Is 50% cold damage the same as 50% spell damage?

[StaXks]

if I am a witch using cold skills which would I want over the other?

[5ean5ean]

Spell damage = any spell that can hit.

Cold damage: Any cold attack, Cold spells, and Cold DOT. Just depends on your build.

[DarkFenix]

If you're only using spells that only hit for cold damage, they're the same thing. Same goes for extra levels to cold spells or all spells, those can be one and the same.

[StaXks]

cool thanks guys. Just making sure that specifically cold damage wasn't a better modifier over spell damage if I am using cold spells.

[Hormesis]

%damage>%spell damage>%cold damage>%cold spell damage>%cold spell damage on hit

[5ean5ean]

Originally posted by Hormesis:

%damage>%spell damage>%cold damage>%cold spell damage>%cold spell damage on hit

Not that simple. If youre using a cold dot or cold attack spell damage is worthless. It all depends.

[Shade30Seven]

Originally posted by StaXks:

if I am a witch using cold skills which would I want over the other?

They stack with eachother as long as the spell you cast stays cold!

[Grubbs008]

Originally posted by Hormesis:

%damage>%spell damage>%cold damage>%cold spell damage>%cold spell damage on hit

Attack does nothing if you are using spells.

[thestile]

I've been so hoping to find spell damage and cold damage on the same staff, no luck yet. Haha

I love playing the sorceress with frost.

[Shade30Seven]

I might add you can also check the tooltip when you equip new items or look at diff modifiers to see how the damage is calculated

[Hormesis]

Originally posted by 5ean5ean:

Originally posted by Hormesis:

%damage>%spell damage>%cold damage>%cold spell damage>%cold spell damage on hit

Not that simple. If youre using a cold dot or cold attack spell damage is worthless. It all depends.

as a general rule, the more general the term which describes the damage source, the better. but you're right it is more nuianced than that. my poison specs from my attack damage, ailment damage, poison magnitude, damage, physical damage, chaos damage, dot speed, dot duration. if i were to write out which is better than which in that scenario i'd need an entire diagram. i simplified it as best i could given the limitation of a single line

[Hormesis]

Originally posted by Grubbs008:

Originally posted by Hormesis:

%damage>%spell damage>%cold damage>%cold spell damage>%cold spell damage on hit

Attack does nothing if you are using spells.

where did i put attack?

[Buggsy]

If it's anything like POE1, if it's a cold spell, yes.

POE2 wiki is barebones.