Empress's Grace Arcanist Guide (2024)

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The Arcanist joins combat equipped with a Magick Deck and a plethora of Tarot Cards, each with it's own unique effect.Split between the Order of the Emperor and Empress's Grace playstyles, both builds will utilize three different types ofskills: Normal, Stacking, and Ruin.

If you're looking for further information on the Empress's Gracebuild for Arcanist, the following links will provide that for you.

A standard build that uses the Order of the Emperor. Using Empress's Grace is not recommended.

Arcanist can run several builds, usually named after how many skills per type are taken. "332" and "341" indicate how many Stacking, Ruin and Normalskills are taken in a build. The differences in build isn't just damage, but also include big playstyle changes, cost efficiency on gems and increasedDeck Meter generation to name a few. While there are differences, it's important to maintain the fundamentals when playing. With the variety that Arcanist has in its builds,be sure to try them out in Trixion before committing precious resources towards it!

This build takes three Stacking & Ruin skills with two Normal skills.

This build will do more damage than "341" and can save you a lot on costs for gems.Unlike its counterpart, you can run this build with level 7 cooldown gems and have asmooth experience compared to "341", being a little rough around the edgeswithout at least level 9 gems. You'll opt to not take Serendipity here,instead running with Four of a Kind.

There isn't a strict rotationfor Arcanist but you can use the following as a guideline:

• Build four stacks with Scratch Dealer & Quadra Accelerate.
• Use Return for buffs, this always starts your burst window.
• Cast Secret Garden or Celestial Rain within Return's buffs.
• Build stacks again with two Spiral Edge.
• Cast Secret Garden or Celestial Rain before Return buffs fall off.

Keep in mind that Call of Destiny is able to build two stacks and serves as anotherStacking skill. This is useful knowledge to have especially when your main DPS skills like Return, Secret Garden & Celestial Rain are all on cooldown. Settingup four stacks for Four of a Kind then building them again before your next Return keeps theconstant flow of a "build-spend" gameplay loop. For those equipped with Raid Captain, you'll have to be conscious of managing your MoveSpeed bonuses from skills. As for cards, you'll want touse short duration ones like Twisted Fate and Cull after pressing Return. This allows you to catch the entire window and increase your damagesignificantly. A special case is Judgment, whichmakes all Ruin skills trigger the 4-stack effect regardless of how many stacks there are.You'll prioritize Celestial Rain & Secret Garden first. With Four of a Kind's Swift Preparation, it's possibleto get lucky and spam while under Judgment'seffect for juicy damage.

This build takes three Stacking, four Ruin & one Normal Skill. The playstyle compared to "332" is much different!

While this build does less damage, you'll have increased Deck Meter gain by 20%. This build is abit rough to play without level 9 cooldown gems. That being said, do not let it deter you from trying this build in Trixion and just keep in mindnecessary adjustments based on your own stats and gear! With this build you will take Serendipity and have to play around it. You'll still follow the fundamentals but there are notable changes to be aware of:

• Four of a Kind takes a different tripod, Deception. When at four stacks,there is a chance (max 75%) to not consume them, allowing you to use another Ruin skill afterwards.
• Serendipity has the lowest priority unless you have Cull or Judgment. Outside ofthose moments you'll use it when it won't create a hiccup in your rotation.
• Due to higher meter generation you'll be using cards more frequently.Along with the other priorities and proccs you have, this can be overwhelming to players.

Card priorities are similar to "332", with you replacing a Ruin skill with Serendipity if you have Cull.