4e and the Art of the Limit-Break: Arcane Limit Breaks

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Limit: powers with the limit keyword last until the end of the encounter, or for five minutes. You can have multiple limit powers active at the same time. Limit powers can only be used when a character has reached their limit, and expended a use of his or her second winds to activate them.

Limit Scaling

Limit powers scale up in effect at Heroic, Paragon and Epic levels. Each limit break will list an effect as normal for the heroic level, as well as paragon and epic levels.

Arcane Limit Breaks

When pushed to desperation, arcane characters dig deeper into vast stores of arcane knowledge and power, countering their foes with intensified elemental and eldritch fury. Arcane characters at their limits change reality around them.

Endless Nova

Eldritch energy builds inside of you, then erupts.
Encounter Arcane * Limit
Minor Action
Effect: Whenever you hit a target with an at-will power, you may slide that target one square. You may use at-will powers as melee ranged or basic ranged attacks when making opportunity attacks.
Heroic Effect: Whenever an enemy within burst 3 moves, you may make an opportunity attack against it.
Paragon Effect: Whenever an enemy within burst 5 moves, you may make an opportunity attack against it.
Epic Effect: Whenever an enemy within burst 10 moves, you may make an opportunity attack against it.

Arcane Might

You weave your magic with a power that is irresistible.
Encounter Arcane * Limit
Minor Action
Effect: Whenever a target saves against an effect that you created, you may spend a healing surge as an immediate interrupt to keep that reapply the effect saved against.
Heroic Effect: You gain combat advantage against any creature suffering the effects of one of your powers.
Paragon Effect: You gain combat advantage and deal extra damage equal to half your level against any creature suffering the effects of one of your powers.
Epic Effect: You gain combat advantage and deal extra damage equal to your level against any creature suffering the effects of one of your powers.

Elusive Illusion

You combine illusion and teleportation to keep your foes constantly off guard.
Encounter Arcane * Limit
Minor Action
Effect: You gain a +2 bonus to your AC and Reflex.
Heroic Effect: When attacked, you may spend a healing surge as an immediate interrupt to teleport 3.
Paragon Effect: When attacked, you may spend a healing surge as an immediate interrupt to teleport 5.
Epic Effect: When attacked, you may spend a healing surge as an immediate interrupt to teleport 10.

Final Element

You have channeled the elements all this time. Now you have become the elements, delivering primordial wrath to your foes.
Encounter Arcane * Limit
Minor Action
Effect: When you select this power, choose one of the following keywords: acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, posion, psychic, radiant, or thunder. You become a creature of that type in addition to you other types. This choice lasts throughout the lifetime of the character. You become immune to damage of the chosen type. All powers you use gain the chosen damage type in addition to other damage types.

Heroic Effect: When using an arcane power, you may spend a healing surge to do an additional 2d6 damage of the chosen type.
Paragon Effect: When using an arcane power, you may spend a healing surge to do an additional 3d6 damage of the chosen type.
Epic effect: When using an arcane power, you may spend a healing surge to do an additional 4d6 damage of the chosen type.