As the title says, I wonder if any of you guys know about the influence of the weapon elemental damage on skills and damage calculation.
IE: I have a weapon with 1500 fire damage. If I do regular attacks, the damage will be fire.
But, if I use a physical skill, lets say it does 300% weapon dmg, Will the skill hit for 4500 Physical damage or Fire Damage?
Another question, I still have the 1500 fire damage, and I use a Fire skill that hits for 300% dmg, will it hit for more damage because my weapon element is fire??
Does the skill element change the Type of damage to the skill type, no matter the element of the skill? For example, I have 1500 fire damage weapon and I use 1600% dmg Avalanche with Ice Rune, now all the damage from Avalanche will be Ice? In this case the Damage type of my weapon wouldn't matter/
The last question, Do I have to care of what element is the damage of my weapon?
PS: Sorry for bad english, and sorry if this is double post.
As far as I'm aware, the only realistic difference that elemental weapon damage makes is that it doesn't scale properly with %damage increases on weapons. In other words, if you have a weapon with, say, fire damage, the 7-10% damage increase affix will not actually increase it by 7-10%. If, however, you have a physical weapon, the full 7-10% bonus will apply.
Your actual abilities, though, will always hit for the damage listed in the ability. If you use a fire skill (like Cluster Arrow - Loaded for Bear), it will ALWAYS hit for fire damage and the elemental type on your weapon will have no influence on this.
I wish they actually have a meaning to this feature, since it is there since day 1.
In the beginning of the 2.0 I was trying to find weapons with the elemental damage matching the one I mainly use. i feel stupid now.
In fact, why not make all waepons with black damage?? and what is the difference when crafting a level 70 weapon, tkaing exemple on fist weapons, there is one with fire damage, and one of the holy weapon set, with holy damage, if they have the same effect, it is meaningless to craft one or the other.
Wonder if Blizz have plans for the elemental weapon damae anytime soon.
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As the title says, I wonder if any of you guys know about the influence of the weapon elemental damage on skills and damage calculation.
IE: I have a weapon with 1500 fire damage. If I do regular attacks, the damage will be fire.
But, if I use a physical skill, lets say it does 300% weapon dmg, Will the skill hit for 4500 Physical damage or Fire Damage?
Another question, I still have the 1500 fire damage, and I use a Fire skill that hits for 300% dmg, will it hit for more damage because my weapon element is fire??
Does the skill element change the Type of damage to the skill type, no matter the element of the skill? For example, I have 1500 fire damage weapon and I use 1600% dmg Avalanche with Ice Rune, now all the damage from Avalanche will be Ice? In this case the Damage type of my weapon wouldn't matter/
The last question, Do I have to care of what element is the damage of my weapon?
PS: Sorry for bad english, and sorry if this is double post.
Your actual abilities, though, will always hit for the damage listed in the ability. If you use a fire skill (like Cluster Arrow - Loaded for Bear), it will ALWAYS hit for fire damage and the elemental type on your weapon will have no influence on this.
I wish they actually have a meaning to this feature, since it is there since day 1.
In the beginning of the 2.0 I was trying to find weapons with the elemental damage matching the one I mainly use. i feel stupid now.
In fact, why not make all waepons with black damage?? and what is the difference when crafting a level 70 weapon, tkaing exemple on fist weapons, there is one with fire damage, and one of the holy weapon set, with holy damage, if they have the same effect, it is meaningless to craft one or the other.
Wonder if Blizz have plans for the elemental weapon damae anytime soon.