Staff melee Templar question

Right now I am playing a staff melee Templar and use ground slam and glacial hammer as my main damage spells. My question is, does "increased physical damage with two handed melee weapons" and "increased physical damage with staves" also increase the dps of those spells or just my default attack?

Another question is, is "increased critical strike chance for spells" good or should I just stick with "increased critical strike chance with two handed melee weapons"?

Hi,

Ground Slam is based on your physical dmg and counts as attack so everything that increase your basic attack should also increase ground slam (also auras like anger or wrath)
Glacial Hammer is a little bit different. Only half the dmg is physical so only half will be increased by physical dmg increases. The other half is cold dmg so it will be increased by cold/elemental dmg increase. auras still apply because its a "attack".

I have Resolute Technique in my build so i dont know very much about crit, but i think if you only use Ground Slam and Glacial Hammer to attack, spell crit wont help you much, because they are attacks.

Hope it will help you.

mfg

But would Ground Slam and Glacial Hammer proc normal critical hits, which I normaly would do with my default attack?

i think so, yes; for more info on these on-hit skills (glacial hammer, infernal blow) also see:
http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Glacial_Hammer

PS: i am working on a stave templar as well, my skill tree would be the following when completed:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAhMREcop0D1SpaBhdFE2iAASzAnHwH8WKkwevc0WOvTm3ctWLMol35YM4nYBgbV3GRteBb548TdiMdjrY7DgaOKeEkFXAGlSRZqD7ixb5iDidiny7JIs9D331xPbEFUouuUOnpe1EXp_sGTQxwC7ZotE1tQRjC5cBM0ApB8lnQ3kFW4uMn988Be984XPtIFfi5CI8LcauVtlqBP0w-TT-CvJF52PUj2ebKS653fIv7w58uD38WGNQUIzP9khfP3xLJ-3z3ayqcqn3MnbuRLJVHakaG1ILKPKc3QV9U7aG

the skill points for staves specialisation come last, so i can switch to 2handed maces etc. if i find one while leveling up

Threw together a tanky-style one that focuses on blocking and high HP while still retaining the damage. You can take some points out wherever if you need a few more points into Dex or Int for a skill you'd want to use.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAhMSb7ERyinQPVKloiuSvbMWKkwdFjr05t3LVi3y7JIs9D331xPYn7ayqcql82Rku1I_RNdmiNDHALsbnIhu5Q6el7URKLjrYTdiePIFvjHYUTaIA8B8EswJxud3yL-8O51KkrIwGVElfPykufLj2SIzPUFA9_Fhjxtgt0p8-