Shaman/Skyseer Help Should you use Hand of the Shaman or Distant Grasp?

Those are the abilities that either add 2 extra beams to your main attack or reduce the spread from your 3 beams. Also I play ritualist if thats important

 

well it honestly depends completely on what archetypes you're playing. If you were to be playing ritualist, it typically goes in tandem with acolyte, which then requires you to get hand of the shaman

 

Also, if you use mana steal, its recommended to use the less spread one, so your hits are more accurate. In contrast, if you have a high dmg melee build, get more beams.

 

Hands of shaman are wayy to hard to hit all unless you can be constantly right in front of enemy, which requires good defense and speed

So imo distant grasp is better in almost every situation