Staff types (destro) - questions

Lynx7386 · May 2014

I havent really used destruction staff on any of my characters past a few levels in, so I'm curious what the difference between each damage type really amounts to.

One of my characters uses inferno staffs, but that character is only level 8. I know that the first skill causes knockback/stun with the fire staff type - what do the others do?

What does deep freeze / deeper freeze do?
What does concussion / disorient do for lightning staffs? how about chance to be thrown off balance?

Are there any opinions on which type is the best? Personally I'd like to make a character that uses lightning staffs, but I've heard that the attack setup for it is poor compared to the others.

Andy22 · May 2014

Lynx7386 wrote: »

What does deep freeze / deeper freeze do?
What does concussion / disorient do for lightning staffs? how about chance to be thrown off balance?

reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1ycd0p/differences_between_all_the_various_status_or/

So basically fire staffs for "burning" or frost staffs for "snare" are the most popular. Keep in mind that any elemental source, can inflict the base status effects. So a fire glyph on your weapon can "proc" and result in the target "burning", in addition to the listed raw fire damage inflicted. Destro staff and 2h just have passives or skills that grant higher chances and the special attack u noted has even addition "different" status effects (knockdown, root, chance to disorient).

Feimerdre · May 2014

As far as concerning my very own playstyle I have found the knockback from Infernostaff superior to all other effects. This working much similar to the pushback from bow allows you to solo even world bosses that are not cc immune very effectively.