Wanding

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Wanding refers to attacking a foe with a wand or staff, usually on auto attack. Since wands and staffs have extremely low DPS, wanding is not usually a primary form of attack.

[edit] Applications

Wanding is most likely to occur in the following scenarios:

• An offensive caster is out of energy.
• A player is prevented from using spells due to shutdown such as Backfire.
• A foe is near enough to death that using a skill to kill it would waste too much energy.
• A party is winning by a large enough margin that healers/support characters do not need to perform their tasks and can attack safely.
• A melee character is trying to build adrenaline.
• A caster is trying to interrupt an easily interruptible skill.
• A caster is trying to trigger an effect like Spinal Shivers' or Glimmering Mark.
• A player is trying to pull melee enemies into range, pressure enemies out of wand range, or deal "free" damage as melee enemies close in.
• A player is trying to get rid of a skill such as Reversal of Fortune to help their damage dealers.
• The foe is extremely vulnerable to the wand's damage type, for example using a Holy damage wand against a foe with Tormentor's Insignia or an undead foe.