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 having followers or using Barding skills within the last 60 seconds will lose:
- 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 |