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Kurald Galain wrote:

Here you go, Magus handbook. The staff magus is in fact one of the better archetypes.

Note that the tripping staff feat is pointless: the trip quality on weapons doesn't really do anything, and you can already use spellstrike on trip attempts. Other than that, the concept of a maneuver magus is solid; the feat you actually want is Greater Trip.

As far as I understand it, Tripping Staff is a prerequisite for Tripping Twirl.

Could you please explain, why Tripping Staff is pointless for a Magus with the staff Magus archetype? Granted, the trip weapon qualitiy is garbage, but using spellstrike? Spellstrike grants you a free attack with your weapon instead of the free touch attack that comes along with touch spells. If you use that attack to trip your opponent, you would deliver the spell's effect but -since it is a trip combat maneuver- not the weapon's damage (opponent is knocked prone instead). You would deal weapon and spell damage if you would have gone for a normal hit. With Tripping Staff or Tripping Twirl you can have that benefit again.
Well, that's at least my understanding. Please feel free to correct.