Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Staves compared to wands are terrible.

Seriously question, any reason not to use wand+shield on a caster?

Free massive armor (also good shield throw skill) and its not like you really should ever use weapon attacks on caster anyway, not unless you absolutely have to which you don't when you have a decent amount of skills.

Only time I would ever use a stave is for a melee magic build and that's it. Wouldn't use wand or stave to attack on a normal magic build.