Arcane

Summary

• Players with the Arcane Skill can wield Arcane Staves a new class of weapon that is designed around supporting "pure mage" builds
  • Players having followers or using Barding skills within the last 60 seconds will lose:
    • Arcane Buildup
    • Arcane Codex Stances and Arcane Codex Finishers
    • Weapon Abilities for Arcane Staves
• Players with the Arcane Skill can chose Arcanist for the Paperdoll skill title
• The Arcane skill will boost the benefits players receive from Arcane Runes and Arcane Buildup
• A players chance to hit/defend with an Arcane Staff is based on their Arcane skill, but is also capped by their Wrestling skill
• Players with 80 Arcane and 80 Wrestling skill will be able to cast with an Arcane Staff equipped
• See Arcane Staves for combat specific details

PvM

• Players have an (Effective Arcane Skill / 100%)) chance to avoid Spell Interruption from Creature/Environment Damage while casting with an Arcane Staff equipped
• Players with the Arcane Skill will now receive a (50% * (Arcane Skill / 100)) bonus to the effectiveness of nearby Arcane Runes

Codex

• 80 Arcane and 80 Wrestling is required to use an Arcane Codex
• Arcane Staves benefit from Stances and Finishers provided by an Arcane Codex

Arcane Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Leech	Has a 3% chance per rank on hit to restore 10 mana
Stance	Shield	Weapon swings increase your damage resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Scatter	Deals an additional 2% of damage per rank to 3 additional random targets within 3 tiles, with each target hit having a 1% per rank chance to be hindered for 3 seconds
Stance	Fracture	Damage is increased by 2% per rank for every 25 armor rating target still has active (to a max of 8% per rank)
Stance	Surge	Damage is increased by 10% per rank if player has triggered an aspect special in the last 15 seconds
Finisher	Drain	Inflicts 250% of damage to target and restores 40 mana
Finisher	Catalyst	Inflicts 300% of Damage on target and consumes all Arcane Buildup, increasing Damage by (7% * Arcane Buildup Consumed)
Weapon Ability	Seeking	For next 15 seconds accuracy increased by 25% and attack speed increased by 15%
Weapon Ability	Leyline	For next 15 seconds player recovers 5 mana every 3 seconds
Weapon Ability	Soulfire	Immediately applies maximum arcane buildup

Training

• Players gain Arcane Skill when making Melee Attacks or Casting Spells

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively when making attacks with an Arcane Staff or when casting while equipped with an Arcane Staff in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively when making attacks with an Arcane Staff or when casting while equipped with an Arcane Staff