You see a cobra wand (Range:4, magic level +2, critical hit chance 10%, critical extra damage +35%).
It can only be wielded properly by sorcerers of level 200 or higher.
It weighs 19.00 oz.
You see a falcon wand (Range:5, magic level +3, protection fire +8%).
It can only be wielded properly by sorcerers of level 300 or higher.
It weighs 33.00 oz.
Recently I got lucky and looted cobra wand. I'm trying to figure out the price by comparing it to the falcon wand.
With imbuements the items give:
- Cobra wand - +6 magic levels, 10% crit chance, 35% extra crit damage
- Falcon wand - +3 magic levels, 10% crit chance, 50 extra crit damage, 8% fire protection
I am skipping mana leech as it's same for both, also skipping irrelevant details like range/ dmg.
Obviously, you could put a magic level in falcon wand but most people don't do it as they prefer mana leech so please focus on a combination of items/ imbuments as above as I think it will be the standard setup for both items.
Falcon wand has an obvious advantage of 8% fire protection but did anyone did the math which is better - additional 3 magic levels of cobra wand or 15% higher crit damage of falcon wand?
I would like to see the answers with some math or solid explanations rather than purely opinions.
Btw. there was a question asking to compare cobra and falcon items recently but the answers there regarding wands are not sufficient.