Which staff is the strongest?

sirrmattus

I finally got a maelstrom destruction staff to drop. Granted it's precise trait ice staff. I was wondering, which staff is the strongest?

sirrmattus

no one knows?

Marque

I would assume that Maelstrom Inferno Staff Sharpened would be the best for most builds, but it would really depend on what your set up is like.

sirrmattus

Well I was hoping for inferno since my 2 favorite mag toons are dunmer but. Rng don't give

ArchMikem

Inferno gives the higher damage output, and you can land pretty good hits when a heavy attack crits. I've switched between Inferno and Lightning and the Lightning staff just does not do the damage I need overall. I still have no idea about Ice Staves really. I never seem to get down to crafting one for testing.

Then again I NEVER see anyone else using one either.

tist

For a sorc if you only tap weave lightning is actually the best. But I prefer medium weaving with fire staff.

failkiwib16_ESO

For pve it's inferno, sorcerers can get away with using lightning ... ice staff is suitable for pvp, not pve - unless you want to run a special snowflake build & gear, like I do sometimes

Armitas

I would just tell myself that the one I got was the best and then never run that potion dump arena again.

Tryxus

Ice staff is pretty neat for PvP due to the snares, and Lightning staff too cuz it can't get reflected

But Fire does more damage, so it's the best for DPSers in PvE

sirrmattus

Sounds good. Planned on using for pvp anyway

Valrien

sirrmattus wrote: »

Sounds good. Planned on using for pvp anyway

Try spamming Destructive Reach with it. Decent damage, little more expensive than force pulse...but that perma root gets irritating

CairnGormless

I favour lightning staves myself because I find it easier to recharge magicka with a heavy attack when I'm nearly out.
The brief pause before completing an inferno heavy attack can sometimes mean the difference between living and dying.

Jaimeh

Inferno and lightning are both good, depends on your class as to which one to back-bar. But a set staff doen't make that great a difference and means you can keep the set bonus on the back bar as well.

Berenhir

CairnGormless

... my two legendary Vanus staves for my sorc, with charged enchantment infused trait each do 3886 shock damage which is not too bad.

Jimmy

CairnGormless wrote: »

I favour lightning staves myself because I find it easier to recharge magicka with a heavy attack when I'm nearly out.
The brief pause before completing an inferno heavy attack can sometimes mean the difference between living and dying.

I'm curious how you came to a post that is 2 years old and posted in it? Can you replay the moments leading up to this event in a post so I may study your thoughts and actions for my Necromancy Posting research I'm doing.

Thank you!

Knootewoot

A yellow one which part of a proc set?

Tryxus

Jimmy wrote: »

CairnGormless wrote: »

I favour lightning staves myself because I find it easier to recharge magicka with a heavy attack when I'm nearly out.
The brief pause before completing an inferno heavy attack can sometimes mean the difference between living and dying.

I'm curious how you came to a post that is 2 years old and posted in it? Can you replay the moments leading up to this event in a post so I may study your thoughts and actions for my Necromancy Posting research I'm doing.

Thank you!

Google is your friend... that practices Necromancy

Jaimeh

I don't

Jimmy wrote: »

CairnGormless wrote: »

I favour lightning staves myself because I find it easier to recharge magicka with a heavy attack when I'm nearly out.
The brief pause before completing an inferno heavy attack can sometimes mean the difference between living and dying.

I'm curious how you came to a post that is 2 years old and posted in it? Can you replay the moments leading up to this event in a post so I may study your thoughts and actions for my Necromancy Posting research I'm doing.

Thank you!

I don't know about the commenter above my reply, but as for me, it's general inattentiveness

SlippyCheeze

Jimmy wrote: »

CairnGormless wrote: »

I favour lightning staves myself because I find it easier to recharge magicka with a heavy attack when I'm nearly out.
The brief pause before completing an inferno heavy attack can sometimes mean the difference between living and dying.

I'm curious how you came to a post that is 2 years old and posted in it? Can you replay the moments leading up to this event in a post so I may study your thoughts and actions for my Necromancy Posting research I'm doing.

Please don't do this! They actually tried to find an existing thread for their question or comment, rather than creating a shiny new one that duplicated the seventeen other threads on the same first page of the forums.

This is a good thing, and we should encourage it! Gently pointing out that if the thread is too old is good, but not being mean is even better, because we want people to keep being actually sensible about not making duplicate threads.