Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Is there any reason at all to use Staves now?

So far, I've found that a single staff shot (through the staff of magnus ability) does considerably more (~+30-50%) than two of the best equivalent wands, for 1 less AP and no skill investments.

Of course, in both cases the damage is abysmal, and the staff only gets one shot while the wands can fire as long as you have AP. Wands also offer more stat points since a crafted wand can have +2 int or con at mid level (currently level 15). Then again, the 150-ish damage is about comparable to what the average direct-damage spell can do, so it's not USELESS, but it's still really bad.