Way of the Archmage

Way of the Archmage is a weapon skill tree associated with the staff (not to be confused with the quarterstaff).

List of skills

Skill	Prerequisites	SP Cost	Levels?	Description
Magic Staff Proficiency	None	10 SP	None	Allows the user to equip staves.
_{(Upper Branch)}
Arcane Eruption	Magic Staff Proficiency	4 SP	3	Deliver an AoE blast of TRACE energy.
Scorched Earth	Arcane Eruption	5 SP	3	Your AoE attacks with the staff leave lingering fields of arcane flame.
Maelstrom	Scorched Earth	6 SP	2	Creates a large AoE that roots enemies affected.
Arcane Supremacy	Maelstrom, Conduit	6 SP	3	Your staff skill deal increased damage against enemies suffering from debuffs.
_{(Central Branch)}
Arcane Bolt	Magic Staff Proficiency	3 SP	3	Fires a bolt of TRACE energy that deals heavy damage.
Conduit	Arcane Bolt	6 SP	3	Each time a staff skill damages a target, build charge. When fully charged, your next staff skill deals a large amount of bonus damage.
TRACE Siphon	Conduit	4 SP	2	Fill your staff with TRACE energy, increasing your magical damage by 30% for 3 turns.
Obliteration	TRACE Siphon	6 SP	3	Deal a huge amount of damage to a single target at range, automatically overwhelming any opposing projectile that attempts to clash with this attack.
_{(Bottom Branch)}
Arcane Ward	Magic Staff Proficiency	5 SP	None	A priority bonus action which creates a magical barrier which blocks all incoming physical and magical attacks.
Wellspring	Arcane Ward	4 SP	3	Each time you use a staff ability which costs TRACE, a portion of the TRACE cost is refunded.
Spell Amplification	Wellspring	6 SP	None	Increases all magical damage by 10%.
TRACE Mastery	Spell Amplification	6 SP	None	Increases your TRACE reserve by 15% and your Intelligence by 10%.
Unyielding Will	Wellspring, Conduit	6 SP	3	Gain additional magical damage every turn you spend without moving.
Cataclysmic Finish	Unyielding Will	7 SP	2	An unblockable attack which deals more damage the more health you're missing.

^{Where possible, skill lists will try to emulate the shape and flow of the in-game skill tree to ensure optimal readability, however this will not always be possible due to the shapes or interconnectivity possessed by some trees.}

skills