The Six Archetypes

How to read the in-game card

It is the ◆ Archetype panel on the Skills tab (the same as in the Simulator). The picture is of a Wizard with INT 100 and two Fire Core skills: the most confusing case, because two lines show the same number.

• ACTIVE — the line in effect right now. Only it counts; the other five do not add up.
• the condition ✓/✗ — the first lock: something equipped (anchor, shield, chain, party buff, element pair) or built (critical damage). The line’s tooltip says what is missing and which skills from your line work.
• INT 100 min. 40 ✓ — the second lock: how much you invested in that archetype’s attribute, and the minimum. Only points spent on the sheet; attributes from gear do not count.
• gear 0% — how much of the channel’s gear you already wear. When it is low, what is missing is gear, not attributes.
• if active ×1.32 — the number on a locked line is hypothetical: what it would give if both locks closed.
• the nudge — below the lines, the box says what the best locked archetype asks for. Click a valid line to lock the choice (locking never gives more damage, only predictability).

How the number comes out

Your mastery has two sources that add up: the points you invested in the archetype’s attribute and the gear that fills its channel. The result multiplies your damage, and it grows faster than a straight line: each extra piece in the channel is worth more than the one before.

The channel weighs far more than the attribute: the attribute alone gives a small gain, and it is the class set that takes the multiplier far. The "gear" column on the card shows how much of the channel you have gathered; each channel has its own scale, so completing one is worth the same as completing another. Ascension archetype nodes add on top. Your build’s exact number is on the in-game card and in the Simulator.

Two locks before it counts

Only one counts, the biggest. If the build meets two conditions you get the stronger one, never the sum. And attributes from gear do not count: only the points you spent.

Each one costs a different slot

For each archetype: what it is, what the condition means, what counts and what does not, the skills of each line that meet the condition and the biggest pieces for the channel.

Each class’s archetype

Each class’s exclusive gear carries its archetype’s channel. The main one is what the class pieces fill to the top; the secondary is a change of style, not a stack. The game always picks the highest valid value.

Closing the Elemental pair

The CORE rotation unlocks it: two rotation skills with the same element (neutral does not count). Gear with damage vs element makes the archetype worth more, but does not turn it on. 2nd, 3rd and Transcendent skills only work on their branch.

Swordman

Mage

Archer

Acolyte

Thief

Merchant

Taekwon

Ninja

What fills each channel

Each piece’s tooltip says which archetype the effect feeds. The scale of each channel is the sum a top set delivers:

How to scale, by order of leverage

1. Meet the condition

   Without it, zero. The ◆ Archetype card shows all six with ✓ or ✗ on each half and puts on top the one that would be worth the most if unlocked.

2. Gather your class pieces

   The main source. Each class’s exclusive gear carries its archetype’s channel; generic gear with the same effect yields less. Since the gain grows faster than a straight line, the second piece yields more than the first.

3. Awaken and refine

   Awakening multiplies everything the piece gives, channel included. On mythics, refining adds channel at milestones, and ★ multiplies that too. Cards do not scale with the piece’s ★.

   Rarity	★10 multiplies by	A 40% effect becomes
   Epic	1.8×	72%
   Legendary	2.2×	88%
   Mythic	2.8×	112%

4. Awakening marks (★3, ★6, ★9)

   On the weapon: Precision (critical), Pack (summoner), Chain (combo), Affinity (elemental), Guardian or Regency. On accessories: Pack, Guardian and Regency. Repeating the same trait stacks.

   Rarity	Each Precision mark gives	Three equal marks
   Epic	12.8%	38.4%
   Legendary	19.2%	57.6%
   Mythic	28.8%	86.4%

5. Cards

   They count in full and do not scale. The ones that fill a channel appear in the piece lists above.

6. Ascension

   Each archetype has a node, permanent, for the whole account, added outside the channel cap.

   Alcateia, Harmonia, Regência, Letalidade, Sentinela, Encadear

7. Only then invest the attribute

   From the floor of 40 to the cap of 130, the attribute alone gives little. It is the smallest lever, but passing the floor is mandatory.

Where you stand

The ◆ Archetype card shows the multiplier in effect and what each one is missing. To see the channel fraction before spending, build it in the Simulator: the "gear" column is exactly this page’s fraction.