TheLockKing wrote:From what I remember it either does but at a greatly inconsequential rate or it doesn't increase at all. I dunno, usually never needed worry about weapon skill and if I did just melee'd a much stronger mob while VW tanked.
It's not a rumor. In fact the very character tab itself, if you hover over Intellect, will tell you that it increase the rate at which weapon skill increases. Blizzard themselves told us that from the very start in-game on the character tab.
I always request for Int buff from mages while leveling in dungeons, even if I'm a Warrior. Every bit helps.