Elven Wand

The Elven Wand is the basic ranged weapon in Heretic. It uses Wand Crystals to fire weak hitscan shots at a medium rate. The shots deal 7-14 damage. When firing in quick succession, the first shot is always perfectly accurate. When enhanced by a Tome of Power, it fires a spread of five hitscan shots as well as a pair of projectile fireballs, each of which do 1-8 damage, for a total of 7-56 damage if everything hits. This weapon is always effective on ghosts. Maximum capacity is 100 shots, or 200 with the Bag of Holding.

Strategy
The Elven Wand, like the Dragon Claw, is ideal for sniping enemies from afar. With unlimited range and hitscan shots, the Elven Wand provides good damage at long ranges without the player having to face monsters in medium to close combat. To use it in the optimal way, the player must shoot with quick pauses between shots to enable "perfect aim". This way the Elven Wand will act as a sniper rifle, making it perfect for taking out medium-weak monsters far from the player. The weapon is also good at finishing off damaged monsters without wasting precious ammunition from stronger weapons like the Phoenix Rod.

The Elven Wand is also handy for conserving ammo when facing melee enemies where there is space to maneuver. Since it is fully capable of hitting ghosts, it can also be worth switching to over the Ethereal Crossbow when facing them, if a Dragon Claw, Hellstaff or Tome of Power is not available.