Questions about the Twyzel wand

[<<c:ardis>>]

So Malachai dropped this wand for me: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Twyzel
It`s unique, but i can´t see why. It adds ~18% spell damage, but my current wand has ~75%. The only outstanding thing would be the additional projectiles. And this is, where the head scratching begins.

Due to the lack of hotkeys (5 different minions...), I only use incinerate and firestorm as offensive spells. The wand clearly adds a second beam to incinerate. So theoretically, this spell should now deal 200% damage.
But does it also affect the firestorm? I can´t spot any difference. I also tested it for the fireball, but i can´t see a second projectile either.

It would be nice, if you could share your experiences with this wand.

Cheers

[Dwane Dibbley]

Firestorm isnt projectile at first place, so it harby adds second firestorm. And adding extra projectile is worth its "unique" status, also dont forget its 1h weapon, so u can have 2 wands for 2 extra projectiles without need of support gem and cripling projectile dmg.

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by ~𝒞𝒶𝓇|𝒹𝒾𝓈~:

So Malachai dropped this wand for me: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Twyzel
It`s unique, but i can´t see why.

In order to be a pre-themed item. Unique items aren't necessarily better than well-rolled rare items, they're just predefined. And some of them do have nice properties you don't find elsewhere.

Twyzel has quite a theme around using it for wanders (as in people that use it as a weapon instead of as a stat boost), it has physical damage which will only apply to attacks, it has physical % that does the same, the attack speed obviously only applies to attacks as well. And the crit chance is local to the wand as well (as in won't affect spells).

This means it's quite bad for spells, as only the implicit as well as the socketed gems modifier can even apply. However if you have an attack like Barrage or Power Siphon, an additional projectile can be quite nice. Although you might at that point already have a 4L or even use a leveling 6L (Tabula Rasa), which could easily outperform the twyzels projectile.

There are other uniques that fit the spellcaster type way better and are even lower in level, e.g. Reverberation Rod.

[<<c:ardis>>]

Thank you both, that´s what i wanted to know. I´m now going for a dual wield. Incinerate + 2 support gems in the Twyzel wand - can´t wait to test this on a boss.