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Lunacy Jul 7, 2019 @ 9:31pm
Wands skills for spells?
Been having trouble finding any answers for this
Most of the time it seems like wand skills just affect the physical autoattacks of wands (or any skills that can use them) and have no effect on spells you use.

So been wondering if those wand talents up on the topright above Witch still affect my spells, since it doesn't mention anything about physical wand stuff and it seems vague.
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Originally posted by OZFugazi:
Originally posted by Lunacy:
Been having trouble finding any answers for this
Most of the time it seems like wand skills just affect the physical autoattacks of wands (or any skills that can use them) and have no effect on spells you use.

So been wondering if those wand talents up on the topright above Witch still affect my spells, since it doesn't mention anything about physical wand stuff and it seems vague.


hi

here is a list of skill that would use the wand nodes that you are speaking of.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/List_of_skill_gems_usable_with_wands

the %increased damage and %increased crit/crit multi, require that the wand itself is using a skill and not the player.. spells are cast by the player, not the weapon. the listed skills are "attacks" and therefore have to be used in conjunction with a weapon, in this case a wand. (a couple of those listed skills can be used with bow as well).

wands do have modifiers that can benefit spells, spell damage, crit chance with spells, cast speed.. ect. but that is not the same as the nodes you mentioned.. nor any "wand" type node on the tree. iirc.

so no.. those wand nodes will not amplify your spell casts.

all the best.
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The_Driver Jul 7, 2019 @ 9:41pm 
Why don't you give us the exact wording of the nodes in question? You can read it from that.

Anything that says
... with wands
will affect attacks only (and only if you use a wand for the attack). This is because for spells, you don't "use" your weapon, so to say you're not invoking them with your wand(s).

On the other hand
... while wielding ...
would work with spells as well, if not further specified. There are some nodes like that in that wheel, but they specify "from Attack skills", so they're explicitly not working for spells.

Note that attacks and spells are different things.
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OZFugazi Jul 7, 2019 @ 10:44pm 
Originally posted by Lunacy:
Been having trouble finding any answers for this
Most of the time it seems like wand skills just affect the physical autoattacks of wands (or any skills that can use them) and have no effect on spells you use.

So been wondering if those wand talents up on the topright above Witch still affect my spells, since it doesn't mention anything about physical wand stuff and it seems vague.


hi

here is a list of skill that would use the wand nodes that you are speaking of.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/List_of_skill_gems_usable_with_wands

the %increased damage and %increased crit/crit multi, require that the wand itself is using a skill and not the player.. spells are cast by the player, not the weapon. the listed skills are "attacks" and therefore have to be used in conjunction with a weapon, in this case a wand. (a couple of those listed skills can be used with bow as well).

wands do have modifiers that can benefit spells, spell damage, crit chance with spells, cast speed.. ect. but that is not the same as the nodes you mentioned.. nor any "wand" type node on the tree. iirc.

so no.. those wand nodes will not amplify your spell casts.

all the best.
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