Runed Fighters Staff

[Keebz]

It has stopped dropping and is generally considered worse than T-Staff.

Pro's vs T-staff:
* Dmg caps hurt it less at low levels 1-29
* No proc for non-tanking situations (situational)

Con's vs T-staff:
* You don't get T-staff's amazing proc
* Faster so you eat 33% more ripostes
* lower dmg so your ripostes do 33% less

I hear T-staff has the edge in parses, but I don't have any to show personally, so I left that out.

If you never tank or solo and just straight DPS, RFS is pretty good, but once you're higher lvl something like twig + SoS will be better.

So in summary, RFS is a great leveling weapon, but worse than T-Staff 30+. It's also a decent white dmg DPS weapon, but other options are cheaper and better.

[Grakken]

Not an expert.

I would have assumed with damage bonus, the 20dly would be better than 30dly. I'd have guessed the advantage of tstaff is it is a better tanking weapon (aggro proc and fewer ripostes), but RSF is a better DPS weapon.

[Kaaji1359]

Originally Posted by Grakken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not an expert.

I would have assumed with damage bonus, the 20dly would be better than 30dly. I'd have guessed the advantage of tstaff is it is a better tanking weapon (aggro proc and fewer ripostes), but RSF is a better DPS weapon.

This is true in Kunark where 2-handed weapons get the same damage bonus regardless of delay (17 at level 60). This is what makes RFS better than T-Staff, but only in Kunark.

In Velious, the RFS basically gets nerfed since the 2-handed damage bonus is a function of weapon delay. RFS (19/20) has the 1-handed damage bonus (11) since it has a delay <30. T-Staff keeps it's 2-handed damage bonus (17) since it's between 30-40 delay. Damage bonuses might not seem like a lot of damage, but they're unmitigated set damage regardless of mob level and defense, so it adds up.

Adamantine Club / SoS is your best bet for damage with T-Staff for tanking.