Also a point I forgot to mention that makes holding cards even worse -- "one thing you didn't mention that makes sitting on a card even worse is that once you draw the second card you lose any built up identity meter you have and you start from 0 again when you pop one of the cards"
@@elfyyy to some extent yes however the inability of some of the builds post-patch to draw 2 cards at once and the value (joker) or int (star) some of these new card changes can bring changes the argument I think
After watching this video it feels like i've drawn the enlightenment card. Amazing job! Hope to see a future video going into the depths of the 431 build, prayge
Saw your video on my recommendation. Just want to say thank you. Its pretty hard to find theorycrafting video for Lost Ark, even more for arcanist. Your video is a blessing xD
Thank you so much for the tips, I've been playing Arcana since NA release but I see myself making all these mistakes all the time, really appreciate the information!
23:50 Feels so nice after dumping adrenaline and barricade, not having to worry about protection rune awakenings or keeping stacks up during transitions anymore. Been so long since I played a non-adren dps character that I still get anxious not pressing buttons while a boss is un-targetable.
Thank you very much for the video man. I'm not a good arcana and this video helped point out a ton of things I wasn't doing right. Feel like I can make some improvements after watching this !!
Hey wanted to say thanks a bunch for the in-depth breakdown and example rotations. Really helped me push more dmg in raids on my arcana. Was wondering if you know why most KR arcana players run Four of a kind instead of serendipity ? Is it due to some recent balance patch
Hey do you have an updated card %chance with the balance update? I'm curious what the new distribution will be with the buff to drawing some of the better dps cards
Here's the original inven link of someone doing 2k card draws on the new patch if you're motivated enough to translate. I'll probably upload some sort of video on arcana changes as we get closer to patch time. m.inven.co.kr/board/lostark/5346/122893?stype=nickname&svalue=Angdensity+
yeah the rotation really needs to adapt to the situation on this class, theres no constant rotation as you saw in the closing clip because when you're in boundless mana you'll get rain quick enough that you never serendipity until you leave that state, or unless you get a judgement/cull. notice at 4:40 if you used call of destiny and/or a call of destiny at 4:55 you probably would have reached boundless mana state for second rain so it only has a 8 second cooldown. you were only 1 skill away from hitting the state. sometimes you leave the boundless mana state quicker too because of cutscenes or mana cards, or just boss mechanics making you stall. thats usually when i see myself using serendipity as a filler because i'll have a second long cd rain.
What do you think about the other ULT? Since with revamp we get more of the important cards, do you think the other ult could be useful especially in longer fights/solos?
The current ult hits pretty hard so it'd be difficult to replace. It'd be interesting to try to calculate the average value of a card and compare though!
Love the video finally in debth English speaker. Tho you don't seem to make the sheets just use the Korean ones. I am following sort of what Koreans said optimal thing is so I do run rain and garden primarily, and I did swap to raid captain so I am 5x3 +1 and my dps in trixsion sucks ass and I saw on dif video u get 3k with no cards used I think I went to 2.6 to 2.8. Didn't try many times tho. My gs was 1480 at the time so I am not sure what was issue. But I didn't use yearning buff simulation. Didn't wanna practise a lot as with new patch gameplay will be Easter with 2 buff skills and no card draw on tripods just meter.
What I am curious about his how arcana performs compared to other classes when your card rng for getting good cards is bad(For example, pulling just mana/utility cards for most of the time in raids/not pulling cull/judgement cards as often), or how she performs when she doesn't use cards at all. Does having bad rng with arcana prevent you from getting mvps at that point, even if you were to play her perfectly? I am wondering this cause people say she can only have a high ceiling in dmg(even higher than an igniter sorcs), assuming her rng is good, but is it still possible to reach that celling if her rng is on the bad/avg side, but you play her well?
Over longer fights the rng will typically average out because your card generation is fairly high with quick draw on call of destiny. You can definitely have pulls where your card draws will significantly impact your chances of mvp but those are very rare in legion raids. Not using cards at all the dps is definitely lower than other classes but half the fun is the ceiling that getting good draws can provide imo. The last time I was in trixion good card draws vs average ones was like a 600k dps swing but keep in mind those are much shorter than actual raid encounters. Hopefully this answers the question!
Whats your opinion on if you miss a stack skill during a rotation? Is it beneficial to just hold the ruin skill till the next return rotation or throw the ruin skill so the rest of the rotation down the line doesn't get delayed.
Not too sure on how the math would work out on non-4 stack on ruin skills. I normally just wait til I have some way of stacking it to 4 before using the ruin skill. You may have to do something like scratch > 1 hit spiral edge > ruin > 2 hit spiral edge > quadra if your cooldowns are out of sync. Potentially worth messing around with I suppose!
if we have a 3 ruin skill enabler should we wait for all 3 ruins kills to be wihtin 4 seconds of cds or just hit 2 off cd and then just 3 ruin if eveyrthings cds lines up?
Thanks really good and potential guide that i keep finding keep it up it really help dumb arcana like me who always hit a stagger mvp not a cruel xD but am i right for using every card in every rotation even single judgement and return is up and use all 3 ruin end up seren no crit sadge
@@elfyyy there are a lot of positives and negatives to all the different build variations that exist post-balance patch that would be too hard to cover in just a comment. I'll figure out a way to elaborate on them further whether it be in the class discord on a document or in a video style format when I have more time. 341 makes the most sense for me when I factor in why I enjoy the class and the content I try to do on it!
Also a point I forgot to mention that makes holding cards even worse --
"one thing you didn't mention that makes sitting on a card even worse is that once you draw the second card you lose any built up identity meter you have and you start from 0 again when you pop one of the cards"
this part will be especially important after the update because most of your card generation comes from meter rather than tripods
@@elfyyy to some extent yes however the inability of some of the builds post-patch to draw 2 cards at once and the value (joker) or int (star) some of these new card changes can bring changes the argument I think
GIGACHAD
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Omgg i saw you on asmons stream and u were absolutely cracked!!! You represented us arcanas well, it was beautiful :)
thanks!
After watching this video it feels like i've drawn the enlightenment card. Amazing job! Hope to see a future video going into the depths of the 431 build, prayge
Saw your video on my recommendation.
Just want to say thank you. Its pretty hard to find theorycrafting video for Lost Ark, even more for arcanist. Your video is a blessing xD
Thank you so much for the tips, I've been playing Arcana since NA release but I see myself making all these mistakes all the time, really appreciate the information!
23:50 Feels so nice after dumping adrenaline and barricade, not having to worry about protection rune awakenings or keeping stacks up during transitions anymore. Been so long since I played a non-adren dps character that I still get anxious not pressing buttons while a boss is un-targetable.
thanks for the tips!
wow the celebrity guild leader is really smart, thanks for the tips and tricks
Thank you very much for the video man. I'm not a good arcana and this video helped point out a ton of things I wasn't doing right. Feel like I can make some improvements after watching this !!
Thank you for making this, Dr. Arcana
Im using raid captain 3 jiudao build he recommends and the class is super fun , nice video
Really good video actually
My 1370 lopang slave arcana now pumps in p1 argos thank you UseumYT!!!!
thank you for this video!
This guy gets it
thanks i am now an arcana GOD
thank you for work keys and crack
Hi Arcana PHD great video
Numerical values for the skills/buffs/cards combos are highly appreciated.
Thanks
good guide
good.
Hey great video. Just after your thoughts on using 3 head to full stack before starting 3 ruin combo instead of weaving it in between blue skills.
Definitely still fine. There's a lot of flexibility in how you stack as long as you fit all three skills in tbh
Hey wanted to say thanks a bunch for the in-depth breakdown and example rotations. Really helped me push more dmg in raids on my arcana. Was wondering if you know why most KR arcana players run Four of a kind instead of serendipity ? Is it due to some recent balance patch
Yeah four of a kind is buffed post balance patch
@@useumm Yeah thought so. Also any reason why you're running raid captain over barricade ?
@@RandomFurry mostly for future proofing my build. Both are fine but I think raid captain is better with 341 builds post patch.
Ah I see thanks for the content and replies man it really helps out a lot :)
Brain user vid. Nice
Goatseumm
Hey do you have an updated card %chance with the balance update? I'm curious what the new distribution will be with the buff to drawing some of the better dps cards
Here's the original inven link of someone doing 2k card draws on the new patch if you're motivated enough to translate. I'll probably upload some sort of video on arcana changes as we get closer to patch time. m.inven.co.kr/board/lostark/5346/122893?stype=nickname&svalue=Angdensity+
yeah the rotation really needs to adapt to the situation on this class, theres no constant rotation as you saw in the closing clip because when you're in boundless mana you'll get rain quick enough that you never serendipity until you leave that state, or unless you get a judgement/cull.
notice at 4:40 if you used call of destiny and/or a call of destiny at 4:55 you probably would have reached boundless mana state for second rain so it only has a 8 second cooldown. you were only 1 skill away from hitting the state.
sometimes you leave the boundless mana state quicker too because of cutscenes or mana cards, or just boss mechanics making you stall. thats usually when i see myself using serendipity as a filler because i'll have a second long cd rain.
What do you think about the other ULT? Since with revamp we get more of the important cards, do you think the other ult could be useful especially in longer fights/solos?
The current ult hits pretty hard so it'd be difficult to replace. It'd be interesting to try to calculate the average value of a card and compare though!
Love the video finally in debth English speaker. Tho you don't seem to make the sheets just use the Korean ones. I am following sort of what Koreans said optimal thing is so I do run rain and garden primarily, and I did swap to raid captain so I am 5x3 +1 and my dps in trixsion sucks ass and I saw on dif video u get 3k with no cards used I think I went to 2.6 to 2.8. Didn't try many times tho. My gs was 1480 at the time so I am not sure what was issue. But I didn't use yearning buff simulation. Didn't wanna practise a lot as with new patch gameplay will be Easter with 2 buff skills and no card draw on tripods just meter.
you gonna make a phd for the four of a kind build now we have the patch?
Yeah whenever I'm less busy with work I'm planning on doing something for both the new arty and arcana setups
What I am curious about his how arcana performs compared to other classes when your card rng for getting good cards is bad(For example, pulling just mana/utility cards for most of the time in raids/not pulling cull/judgement cards as often), or how she performs when she doesn't use cards at all. Does having bad rng with arcana prevent you from getting mvps at that point, even if you were to play her perfectly? I am wondering this cause people say she can only have a high ceiling in dmg(even higher than an igniter sorcs), assuming her rng is good, but is it still possible to reach that celling if her rng is on the bad/avg side, but you play her well?
Over longer fights the rng will typically average out because your card generation is fairly high with quick draw on call of destiny. You can definitely have pulls where your card draws will significantly impact your chances of mvp but those are very rare in legion raids. Not using cards at all the dps is definitely lower than other classes but half the fun is the ceiling that getting good draws can provide imo. The last time I was in trixion good card draws vs average ones was like a 600k dps swing but keep in mind those are much shorter than actual raid encounters. Hopefully this answers the question!
Whats your opinion on if you miss a stack skill during a rotation? Is it beneficial to just hold the ruin skill till the next return rotation or throw the ruin skill so the rest of the rotation down the line doesn't get delayed.
Not too sure on how the math would work out on non-4 stack on ruin skills.
I normally just wait til I have some way of stacking it to 4 before using the ruin skill.
You may have to do something like scratch > 1 hit spiral edge > ruin > 2 hit spiral edge > quadra if your cooldowns are out of sync.
Potentially worth messing around with I suppose!
if we have a 3 ruin skill enabler should we wait for all 3 ruins kills to be wihtin 4 seconds of cds or just hit 2 off cd and then just 3 ruin if eveyrthings cds lines up?
Initial instinct is that it's probably not worth waiting a long time for seren cooldown if you don't have it up.
o shittuh ur on asmons stream
I have the recording I need to find some time to edit but it was good content!
Could you make a guide for 431?
I'll do content for it when I get back from my work trip. Unfortunately won't be for another couple weeks though!
what is the optimal setup if not running barrier and protection runes
typically if people are dropping barricade they're running either empress 3 or raid captain 3 instead.
Thanks really good and potential guide that i keep finding keep it up it really help dumb arcana like me who always hit a stagger mvp not a cruel xD
but am i right for using every card in every rotation even single judgement and return is up and use all 3 ruin end up seren no crit sadge
Are you planning to keep Serendipity when balance patch rolls out or switch to Four of a Kind?
My current plan is to go 341, so both!
@@useumm would you mind elaborating on that? is it the counter or something else?
@@elfyyy there are a lot of positives and negatives to all the different build variations that exist post-balance patch that would be too hard to cover in just a comment. I'll figure out a way to elaborate on them further whether it be in the class discord on a document or in a video style format when I have more time. 341 makes the most sense for me when I factor in why I enjoy the class and the content I try to do on it!
Nerdge
IM assuming new patych wil lchange this?
Depends on the build you're planning on running for post-patch.
@@useumm What are your thoughts on Four of a kind post patch and do you thing its worth using over Serendipity?
@@FripFrops88 definitely worth using I'm just not sure if I want to run a 4 ruin skill build or just the 3 while dropping seren yet though!
Why did you choose to play empress instead of emperor?
I didn't enjoy emperor as much when I tried it
wow the celebrity guild leader is really smart, thanks for the tips and tricks
wow the celebrity guild leader is really smart, thanks for the tips and tricks