Elemental damage for Staves and Hammers

[xdesperado]

Probably a stupid question but does the bonus damage on Staves and Maces/Hammers only effect melee attacks or does it affect spells as well?

Pretty sure the +10Fire for Kjartan's current Staff is applied as it's shown in the total for him.
However have Kyera currently using the Chaplain's Heavy Mace which gives +12Holy and wondering if that's added to her bonuses from gear and applied to Banishment.

[slayernz]

I always thought it was added to the collective total for all attacks. Your stave/mace/hammer becomes a focus for the spell attack

Of course, I'm often proven wrong

[johndramey]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the elemental damage is added to spells and the like as well. At least, I hope that is the case, otherwise I'm sure going to have to rethink my builds.

[matrim]

The bonus damage from staves and shields are added to everything (spells and attacks) but the bonus damage from anything else that goes into the left hand slots of the equip screen is only added to attacks made specifically with that weapon (so no, the holy damage on the hammer is not added to Kyera's spells).

As a post script, any bonus on the weapon is only added to the weapons attack unless it doesn't make any sense. So any critical % or +damage basically. Stuff like lightning resist or HP doesn't make sense to add to an attack so obviously it is a constant buff while you have that weapon on.

[Cory Trese]

Staffs and Shields are special -- they're actually treated like armor.

[xdesperado]

Thanks for information Cory Trese and everyone else.
Looks like Kyera may be needing to switch to the Staff I've got with +8Holy.
She rarely attacks in melee and both her hammer and pole arm skills are still at 2.
I have been pumping her Invocation (13 at level 23) and she's got Banishment 5 now so...
Of course losing the shield will also cost +6Damage, and I'll lose 20SP from the Mace

[fallen]

If you are carrying a Hammer, its +12 Holy Dmg is only added to melee attacks made with the hammer. This bonus is NOT added to Spell Attacks.

If you are carrying a Staff or a Shield, the +12 Holy Dmg is added to ALL attacks.

[Smaug]

The walk staff (the fist staff of kjartan)damage,affect the spells ?

[fallen]

Only magical damage from staves (+5 Fire, etc) or damage bonuses (+10 Damage) affects spells. The basic damage of the weapon does not.