Diablo – What does it mean if the weapon type text is in red
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What does the red weapon type mean, "Rare Staff"?
Best Answer
Tooltips highlight, in red, the attribute of the item that disqualifies your character from wielding it. So, since the type is highlighted, that means that your character cannot wield Staves.
This is for items (including weapons) in general. The item colour indicates the quality and/or the purpose of the item. The information comes mostly from Diablo Wiki, but some of it has changed since beta.
This is just a fancy way of saying "+10% damage for 5 minutes".
Fundamentally, you're looking at the skill wrong - it's not "imbue Target: Weapon", it's "imbue your weapon". If you give it to someone else (soulbound weapons notwithstanding), it's not your weapon, anymore, and presumably you have a new weapon.
Furthermore, since all skills with damage scale off... weapon damage, there is not even an issue of "But I don't use my weapon for X, do I still get the bonus?". The bonus works with all abilities (and includes the runed versions of magic weapon too. Every spell gets lifesteal? Why not!)
You get the bonus. Always. It's a self-buff, and it vanishes when you change your weapon. This also applies to your offhand (should you cast MW on a 1-hander, you lose your MW bonus when you swap offhands).
Best Answer
Tooltips highlight, in red, the attribute of the item that disqualifies your character from wielding it. So, since the type is highlighted, that means that your character cannot wield Staves.