Dest. Staff: Wall of Elements

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The tooltip says it does Magic damage (not fire/frost/shock based on the staff). I use a fire staff and see a line of flame show up.

Does it actually deal elemental damage based on the staff?
Does it apply the status effects of the element of the staff?

Generic spell resist is on our character screens (assuming it applies to all spell damages, fire/frost/shock included), but you can also get specific elemental resists, and reduce specific elemental resists.

I get confused here, are the spell damage -> Magic, Fire, Frost, Shock or does "magic" not exist and it is always one of the three elements?

I want to know if the DK talents for buffing fire aoe will work with Wall of Elements.

Asava

Staves have two elements in their names. One is the damage type (fire, lightning, frost) and the second is the elemental effect.

steinernein

Clarification; the suffix is an enchantment.

Also, I think the wall detonation itself is magic but everything else, such as the damage over time in the area, is elemental and follows according to your weapon.

In short, the DK talents should work so long as they say it is fire. If you are paranoid or would like to run your own tests go download Recount and a scrolling combat add-on.

And yes, they also do their secondary elemental effects; shock adds concussion and if things are already suffering under that then they get knocked off balance. Fire just adds a DoT, and frost snares a decent amount.