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Darkthreat · May 07, 2005, 04:50 PM // 16:50

ok so we all know theres fire, water, air, and earth, right? well what i dont seem to understand is that you can do water spells with a fire wand, earth spells with an air wand, etc. So my questionis, if I am using a fire like flare or rain of fire with an air wand, is it still as powerful as it would be with a fire wand? Is it still considered fire damage? hmmmm its been bothering me for sme time now, if you have an answer that would be great!

dok1 · May 07, 2005, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Yes, if you're using air spells with a fire wand the spells are still air. You will want to use a fire wand though if you're putting your points in fire though. Otherwise you will not get the full damage bonus of the wand.

Hope that helps.

MasterDinadan · May 07, 2005, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Later on you also get skills that depend on the type of damage your weapon deals. There is a fire enchantment that improves your damage with fire weapons by 1-13. I don't know if there's a similar enchantments for other elements though.

Darkthreat · May 07, 2005, 06:38 PM // 18:38

alright ool thanls for your help :-)

Talus · May 07, 2005, 06:43 PM // 18:43

A fire wand does fire damage when you're just using your default attack and uses no energy (i.e. target a mob, and hit the space bar, your character will reel back and flick the wand for a small amount of ranged damage).

When you cast a spell (i.e. use a skill), then you use up energy and damage is done based on the attribute the spell uses.

They are totally separate.

The only reason to use a fire wand and use fire based spells is sheerly for roleplaying

Some wands require a certain attribute level to use (i.e. require a fire attribuate of 6) and you can even apply runes for attribute boosts (i.e. minor rune of fire applied to any wand would give your fire skill a +1 boost).

Eclair · May 07, 2005, 07:00 PM // 19:00

Pretty much all the good wands I've seen drop (the 11-22 damage ones) all require something like 6-10 attribute points of the element type, same with the 11-12 energy focus.

May 07, 2005, 04:50 PM // 16:50	#1
Darkthreat Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	An elementalist question ok so we all know theres fire, water, air, and earth, right? well what i dont seem to understand is that you can do water spells with a fire wand, earth spells with an air wand, etc. So my questionis, if I am using a fire like flare or rain of fire with an air wand, is it still as powerful as it would be with a fire wand? Is it still considered fire damage? hmmmm its been bothering me for sme time now, if you have an answer that would be great!

May 07, 2005, 05:22 PM // 17:22	#2
dok1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005	Yes, if you're using air spells with a fire wand the spells are still air. You will want to use a fire wand though if you're putting your points in fire though. Otherwise you will not get the full damage bonus of the wand. Hope that helps.

May 07, 2005, 05:26 PM // 17:26	#3
MasterDinadan Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Zaishen Force Profession: Me/E	Later on you also get skills that depend on the type of damage your weapon deals. There is a fire enchantment that improves your damage with fire weapons by 1-13. I don't know if there's a similar enchantments for other elements though.

May 07, 2005, 06:38 PM // 18:38	#4
Darkthreat Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	alright ool thanls for your help :-)

May 07, 2005, 06:43 PM // 18:43	#5
Talus Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hamilton, ON Profession: E/Me	A fire wand does fire damage when you're just using your default attack and uses no energy (i.e. target a mob, and hit the space bar, your character will reel back and flick the wand for a small amount of ranged damage). When you cast a spell (i.e. use a skill), then you use up energy and damage is done based on the attribute the spell uses. They are totally separate. The only reason to use a fire wand and use fire based spells is sheerly for roleplaying Some wands require a certain attribute level to use (i.e. require a fire attribuate of 6) and you can even apply runes for attribute boosts (i.e. minor rune of fire applied to any wand would give your fire skill a +1 boost).

May 07, 2005, 07:00 PM // 19:00	#6
Eclair Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	Pretty much all the good wands I've seen drop (the 11-22 damage ones) all require something like 6-10 attribute points of the element type, same with the 11-12 energy focus.