Destruction Staff Trait: Sharpened vs other traits?

pala_the4th · January 2016

I used to have a VET12 Charged destruction staff and I moved onto the same thing but Sharpened. It feels worse now. What do you think:
Sharpened: Increase Armor and Spell Penetration by 12 percent, vs. Charged: Increases enchantment charges by 200 percent.
If you can suggest any other trait, thats fine also. I am both woodworker and enchanter, so I can craft it if I have researched it. I dont have anything to research Nirnhoned, so thats out of the question.

lolo_01b16_ESO · January 2016

Well, if you don't have nirn, (which would be a waste of money at v12) sharpened or precise are good options. Sharpened is better for high armoured targets like bosses, precise is better for trash.

Leandor · January 2016

OP your feeling is misleading. The only thing achieved by charged is reduce soulstone usage for recharging. Effectivity-wise charged is similar to an untraited staff.

Brrrofski · January 2016

Well you want nirn to be honest.

So buy one to research.

On xbox they go for about 25k

Sharpened is best bet until then. Charged is just... bad.

Septimus_Magna · January 2016

Even Infused staffs (which increase the effectiveness of the enchant) or Powered staffs (which reduces the cooldown) are not worth it, the weapon enchants only procs every 6 seconds or so. Any buff to the weapon enchant is pretty much negligible.

Useful staff traits from best to worst:
-Nirnhoned
-Sharpened
-Precise
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-Weighted
-Defending
-Training* for leveling

pala_the4th · January 2016

I will go to guild traders for a nirnhoned ice staff I guess, but I have only one nirnhoned stone, how likely is it that I get another one in Craglorn? I can only play one or two hours at most per day.