Arcane Power

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Arcane Power

Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Arcane
Training cost
3 Hero points
Game link
API
5635
30 Recharge time  
Arcane Power

Arcane. Gain ferocity. You deal critical damage with your next few attacks.

Arcane Power.png4 Arcane Power (5s): Attacks to critical damage
Ferocity attribute.png Ferocity: +300

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Arcane Arcane

Notes[edit]

  • The Ferocity gained equals a 20% bonus to critical damage.
  • Affects the next 4 attacks, up to 6 with Arcane Lightning Arcane Lightning. The effect will still be consumed even if the attack is dodged, or misses for example due to blindness.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
March 19, 2024
  • This skill no longer grants bonuses to allies. This skill now grants a flat amount of ferocity for 5 seconds instead of the ferocity bonus being linked to the critical-strike stacks. Reduced the cooldown from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
June 27, 2023
  • Reduced cooldown from 45 seconds to 35 seconds.
November 13, 2017
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Arcane Power from properly removing stacks during combat.
November 07, 2017
  • Reduced the number of stacks applied to allies from 4 to 2.
  • The user of this skill retains 4 stacks on casting.
May 18, 2017
  • The number of stacks this ability applies has been reduced from 5 to 4.
May 16, 2017
  • The effects of this skill now apply to up to 4 other nearby allies within a range of 240.
  • In addition to its previous effects, each stack of this effect now gives 75 ferocity at level 80.
October 21, 2014
  • Fixed a bug that caused attacks enhanced by this skill to only inflict one stack of vulnerability with Shard of Ice.
August 06, 2013
  • The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
January 28, 2013
  • The number of uses on this skill's effect will now decrease if an attack lands or if the attack is negated by Blind, Block, Evade, Obstructed, or Invulnerable.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Arcane Power has been added to the game.