On July 20, the Arcanist Advanced Class will arrive in Arkesia. The Arcanist imbues special cards with her Magick and uses them for a wide variety of effects. From slicing up enemies with a deluge of thrown cards to summoning powerful Magick attacks or team effects from the cards themselves, the Arcanist has a trick up her sleeve for every situation.
Call of Destiny – Throw a card at the target location to inflict Damage, then another Damage after a short pause, launching foes into the air.
Unlimited Shuffle – Throw a stack of cards at the target location, inflicting Damage over 6 hits. The cards then inflict Damage as they launch foes into the air. They then take Damage upon being slammed into the ground.
Return – Throw a card toward the target location to inflict Damage and Counterattack. Use the skill again to inflict Damage and slam foes onto the ground.
Mysterious Stampede – Quickly move to your left, inflicting Damage, and then return, inflicting Damage.
Dark Resurrection – Throw cards at the target location to summon a Demon that attacks foes and deals [Dark] Damage, inflicting Fear upon them.
Evoke – Cast a magick circle that lasts for 10s at the target location. Use the skill again to inflict Damage to foes.
Remember, these are just the base skills – each can be customized further through the Tripod system as you experiment to find what works best against the myriad of threats found throughout Arkesia.
The Arcanist’s skills are split into three categories; Normal, Stacking, and Ruin. Normal skills are used to deal damage and quickly build up the Arcanist’s Specialty Meter. The other two types of skills, Stacking & Ruin, work together to build up impressive attacks. Successful attacks with Stacking skills will build up to 4 stacks on an enemy target. When a Ruin skill lands, it consumes stacks built up on the target to greater effect— creating opportunities to deal massive damage.
Despite being armed with an arsenal of skills, the Arcanist will sometimes leave things to the fate of the cards with her specialty skill “Card Deck”. When the player lands an attack, it charges the Card Meter. Once the meter is completely charged, a card is drawn randomly from the Card Deck, which can be used to varying degrees of devastating effect. Two cards can be stored in the Deck at once, and can be activated by pressing [Z] or [X].