Quote Originally Posted by yaki View Post
65 after the enchant and 5/5 AK. But this comes down to the "staff vs. 1H+OH" argument again - spell power vs. stats. For DPS, power is generally king if you have enough not to go OOM or drop dead in a mild breeze. For healing, the int and mp/5 would be more tempting.

15 spell power isn't tons, so you're not exactly going to be hurting with the shield in either case.
This is one of those cases where the intangibles add up, imo. Strictly speaking, you're right, it's an upgrade. But gaining int, mp5, and ton of armor is worth it to drop 15sp, hands down.

Nice writeup, fuzzy. A few things I would maybe disagree with, but they're all so minor that they aren't worth mentioning.