Magus Sunder Build - Spell Suggestions

[Joshua Hirtz]

So I've been contemplating the benefits of creating a Magus that focuses on Sundering, but what I'm trying to figure out is if there are any good spells to go with such a concept. For the most part I would be looking at half damage because of how items interact with elemental attacks. Are there any good force spells that one could use with Spellstrike?

[EvilPaladin]

Well, for this, I believe Corrosive Touch might be your Bread&Butter. Usually, Shocking Grasp is superior, but for sundering, Acid Damage applies fully to most objects while Electricity damage does 1/2[this is, of course, for a more nova build].

[MrRetsej]

Actually, RAW acid also only does half damage to objects unless your GM says otherwise. Weird, no?

A better choice would be to use an adamantine weapon to bypass hardness, the Wand Wielder Arcana and a wand of True Strike in conjunction with Spell Combat to pretty much guarantee you will beat the targets CMD. Power Attack wouldn't hurt.

[EvilPaladin]

MrRetsej wrote:

Actually, RAW acid also only does half damage to objects unless your GM says otherwise. Weird, no?

A better choice would be to use an adamantine weapon to bypass hardness, the Wand Wielder Arcana and a wand of True Strike in conjunction with Spell Combat to pretty much guarantee you will beat the targets CMD. Power Attack wouldn't hurt.

Huh, I could have sworn I read that Acid and Sonic did full, Electicity and Fire did 1/2, and cold did 1/4 damage somewhere, but looking back, I can't find it anywhere.