Welcome to Arcane Rising card preview season! We're going to kick things off by revealing exactly what everyone wants to know - what is arcane?! How better to do that, than with the most classic of all spell caster classes, the Wizard.

What is Arcane Damage

Arcane damage is how the caster classes of Rathe inflict damage on opposing heroes. It does not use the combat chain as arcane damage is an effect, not an "attack", therefore it can't be defended using the defense value of cards like you would vs a melee attack.

In a simplistic way, you can draw a line between the melee classes and Wizard like this: