Best Enchant for Staff?

[TeaLeaf]

I have just acquired a Staff of Jordan for my L34 shadow priest (shadow to level only, will respec it when into instance runs) so at L35 I will get to use it.  The nice person who sold it to me thought that the new user (a cloth-wearing caster) ought to have the benefit of an enchant, so had completely wasted some money and mats putting Fiery Weapon on it :blink:

So the question is, which enchant would best suit this new staff for levelling?  I know +22 Int is preferred by most priests at the epic end of the scale, but am I better off just going for +30 spell damage atm for the max levelling benefit?  Or is that overkill?  Or are there other enchants I should consider?

Not knowing priest class well I thought I would ask for the combined wisdom of the group

TL.

[Sinap]

Beastslaying FTW!

Seriosuly though, if you can afford +30 spell damage on it, that would probably be your best bet, because im guessing you'll use the staff for a while

[TeaLeaf]

That's kind of where I was at, I rekon the stff will lasy quite a while, so the +30 spell damage would be a good one for the next 15-20 levels, although it would probably need chaning to a +22 Int once I respecced to Holy/Disc.

Anyone else got any thoughts on this?

TL.

[StrontiumDog]

It really is 6 and two 3's mate... you either use the extra damge to take mobs down a bit quicker and run out of mana that little bit sooner or take mobs down slightly slower and have more mana left.

Each has its benefits as would the spirit enchant too I guess.

[Sebas]

As your leveling and want to do everything as fast as possible, I would go for +dmg, thats 50 dmg on one staff. If you combine this with more +dmg and heavy spirit items you will fly through it. Spirit rocks because of spirit tap, and intelligence isnt necessary for fast grinding

[Asheera]

+30 spell damage
and mana regen on bracers will solve the problem tho

[TeaLeaf]

I went for the +30 spell damage as suggested above.  I'll skip the mana regen on bracers as it is not much per tick but mainly because it costs a fortune and I will be upgrading the bracers regularly whereas the staff should last me the next 20 levels or so.

Thanks for the advice folks :thumbsup:

TL.