Unique Staves

Unique Staves Notes

Staves are very little used in Diablo II, since they make carrying a shield impossible. They do poor damage, and are not effective for dealing damage through any sort of quality armor. Their greatest attribute is their ability to carry bonus spell levels for the Sorceress, and she can turn them to use as a bashing weapon, but her Attack Rating will usually prevent her from making contact a sufficient percent of the time, and her damage will be low in any event. Still, a very good staff, or one of the excellent Unique staves, is not a bad choice for a Sorceress, if she can make up the resistance she’d usually have on a shield.

• • All Staves are two-handed.
  • You cannot gamble for staves, they must be found.
  • The odds of gambling Unique Staves is 1 in 2000.
  • All blunt weapons (including staves) have +50% Damage vs Undead.
  • Item Level: Monsters must be of this level to drop a particular item. Ilvl is used in gambling, sales and other calculations as well.
  • Clvl Req: A character or mercenary must be this level to equip the item. No uniques had Clvl requirements prior to v1.07 Diablo II.

• Range: Goes from 1 (least) to 5 (most), and is identical for all melee weapon types. I.E. a 3 sword = a 3 spear = a 3 hammer.
• Dmg Bonus: This determines how you multiply the item damage by your stats to reach the actual damage. Each point in this statistic multiplies your damage by bonus/100 %. For example a damage bonus of 70 is 70/100 or and additional .7% weapon damage per point. Most weapons have 100 str, which gives 100/100 or an additional 1% weapon damage per point in str.
• Weapon Speed (WSM): A relative comparison to other weapons of the same type. 0 is the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower.
• Swing Speed: The speed shown in-game for each character using this melee weapon. This speed is mostly meaningless and is included for completeness only. Characters are abbreviated to their first letters, with Amazon = Am and Assassin = As.

Normal

Image	Name	Properties	Special Properties	Attack Stats
	Bane Ash * Short Staff	1 – (7-8) Damage 20 Durability No Str Required No Dex Required Item Level: 7 Clvl Req: 5	Adds 4-6 Fire Damage Fire Resist +50% +30 to Mana 20% Increased Attack Speed +50-60% Enhanced Damage +5 to Fire Bolt (Sorceress Only) +2 to Warmth (Sorceress Only)	Range: 2 Weapon Speed: -10 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	Serpent Lord * Long Staff	2 – (10-11) Damage 30 Durability No Str Required No Dex Required Item Level: 12 Clvl Req: 9	Adds 11 poison damage Over 3 Seconds Poison Resist +50% -1 to Light Radius +10 to Mana +30-40% Enhanced Damage 100% Mana stolen per hit -50% Target’s Defense	Range: 2 Weapon Speed: 0 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	Spire of Lazarus * Gnarled Staff	4 – 12 Damage 35 Durability No Str Required No Dex Required Item Level: 24 Clvl Req: 18	Lightning Resist +75% Physical Damage Taken Reduced by 5 +15 to Energy +1 to Chain Lightning (Sorceress Only) +2 to Lightning (Sorceress Only) +3 to Static Field (Sorceress Only) +43% Mana Regen Adds 1-28 lightning damage +1 to Sorceress Skills	Range: 2 Weapon Speed: 10 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Swing Speed: Sorc: Normal
	The Salamander * Battle Staff	6 – 13 Damage 40 Durability No Str Required No Dex Required Item Level: 28 Clvl Req: 21	Adds 15-32 fire damage Fire Resist +30% +1 to Fire Wall (Sorceress Only) +2 to Fire Ball (Sorceress Only) +3 to Warmth (Sorceress Only) +2 to All Fire Skills (All Chars)	Range: 2 Weapon Speed: 0 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	The Iron Jang Bong * War Staff	24 – 56 Damage 50 Durability No Str Required No Dex Required Item Level: 24 Clvl Req: 28	+30 Defense 20% Faster Cast Rate +100% Enhanced Damage 50% Bonus to Attack Rating +2 to Nova (Sorceress Only) +2 to Blaze (Sorceress Only) +3 to Frost Nova (Sorceress Only) +2 to Sorceress Skills	Range: 2 Weapon Speed: 20 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Swing Speed: Sorc: Normal

Exceptional

Image	Name	Properties	Special Properties	Attack Stats
	Razorswitch * Jo Staff	6 – 21 Damage 20 Durability 25 Str Required Item Level: 36 Clvl Req: 28	30% Faster Cast Rate Attacker Takes Damage of 15 +175 to Mana +80 to Life Magical Damage Taken Reduced by 15 All Resistances +50 +1 to All Skills	Range: 2 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Weapon Speed: -10 Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	Ribcracker * Quarter Staff	(54-62) – (143-169) Dmg 130 Durability 25 Str Required Item Level: 39 Clvl Req: 31	+200-300% Enhanced Damage Adds 30-65 damage 50% Increased Attack Speed 50% Chance of Crushing Blow +15 to Dexterity +100 Defense +100% Enhanced Defense 50% Faster Hit Recovery +100 Increased Durability	Range: 2 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	Chromatic Ire * Cedar Staff	11 – 32 Damage 35 Durability 25 Str Required Item Level: 43 Clvl Req: 35	+20-25% to Maximum Life All Resistances +20-40 20% Faster Cast Rate Attacker Takes Lightning Damage of 20 +3 to Sorceress Skill Levels +1 to Fire Mastery (Sorceress Only) +1 to Lightning Mastery (Sorceress Only) +1 to Cold Mastery (Sorceress Only)	Range: 2 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Weapon Speed: 10 Swing Speed: Sorc: Normal
	Warpspear * Gothic Staff	14 – 34 Damage 40 Durability 25 Str Required Item Level: 47 Clvl Req: 39	+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels Ignore Target’s Defense +250 Defense vs. Missiles +3 to Teleport (Sorceress Only) +3 to Telekinesis (Sorceress Only) +3 to Energy Shield (Sorceress Only)	Range: 2 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Sorc: Fast
	Skull Collector * Rune Staff	24 – 58 Damage 50 Durability 25 Str Required Item Level: 49 Clvl Req: 41	+2 to All Skills +20% to Maximum Mana +20 Mana after each kill +1% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items per Clvl	Range: 2 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str Weapon Speed: 20 Swing Speed: Sorc: Normal

Elite

Image	Name	Properties	Special Properties	Attack Stats
	Mang Song’s Lesson Archon Staff	Ladder Only 91 Avg Dmg 83 – 99 26 Durability 34 Required Str Item Level: 86 Clvl Req: 82	+5 to All Skills -(7-15)% to Enemy Fire Resistance -(7-15)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance -(7-15)% to Enemy Cold Resistance +10% Mana Regen 30% Faster Cast Rate	Weapon Speed: 0
	Ondal’s Wisdom Elder Staff	86.5 Avg Dmg 83 – 93 35 Durability 44 Required Str Item Level: 74 Clvl Req: 66	45% Faster Cast Rate +40-50 to Energy +2-4 to All Skills +450-550 Defense +5% to Experience Gained Magical Damage Reduced by 5-8	Weapon Speed: 10