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Respectfully,

We should all about knight enchanter is the most hollow and pathetic imitation of the arcane warrior.

From all lore perspectives these should be the same class. Both are ancient elvan spellcasters who home their magic into sword play. But mechanically they differ so much.

Knight enchanter even pre nerfing puts a squishy mage into the thick of the battle with one high DPS hit per five attacks roughly. After the update it's one per minute maybe. But that one arcane blade strike is enough to make every enemy target you and you're still very very very squishy. The best knight enchanters get one attack and then have to run out of the battle.

Arcane warriors? They replace the tank. Your arcane warrior can wear the heaviest armors in the game without issue and yield the best long swords better than a rogue. The amount of damage the arcane warrior can take and deliver is game breaking.

Couple that with the passive and lingering effects available in origins and awakening it's possible to solo boss fights without casting a single spell in combat as an arcane warrior.

But more than anything it changes the effect of the lore. Arcane warrior elves were heros who could wade through the greatest battles ever seen. Knight enchanters are mages willing to throw themselves into the fray despite knowing it's a great risk to themselves.

Potential implication is that the ancient Dalish knight enchanters where the Inky is more likely being trained from were already an imitation of the arcane warriors. The elven ruins in dao are implied to be much older than the kingdom of halamshiral