Since we have a new update i will give some tier list there to remember 3.3.8
Explanations from worst to best (my opinion)
—Useless:
- Wand of corrosion : this is literaly the worst wand its to dificult to aim corectly, and the enemy will easy escape from there. You cant use it in close range becose you also take damage, the chaotic censer is 100 times beter than this becose its pasive.
—Need scroll of upgrade or meh:
- Wand of magic misile : i think this one explain itself jajaja, its only usefull in the fisrt region if you dont upgrade it
- Wand of regrow : it have limited charges so you cant spam it when you want. It helps you farm seeds and water but if you want it to be REALLY usefull you need to upgrade it since it adds more charges and unlocks a special ally, but itself its not the big deal
- wand of corruption : this thing is for too specific situations since its just a suport wand, but when upgraded it can do **miracles**. The corrupted allies are just too strong witch also helps to make EVEN MORE corrupted allies, and the condemned curse in boses its way way way to helpfull. There is also a special and **funny combo** whith the corpse dust: since wraith have 100% chance to be cursed you can literaly walk and when one of them spawn you shoot it and automatically converts to an allie.
—Good:
- Wand of desintegration : it have a decent amount of damage
- Wand of ligthning : it have a good damage but you need to be carfull when used
- Wand of transfusion : it helps a lot as a suport wand since enemies cant atac you while cursed, but it can be beter if it can replicate the siren's song scroll efect when upgraded
—It make the job done:
- Wand of warding : the extra eyes help a lot in lower levels since its to dark, i dont need it to do more than that.
- Wand of prismatic ligth : same as the warding wand but it also helps cheking traps and blind enemies.
- Wand of fireblast : the only reason i put it the its becose it have a excelent area damage either i have put it in "Good"
- Wand of living earth : the shield is extra life and the allie its an excelent distraction for enemies or even pasive damage, the oly
- Wand of frost** :slows the enemie and give you extra turns which is very helpfull. when upgraded it should frost enemies but it dont make nothing :(
—BEST
- Wand of blast wave :can kill enemies (that dont fly which is more than 80% of the game) by throwing the into the chasm in only one turn ignoring everything, and upgraid it just nerf it becose it makes harder to aim. So you have it maxed since you find it, also stun and keeps away anthing, can open doors and activate traps. Pushes you so you can jump small chasm and traps aiming corectly and make you faster.My favourite❤️ The olnly bad thing i can say about it is:
As I understand it, Evan did all the balancing with years of data to ensure no item gives an unfair advantage over similar class items. It’s more of which item goes with your gameplay and which items combo together.
Conventional wisdom has corrosion as one of the best, if not the best, in the game. Personally I’m fond of prismatic light because it eliminates the need for torches, blinds enemies, and gets bonus damage against undead and demonic. Not a big fan of blast wave because enemies killed in chasms only give half XP.
Lol has to be troll XD
Corrosion is crazy useful, you’re nuts. Even if it had no gas effect at all it would still be useful for ranged triggering. More valuable than a +0 wand of corruption.
corrosion is one of the strongest abilities in the game, you just need to learn its spread pattern. it goes (from memory) 3 tiles out from center. if you cast it on an enemy then run back 3 tiles, the enemy will be caught in the cloud but you will be safe. works amazingly on most bosses too, does a ton of damage to the constructs on the second boss, works great on the minions on the third boss. and it is blocked by potion of purity. so yeah, try not standing in it while you’re fighting enemies and i suspect you might have a better time.
The corrosion its not the problem its the gas spread, we should be able to use it at a decent range and making sure the enemie will take more damage than us I sugest a rework: the enemi corroed will spread the gas instead, like the fetid rat do.
yeah but if they guaranteed the damage like that they’d have to lower it significantly. there’s already a ton of wands that do damage to direct targets, and fire wand will leave a lingering damage on an enemy. i really think you oughta give it another try. it’s not good by itself, but when you use it with other tools, especially those that let you reposition/move quickly, it can be very effective. especially against distant targets like scorpions who will not run away from the damage.
I will try
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Agreed, plus there’s a few enemies that it excels at like the golems, dm200s, the scorpions as mentioned and demon spawner.
Plus it’s great if you get that room with the enemy spawn traps
—s:
‐ Transfusion- Lightning (most powerful damage and instant damage, iirc)
—A:
- Fire (it doesn’t need scrolls but that makes it less satisfying and it’s super destructive. Therefore suitable for all classes as a secondary wand or main wand)
- frost: i just really like this one, super easy to use, let’s you play with speed and fire.
—B:
- Earth, like fire, doesn’t need much upgrades and is automatically useful. I don’t think any other wand is so good for defense as Earth, though Blast Qave is also good for defense. Really fun to use.
—C:
- magic missile: the “+1 charge” effect is useful and allows you to keep several un-upgraded wands, but i usually just keep magic missile as a +3 side piece using the magical upgrades from cooking pots.
—D:
- warding. I know how to use it but it’s just less fun for me because it’s not instant - I’m sure for other players it’s different
—F
- corrosion - too chaotic, doesn’t seem to benefit much from upgrades so is relegated to secondary only, in my mind.
I got tired and couldn’t do all of them because my neck was in an uncomfortable position
Corrosion has amazing damage and can trigger traps. Ghost isn’t affected by it so it synergizes with the rose.
Transfusion gives a ton of magical shield when upgraded in addition to charming enemies.
Wand of regrowth not only produces seeds, but with careful positioning it lets you surprise attack whenever you want. Not to mention how well it works with certain classes and artifacts.
Blast wave can paralyze enemies letting you close the distance.
