Skeletal Arcanist Skill - ESO

Skeletal Arcanist is a skill in the Grave Lord skill line under the Necromancer category in ESO (the Elder Scrolls Online)

Grave Lord

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Cost: 2970 Magicka

Target: Area

Duration: 20 seconds

Radius: 5 meters

Effect

Unearth a skeletal mage from the dirt to fight by your side for 20 seconds, while granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. The mage attacks the closest enemy every 2 seconds, dealing 478 Shock Damage to them and all other enemies nearby. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat.

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Name: Skeletal Arcanist
Found in: Necromancer > Grave Lord
and Skeletal Mage Rank IV

Skeletal Arcanist is a skill in the Grave Lord skill line under the Necromancer category in ESO (the Elder Scrolls Online).

Buffs

Status effects

Concussion

Champion Points that buff Skeletal Arcanist

Backstabber (only while slotted)
Biting Aura (only while slotted)
Fighting Finesse (only while slotted)
Master-at-Arms (only while slotted)
Piercing
Precision
Untamed Aggression (only while slotted)
War Mage
Wrathful Strikes (only while slotted)

Unmorphed version

Skeletal Mage

Other morph

Skeletal Archer

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Grave Lord skills

Ultimate abilities
Frozen Colossus	Unleash a frostbitten Flesh Colossus to pulverize enemies in the area. The Colossus smashes the ground three times over 3 seconds, dealing 3096 Frost Damage with each smash. Dealing damage applies Major Vulnerability to any enemy hit for 12 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 10%.
Glacial Colossus	Unleash a frostbitten Flesh Colossus to pulverize enemies in the area. The Colossus smashes the ground three times over 3 seconds, dealing 3098 Frost Damage with each smash. The final smash stuns all enemies hit for 4 seconds. Dealing damage applies Major Vulnerability to any enemy hit for 17 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 10%. Increases the duration of Major Vulnerability and the final smash stuns all enemies hit.
Pestilent Colossus	Unleash a pestilent Flesh Colossus to pulverize enemies in the area. The Colossus smashes the ground three times over 3 seconds, dealing 3200 3360, and 3528 Disease Damage with the first, second, and third smash. Dealing damage applies the Diseased status effect and Major Vulnerability to any enemy hit for 12 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 10%. Deals Disease Damage. The Colossus deals more damage with each smash and always applies the Diseased status effect.
Active abilities
Flame Skull	Lob an explosive skull at an enemy, dealing 2090 Flame Damage. Every third cast of this ability deals 50% increased damage.
Ricochet Skull	Lob an explosive skull at an enemy, dealing 2160 Flame Damage. Every third cast of this ability deals 50% increased damage and will bounce up to 2 times to other nearby enemies. The third cast of the skull will bounce to other nearby enemies.
Venom Skull	Lob an explosive skull at an enemy, dealing 2160 Poison Damage. Every third cast of this ability deals 50% increased damage. While slotted, casting any Necromancer ability while you are in combat will count towards the third cast. Converts into a Stamina ability and deals Poison Damage. Casting any Necromancer ability counts towards the third cast.
Sacrificial Bones	Summon a skeleton from the ground after 2.5 seconds. The skeleton leaps to you, sacrificing the fallen soul within and enhancing your necromantic energies for 10 seconds, increasing your damage done with class abilities and damage over time effects by 15%. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat.
Blighted Blastbones	Summon a decaying skeleton from the ground after 2.5 seconds. The skeleton runs after the target and explodes when it gets close to them, dealing 3600 Disease Damage to all enemies nearby and applying the Diseased status effect and Major Defile to them for 4 seconds, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. Creates a corpse on death. Converts into a Stamina ability that deals Disease Damage to enemies instead of empowering you. Applies Major Defile and the Diseased status effect to enemies hit.
Grave Lord's Sacrifice	Summon a skeleton from the ground after 2.5 seconds. The skeleton leaps to you, sacrificing the fallen soul within and mastering your necromantic energies for 20 seconds, increasing your damage done with class abilities and damage over time effects by 15%. While active, your third cast of Flame Skull damages in an area and creates a corpse near the enemy. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat. Increases the duration. While active, your third Flame Skull deals damage in an area and creates a corpse.
Boneyard	Desecrate the ground at the target location, dealing 3080 Frost Damage over 10 seconds to enemies inside and applying Minor Vulnerability, increasing their damage taken by 5%. Consumes a corpse on cast to deal 30% more damage. An ally in the area can activate the Grave Robber synergy, dealing 2249 Frost Damage to nearby enemies and healing for the damage done.
Avid Boneyard	Desecrate the ground at the target location, dealing 3190 Frost Damage over 10 seconds to enemies inside and applying Minor Vulnerability, increasing their damage taken by 5%. Consumes a corpse on cast to deal 30% more damage. You or an ally in the area can activate the Grave Robber synergy, dealing 2249 Frost Damage to enemies and healing for the damage done. You can use your own synergy.
Unnerving Boneyard	Desecrate the ground at the target location, dealing 3190 Frost Damage over 10 seconds to enemies inside and applying Major Breach and Minor Vulnerability, reducing Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 and increasing damage taken by 5% for 4.1 seconds each tick. Consumes a corpse on cast to deal 30% more damage. An ally in the area can activate the Grave Robber synergy, dealing 2249 Frost Damage to nearby enemies and healing for the damage done. Applies Major Breach and Minor Vulnerability each tick, persisting for a duration when enemies leave the area.
Skeletal Mage	Unearth a skeletal mage from the dirt to fight by your side for 20 seconds, while granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. The mage attacks the closest enemy every 2 seconds, dealing 462 Shock Damage. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat.
Skeletal Arcanist	Unearth a skeletal mage from the dirt to fight by your side for 20 seconds, while granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. The mage attacks the closest enemy every 2 seconds, dealing 478 Shock Damage to them and all other enemies nearby. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat. The mage deals damage to all enemies around the initial target.
Skeletal Archer	Unearth a skeletal archer from the dirt to fight by your side for 20 seconds, while granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. The archer attacks the closest enemy every 2 seconds, dealing 463 Physical Damage. Each time the archer deals damage, it deals 15% more damage than the previous attack. Creates a corpse on death if you are in combat. Converts into a Stamina ability and deals Physical Damage. The archer deals more damage with each attack.
Shocking Siphon	Violently drain the last spark of life from a corpse, dealing 6150 Shock Damage over 20 seconds to all enemies around the corpse and between you and the corpse. You also gain Major Savagery and Prophecy for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. While slotted, your damage done is increased by 3%.
Detonating Siphon	Violently drain the last spark of life from a corpse, dealing 6180 Disease Damage over 20 seconds to all enemies around the corpse and between you and the corpse. You also gain Major Savagery and Prophecy for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. When the siphon ends the corpse explodes, dealing an additional 1799 Disease Damage to all enemies nearby. While slotted, your damage done is increased by 3%. Ability now deals Disease Damage. The corpse explodes at the end of the siphon, dealing additional damage.
Mystic Siphon	Violently drain the last spark of life from a corpse, dealing 6180 Shock Damage over 20 seconds to all enemies around the corpse and between you and the corpse. You also gain Major Savagery and Prophecy for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. While siphoning the corpse you gain 150 Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery. While slotted, your damage done is increased by 3%. Your Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery increases while siphoning the corpse.

Passive abilities
Reusable Parts	When your Sacrificial Bones, Skeletal Mage, or Spirit Mender dies, the cost of your next Sacrificial Bones, Skeletal Mage, or Spirit Mender is reduced by 50%.
Death Knell	Increases your Critical Strike Chance against enemies under 25% Health by 10% for each Grave Lord ability slotted.
Dismember	While a Grave Lord ability is active, your Spell and Physical Penetration are increased by 1500.
Rapid Rot	Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 10%.

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