Wands

Wands are not class specific, but they are most appropriate for Necromancers. Sorceresses use them as well in Diablo II, in order to have a one-handed weapon and a shield, and bonuses such as +mana and faster cast are useful for a Sorceress as well as a Necromancer. The Sorc-only Orbs should be more useful than wands though, so likely you'll see only Necromancers using wands after a short time in the Expansion.

Wands are a type of blunt weapon and do 150% damage to the undead, but as they are virtually never used for melee, this isn't an important feature.

• Inherent Bonuses: Wands can have +1-3 skill points to up to three Necromancer skills from any of his skill trees.
• Damage Bonus: This determines how you multiply the item damage by your stats to reach the actual damage. All wands are 100 Str which means that every point you have in strength adds .1% of your weapon's damage as a bonus.
• Item Level: Used in many in-game calculations. Monsters must be of this level to drop the item, and it factors in when you get to gamble for this item type as well. Check Mlvls on Darkness.
• Weapon Speed: A relative comparison to other weapons of the same type. 0 is the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower, always in increments of 10. Each 10 is equivalent to an SIAS item. Characters are abbreviated to their first letter, with Am = Amazon and As = Assassin.
• Range: Goes from 1 (least) to 5 (most), and is identical for all weapon types. I.E. a 3 sword = a 3 spear = a 3 hammer. All wands have 1 range, same as most one-handed melee weapons.

Normal

Image	Item Name	Properties	Misc Stats	Attack Rate
	Wand	2-4 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: None Dex Req: None Item Level: 2 Clvl Req: None	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Fast: Am/As/B/D/N/P Normal: S
	Yew Wand	2-8 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: None Dex Req: None Item Level: 12 Clvl Req: None	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 10 Swing Speed: Necro: Normal
	Bone Wand	3-7 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: None Dex Req: None Item Level: 18 Clvl Req: None	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: -20 Swing Speed: Necro: Very Fast
	Grim Wand	5-11 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: None Dex Req: None Item Level: 26 Clvl Req: None	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Necro: Fast

Exceptional

Exceptional Wands can be found only in Nightmare and Hell diff levels in Diablo II. In D2X they can be found in late Normal, and all through Nightmare and Hell.

Image	Item Name	Properties	Misc Stats	Attack Rate
	Burnt Wand	8-18 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 31 Clvl Req: 19 *	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Necro: Fast
	Petrified Wand	8-24 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 38 Clvl Req: 25	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 10 Swing Speed: Necro: Normal
	Tomb Wand	10-22 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 43 Clvl Req: 25	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: -20 Swing Speed: Necro: Very Fast
	Grave Wand	13-29 Damage 15 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 49 Clvl Req: 25	D2 Sockets: None D2X Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Necro: Fast

* All Exceptional items are Clvl 25 in Diablo II. Some are a bit lower in D2X, but none are higher.

Elite

Elite items only exist in the Expansion. They can be found in late Nightmare and all through Nightmare and Hell.

Image	Item Name	Properties	Misc Stats	Attack Rate
	Polished Wand	18-33 Damage 22 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 58 Clvl Req: 50	Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Necro: Fast
	Ghost Wand	20-40 Damage 14 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 64 Clvl Req: 56	Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 10 Swing Speed: Necro: Normal
	Lich Wand	10-31 Damage 17 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 67 Clvl Req: 59	Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: -20 Swing Speed: Necro: Very Fast
	Unearthed Wand	22-28 Damage 18 Durability Str Req: 25 Dex Req: None Item Level: 72 Clvl Req: 64	Sockets: 1-2 Range: 1 Dmg Bonus: 100 Str 150% Damage vs. Undead Inv Size: 1x2	Weapon Speed: 0 Swing Speed: Necro: Fast