Hello,
that's right. I've discovered the same effect. IMO the only solution is : Before the combat starts you must think about using a Canned Elemental or summoning it. You have a enough space at the beginning of a combat so you can place the "Staff" without problems. If the enemies surround you, the Elemental will be placed in the next free space near you.
Dungeons may be to small to place them so I usually spare potions and in my magic parties I summoned them with Lvl 1 or Lvl 2.
Canned Elementals : I never got them beneath Lvl 6 (Potion level). I usually build up the Throwing Skill to 40 ( I think Artifacts is not necessary because my characters with throwing skill never build it up so at least they have only 25 ) . From my experience most of them are "Earth" followed by "Fire" and at least "Water". But Ziggurat maybe right and it's only random.
P.S.
Sorry Sultan , I disagree with your last sentence. From my posts you know that I use them often especially in heavy combats and with my skills I never discovered a backfire or something else. So IMO they very useful because they can make heavier combats really easy .
Greetings
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