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Do Staves Do Physical Damage?
Peel_Ya_Cap_517
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As the title says..
I am unclear if staves do physical damage when doing light or heavy attacks.. For example, is the Sharpened trait useful on a staff? Does the staff actually do physical damage to trigger the armor penetration effect?
Thanks for any insight!
I am unclear if staves do physical damage when doing light or heavy attacks.. For example, is the Sharpened trait useful on a staff? Does the staff actually do physical damage to trigger the armor penetration effect?
Thanks for any insight!
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Xeven✭✭✭✭✭
✭They do elemental damage dont they? I think restoration staff does magic damage.
Edited by Xeven on September 28, 2015 3:10AM0 -
FriedEggSandwich✭✭✭✭✭
✭Not sure whether the attack does spell or physical damage, I'm tempted to say spell damage. But I also thought the strength of the light and heavy attacks from a staff were determined by weapon damage.PC | EU0 -
DeanTheCat✭✭✭✭✭Stave attacks checks vs Spell Resistance, Spell Damage and Spell Critical. Therefore, Nirnhoned is always a superior option to Sharpened when Staves are used as the weapon, as the Armor Penetration from Sharpened is useless.Dean the Cat
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Peel_Ya_Cap_517✭✭✭✭Yea, this is why I'm confused. Staff attacks and even destruction staff abilities scale off of weapon damage, which made me think the base attacks must do physical damage...
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Xeven✭✭✭✭✭
✭No they dont, not anymore since 1.6. They scale off of spell damage and magicka.
Edited by Xeven on September 28, 2015 3:46AM1
