Poll: What is the best Warlock/Wizard implement? Orb/Staff/Rod/Wand?

[Mengu]

Conventional wisdom says staff.

However you can make a very nice infernal warlock with an ashen rod, using some of the new tiefling feats like Blood Pact of Cania, Hellish Blast, and at paragon Hellfire of Mephistopheles.

 

[Votan]

Odd that the Orb is ranking so lowly, these days.

 

[DracoSuave]

Am I stacking Cha or Con? It looks like 'Con' from the Star Pact abilities but then Fear and Fire stuff is Cha for the Encounter... omg.

Both, get 13 strength so you can have chain, increase both. Your Con will be one lower than your Charisma, but that'll work out well in the wash.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I would go with staff myself, as MBAs can be nice. Having he enmies run around you without fear is a bit annoying.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Depends on the PC...

If I want something mainstream, I'd go R/S/W...probably a staff, so I can whack people on the head with it.

If, OTOH, I want to base my PC on The Bowler from Mystery Men, Orb is the only way to go...ditto The Tall Man from Phantasm.

 

[Bold or Stupid]

Since your doing a Warlock, I'd say Rod, they have lots of potential nice powers that are warlock exclusive.

If you were going wizard staff all the way (to paragon then take orb or tome as a second implement.

 

[Mengu]

Odd that the Orb is ranking so lowly, these days.

I guess fire is the first thing that comes to mind for a tiefling, so for a tiefling wizard, it's natural for orb not to be a popular choice. If we were talking about a deva or gnome wizard, orb would probably have been a bit more popular.

And also the orb does nothing for a warlock. For the purpose of this poll, "staff implement" synonymous with "staff of ruin".

 

[Dice4Hire]

And also the orb does nothing for a warlock. For the purpose of this poll, "staff implement" synonymous with "staff of ruin".

Yes, that is tuue. But a couple months ago, Orb would have been synonymous with never-save-so-you-die.

Things change.

 

[Mapache]

I'm using that same Damien Hellfire mini for my tiefling wizard. I did him up with an orb, because I thought it looked best, and because I was initially thinking of the charisma orb proficiency. (I'm planning on going Orb of Nimble Thoughts at low level, then eventually adding a Staff of Ruin and Dual Implement Spellcaster.) For visuals on the mini, I'd say go for the orb or the staff. The wand/rod looks really fat and unsightly, and kind of obscene.

 

[Ninja-to]

I'm using that same Damien Hellfire mini for my tiefling wizard. I did him up with an orb, because I thought it looked best, and because I was initially thinking of the charisma orb proficiency. (I'm planning on going Orb of Nimble Thoughts at low level, then eventually adding a Staff of Ruin and Dual Implement Spellcaster.) For visuals on the mini, I'd say go for the orb or the staff. The wand/rod looks really fat and unsightly, and kind of obscene.

Yeah I tend to agree. The rod is a bit weird...