Staves/staffs are an interesting weapon choice, because they are not tied to any one class. I’ve somewhat recently tried to make a character that primarily attacks with staves. His classes are currently split up this way:
50% Necromancer – for extra health, soul transfer, and corpse explosion
20% Monk – for sanct mani (he’s a vampire, so can’t use priest)
30% Mage – for an mani, believe it or not. With attack gear, it can be pretty effective while not draining mana
Note, my staff fighter will probably have to drop his magery, since an mani won’t scale well at a high level, and I’ll need to put a large amount of stats in int to keep it afloat.
I’m not saying this is the best way to make a staff fighter, but it’s been working for me. Has anyone else made a decent staff fighter?