if i were a shadow lightning/bolt mage, which would be preferrable for both pve and pvp

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Lol. You're hilarious. I was in-game when you were racking your brain about these two staves. Seriously, it's not that big a decision!

At lvl 16, you might be better off with end/int split, but that depends on how you'ev got your stat points set and what the rest of your gear looks like. Health/mana steal is useless to mages, because you're not doing physical damage. Reflection can be useful-especially if you're making a reflect build where you'll be reflecting a lot of damage. A little bit of it never hurts either.

If you have enough endurance already, the pure int will boost your spell damage and the little +8 to shadow will help a bit, too.

But either way, you'll outgrow those staves in a couple levels, and it won't matter anymore anyway. Relax, way your options....but then make a decision and get on with your life! lol

haha ok ok ill just go with the yellow
guess i wont be usin them for that long anyway

Use the yellow for now but then use the purple when you get better and have a ton of mana