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Stats inElden Ring Nightreignare the foundation for your character, and building your character right is crucial forwinning an expedition. While some stats, such as health and stamina, are great on any character, some are much more unique and only work with certain characters, weapons, and builds.
Arcane is one of those unique stats that is incredible when used in the right situation, but not every character should pick it up. Here’s what Arcane does and how it scales, along with good builds and things that help build off your Arcane stat.
What Does Arcane Do In Elden Ring Nightreign?
Your Arcane stat boosts the overall effectiveness of status effects done by your weapons, sorceries, and incantations. Your Arcane stat canincrease how much build-up is done for any status effect, making them trigger more often. Status effects can be hit or miss, as some enemies can be resistant to a status effect, and the buildup will occur a lot less often. There are multiple status effects that players can utilize inNightreign:
A lot of weapons come with status effect build-ups, and if you’re using one, it may be worthwhile to invest in your Arcane stat.Through relics, you can alsogive your starting weapons a status effect bonus, in which case it may be worthwhile to just upgrade that weapon throughout the expedition instead of finding new ones.
Is Arcane Worth It In Elden Ring Nightreign?
Every Nightlord has a weakness that can be exploited, and some of those weaknesses are status ailments. Arcane can be a very worthwhile upgrade as long as youknow a Nightlord’s weaknessand are specifically targeting it. Arcane can also beworthwhile on more general builds, such as Bleed builds, as a lot of enemies in the game can be inflicted with Bleed. The following classes are great choices for Arcane as long as you have a weapon or spell that causes a status effect:
It’s best to find a relic that gives a status effect boost to your starting weapon, to make sure you always have one that can be upgraded should that be your only option. Of the classes listed above, theExecutor is by far the best with the highest Arcane base stat scaling, and his starting weapon is a katana that has the bleed status effect.
