So... how do plus to class skills work?

[Kamil]

I have a +3 to all Acolyte skills staff... it doesn't raise my raise skeleton +3 but it does affect my bone curse... what gives? Also not affecting my golem either.

[ex_Kenny]

We maybe need more context. what item is it?

[Kamil]

Originally posted by ex_Kenny:

We maybe need more context. what item is it?

Wheel of torment: I reported it as a bug.

[hajabuba]

Is it Wheel of Torment? That staff gives +3 to acolyte spell skills, summon skeleton is not a spell, while bone curse is.

[guska]

+3 to SPELL SKILLS, not just SKILLS. All spells are skills, but not all skills are spells.

[Archangel]

A lot of affixes are annoying because it isn't clear what they do and which of two affixes is better...

Is +2 To Lightning Orb better or +50% Elemental damage? (made up numbers for the example)

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by Archangel:

A lot of affixes are annoying because it isn't clear what they do and which of two affixes is better...

Is +2 To Lightning Orb better or +50% Elemental damage? (made up numbers for the example)

9 times out of 10, the + to skills is better.

Getting into the nitty gritty of damage increases can be a bit harder, but the general rule is that as long as the increase applies (+Lightning/Elemental on a Lightning skill) it has equivalent weight to every other increase. For example +21% melee damage == +21% Lightning damage for a Melee Lightning skill. So at that point the question is "am I doing more melee attacks or lightning attacks?" and that's subjective.

I hope that made sense

[CyberDown]

good thing he reported it as a bug