Returning player - Build question

seipher09 · March 10

I have not played in years and I see multiclassing is added. I am a bit confused about a build I keep seeing and am curious what makes this so good.

I see the Arcanist using a STAMINA build with Abyssal Impact to gain health and create crux. But oddly I see people stating to still use Fatecarver even though that is a magic ability doing magic damage and not scaling off my stamina. So what makes this worth using? It seems to make more sense to just go magic build and use Runeblade no?

r3turn2s3nd3r · March 10

seipher09 wrote: »

But oddly I see people stating to still use Fatecarver even though that is a magic ability doing magic damage and not scaling off my stamina.

The bolded part is incorrect. This was the case when you played years ago, not any more. Damage / healing all now scales off your highest offensive stats.

Second minor thing to point out about Fatecarver, it's resource cost is determined my your highest resource. So on a max stam build, it's a stamina ability doing magic damage.

Soarora · March 10

Welcome to hybridization, where almost everyone uses daggers and the answer to sustain problems is to slot more skills of the opposite resource. I hope you enjoy your stay. (Personally, I love hybridization but I’m biased because I never got into the one stat build crafting— I’ve ALWAYS played hybrid.)