Arcane Cloak

Arcane Cloak is a guard skill that consumes a large amount of mana to apply a buff that absorbs incoming damage for a short period of time. The buff absorbs more damage and grants added lightning damage the more mana was spent.

Skill functions and interactions
Guard skill: Guard skills share cooldown with other guard skills. They do not go on cooldown until the buff they provide expires.

Mana spent: The mana consumed by Arcane Cloak is considered spent mana, which means it can interact with effects based on mana spent, such as and.

Mana cost: Arcane Cloak technically has a mana cost of 0. The mana spent by the skill is unaffected by cost modifiers.

All Guard skills
Below are the skill gems with the Guard gem tag:

Version history

 * The visual effects have been improved.
 * Now has a mana cost of 0 (rather than no mana cost).
 * Fixed a bug where Arcane Cloak could consume Energy Shield or Life instead of Mana as part of its extra spending.


 * Arcane Cloak has been added to the game.
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