Arcanist

Short cooldown nuke rotation — rapid ability cycling with reduced CDs.

Parent Class

Mage

Unlock Condition

Hero Level 10

Intelligence Bonus

Spirit Bonus

Signature Ability

Arcane Barrage

"Theory is for scholars. Power is for Arcanists."

What Changes at Level 10

When a Mage reaches level 10 and you select Arcanist, two things change permanently:

Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant (Arcane Barrage).

Ability: Arcane Barrage

Arcane Barrage: Rapid-fire arcane nukes on the highest-HP enemy at a shorter cooldown than base Arcane Surge. AP increases damage.

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Arcanist grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Mage base scores:

+2 Intelligence — adds to the Mage base intelligence score
+1 Spirit — adds to the Mage base spirit score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Magic (Pure Caster, Mana Surge, Arcane Torrent for double nuke), Crit.

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 120-node reference and routing advice, or the Mage build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Arcanist vs. Pyromancer

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

	Arcanist	Pyromancer
Identity	Short cooldown nuke rotation — rapid ability cycling with reduced CDs.	Burn DoT spreads to adjacent enemies and explodes on kill.
Stat Bonus	+2 Intelligence, +1 Spirit	+2 Intelligence, +1 Agility
Details	This page	Pyromancer page →

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.

Applying via Archetype

Set an Archetype with Arcanist as the guild standard for Mage — all future recruits of that class will automatically receive this subclass at level 10 without any manual selection.