…Offhand.
Seriously.
Why?
Why is this an actual thing?
No, really - why?
Temporal Arcblade Battlemages would like to make their voices heard.
You mean why is it restricted to offhand builds? I would assume it’s for balancing. They can do things when making 2H weapons that they couldn’t otherwise, or some such. Might just be thematic though. Only Crate could be certain.
Surely, as restricting a 2H weapon from using a skill that has no % Weapon Damage and ergo would scale the same regardless of the weapon type is definitely an act of balance.
AAR and Devastation have long irked me for their weapon (focus) requirements. Wouldn’t expect it to change, as it hasn’t since I started complaining about it in 2014 (when the Arcanist released).
For the record, we Will of the Living Battlemages would like to make their voices heard, too.
Salt levels rising…
Item requirements on skills rarely exist specifically for balance purposes. The two most common reasons are to restrict abilities to a specific build archetype, which you can conflate with balance but that isn’t primary function or actual technical limitations. Abilities like devastation make up the former.
Fine with the things are
Devastation being locked behind off hand weapon limitation is for balance. Two handed weapons need a buff but allowing them to use devastation would result in another pointless balance pass so keep things as they’re right now
Yes, because Devastation isn’t already absurdly strong and shouldn’t be nerfed again unless it were allowed to be used by 2H.
/sarcasm
dont worry Anasteria’s unique drop got you covered! 
wait, dont tell me that one requires an offhand too? :furious: