Arcanist — guide

In short

Arcanist is a Rare Support champion who hands the whole team 15% Regeneration plus ATK Up 25% and C.RATE Up 15%, with a 20% Sleep on her default attack. She is at her best in Faction Wars and as an early dungeon/Clan Boss support. Build her for speed and survivability — with 991 base Attack her damage is not worth a single slot.

Strengths

• Her third skill gives every ally ATK Up 25% and C.RATE Up 15% for 3 turns — a lot of value for a Rare.
• The second skill places 15% Regeneration on all allies for 2 turns: constant passive healing that needs no Accuracy and cannot be resisted.
• The default attack has a 20% chance to place Sleep for 1 turn — free single-target control.
• Arena aura: +25% DEF to all allies, handy in early Arena defence.
• Both support skills are buffs on allies, so enemy Resistance and your Accuracy barely matter.

Weaknesses

• Base Speed 98 is slow; without Speed gear she buffs after the fight is already decided.
• Damage scales off ATK, but her Attack is tiny — a damage build is wasted.
• Sleep breaks on the next hit, so it only works on a target nobody touches.
• No cleanse, no shield, no revive, no direct heal — buffs only.
• Ratings fall to 1.0 in Hydra, Chimera, Hard mode and Doom Tower.

Where to use

Start with Faction Wars (2.5), where her Regeneration and buffs cover a missing support slot. Then dungeons (2.0) and Clan Boss (2.0) for early buff uptime and passive healing. In Arena (1.5) she is picked for the +25% DEF aura alone. Skip Hydra, Chimera, Hard mode and Doom Tower (1.0) — those spots belong to much stronger supports.

Stats and gear

Priority: Speed → HP/DEF → Accuracy (only if you actually rely on the Sleep). Rough targets: Speed 180–220, HP 35,000–45,000, DEF 2000+, Accuracy 150–200 optional. Ignore C.RATE, C.DMG and Attack entirely. Sets: Speed (mandatory), Immortal or Regeneration for sustain, Life as the budget option. Speed boots always, HP% or DEF% gloves and chest, defensive substats on jewellery.

Masteries and blessings

Use the «Survival Speed» and «Unflinching» presets: Defence and Support trees, no offence masteries. What matters is survivability, buff/heal boosting and crowd-control resistance. Relic: Golden Elixir. Blessings are a low priority here — take a defensive one and don't invest further in a vault champion.

Tomes

Book the third skill first: level 2 cuts the cooldown by 1, so ATK Up and C.RATE Up stay on the team almost permanently — the biggest gain. Then the second skill for its cooldown -1 and more frequent Regeneration. Don't spend tomes on the default attack; it only rolls chance and damage.

Verdict

A filler Rare support: genuinely helpful in Faction Wars, but otherwise she is vault and fusion material.