As the tittle says, between shadow and arcane, what souce is more powerful in lore and why?
Shadow is the perfect being like Kars so ima go with shadow. Arcane is just confusing as heck.
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I was talking about lore
The lore says that Arcane can do pretty much anything with enough concentration. The Arcane wins. Though, funnily enough, within the game, it seems the Arcane canât heal people in-combat,
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I guess since shadow doesnât have any real likeâŚpresence whereas arcane at least has a dragon, and i believe the Titans are arcane based beings, id say arcane. But this is also like debating whoâd win in a fight, goku or superman and it depends entirely on whos writing it at the time.
Itâs hard to compare. Nothingâs been stated about each. They donât counter or relate to each other. A lot of it also really depends on the one using the magic. A second rate mage would get wrecked by an elite shadow priest for example. And vice versa.
Most cosmic magics are pretty on par with each other. Theyâre all boundless oceans of energy. The only one we know for sure is that fel magic is inherently stronger than arcane, though it comes at a price. But again individual power can make up the difference.
Arcane gets more focus because itâs a safeish magic, a lot of societies use it. Shadow has never been prevalent among us, mostly with villains. But in their hands we can see itâs just as powerful and versatile as anything else.
Tl;dr - No clear answer, both are awesome
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I am not sure. I think shadow magic is very powerful. Most warlocks were mages that wanted become stronger and would even dare to dabble with fel and shadow magics. Like the person above state I think its more about who is harnessing the power and how strong they are, and even their intentions when using it could play a rule.
Arcane is literally infinite, but at the same time Shadow is the other half of light, so it should be too⌠So yes?
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It heavily depends on the creative mind wielding it. Sure you could do a lot with Arcane, however, with Shadow Magic allows you to snack on Souls as if they were a pack of Doritos.
Arcane, Jainaâs big flying ship that shot magical cannons was Arcane. She also stopped a missile inches from her face with an Arcane barrier. Plus all teleports are Arcane spells and in lore thatâs considered a big deal.
Shadow. At a cost.
Arcane is limitless. You are not.
lmao
Chromie uses arcane magic to heal people through time magic, as time magic appears to be arcane in this universe. Essentially, reverse time to reverse wounds.
As to which is more powerful, Iâm pretty sure this is supposedly an equi-balanced universe. All the energy types are probably equally powerful at their extremes.
Shadow because itâs derived from the void
Arcane is⌠Well arcane
Itâs kinda boring TBH
Magic is always as powerful as the one using it make it to be.
As it is stated not only a few times in all lore, all powers of the cosmos are equally powerful and that is what keeps the equilibrium of the cosmos, being upset only by the ones using such powers.
You can shoot arcane missiles into the shadow.
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I saw Goku threatening to crumble the universe just blocking blows with another god. And he ha gotten massively stronger for what Iâve read. I think the Goku vs Superman ship sailed. But I could be wrong. I donât know that much about comics other than movies, and last times I saw Superman being nerfed so he just didnât destroy Batman, and then giving him a beating in the next movie.
As for OP, it depends on the user. Weâve seen Sargeras scared of the Void, but we donât know if there are other powerful arcane entities within the First Ones. I think Elune is partly arcane due to how relics for Druids moon spells were also arcane. And while Iâm not sure sheâd best Sargeras, it might be quite powerful to give him a fight.
goku wins for sure.
about the topic - i think arcane is more powerfull âŚ
I would argue Arcane is more, âPowerful,â by the diversity of its scope.
Arcane Magic can be used to emulate anything every other cosmic power can do. Necromancy can raise the dead, but Arcane can just enchant bones to move them. Druidism can grow plants and shapeshift, and we see plenty of Botanists managing the same thing with Arcane magic. Void Wielders are opening Void Rifts, but really, those are just purple flavored portals.
To put it simply, Arcane is the power that can tie all the others together and bridge the gaps between them.
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Is that a tfs reference?
It wasnt at first but it is now!