I know you can use enchant on a wand despite it being classified as ranged, but is there any benefit to either outside of being able to “shoot” with the wand and cosmetic purposes?
Generally speaking, no. (And they can actually be a detriment as the cast time can briefly lock you out of casting real spells.)
It can be useful to keep a very low level wand in your inventory for stuff that you overlevel but don’t want to kill too quickly. They can also be used to get access to an elemental type of magic you don’t have natural access to. (Mostly useful for niche older fights like Viscidus in Ahn Qiraj that specifically requires frost damage. Similarly, they used to be useful for mobs out in the world that had immunities and resistances, but I think those are all gone now.)
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