Dual Wands?

[DarkFaceGlow]

I saw this mentioned somewhere, but couldn't find it again. Is this possible? And does it have much of an affect on damage? I'm using a Witch(fire based) also, if anyone has any tips.

[DSideDaemons]

Whether dual wands are beneficial or not depends on the mods. Yes, it can increase DPS. But it can also have very little affect. So don't simply use two wands because you want to. Do so because there is something to gain.

[DarkFaceGlow]

I'll stick with the shield haha

[mss73055]

Also keep an eye open for daggers. A level 70 kris may roll amazing mods for very little stats requirement. And you can use Whirling Blades with a kris.

[davidb11]

I'm pretty sure you cannot dual wield wands, since they count as ranged weapons.
No, I'm not making that up.

The best substitute to dual-wielding wands is dual wielding daggers.
THey are exteremly potent for witches, beacuse they can get nice spell damage bonuses.

[DarkFaceGlow]

Sweet, thanks

[Qiox]

Originally posted by davidb11:

I'm pretty sure you cannot dual wield wands, since they count as ranged weapons.
No, I'm not making that up.

The best substitute to dual-wielding wands is dual wielding daggers.
THey are exteremly potent for witches, beacuse they can get nice spell damage bonuses.

Yes you can dual wield wands just fine.

If you are using the wands for attack damage, with a so called "wander" build, then it is typically best to use 1 wand that does the highest damage per shot. That's because dual wielding wands and using them to attack will alternate shots with either wand (limited by each wand's individual attack speed). And chances are 1 wand is doing more damage than the other, so just use that one.

On the other hand if you are a spell caster who does not attack with your wand you could very easily benefit from two wands with mods like: +cast speed, +spell damage, +crit chance, +crit multi, + elemental damage to spells etc...

It just depends on if you want more offense from the 2nd wand or the defensive benefits of a shield in your off hand instead.

[davidb11]

Oh. OKay. my apologies, I was confused how they work.

[Illumina]

An interesting feature is that "dual wielding" passives actually activate while holding two wands.
The average person just assumes that those points are only for melee.

[Setharial]

the biggest reason for dual wielding wands would be the additional cast speed one can get from the "Dark Arts" wand cluster north of the witch start which totals a nifty 20% cast speed for 4 passives.

Secondly the amount of added damage to spells or other stats could be beneficial aswell. It comes at a tradeoff tho, since you lose the shield. If you plan on going CI (Chaos Innoculation) then going Dual Wield is probably not a good decision since it lowers your ES pool too much.

[mss73055]

Dual wielding does not alternate wands, but each wand shoots at its own frequency. Even if you combine an excellent wand and a silly wand your overall DPS goes up.

Stats on wands carry over to both wands and to your spells. Like crit, spellpower, attack speed. Even if a wand does poor shooting damage you may use it to boost attack power.

[DarkFaceGlow]

Originally posted by Qiox:

Originally posted by davidb11:

I'm pretty sure you cannot dual wield wands, since they count as ranged weapons.
No, I'm not making that up.

The best substitute to dual-wielding wands is dual wielding daggers.
THey are exteremly potent for witches, beacuse they can get nice spell damage bonuses.

Yes you can dual wield wands just fine.

If you are using the wands for attack damage, with a so called "wander" build, then it is typically best to use 1 wand that does the highest damage per shot. That's because dual wielding wands and using them to attack will alternate shots with either wand (limited by each wand's individual attack speed). And chances are 1 wand is doing more damage than the other, so just use that one.

On the other hand if you are a spell caster who does not attack with your wand you could very easily benefit from two wands with mods like: +cast speed, +spell damage, +crit chance, +crit multi, + elemental damage to spells etc...

It just depends on if you want more offense from the 2nd wand or the defensive benefits of a shield in your off hand instead.

At this point I'm literally using Firestorm on my witch, solely. I just got it recently, and it's doing so much damage with barely ANY mana use. Maybe I should just stick with what I have for now, since it's so OP for now..

[DarkFaceGlow]

Actually, isn't there a way to get more spells stacked up? Cuz right now I can only cast 2 Firestorms...

[Setharial]

Originally posted by MikeDommy:

Actually, isn't there a way to get more spells stacked up? Cuz right now I can only cast 2 Firestorms...

if you want to stack firestorms, cast speed and increased duration are your friends. you could also try and go for a cast when channel setup (preferably with scorching ray for debuffing enemy resistances) to stack as many firestorms as possible.

[DarkFaceGlow]

Originally posted by Setharial:

Originally posted by MikeDommy:

Actually, isn't there a way to get more spells stacked up? Cuz right now I can only cast 2 Firestorms...

if you want to stack firestorms, cast speed and increased duration are your friends. you could also try and go for a cast when channel setup (preferably with scorching ray for debuffing enemy resistances) to stack as many firestorms as possible.

Awesome, thanks

[Macke]

Originally posted by davidb11:

I'm pretty sure you cannot dual wield wands, since they count as ranged weapons.
No, I'm not making that up.

The best substitute to dual-wielding wands is dual wielding daggers.
THey are exteremly potent for witches, beacuse they can get nice spell damage bonuses.

I guess my witch with dual wands doesn't exist then. Thank you for letting me know...