Potawatomi wrote:For primary, go with the Bloodclaw Staff. No other two hander from RoF is better. You'll also be hard pressed to find a better 1h/shield combo in Rof that beats the Bloodclaw staff Spell damage or mana wise.
This... I have a bloodclaw staff, with strike of flames VI aug. Bloodclaw has the best stats for damage & mana ( + 10 mana regen, 4600'ish mana )
I use the bloodclaw for raids atm, although I'm switching now to an RoF 2hb I got in Grelleths ( war wielded grotesque ) for it's 18 Heroic STA ( vs 6 on bloodclaw ) & I'm gonna throw a STA/HP aug in it just for survivability.
In a group and solo setting I use Archons battle staff... SYmpathetic alleviating burst VII, with Murderer's Heart aug, sympathetic alleviating burst V, and it makes a big difference.
In groups & solo, with maxxed +Mana regen, all my self buffs, and Forethought, I'm +350'ish In combat mana regen, plus The Mana return Procs, plus Tweyne's stone of evocation, & Using primarily Servants, Rains, and damage shield ( bolt to fill gaps, and blistersteel when I wanna get a final strike on mob before it dies ) I can go a looooong time before going oom, half hour plus. & maintain 25k'ish DPS.
So I keep all 3 staffs, bloodclaw for dmg, grotesque for survivability, and Archons for regular grinding ( 90% of the time ).
Pick up a twitching Snood in the bazaar for Enhanced minion 12, and ask in general for people to fill 5 spots in your group so you can request the raid, they dont need to be in the zone to request, or participate at all ( easily soloable at 92 ) to get Tweynes stone of evocation, it will save you mana on every nuke. Get one of the +54 Mana regen clicky rings, too ( wrapping antenae ) & avoid using Spears when you can, although this isn't so easy until you get your 99 Rain. I still use the 92 Rain though, alot!, 1400 mana for 22000 dmg is a nice ratio ( 29000 is your fighting more than one mob ).