Talk:Arcane Arachne/@comment-2604:2000:1105:42D1:A09D:5F32:3779:75A5-20181201092412

All right, short bit of testing I did.

Arcane arachne works on melee weapons and projectiles.

It works on Exalted Blade as well, as well as the waves produced.

The weapon in question has to be equipped.

If you swap off the weapon, your charges will stay on that weapon. The exception being Exalted Blade, as it technically stops existing, at least the UI element disappears permanently. I haven't done enough testing to see if it ACTUALLY stays.

The arcane charge will NOT be consumed on melee weapons, extending to EB, if you hit ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Walls DO COUNT. Slam attacks that hit just the floor DO NOT.

The charge will NOT be consumed on EB if you do not hit with the blade itself. The wave can hit anything, and DOES benefit from the arcane but will NOT consume a charge.

Channel blocking is NOT affected and will NOT consume a charge.

Finisher attacks will NOT consume a charge and are NOT affected.

Exodia contagion and Epidemic are NOT affected.

Side note: While the above EB exploit is possible, I cannot vouche for its viability or practicality. Hitting things like the floor traps made by infested moas do count as hits when hit by the blade. I haven't tested infested clouds, but I would assume they might work the same. Air melee is probably the most viable thing to do with this exploit, assuming an extreme number of stacks to one shot something similar to a sniper rifle.