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Strill wrote:

I just don't see what's so good about it. The stats for any particular category are half of what a good specialized weapon would have.

Then I think you don't know about the builds that actually dual-wield wands and use the physical damage rather than spell damage...

There are great passives that support physical damage with wands.

I really don't get why the amount of spell damage is such a dealbreaker for you. First of all, I have never found a wand with more spell damage. I am sure they exist, but I'm also pretty sure they are not as common as you make them out to be.
Secondly, there are many sources that increase spell damage and your wand is only one of them. If you already have quite a lot of spell damage, you'll hardly know the difference in damage output.

Finally, 'effectiveness' is more than raw DPS numbers. According to the blind support discussion threat, at level 20, the chance to blind is 25%. An extra 10% makes a huge difference. Much more than a few tens of percents of spell damage could ever make if you have a proper spec and proper gear.

Imagine a lightning warp build with increased AoE and this baby. The blind effect may even allow you to tank as a caster that is using the spell offensively. Tunnel visioning on your DPS really doesn't help for builds like that.

If you want to stick to the conventional tried-and-true builds though, then yes, I'm sure you have much better wands in your possession. Even for random ranged spellcaster builds though, the survivability boost of the blind chance might prove to be superior to a small increase in damage output. Hard to tell without seeing it in action.

Found this last night - I'm told it's one of the new ones

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Pheonid wrote:

Is the description text a reference to what I think it is...?

buck yeah it is

*brohoof*

Right, so... I now have a new must have unique then.

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ButcherBobo wrote:

Found this last night - I'm told it's one of the new ones

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That might have just broken righteous fire build

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Progammer wrote:

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ButcherBobo wrote:

Found this last night - I'm told it's one of the new ones

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That might have just broken righteous fire build

you can say that again, because that would mean it'll be better than the +5% res shield... and can be used anytime.

edit, well situational, a bunch of people wouldn't see it good in merciless due to you staying at "low hp" marker (bouncing actually).

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Spectruma wrote:

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Strill wrote:

I just don't see what's so good about it. The stats for any particular category are half of what a good specialized weapon would have.

Then I think you don't know about the builds that actually dual-wield wands and use the physical damage rather than spell damage...

There are great passives that support physical damage with wands.

Of course I know about them. I know that a good physical wand would have at least +200% physical damage, plus other assorted bonuses like crit chance or crit damage. This wand is sorely lacking in those bonuses.

Anyone know if this is a diamond creation?

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ButcherBobo wrote:

Found this last night - I'm told it's one of the new ones

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Glorious. Time to burn things with Righteous Fire.

Facelicker: Springleaf is not a diamond unique.