Increased Elemental Damage with Staves?

Strange one this.. can someone help explain this to me.

When I take the Increased Elemental Damage with Staves nodes on the top left of the skill tree it doesnt increase my DPS?

Using a warstaff, although it says it increases the damage.

Using Incinerate and Armageddon Brand.

weapon damage = attack damage

your skills are spells

Hey thanks, help me understand though.

It says 16% increased damage with staves, doesn't refer to how the damage is dealt.

Is this assumed its the damage done with the actual staff itself.

The confusing thing is, the nodes directly above this "critical strike change with staves" that I have taken actually do change the spell damage crit chance.

it DOES say how the damage is dealt. The damage has to be dealt WITH THE STAFF.

A spell doesnt come from the staff like an attack.


if 'blunt trauma' is increasing spell damage, that is a bug.

'Serpent Stance' node says the crit mods are GLOBAL while wielding a staff, means they work with attacks AND spells.

damage with staves equals hitting something with a staff. what you do is "casting spells while wielding a staff"