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I have destruction staff equipped but don't use the abilities. Should I still take some passives?
SilverBride
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The subject pretty much says it all. I have a destruction staff equipped but I am not using any of the abilities in my rotation. Will I still benefit from taking some of the passives?
Edited by SilverBride on August 4, 2020 5:58PM PCNA
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the1andonlyskwex✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Yes. Elemental Force and Ancient knowledge buff all of your attacks just for having the staff equipped. Tri Focus buffs heavy attacks, and I think Penetrating Magic and Destruction Expert affect light and heavy attacks (although I'm not 100% sure).0 -
InaMoonlight✭✭✭✭✭Yep
They often also benefit your class or whatever skills - Make sure to read the tooltips, so you don't accidentally slot a passive ice-staff taunt if you don't want one 
Edited by InaMoonlight on August 4, 2020 7:06PMEdit = Typos ... as usual. <;D0 -
YandereGirlfriend✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭You can definitely skip some of them.
The passive that gives Penetration and the Magicka-on-kill abilities come to mind as neither of those will be useful to you in a single-target boss fight when you're already at the Penetration cap.
Also the Ice Staff taunt if you're not a tank and use an Ice Staff.0 -
SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭So I should either not take the Ice Staff taunt passive, or if I do just make sure I don't use an Ice Staff. That is very good to know. The last thing I want is to taunt!PCNA1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I'd take the following- Tri Focus ((Unless you use an ice staff and are not a tank))
- Elemental Force
- Ancient Knowledge
- (Edit) Adding Destruction Expert on here since I just realized it also restores magicka on weapon attacks. You land the killing blow with a Light or Heavy Attack and it'll restore 3,600 magicka.
Penetrating Magic only effects Destruction staff abilities, but it can be very powerful since it ignores 10% of a target's spell resistance. This makes it very powerful against enemies with lots of resistances like other players.Edited by Vevvev on August 4, 2020 8:41PMPC NA - Ceyanna Ashton - Breton Vampire MagDK0 -
SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'd take the following- Tri Focus ((Unless you use an ice staff and are not a tank))
- Elemental Force
- Ancient Knowledge
- (Edit) Adding Destruction Expert on here since I just realized it also restores magicka on weapon attacks. You land the killing blow with a Light or Heavy Attack and it'll restore 3,600 magicka.
This is what I chose to go with. I did take Tri Focus but will be sure not to equip an ice staff. I prefer fire anyway.
Thanks to all for the great advice!PCNA0
