The Wd/D is one I've started and very impressed...Heck running logar stuff solo ( including rares/elites ) Was surprised to finish Things that go Bump in the Night solo along with Stange Substance .......Still low lvl ( under 20/20 ) but seems to be very strong early..no clear idea how everything scales though....
I plan to use it to farm stats for alts down the road even if it can't perform at end-game ( no idea there )
Just wait till you get [Earth Spirit Essence] at lvl 30, that's when your 2H staff really pays off. I do remember at lvl 30 I solo'd full NoM with the combo, Forsaken Abbey too. Pretty much I was always able to solo instances that no one else could with the magic build.
And yes, I am able to farm stats for my alts, especially DoD first boss normal for some quick Imprisonment stats. I was able to kill him in under 3 minutes at lvl 60, haven't been back since cause leveling is the priority. I would farm HoS first boss normal, but you can only do the normal instance once a day lol.
Just got my Puppet Queen now that I hit level 65, and even though it's +16 with no tier (it's 5.8kMdam currently), I am already pulling over 120k normal hits on stuff outside of Redhill and whatnot (without foods), still using lvl 55 mage gear lol. I have 50k Pdef with just self buffs (no pots), my MAttack is only 24k, so I look forward to lvl 70 gear when I can get over the 100k pdef hump and pull 60k+ Mattack with 8k+ Mdam.
Anyways, I'll outline skills and strats when I do the guide later.