a elemental power siphon dual wand.