Lightning damage appearing as fire damage?

WhiteAsIce

WhiteAsIce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

R/

I have this staff, it says it deals lightning damage, but when attacking, it looks like fire:

Is this normal? How do I tell if it actually deals lightning and not fire damage?

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

You could cast Conjure Flame and see if you get bonus damage numbers. You could get a friend to scrimmage you; wand them while they try using Mantra of Flame and Mantra of Lightning and see which one gives them energy.

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

Put Mark of Rodgort and Iron Mist on your bar, and go play.

Gill Halendt

Gill Halendt

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

I noticed a similar effect with some EoTN universal staff skins when tied to Energy Storage, such as the Onyx Staff.

The projectile emitted by the staff is purple and looks exactly like a Chaos damage orb, yet it deals elemental damage (Fire, in my case, tested with Mark of Rodgort)

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Theres a lot of old staves/wands from prophecies that have, I'm guessing, wrong animations that they never went back and fixed or realized, outdated and such..