Enigma Blade

Enigma Blade

An active ability found on the second slot of Arcane Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Enigma Blade	Energy Cost	14/16 23/25	Combine up to two abilities. The combo resets after 4s 1st: Enigma Blade: Conjure a magic blade that hits all enemies in a cone in the targeted direction, dealing 474/520 magical damage. Hitting at least one enemy enables the next combo ability. 2nd Flicker: Teleport to the targeted position (cannot teleport through obstacles). Grants immunity to damage for 0.2s.
	Cast Time	0s/0s
	Range	13m
	Cooldown	20s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1100 item power. Spells with x/y values refer to 1h weapon/2h weapon values.

Equipment

Magic Weapon Adept's Arcane Staff Adept's Enigmatic Staff Adept's Evensong Adept's Great Arcane Staff Adept's Malevolent Locus Adept's Occult Staff Adept's Witchwork Staff Elder's Arcane Staff Elder's Enigmatic Staff Elder's Evensong Elder's Great Arcane Staff Elder's Malevolent Locus Elder's Occult Staff Elder's Witchwork Staff Expert's Arcane Staff Expert's Enigmatic Staff Expert's Evensong Expert's Great Arcane Staff Expert's Malevolent Locus Expert's Occult Staff Expert's Witchwork Staff Grandmaster's Arcane Staff Grandmaster's Enigmatic Staff Grandmaster's Evensong Grandmaster's Great Arcane Staff Grandmaster's Malevolent Locus Grandmaster's Occult Staff Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff Journeyman's Arcane Staff Master's Arcane Staff Master's Enigmatic Staff Master's Evensong Master's Great Arcane Staff Master's Malevolent Locus Master's Occult Staff Master's Witchwork Staff

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 21.000.1	21 November 2022	Beyond the Veil Update	With Arcane Staffs so strong in Crystal League, and Enigma Blade often outshining other W abilities, Flicker’s cooldown has been increased to dampen this ability somewhat. This will add depth to the ability, as casters can choose whether to only use Enigma Blade, or to also gain extra mobility at the cost of higher cooldown. To make Frazzle more useful, it again has "damage taken increase" effect on targets, independent of resistances. This allows for more unique damage-amplifying roles. Enigma Blade (all Arcane Staffs): Flicker Cooldown: 15s → 20s Frazzle (all Arcane Staffs): Energy cost: 9 → 7% of Max energy Now reduces Bonus Defense vs players and mobs by 30% Removed the Resistance Reduction
Version 20.070.1	5 October 2022	Into the Fray Patch 7	Arcane Staffs The recent Arcane Staff rework made them very popular, but also created a few issues. Firstly, their damage output in 5v5 was too high, so to tone this down consecutive jumps of Chain Missile now deal significantly less damage. This also offers more counter play through body-blocking the projectile to reduce damage to the backline. Its damage in 1v1 is unchanged. Enigma Blade provided a little too much value for a W-slot ability, so its damage output has been toned down a bit. Great Arcane provides a lot of utility in ZvZ and is especially strong as a defensive weapon. The main intended counter to this is to bait the Time Freeze out before committing fully to an attack - however, the short invulnerability window allowed Time Freeze to be chained quite frequently in a large-scale fight. To make a baited Time Freeze more impactful, players are now invulnerable to a further Time Freeze for a significantly longer time. Finally, Dark Sphere’s recent buffs made it much more reliable, but this reliability made its slow too oppressive. The strength of its slow has now been reduced accordingly. Chain Missile (all Arcane Staffs): Arcane Charge Duration: 6s → 3s Projectile Bounce Range: 8m → 7m Damage for each bounce after the first: 121 → 60 (The first target hit still takes 121 damage) Enigma Blade (all Arcane Staffs): Damage: 180 → 165 Time Freeze (Great Arcane): Cooldown increased by 10s Player Immunity after a Player Freeze: 5s → 15s The Time Freeze Immunity is now displayed as a visual buff on players Dark Sphere (Evensong): Slow Strength: 25% → 15%
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)