Shissar Focus Staff

[Baylan295]

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

How good is this item in actual fact? https://wiki.project1999.com/Shissar_Focus_Staff

The 16 second cast time seems like it makes it fairly limited in use at first glance. But seeing as there are many situations where a charm break necessitates mezzing all mobs in play you would - in theory - have enough time to click the stick and never have to spend mana on charming (up to lvl 49 stuff).

This is an awesome item, and served to help me solo my enchanter with much greater efficiency from when I got it (around level 55) until 60. It frees up a spell slot which can be used for Wandering Mind, giving additional mana regen and decreasing downtime. It’s also very usable if your standard charm break methodology is PBAOE stub -> Mez > Charm, which it needs to be unless you are using Boltran’s anyway. And until you are doing high end solo content or raiding, it’s unlikely you are using Boltran’s with any regularity because it’s just too mana intensive.

That being said - once I got past leveling in HS North/West, it became mostly a novelty. I’ve debated moving it out of my bags, but I just can’t make myself do it yet. I have used it a handful of times since I hit 60 back in late may, because the content I do regularly now requires a different recharm system (the moment you start charming summoners and other nasties, mezzing during charm breaks feels way worse).

It is also a great stat item for an up and coming non-Epic enchanter because few items have the stat density on it (maybe the Velk book gets close?).