Confused about this weapon swap build

I am trying to understand this build which has weapon swaps and spirit.

The build is here: Profile - Larcanalia - Path of Exile 2 - poe.ninja

What I'm confused about is that the first weapon swap is scepter and the second weapon swap is staff. What is the interaction like? I'm assuming the cast on ailment comet is on the staff, so when it triggers, does it weapon swap to the staff? If comets are spamming and it weapon swaps to the staff, how are the other spirit gems procing, and if they aren't, what is the use of them? I also want to potentially run a scepter + staff combo, but it doesn't make sense to me as the spirit from the sceptor is not being utilized, no?

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wondermayo•4 months ago•2

Not sure about this specific build but the typical use is to have a staff in set 2 only for sigil of power for bosses (and possibly some curses). And everything else on set 1.

zavorak_eth•4 months ago•1

Most likely scenario imo. Entangle and its support thunderstorm as well as coc and coea are all on weapon set I. The staff is just used for sigil of power, so the curse is probably on both weaponsets, because casting sigil of power can gain you stages based on amount of mana spent. I assume they use entangle and thunderstorm for basic clearing which trigger the coc/coea spells and use sigil of power in ws II with the curse to gain power stages for bosses. It gives you spell dmg per stage gained. The scepter is for spirit and the aura.

Confused about this weapon swap build

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