Arden Guide AFK Journey

Arden is a wise Mage in AFK Journey who can summon lightning to attack enemies under control effects. Arden is part of Wilder Faction. Arden can deal a lot of damage, but he needs a good team comp. To make Arden work, you will need heroes who can do crowd control.

Unfortunately, AFK is a new game, so there are a limited number of heroes that have CC. I would advise that you not invest in Arden until developers add new heroes that have decent CC so you can create some good team comps. If you are a new player, do not use him for progression or the dream realm. It is not worth it.

• Force of Nature: Summons a dark cloud to strike enemies with lightning for several seconds. Enemies are subjected to more lightning strikes when controlled.
• Entangling Roots: Arden’s vines entangle 2 enemies and deals continuous damage.
• Natural Resilience: Increases ATK: Arden recovers Energy for himself when enemy are controlled.
• Hero Focus: Increases ATK
• Spring Thunderstorm: Entangles targets beneath the dark cloud immediately after casting Ultimate.
• Enhance Force: The minimum thunderstrike cooldown on the enemy is reduced.
• Elusive Mirrage: Periodically summons an illusion to cast non-Ultimate skills shortly after a battle starts.

Arden Exclusive Weapon: Minimum Recommended Upgrade Level +5

Arden Skills

Force of Nature

Arden casts lightning strikes at the area with the most enemies, dealing 160% damage to enemies within 2 tiles, creating a dark cloud in this range for 7s. The dark cloud falls lightning strikes to hit the enemies in control effect below, dealing 80% damage. The same enemy can only be hit once every 2s.

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• Level 2: The first lightning strike deals 180% damage, and the subsequent lightning strikes after the dark cloud deal 90% damage. ( Unlocked at Level 51)
• Level 3: An enemy can be struck by lightning once every 1s. ( Unlocked at Level 111)
• Level 4: The first lightning strike deals 190% damage, and the lightning strikes after the dark cloud deal 100% damage. (Unlocked at Level 171)
• Level 5: The first lightning strike deals 200% damage, and the subsequent lightning strikes after the dark cloud deal 110% damage. (Unlocked at Level 231)

Entangling Roots

Arden summons vines to entangle 2 enemies for 2s, dealing 50% damage every 1s. This skill prioritizes the under the dark cloud. (Unlocked at Level 11)

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• Level 2: Increases damage to 55%. (Unlocked at Level 71)
• Level 3: Increases damage to 60%. (Unlocked at Level 131)
• Level 4: Increases damage to 65%. (Unlocked at Level 191)

Natural Resilience

Arden recovers 12 Energy whenever an enemy hero is controlled. This effect can be triggered once for each enemy hero in 2s. (Unlocked at Level 31)

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• Level 2: This effect can be triggered once for each enemy hero in 1.5s. (Unlocked at Level 91)
• Level 3: This effect can be triggered once for each enemy hero in 1s. (Unlocked at Level 151)
• Level 4: Arden recovers 15 Energy. (Unlocked at Level 211)

Hero Focus

Increases ATK by 12% during battle.

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• Level 2: Increases ATK by 16% during battle.
• Level 3: Increases ATK by 20% during battle.

Spring Thunderstorm

Arden inflicts all within the range of the dark cloud with Entangling once after casting Force of Nature. (Unlock after Exclusive Equipment is activated)

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• Level 2: Exclusive Equipment: The effect range of Arden’s Ultimate is extended to 3-tile. (Reach Level 5 to unlock).
• Level 3: Exclusive Equipment: Arden inflicts all enemies within the range of the dark cloud with Entangling Roots once after casting Force of Nature, extending the entanglement duration to 3s. (Reach Level 10 to unlock).
• Level 4: Exclusive Equipment: Arden inflicts all enemies within the range of the dark cloud with Entangling Roots once after casting Force of Nature, extending the entanglement duration to 3.5s. (Reach Level 15 to unlock).

Enhance Force

Force of Nature’s minimum thunderstrike cooldown on the same enemy is reduced by 1s.

Elusive Mirrage (Season Skill)

After 5, 25, and 40 seconds into a battle, summons an untargetable illusion that casts the non-Ultimate skills in sequence, each with 85% of the original attack.

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• Level 2: Increases ATK to 90% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 101)
• Level 3: Increases ATK to 95% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 151)
• Level 4: Increases ATK to 100% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 201)
• Level 5: Increases ATK to 105% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 251)
• Level 6: Increases ATK to 110% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 301)
• Level 7: Increases ATK to 115% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 351)
• Level 8: Increases ATK to 120% of its original value. (Unlocks at Season Level 401)

Arden Stats

Season 1 Stats

Range: 5	HP: 2665K	ATK: 314K
Phys DEF: 41.588	Magic DEF: 48.541	ATK SPD: 0.2%
Crit: 182.8%	Haste: 44	DEF Penetration: 0
Execution: 0	Crit DMG Boost: 0	Vitality: 0
Life Drain: 0%	Crit Resist: 129.1%	Ranged DEF: 0
Crit DMG DEF: 0	Healing: 0	Assistance: 0
Energy Regen on Hit: 0	Debuff Focus: 0	Resilience: 0

Season 0 Stats

Range: 5	HP: 1479K	ATK: 167K
Phys DEF: 21.921	Magic DEF: 28.606	ATK SPD: 0%
Crit: 65.5%	Haste: 20.3	DEF Penetration: 0
Execution: 0	Crit DMG Boost: 0	Vitality: 0
Life Drain: 0%	Crit Resist: 20.5%	Ranged DEF: 0
Crit DMG DEF: 0	Healing: 0	Assistance: 0
Energy Regen on Hit: 0	Debuff Focus: 0	Resilience: 0