Into the Arcane Overview

Welcome to Into the Arcane, a set that allows you to relive, reshape, and reimagine Arcane stories in the Convergence. With over 12 characters from Arcane and some extra-thematic neighbors to pad things out, Into the Arcane will allow you to play between your watch sessions and evolve as you watch—wait, what does that mean? But it’s not just Arcane characters: the full roster is about a third from Arcane, another third from Piltover and Zaun, and the final third from across Runeterra. Into the Arcane launches on November 20th with Patch 14.23. Let’s dive into just a few of the characters and traits you’ll encounter; cutting first in the line is Chem-Baron!

CHEM-BARON (3/4/5/6/7)

• Singed 1G Sentinel

• Renata Glasc 2G Visionary

• Renni 3G Bruiser

• Smeech 3G Ambusher

• Silco 4G Dominator

• Sevika 5G High Roller, Pit Fighter

High-stakes traits, where you can take huge risks for powerful cashouts, are back. They’re returning with the cutting-edge innovation that only the Chem-Barons of Zaun could concoct. When active, you’ll gain Shimmer after each player combat, increasing while your loss streak is at least 3. From there, with every 100 Shimmer gained, you’ll be able to buy Illegal Items from the Black Market. Buy one, or save your Shimmer for even more substantial rewards. You’ll wanna field more Chem-Barons to harvest even more Shimmer, plus they’ll be helpful to keep around when you cash-in that purpley susness for an equally-sus weapon—let’s check a few of the many weapons out (note these numbers are not final):

Salvaged Mining Gauntlet: 100 Shimmer

• 25% AD, 20% AS

• Attacks deal additional true damage

• Turn around a quick cash-out for a solid AD item great for Smeech or Sevika

Destabilized Chemtank I: 200 Shimmer

• 10 Armor, 10 MR, 200 HP

• At 50% Health gain a 25% max HP shield. Every few seconds afterwards gain a smaller shield. 

• Gain increased sized

• While Singed and Renni utilize the Chemtank best, Sevika won’t say no to greatly increased survivability—who knows, maybe she’ll survive just long enough to hit a Jackpot! 

Virulent Virus III: 400 Shimmer

• 50 AP, 30% AS, 10 Mana

• After dealing ability damage, apply an infection that deals an additional 40% of it over 6 seconds as true damage.

• Prismatic III Bonus: Infected enemies deal 25% less damage and on death, join your side with 1000 HP that rapidly decays over a few seconds.

• Virulent Virus II is the third tier of the item, which has a bonus passive in addition to its original. Most base illegal items will have Prismatic (III) and Gold (II) tier version that significantly warp their power. 

• Virulent Virus is best on Silco and Renata Glasc, who can apply its passives while benefiting the most from its base stats.

Dimensional Heirloom: 700 Shimmer

• Not much is known about this highly illegal item, but it is almost impossible to obtain and even less possible to overcome. 

All Chem-Barons equipped with Illegal Items gain max Health based on the trait’s breakpoint.