Quick Weapon Question

In PvE, is it important to use a caster spear rather than a caster sword?
The reason I am asking this is because I really like the Jade Sword skin on my ritualist, but if I got that instead of a spear, then I would lose the option to splinter or nightmare myself and chuck spears into a mob from a distance (not that this is a vital part of the game, but it's nice to have the option).

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Should rits use +5 eng, -5 eng, or +30 health weapon setups if we are going to be casting Protective was Koali or other item spells eventually?

Thanks

If you're going to be using Prot was Kaolai then it doesn't matter what weapons you have since they don't get used when holding an item

If you're using [protective was kaolai] then it doesn't really matter unless you drop it right after. I prefer a caster spear because it makes it easier to call targets for heroes imo. If you prefer the sword, that's fine. You may want whichever weapon to have an inscription: get a perfect "I have the power!" (+5 energy) and perfect fortitude (+30 health) upgrade.

Yeah if your using Koali, the wep doesnt have much effect while holding the item.

But when you arnt, i run with a +5en/+30Hp spear, just cause i dont like accidently auto-attacking myself into mobs.

PvE is a fashion show, use whatever looks nice, it does not really matter cause you are under PWK most of the time anyways.

+5 en and +30 health is best

Ideally you could swap to a 40/40 set before casting PwK, but it's not really that important.
As for mods, I find it easier not to have any +energy mods on my equipment, because you will lose that when you cast an item spell.

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