A wand of warding is still far superior. I can set up two high level wards blocking a corridor, and just take nap while they do the work for me taking basically 0 risk. And because I can effectively fire/ look around corners, my ability to do crowd control and keep distance is orders of magnitude improved.
Wand of warding gets slept on because its so weak early game/ not imbued. Imbued and properly used, its improves on all other wands in almost every aspect. It has more damage per round, no other wand even comes close. Better crowd control. Easy to re-supply your wards with either horn or element blast. Wand of warding leans into the ranged aspect of Mage and improves upon it in all aspects.
A wand of warding is still far superior. I can set up two high level wards blocking a corridor, and just take nap while they do the work for me taking basically 0 risk. And because I can effectively fire/ look around corners, my ability to do crowd control and keep distance is orders of magnitude improved.
Wand of warding gets slept on because its so weak early game/ not imbued. Imbued and properly used, its improves on all other wands in almost every aspect. It has more damage per round, no other wand even comes close. Better crowd control. Easy to re-supply your wards with either horn or element blast. Wand of warding leans into the ranged aspect of Mage and improves upon it in all aspects.