Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff

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Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff

Description
Equipment Item
Tier
7
Weight
17.1 kg
Item value
3840

General Information

The Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff is a Tier 7 Arcane Staff which may be obtained by crafting or via the Market Place.

There are three options for the Q spell slot: Chain Missle (First), Arcane Protection (First), and Magic Shock (First)

There are four options for the W spell slot: Enigma Blade (Second) Motivating Cleanse (Second), Frazzle (Second), Empowering Beam (Second), and Mimic (Second)

There is one option for the E spell slot: Black Hole (Third)

There are four options for the passive slot: Lingering Power (Passive), Energetic (Arcane Staffs) (Passive), Calmness (Passive), and Hush (Passive)

The Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff may have different Item Quality ranging from Normal to Masterpiece

The Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff Item Quality may be increased at a Repair Station for a fee


Crafting Requirements

In order to craft the Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff, players will need the following materials:

Tier 7.0 Witchwork Staff Recipe
Item Name Quantity
  Ashenbark Planks 16
  Meteorite Steel Bar 8
  Grandmaster's Lost Arcane Crystal
or
  Grandmaster's Crystallized Spirit 		1
Produces 1 x   Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff
Tier 7.1 Witchwork Staff Recipe
Item Name Quantity
  Uncommon Ashenbark Planks 16
  Uncommon Meteorite Steel Bar 8
  Grandmaster's Lost Arcane Crystal
or
  Grandmaster's Crystallized Spirit 		1
Produces 1 x   Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff
Tier 7.2 Witchwork Staff Recipe
Item Name Quantity
  Rare Ashenbark Planks 16
  Rare Meteorite Steel Bar 8
  Grandmaster's Lost Arcane Crystal
or
  Grandmaster's Crystallized Spirit 		1
Produces 1 x   Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff
Tier 7.3 Witchwork Staff Recipe
Item Name Quantity
  Exceptional Ashenbark Planks 16
  Exceptional Meteorite Steel Bar 8
  Grandmaster's Lost Arcane Crystal
or
  Grandmaster's Crystallized Spirit 		1
Produces 1 x   Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff

Stats

Grandmaster's Witchwork Staff
Item Quality Tier Item Power Magical damage DPS
Normal 7.0 1025 50 67/s
Good 7.0 1045 50 68/s
Outstanding 7.0 1065 51 69/s
Excellent 7.0 1085 52 70/s
Masterpiece 7.0 1125 54 72/s
Normal 7.1 1125 54 72/s
Good 7.1 1145 55 74/s
Outstanding 7.1 1165 55 75/s
Excellent 7.1 1185 56 76/s
Masterpiece 7.1 1225 58 78/s
Normal 7.2 1225 58 78/s
Good 7.2 1245 59 80/s
Outstanding 7.2 1265 60 81/s
Excellent 7.2 1285 61 82/s
Masterpiece 7.2 1325 63 85/s
Normal 7.3 1325 63 85/s
Good 7.3 1345 64 86/s
Outstanding 7.3 1365 65 88/s
Excellent 7.3 1385 66 89/s
Masterpiece 7.3 1425 68 92/s
Normal 7.4 1425 68 92/s
Good 7.4 1445 69 93/s
Outstanding 7.4 1465 70 95/s
Excellent 7.4 1485 71 96/s
Masterpiece 7.4 1525 74 99/s

Additional Arcane Staff Families

Families are split at tier 4 and above.

Arcane Staff Weapon Families

Additional Tiers of Witchwork Staff

Tiers of Witchwork Staff

Gallery

  • T7Witchwork.jpg

Related Patch Notes

Patch LinkDatePatch NamePatch Notes
Version 21.000.121 November 2022Beyond the Veil UpdateWith 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 20.070.15 October 2022Into the Fray Patch 7Arcane 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 20.050.125 August 2022Into the Fray Patch 5
  • Enigma Blade (all Arcane Staffs):
    • Damage: 200 → 180
  • Dark Sphere (Evensong):
    • Base Cooldown: 48s → 42s
    • Cooldown Reduction per 100 IP: 1.5s → 1s
    • Version 19.060.12 March 2022Lands Awakened Patch 6To make Mimic more flexible and less punishing, stealing an ability no longer triggers the cooldown if the ability is not used.
    • Mimic (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Timeout Cooldown 20s → 0s
    Version 18.110.113 October 2021Call to Arms Patch 11The Locus is a very strong support weapon in ZvZs. Previously it served a dual role when the frontline engaged or was engaged by removing the enemy’s buffs and cleansing all allies, thereby acting as both offensive and defensive support. To encourage more considered decisions in these situations, the Purge effect of the Void has been removed. This opens up the ZvZ meta to other support weapons, with less focus on this single item. Additionally, the max target count for Motivating Cleanse was increased to make it more useful in large-scale fights.
    • Motivating Cleanse (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Max affected targets: 5 → 10
    • Void (Malevolent Locus):
      • No longer purges enemies
    Version 18.090.128 July 2021Call to Arms Patch 9Added 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)
    Version 18.040.16 May 2021Call to Arms Patch 4 (Balance Patch)Arcane Staffs

    While Black Hole finds its uses in PvE, its cast range has been increased to make it more attractive in PvP. The adjustment to Dark Sphere is primarily for server performance, as reducing it from 5 to 3 auras ensures better performance in large fights.

    • Black Hole (Witchwork Staff):
      • Cast Range: 11m → 14m
    • Dark Sphere (Evensong):
      • Max Enemy targets to get an Aura: 5 → 3
      • Healing Received Reduction: 20% → 25%
      • Damage Reduction vs players: 20% → 25%
      • Damage Reduction vs mobs: 8% → 12%
    Version 18.000.117 March 2021Call to Arms Update
  • Magic Shock (all Arcane Staffs):
    • Cooldown: 4s → 5s
    • Version 1.17.406.1804882 December 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 10 and Hotfix 10.1Arcane Staffs
    • Magic Shock (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Damage: 125→ 150
    • Mimic (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Energy cost to mimic abilities: 3→ 0
      • Time window to cast mimicked ability: 8s→ 20s
      • Casting on self (or Arcane Staff) now mimics the ability Magic Shock on the W-slot, allowing Magic Shock on Q and W slots with separate cooldowns
    Version 1.17.406.17709621 October 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 7 / Brimstone & Mist Midseason Update and Hotfix 7.1Arcane Staffs
    • Magic Shock (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Range: 12m → 13m
      • Cooldown: 5s → 4s
      • Damage: 150 → 125
      • Silence Duration: 1s → 0.85s
    • Empowering Beam (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Damage Increase per stack: 10% → 8%
    • Dark Sphere (Evensong):
      • Healing Reduction: 15% - 20%
      • Damage Reduction vs Players: 15% → 20%
    Version 1.17.403.17236912 August 2020Rise of Avalon Update and Hotfix 1, 2
  • Removed the Arcane Purge ability
  • Added new W-slot ability: Mimic (all Arcane Staffs):
    • Temporarily get access to a W-Slot ability of another player. The ability you can mimic depends on the target's equipped weapon.
    • List of available abilities:
      • Arcane Staffs: Mimic (i.e. you keep the ability and nothing happens)
      • Axes: Raging Blades
      • Bows: Ray of Light
      • Crossbows: Noise Eraser
      • Cursed Staffs: Armor Piercer
      • Daggers: Chain Slash
      • Fire Staffs: Wall of Flames
      • Frost Staffs: Frost Nova
      • Hammers: Inertia Ring
      • Holy Staffs: Holy Orb
      • Maces: Snare Charge
      • Nature Staffs: Protection of Nature
      • Quarterstaffs: Forceful Swing
      • Spears: Deflecting Spin
      • Swords: Splitting Slash
  • Void (Malevolent Locus):
    • Channel Duration: 6s → 5s
    • Area Starting Radius: 3m → 2m
    • Area End Radius: 10m → 8m
    • Version 1.16.396.16656719 May 2020Queen Patch 12 (Season 9 Balance Patch) and Hotfix 12.1Arcane Staffs
    • Added New Q-Ability: Magic Shock (all Arcane Staffs):
      • 3m radius ground target area. Enemies hit receive 150 Magic Damage and are silenced for 0.85s.
      • Cooldown: 5s
      • Cast Time: 0.5s
    • Motivating Cleanse (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Can now be cast on the ground
      • Move Speed increase is now applied to up to 5 allies in range
      • Can be cast when stunned
      • Range: 9m → 11m
      • Energy Cost: 10 Energy → 10% of Max Energy
      • Move Speed Increase: 20% → 40%
      • Move Speed Increase Duration: 5s → 3s
    Version 1.16.396.1655505 May 2020Queen Patch 11 (Season 9 Patch) and Hotfixes 11.1, 11.2, 11.3Arcane Staffs
    • Void (Malevolent Locus):
      • Reduced Cooldowns based on Item Power as follows:
        • 900 IP = 48.6 → 46
        • 1200 IP = 45 → 40
        • 1700 IP = 39 → 30
    Version 1.16.393.16287725 March 2020Queen Patch 8Arcane Staffs
    • Void (Malevolent Locus):
      • Energy cost: 21 base energy → 20% of Max Energy (independent of Item Power)
      • Cooldown now scales with Item Power:
        • 1200 Item Power: 48s → 45s
        • 1700 Item Power: 42s → 39s
    Version 1.15.389.15534929 November 2019Percival Patch 11Arcane Staffs
    • Arcane Protection (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Duration: 4s → 2s
      • Shield Strength: 169.59 → 300.00
    Version 1.15.387.15021218 September 2019Percival Patch 5 (Midseason Patch)Arcane Staffs
    • Arcane Protection (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Range: 9m → 11m
    • Arcane Purge (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Range: 9m → 11m
      • Cast Time: 0.7s → 0.5s
      • Hit Delay: 0.4s → 0.2s
    • Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff):
      • Hit Delay: 0.8s → 1.1s
    • Void (Malevolent Locus):
      • Resistance Increase: +0.78 → +0.30
    Version 1.15.382.14585510 July 2019Percival UpdateArcane Staffs
    • Arcane Purge (all Arcane Staffs):
      • Cast Time: 1s → 0.7s
    • Void (Malevolent Locus):
      • Cast Time: 0s → 0.5s
    Version 1.14.381.1419879 May 2019Oberon Patch 5 (Midseason Patch)Arcane Staffs
    • Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff):
      • Freeze Duration: 3s → 4s
      • Cooldown 1200 IP: 34s → 30s
      • Cooldown 1700 IP: 30s → 26s
    Version 1.14.381.14125825 April 2019Oberon Patch #4
  • Polished sounds for all Nature, Arcane, and Holy Staff Spells according to their intensity, and fixed missing sounds
    • Version 1.13.369.13651320 February 2019Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7)Arcane Staffs
    • Frazzle (all Arcane Staffs)
      • Damage Taken Increased: 40% → 30%
    • Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff)
      • The freeze can't be cleansed anymore
      • Duration: 3.5s → 3s
    Version 1.13.369.13068421 November 2018Nimue UpdateArcane Staffs
    • Removed the spell Magic Sphere (Great Arcane Staff)
    • Added the new spell Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff):
      • Freezes time for all enemies in a 5m radius for 3.5s. (ignoring crowd control resistance) Frozen enemies can't move or cast and are immune to all types of spells. Enemy players are also immune to damage.
    • Arcane Orb (Arcane Staff)
      • Now purges only buffs, but no Heal Effects anymore.
    • Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff)
      • Shield Area: 4m → 5m
      • Cast Range: 9m → 12m
    Version 1.12.365.12659026 September 2018Merlyn Preseason Balance PatchArcane Staffs:
    • Energy Bolt (all Arcane Staffs)
      • Standtime: 0.4s → 0s
    • Frazzle (all Arcane Staffs)
      • Standtime: 0.4s → 0s
      • Cast Range: 9m → 11m
    • Arcane Orb (normal Arcane Staff)
      • Projectile Speed: 5.75 m/s → 14.3 m/s
    Version 1.12.365.12310131 July 2018Merlyn UpdateArcane Staffs:
    • Added the Passive Ability "Aggressive Caster"
    • Removed the Passive Ability "Magic Force"
    Version 1.11.362.11997120 June 2018Lancelot Patch #9Arcane Staffs
    • Time Corridor (Occult Staff)
      • Now also boosts attack speed of allies inside the area
      • Removed the Damage Over Time effect
    Version 1.11.362.1168762 May 2018Lancelot Midseason PatchArcane Staffs
    • Arcane Orb:
      • Removed the knockback
      • Silence Duration: 1.08 -> 1.68
      • Damage: 37.93 -> 73.01
    • Time Corridor:
      • Slow Strength: 25% -> 30%
      • Damage per Tick: 16.05 -> 18.35
    • Void:
      • Cooldown: 30s -> 40s
    Version 1.11.358.11563511 April 2018Lancelot Patch #4
  • Arcane Staffs:
    • Energy Bolt:
      • Cast Range: 9m -> 11m
      • Now deals a separate damage value against mobs, independent of the mob’s energy.
    • Energy Beam:
      • Cast Range: 9m -> 11m
      • Cooldown: 15s -> 10s
      • Energy cost: 13 -> 0
    • Version 1.11.357.11340312 March 2018Lancelot UpdateArcane Staffs:
    • Energy Bolt
      • Min Damage: 86.58 -> 97.40
    • Arcane Protection:
      • Standtime: 0.2s -> 0s
    • Arcane Orb:
      • Now Purges enemies on hit
      • Cooldown: 15s -> 20s
      • Radius: 7m -> 6m
      • Silence Duration: 2.13 -> 1.08
      • Silence Duration is doubled when used against mobs
    Version 1.10.351.1095461 February 2018Kay Patch #3Additionally, Arcane Staff spell unlocking order has been changed:
    • Base Spells:
      • Frazzle, Energy Bolt, Energy Beam
    • Other spells unlock in this order:
      • Arcane Protection
      • Empowering Beam
      • Motivating Cleanse
      • Arcane Purge
    Version 1.10.351.1095461 February 2018Kay Patch #3
  • Arcane Protection:
    • If the target wears any plate armor, the target's threat generation is doubled. If the target wears any other armor, the target's threat generation is halved.
  • Energy Bolt:
    • The ability is now an active spell that damages enemies. Damage dealt is based on the target's remaining energy.
  • Frazzle:
    • Cast Time: 1.2s -> 1.5s
    • Cooldown: 0s -> 10s
    • Damage: 91.99 -> 103.11
    • No longer reduces resistances; instead increases the target's damage taken by 40%.
    • Debuff Duration: 7s -> 5s
    • Energy Cost: 4 -> 9
  • Empowering Beam:
    • Tick Interval: 0.3s -> 0.25s (this means the beam stacks up faster)
    • Max Channel Duration: 7.5s -> 5s
  • Energy Beam:
    • Can now also be cast on allies. When cast on allies it restores their energy.
    • Enemy energy loss: 6.30 -> 5.20
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