Read an old post that i googled up, since my hc barb is using it with concentrate and absolutely doing amazing with it.
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=60700922&f=161&o=10Quote (Quorra @ 1 Feb 2012 17:31)
No, staves aren't Mace Class.
The reason they benefit from Mace Mastery is that the skill is designed to apply to any blunt weapon (+50% Damage to Undead auto-modifier).
The following item types are blunt weapons:
club: Club, Spiked Club, {exceptional, elite} and Wirt's Leg
hammer: War Hammer, Maul, Great Maul, {exc, eli}, Horadric Malus and Hell Forge Hammer
mace: Mace, Morning Star, Flail, {exc, eli}, Khalim's Flail and Khalim's Will
scepter: Scepter, Grand Scepter, War Scepter, {exc, eli}
staff: Short Staff, Long Staff, Gnarled Staff, Battle Staff, War Staff, {exc, eli}, Staff of Kings and Horadric Staff
wand: Wand, Yew Wand, Bone Wand, Grim Wand, {exc, eli}
Mace Mastery is in fact misleading since staves and wands are Staff Class weapons.
It doesn't say quarterstaff, but it does have +50% damage to undead. Does that mean it benefits from mace mastery?
This post was edited by Taurean on Jul 21 2022 08:56pm