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.
Quadra Accelerate – Throw cards toward the target location 4 times with each card inflicting Damage.
Scratch Dealer – Move toward the target location and inflict Damage. Use the skill again to strike downward, inflicting Damage.
Spiral Edge Leap – 7 meters toward the target location while throwing a card to inflict Damage.
Dancing of Spineflower – Throw a flurry of cards while moving 11 meters toward the target location over 3s, inflicting Damage 6 times, then Damage with the last card. Use the skill again to return to your original location.
Checkmate – Quickly throw cards toward the target location, inflicting Damage with each hit.
Stream of Edge – Open two portal gates at the target location for 5s, attacking all foes between the gates for Damage over 15 hits.
Infinity Shower – Throw cards at the target location to inflict Damage. Use as a combo in the air to throw more cards to inflict Damage.
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].