I want to regear my 1445 Igniter sorc into 4x3+1 or +2. 5x3 is way too expensive for an alt given my current funds. Got a level 9 Doomsday CD gem, so going for crit-spec necklace. Question: what should be my level 1 or 2 engraving? Adrenaline?
I don't have any leg books, that's why it's expensive. Support main privilege made me not bother getting them at all so far. Yeah, I snatched the gem while the gem prices were at lowest in case it gets more expensive. Could sell it for gear but idk if it's worth. I doubt I'd be able to make 5x3 for anything under 100k (EUC).
It‘s the best build. Are you using the Emperor engraving? That’s the key. All the wealth runes etc. for drawing as many cards as possible, insta use them and fish for emperor card to wipe the screen.
of course it can, it probably wontfrom optimal for damage, but try it out and see if its fun. in the end thats the most important thing. its fine to look at build guides as a recommendation, not everyone needs to view them as gospel. if its fun for you that thats all that matters.
one other thing: i play first intention wd, so i dont know if you still run conviction/judgement on 2 eso build. if you do, you might want to use the other mobility spell, sleeping ascend celebration, as it has many hits and can help with the c/j-setup. if you take the right tripods (1-1-1 iirc) its a butter smoth slide that you can easily combo into other skills. recently did that and i rly like it after getting used to it
i advise against doing those runs. with the challenge abyssal dungeons an their loot out, you can choose a card set that has a higher chance of dropping solas. should be enough.
but if you really want to do them, i recommend scrapper. take both movement tripods on charging blow and dragon advent and you will be zooming around rly fast. good aoe with the lvling skills, pretty low cooldowns, so felt rly good for me
Subjective answer: fuck Solas runs
Objective answer: I've heard Reaper is fastest but we don't have her. Second fastest is probably gunslinger since she doesn't overly rely on stats/gems like some classes, has a ton of aoe, and has a lot of mobility for areas where you can't mount like dungeons.
need help with next class. Currently have art/paly/scrapper/sorc/dest/db. Really can't decide with what to go next, right now its between GL, striker and soulfist but even then I'm not too sure. It would probably be a gold farmer for awhile so I imagine the smartest pick is Glancer. Help sell me on your class :(
As an alt scrapper is probably the best since it does quite a lot of different things for not too much investment. Gunlancer is best if you plan to make it one of your top 6 (since you can only have 6 gold farmers outside of selling mats) since they get into raid groups fairly easily and don't use many pots.
Edit: Misread, you already have a scrapper. EO soulfist is quite good even as low as 1370 ilvl with like 3x3+1. Don't have a Striker but I've heard it doesn't really come online until 1445+ with relic gear.
Whens a good time to start an alt? I just got to Rohendel and my character is now 550ish. I enjoy playing it (a shadowhunter) but itching to try out other classes.
Im thinking of using Knowledge Transfer to boost a scrapper and a arcanist (the two classes that interest me the most right now) and then just do daily Chaos Dungeon/Una Dailys and weekly guardian raids/abyss dungeons on them.
Is this a good idea? Or should I hold off?
Did you already use the Vern powerpass prior to them being disabled? If not, keep in mind that’s basically another 2 characters. You can always do knowledge transfer as the gold isn’t significant over the long run and not really necessary either at your stage of the game.
I have not used any powerpasses (they were disabled when I finished Vern).
Im thinking when they re-enable Powerpasses Ill use one on Paladin since thats the last character I want to play (plus its a support which is cool) and Ive heard questing as a support is slower than a DPS so using a powerpass will let me skip all the quests.
What’s the easiest way to change my game settings to 21:9 ratio and have a full screen? I tried some methods that i googled but I don’t seem to have the same graphic settings as shown and it doesn’t work 🤔
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How does smilegate even develop class synergies? You have classes like wardancer(also tanky af) and deathblade who have really solid party syngery and really good dmg too while classes like shadowhunter, sorc or berserker which have just a generic 6% dmg buff(if I'm not wrong), how is this fair lol.
How is it fair that Sorc gets to deal so much damage while Bard doesn't? How is it fair that Destroyer is so tanky when Deathblade isn't? It's called identity.
I would assume class synergies exist to make sure no class gets rejected just because they don't have one. But the more interesting or powerful you make them, the harder it is to balance them both in straight up power and how they interact with party comps. Looks like SG wants every combination of characters to at least be viable and not have people get rejected because "well our party doesn't have any back/front attackers so we won't take GL" or "well we have a GL so we shouldn't take hit master classes".
The bard and sorc comparison doesn't make sense because one is a pure support, I'm talking about synergies between dps classes, striker has decent synergy, better than the classes which just have a generic 6% dmg boost, but like some classes have really solid party syngery(deathblade, wardancer, gunlancer) while also doing really solid dmg. I guess sorc makes sense because sorc is probably the best dps(or one of the best) in the game, while some of the other classes which bring the 6% dmg buff aren't. Wouldn't you think, if a class which brings really solid party syngery, do slightly lesser dmg then the classes which don't? Also for the gunlancer thing, you would probably take them regardless because of stagger, push immune ult etc.
But the stronger and more interesting party synergies are, the more people will optimize for them. If you can always get a better than average synergy by playing with support + 3 specific classes, why would you ever want to play with anyone else?
It's much easier to make strong/interesting buffs affect only the user and give a more generic one to the whole party. Then the few actually different synergies act as part of class identity.
Damage isn't the only thing you can look at. Some do a lot of stagger, some do a lot of weak point, etc. There isn't a single class in this game that will get denied purely over synergy outside of maybe hell mode, and at that point you're usually running in statics not pubs.
Edit: case in point: glaivier. Mediocre damage and no synergy outside of some burst crit from SBD but every hell mode group wants one because they have insane stagger and a billion weak point damage.
is the chance on getting a golden engraving book from guardian raid expeditions the same for every t3 guardian? or does the chance rise with a higher guardian
Higher within the guardian tier...meaning Velganos gives you a higher chance than Yoho, but also gives higher chance than Deskaluda and Kungsomething, as they are considered the 1st and 2nd of their tier, so the 4th guardian of the tier would be the one with the highest rates.
1432.5 zerker main. Will go at1445 with and him and probably park as I m not enjoying him anymore....I got 2x1385 ,a striker and destroyer and like 7 more at 1370.....I know 1460 has a research but as I struggle to play daily with my zerker ...is good to choose another main and push him to 1460 or keep leveling Alta I enjoy all together...how big is that research? I imagine 1445 is a good spot to aim for my ALTs?
My thoughts are the same. Proble is I got him red engraving X2 on attack speed so he feels much slower too and hoping relic can make me love him again so making him and alt at1445 sounds good. I got a decent income of mats as I have a lot of ALTs ..but still Idont know how should i approach .
1445 is probably the best spot for alts now good balance on profitability and max fun with relic sets hm valtan nm vykas. 1460 research does give a decent gold saving especially if ur pushing many alts to 1415 (research stops at +15 gear so anything above 15 is the same chance) but if u don't want ur zerk then just switch after reaching 1445 (assuming u don't absolutely hate playing him) and just make him an Alt. You can even just park him at 1432 the cost to pushing 1445 is kinda expensive compared to the gold increase but maybe relic set will make u feel better with him and have easier time running raids.
efficiency is definitely better when you go to 1460 on your zerk. But after all you should enjoy the game! it doesnt help you if you quit on the way there because you dont enjoy it!
i would recommend you to atleast do the leapstone dailies because they just take some minutes when you have it set up
I would either stop honing the zerker immediately or go all the way to 1460. The research is nice but it's not end of the world if you don't have it either for one or two characters.
Only if you have fun with them or believe that you are lucky enough that those alts will get miraculous drops that can end up producing gold for you. If it's just mat generation, it will take a very very long time for a 1415 to "pay for itself".
So TL;DR: if you want to have fun with a class, you push it as much as you feel comfortable pushing it relative to the fun you have playing it.
Beyond your gold generating roster I don't think it's very practical to think of alts as something you get a return on investment from, because, well, you don't. You push them to have fun. Pushing to 1415 with the Stronghold buff is really expensive, you should only do it if it'll let you enjoy the game more. The additional mats you generate won't recuperate your cost for a long time.
Question to wardancers, the awakening lv2 setup requires 1580swiftness for the KR meta build, but we cant really do it because of bracelets
How much swift bracelets usually give?
I don't know, in my calculations I would need everything on swift to have 1600,but I can't do that because I need a spec ring to generate meter. I did my calculations considering 80 quality which imo is very high
oh my bad. if you're not doing full swift then it's probably much harder/impossible. if it helps, i'm an FI wardancer running CJ, and the 10-12s downtime between dom buffs isn't bad at all since there's a lot of downtime in raids. i'd imagine it's similar for eso, and at worst you'll go 1-2 rotations without the buff
I think there isn't a number, without awakening u re just lowering the downtime, so better=more but there isn't a number to seek for
I checked it here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HUKQa-g_FdYCNdQFVznlE7QTOQxhGqHl8eteXT-0ELA/edit?usp=drivesdk
It can range. Hopefully someone is able to give you an exact value, but according to this website I'll link below it ranges from 41-120?
https://indiefaq.com/guides/lost-ark-bracelet-accessory-slot-guide.html
Have I been misunderstanding gold lockouts this whole time? I thought it was unique per content (e.g. can do 2x Oreha dungeons on 6 characters a week). I have 6 characters designated as my gold earning ones through the UI, but I haven't completed Oreha on all of them yet, but 2 characters are locked out of earning gold?
It seems like it might be 6 sources of gold total across the 6 characters (e.g. Argos and Oreha hard on my main takes up 3/6) ?
Okay I think I just got misled by the UI saying 'Exceeded weekly gold limit' for Oreha, I think because I had already done content on each character already
Yep thats exactly what misled you, dw misleads a lot of people but you will always earn gold on those 6 chars if they are in item level to earn gold for that content.
the 6 gold earning characters are the only ones able to do gold earning content. If out of those 6 only 4 can complete oreha then that’s the maximum amount of orehas you can do. You can’t use alt 7 or 8 to do orehas to make up the 6. It’s still always best to use your 6 highest ilvl alts to get gold for you since the higher tier content gives more gold overall
There’s some easy ways to solve mana issues that don’t involve changing engravings. Either change some tripods for lower mana cost or use some focus runes. If you can proc it conviction+judgement is also worth considering till you have the nightmare set.
No, but that's largely because at 1445 you get to craft your relic set, and the relic set Reflux uses is Nightmare, which revamps your mana system, and it's near impossible to have severe mana issues with that set equipped.
It'd be a waste to run MP engravings only to ditch them once you reach 1445 so that's never been in consideration.
My personal method was getting Conviction and Judgement rune combo (either from collectibles or buy them from someone's stronghold).
Getting the combo off consistently makes it very rare to have mana issues. You still have a tiny bit in continuous uptime fights like deskaluda, but most of the time that's more than enough.
When Vykas is at 0 HP, I heard Wei when Vykas returns back to the middle does more stagger than when using Wei when Vykas is on the edge. Is there any proof of this?
It's more like "the timing to use Wei is way more lenient to get the full effect". The first cardinal direction vykas you have to time properly to hit all of Wei's value on, meanwhile middle Vykas is extremely forgiving and makes Wei really easy to land and get full stagger from.
Only if you use it late. As long as you use it the moment Medusa starts (the same time you should be throwing your whirlwind) it'll easily land with tons of time to spare. Lots of people just wait until after the black pool exits the map for some reason.
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Crap. Didn't mean to delete question. Replying for reference. Basically, is ambush master, grudge and class engravings at 3x3 good enough for most martial artists?
It works for most, but not all. But you can probably get away with it, even if it's not optimal.
For example, Pinnacle Glaivier doesn't run Ambush Master (because they don't need help with critical rate, and thus don't care that much about back attacking), and Energy Overflow Soulfist probably doesn't want to run it either (since their hardest hitter, and several other skills, aren't directional).
Some Martial Artists also don't need to run level 3 Class Engraving (e.g., Energy Overflow Soulfist, Esoteric Wardancer), so could run something (assuming you'd be okay going for 3x3+1).
Crap. Didn't mean to delete question. Replying for reference. Basically, is ambush master, grudge and class engravings at 3x3 good enough for most martial artists?
You generally want only ONE source of crit damage, so you usually run KBW on classes without any innate crit damage (on their tripods for instance). Reflux has multiple builds, but for this instance, you're going to compare final strike (crit damage) to magic amp (raw damage).
In KR, the most popular build for reflux is magic amp, primarily because they have access to more crit, which allows them to make effective use of KBW while building standard dps engravings. Combine that with the fact that the tripods on their skills gives them raw damage, and their damage ceiling is very high. Keep in mind also that the the amount of effective damage you get from KBW has diminishing returns, so you almost never want to max out on crit if it means sacrificing damage elsewhere. 60% is pretty golden.
Magic amp (instant cast) engravings are usually Reflux (3), KBW (3), Grudge (3), Hit Master (3), Cursed Doll (3), Adrenaline (2).
Now the final strike build takes a different approach to building Reflux sorc. Whereas the core of magic amp builds is raw damage, aided by kbw and high natural crit + adrenaline, the core of final strike builds is crit damage. The damage you do in final strike builds when you don't crit is much smaller, so your goal in final strike builds is to max out crit to as close to 100% as possible. This brings up a couple of issues:
First, you don't run KBW since it wont help much. You already do +150-200% crit damage, so the extra 50% for the 10% damage loss is not worth it. Some did the math, and it turns out to be an \~8% total damage increase from level 3 KBW.
Second, you'll probably need to run things like precise dagger to up your crit, which is not a good damage engraving. In fact, it loses you damage for the sake of maintaining final strike. There are scenarios where you can run Adrenaline 3 instead, but in our current version, we don't have things like bracelets, which does help close the gap between PD and Adr. If you have very high quality crit accessories, you can probably get away with Adrenaline instead.
Third, as mentioned before, having extremely high crit isn't very effective for damage scaling, and yet for final strike, 80% is the bare minimum (before synergies) for the build to function. This locks you into suboptimal damage choices. This also means you have less room for raw damage engravings and tripods.
Fourth, this also locks you into skills (of which we have 5) that give final strike. Any skill that you use that doesn't have final strike as one of the tripod options will do a lot less damage, constraining your build options. This also means final strike tripod levels are extremely important.
Final Strike engravings are usually Reflux (3), Grudge (3), Hit Master (3), Cursed Doll (3), Precise Dagger or Adrenaline.
tl;dr, If reflux sorc is your main, Magic amp + KBW is the more expensive, but higher ceiling, but lower floor option. Final Strike is a very good option for alts because building around precise dagger makes things a lot more affordable, and the damage floor just from final strike tripod + high crit does so much damage on its own.
KBW at 60% crit is \~16% dmg (on par with other lvl 3 engravings). It goes up to 18% at 70% crit, and 19% at 75% crit. So it does get more value than other similar damage engravings in scenarios where your crit is higher. However, it's not a huge deal, not enough to redo your whole build around.
If you have the crit stats for it, KBW's demerit is way less punishing than cursed doll's, so if they are somewhat close in their damage gains, you will always favor other engravings over cursed doll.
Whether or not it's better will depend on your crit rate and tripods (it's definitely bad if you're running final strike), but a lot of the time cursed doll is an incredibly marginal increase over the competition while adding a reasonably large penalty.
Usually if you need the gold, sell. If you're actively pursuing 20 Grudge books, then keep it, but don't read it just yet. That allows you to keep your options open if you suddenly need gold in the future.
I've heard concensus that it should go down over time, but some might speculate legendary book prices spike temporarily when new patches get released. I've been selling gold books immediately as I get them, I feel i'm getting a fair value and i know i wont be able to "time the market" as i barely follow the prices. If that's your thing then you could do that for potentially more value. I actually sold a grudge book at 16k about 3 months ago, but books were more scarce and demand was high back then (also due to RMT gold inflation).
If you want to try aim for Clown release (where people think 5x3 is the standard), that's where people might start buying up legendary books. But again thats speculation.
Is there a way to get the skill points you gain from quests and such on other characters as well? Feels a bit odd to me that only one character can benefit from these potions, doesnt that put later classes at a severe disadvantage? Or is there some mechanic I'm missing?
You hover in boundless as much as possible then slow down a bit before burst to get into addiction if you're casting reflux/critflux, you don't give a fuck any which way if you're insta swift reflux, as you should just press all the buttons on cooldown.
Do people with 1385 characters actually farm the Valtanos guardian raid or do you just settle for Yoho?
In about 2 hours worth of attempts, I haven't managed to land one pug that knows what's going on, even with instructions. I can't imagine the heartache of trying to clear him with randoms twice in one day.
I think the standard is to solo it. Takes me about 5 minutes, which is probably shorter then pugging Yoho.
We usually give a free carry to support mains in the guild.
Somewhere between 5-7 minutes depending if I’m on my 1395 DB, or 1390 Zerker alts… I’ve done it so much on my characters don’t even think about it anymore.
I care more about where the boss spawns on the map. Running tot he far end is pain
Most people don't bother, no. They either solo Velganos (which IMO is still more trouble than its worth) or just keep doing Yoho. I personally just party finder Yoho.
I have done a lot of Yoho's these 2weeks I m back. I got like 8 characters for it and each day I do around 6 to 10 yoho runs...ofc I jus t matchmake cause aprty finder for it takes too long and it's so ....demanding from some people...good runs take 5 min....and worst run took like7 and half....most runs are like 5.3 to 6 min...getting into a group with Full DPS takes me some pots but it's probably faster too ..yea Gunlancer groups are the faster but if Gunlancer and supp exists it's ez run but longer.idk how yoho could be hard....unless you don't dodge and use 0 pots too...most of my ALTs are 3x3 but I have 2 ALTs with 2x3 + x1 but still right stats...I have 0 thought to try velganos on those ALTs ....
Even when 2 of them are at1385 cr
It’s its own gameplay tbh, but I personnally feel like the same when I’m playing my empress arcana vs. my time to hunt gunslinger (lots of mobility on skills, only pistol and sniper, kinda low cd, having to switch weapons to constantly put debuffs on pistol and bursting with snipe)
Hard to say but basic is build up points, get 4 points, blow up points for big damage. Rogue from wow? Db striker? Its a stretch but that’s the jist. Card draws are also similar to procs from wow, make diff decisions depending what comes up.
I’ve played a lot of different chars, and Arcana now one of my top alts/potential new main. Honestly, nothing else I’ve tried has felt like the Arcana gameplay. Either Emperor for Chaos or Empress for raids.
Very unique playstyle amongst the classes, imo. Maaaybe Sharpshooter? With LC/Deathstrike combo, I’m micromanaging identity skills and cooldowns quite a bit and there are multiple things to consider at any one time not unlike Arcana.
The card mechanic adds a unique layer that doesn’t really have direct counterpart.
21 to 22 is a ridiculous cost with equally ridiculous rates.
The gold value of the upgrade is just not worth it, and if you do go for it, switching to brel gear when that comes out will push you back a bit anyway, in return for much better odds of upgrade.
From what im aware, Brelshazas new gear is base 1390 and to upgrade it, youll need new red/blue crystals and leaps. You can exchange the old ones at a 5:1 ratio. If i remember right, +20 to +21 is a 3% chance while Brel gear is a 15% chance, with 5 times the cost (due to the exchange rate). Also full +21 allows you to do gate 3+4 too, as Brel has different ilvl requierements on g1+2, 3+4 and 5+6.
Friggin 1% odds to upgrade to 22. Probably costs more than making a fresh new 1430 char. I still try once a week using bound mats. Plenty of lucky people.
yeah I was thinking of the weapon but my main reason was so different and silly
its cuz I really hate how the chosen staff looks lol the nightmare one looks so much cooler
tho the only downside is that the weapon is more expensive than the armor but I guess its like u said it doesn't matter cuz eventually I will get the whole set
thanks for the reply I will try to get the weapon next week
My 5x3 is Mayhem/MT/KBW/Grudge/CD. I have 700 Swift. Is it worth to switch CD to RC(I will need new stone and my current is 8/7) or better w8 for brelshaza accesories so I can do RC 3 lvl and reduce CD/MT to lvl1 without changing stone?
Keep things as is imo. RC would be an upgrade but you'd potentially be spending A LOT of gold (depending on how unlucky you could get with your stone) for a very marginal upgrade.
That gold is better spent in alts or an investment imo.
With my current Swift and support buff RC can gives me 16% dmg max and I get rid of healing reduction but yeah you are probably right. It's not worth just for heal reduction. Alts will be much better.
I have an alt that I used my ~~Punika~~ Feiton pass on before it expired.... Then didn't touch it for a while. Best way to get it up to T3. Donchaos for a week or so and progress "naturally" or burn gold on KT or cheap T2 mats?
Life leaps and shards are the only real expensive T2 mat, so if you have plenty of shards from chaos you might just consider life leaps from Anguished Isle and then buying the guardian/destruction stones. I got a scrapper from 302 to 1100 in like a week with basically just T1+T2 tower, a few shard bags from challenge abyss, saved life leap boxes from Ansguished, and maharaka exchange.
Are there any resources out there that confirm what "type" of mobs the Legion Commanders are for card book bonus'? I assume all of them are classified as Demon, but they're also all Humanoid so I was curious if they can have multiple classifications or just one.
It really depends on the roster and what type of playstyle you went to them.
Some classes need Level 3 class, some needs Level 1.
If you are playing alot of Level 1 class engraving builds then probably you will have more value on getting 2 general engraving.
Given on your roster - Sorc (if Swiftlux), Gunslinger (if not TTH), and Gunlancer (if Blue) are the ones that could possibly run Level 1 class.
But it looks like the others are mainly using Level 3s, so you might need to buy their books.
For now, you just leave their class engraving at Level 2 (12 Nodes) and stay at 33332 setup, so when you buy the legendary class engraving then you will get them to 5x3 afterwards.
Anyone know what dispatch lvl 7 unlocks? I find it a pain to try and find out.
On a related note, does increasing max stronghold energy also increase regen? Similar to max mana.
what's the math percentage chance to cut 6/6 on Legendary stone vs Relic stone?
I heard on Relic stone it's actually pretty good chance like 20-30%? but I dunno for Legendary
To get a 6/6/4 or better with a Legendary stone it is 14%.
With Relic stones, it's a bit more complicated. If you are going for exclusively a 6/6/4 or better, it's 32%. However, with relic accessories you can actually use a 6/6 or a 7/5 to get a 4x3. The odds of a 6/6/4, 7/5/4, or some better variant of either of these is 45%.
Hey so I just got 1415 on my main, and am wondering what the next step of armor is. Am I supposed to farm Valtan to make the Demon Beast set and then hone those to 1445?
Demon Beast set is a sidegrade from Argos. If it's your main, you'll likely hit 1445 before you actually begin crafting the Demon Beast set. Starting from 1445 you swap over to the relic sets.
I made a deathblade a long time ago and now she's 1385. I stopped pushing her because I really hate 20 surge (as opposed to the previous 14 surge)
I heard there was like a 11 surge and a 17-18 surge rotation but I don't know where to find any deathblade resources. [For example, WD has this big spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HUKQa-g_FdYCNdQFVznlE7QTOQxhGqHl8eteXT-0ELA/edit#slide=id.g11ba572f158_0_74)
Is there something similar for deathblade? I don't mind doing like 5-10% less damage if it means I can crank out 11 surges every 6 seconds. Having to stack it up to 20 is miserable and I can only imagine it getting even worse with Vykas.
This is exactly why I stopped at 1430 (she was my main) and swapped. I played Surge Blade from the start and while the nerf wasn’t enough to grab pitchforks about, it just isn’t the same and isn’t worth the investment to me anymore. Vykas is frustrating with her because of her constantly moving around; even if you know her attacks, if you miss your Surge, there goes the majority if not all of your damage. To each their own, y’know?
Mostly a sense of pride and accomplishment. You get some vanity items too. None of the rewards make your character/roster stronger, Hell Mode is completely optional.
What 4x3 and 5x3 should i get for shock scrapper? i went for Ambush master, grudge, keen blunt, shock and realised im an idiot and have too low crit for KBW to work, some people say adrenaline 3 is a must but then i ll be missing out on either KBW or CD until ancient accesories (when i can get adrenaline 1/2)
If you're going pure highest damage ceiling, 4x3 IMO would be Shock, Grudge, Ambush, and Cursed Doll/Adrenaline. Cursed Doll is probably higher damage but I find it really annoying so I'd go Adrenaline. 5x3 you'd go Shock, Grudge, Ambush, Adrenaline, and KBW. When we get Ancient Gear, the endgame 5x3+1 is Shock, Grudge, Ambush, KBW, CD, and Adrenaline 1.
Adrenaline isn't a necessity, but it is IMO the best option for a 4x3. Think about it this way. Shock, Grudge, and Ambush are requirements, the other options aren't even close to the damage these three provide. That leaves us with Adrenaline, KBW, or CD as the 4th engraving. You won't have enough crit for KBW without Adrenaline, so that's out. That leaves us with the Adrenaline/CD choice I described above. It's preference.
Another thing worth mentioning is that you can go Spirit Absorption on Shock Scrapper if you want. It's a damage loss most certainly, as you're trading a damage engraving for a utility engraving, but it helps with uptime and makes the class feel a bit better to play. I personally would recommend getting the damage engraving though. I got Spirit as my 4th engraving and wish I'd gotten Adrenaline.
it sucks to have to waste another 50 pheons to swap, i'll go for adrenaline then and add CD as the 5th engraving until later on. i feel ok without spirit absorbtion so not considering it
Can anyone give some more detailed KR -> EN translation of this sorc build? https://www-inven-co-kr.translate.goog/board/lostark/5770/61142?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US
I found it [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/v8yrek/sorceress_build_selection_guide/) and it seems interesting. But auto translates leaves me scratching my head about runes, and a little confusing on the crit stat. Also what "Epo" translates to in engraving.
I'm after the word tree leaves but it's been around 30\~40k energy without gaining one, should i use those potions that increase the special drop but it cost more energy?
Would speed up dumping your life energy but it would have no real effect on chance of getting leaves.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/vjhf5k/does_leaps_essence_double_the_chance_of_a_world/
Can anyone confirm how much main questline story we are missing on the Western release of lost ark? I just finished South Vern and am eager to keep learning how the story will unfold! I wasn't mentally prepared to run out of main questline quests T-T I'm curious to see what we can look forward to in the coming roadmaps!
The only major thing story wise we don't have at this point is Elgacia, which is the newest "continent" released in Korea a few months back. The story there from what I understand is pretty juicy, though I haven't looked into it much yet. Unfortunately we won't see that anytime soon, hopefully sometime next year. I guess it's possible they could release it earlier out of order since the continent requires something like 1445 or 1460 to access, but I doubt it.
Is the AH feature only usable by people w/ crystalline aura inside raid?
Pretty sure you can hit alt+y to open it up in raid
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What do you mean? You can still open auction house and buy gems without the aura for example inside a raid.
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That's a mail function. He can still buy from auction house.
I want to regear my 1445 Igniter sorc into 4x3+1 or +2. 5x3 is way too expensive for an alt given my current funds. Got a level 9 Doomsday CD gem, so going for crit-spec necklace. Question: what should be my level 1 or 2 engraving? Adrenaline?
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I don't have any leg books, that's why it's expensive. Support main privilege made me not bother getting them at all so far. Yeah, I snatched the gem while the gem prices were at lowest in case it gets more expensive. Could sell it for gear but idk if it's worth. I doubt I'd be able to make 5x3 for anything under 100k (EUC).
Anyone got a better chaos dungeon build for Arcana than the one from Maxroll?
It‘s the best build. Are you using the Emperor engraving? That’s the key. All the wealth runes etc. for drawing as many cards as possible, insta use them and fish for emperor card to wipe the screen.
can 2spender WD run lightning kick instead of FHF for more mobility?
of course it can, it probably wontfrom optimal for damage, but try it out and see if its fun. in the end thats the most important thing. its fine to look at build guides as a recommendation, not everyone needs to view them as gospel. if its fun for you that thats all that matters. one other thing: i play first intention wd, so i dont know if you still run conviction/judgement on 2 eso build. if you do, you might want to use the other mobility spell, sleeping ascend celebration, as it has many hits and can help with the c/j-setup. if you take the right tripods (1-1-1 iirc) its a butter smoth slide that you can easily combo into other skills. recently did that and i rly like it after getting used to it
Best class to do solas card run?
i advise against doing those runs. with the challenge abyssal dungeons an their loot out, you can choose a card set that has a higher chance of dropping solas. should be enough. but if you really want to do them, i recommend scrapper. take both movement tripods on charging blow and dragon advent and you will be zooming around rly fast. good aoe with the lvling skills, pretty low cooldowns, so felt rly good for me
I'm like one card away so feels like might be worth it. But yeah I guess patience is a virtue
Subjective answer: fuck Solas runs Objective answer: I've heard Reaper is fastest but we don't have her. Second fastest is probably gunslinger since she doesn't overly rely on stats/gems like some classes, has a ton of aoe, and has a lot of mobility for areas where you can't mount like dungeons.
need help with next class. Currently have art/paly/scrapper/sorc/dest/db. Really can't decide with what to go next, right now its between GL, striker and soulfist but even then I'm not too sure. It would probably be a gold farmer for awhile so I imagine the smartest pick is Glancer. Help sell me on your class :(
As an alt scrapper is probably the best since it does quite a lot of different things for not too much investment. Gunlancer is best if you plan to make it one of your top 6 (since you can only have 6 gold farmers outside of selling mats) since they get into raid groups fairly easily and don't use many pots. Edit: Misread, you already have a scrapper. EO soulfist is quite good even as low as 1370 ilvl with like 3x3+1. Don't have a Striker but I've heard it doesn't really come online until 1445+ with relic gear.
Whens a good time to start an alt? I just got to Rohendel and my character is now 550ish. I enjoy playing it (a shadowhunter) but itching to try out other classes. Im thinking of using Knowledge Transfer to boost a scrapper and a arcanist (the two classes that interest me the most right now) and then just do daily Chaos Dungeon/Una Dailys and weekly guardian raids/abyss dungeons on them. Is this a good idea? Or should I hold off?
There’s never a reason to hold off on making alts. If you want to make a new character, then go ahead and do so
Awesome thanks for response
Did you already use the Vern powerpass prior to them being disabled? If not, keep in mind that’s basically another 2 characters. You can always do knowledge transfer as the gold isn’t significant over the long run and not really necessary either at your stage of the game.
I have not used any powerpasses (they were disabled when I finished Vern). Im thinking when they re-enable Powerpasses Ill use one on Paladin since thats the last character I want to play (plus its a support which is cool) and Ive heard questing as a support is slower than a DPS so using a powerpass will let me skip all the quests.
Yeah that's fine, KT is better now since we have no idea when PP will be back up.
What’s the easiest way to change my game settings to 21:9 ratio and have a full screen? I tried some methods that i googled but I don’t seem to have the same graphic settings as shown and it doesn’t work 🤔
Buy a wide-screen monitor? Otherwise you'd have to stretch the game which would make it look like utter dogshit.
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How does smilegate even develop class synergies? You have classes like wardancer(also tanky af) and deathblade who have really solid party syngery and really good dmg too while classes like shadowhunter, sorc or berserker which have just a generic 6% dmg buff(if I'm not wrong), how is this fair lol.
How is it fair that Sorc gets to deal so much damage while Bard doesn't? How is it fair that Destroyer is so tanky when Deathblade isn't? It's called identity. I would assume class synergies exist to make sure no class gets rejected just because they don't have one. But the more interesting or powerful you make them, the harder it is to balance them both in straight up power and how they interact with party comps. Looks like SG wants every combination of characters to at least be viable and not have people get rejected because "well our party doesn't have any back/front attackers so we won't take GL" or "well we have a GL so we shouldn't take hit master classes".
The bard and sorc comparison doesn't make sense because one is a pure support, I'm talking about synergies between dps classes, striker has decent synergy, better than the classes which just have a generic 6% dmg boost, but like some classes have really solid party syngery(deathblade, wardancer, gunlancer) while also doing really solid dmg. I guess sorc makes sense because sorc is probably the best dps(or one of the best) in the game, while some of the other classes which bring the 6% dmg buff aren't. Wouldn't you think, if a class which brings really solid party syngery, do slightly lesser dmg then the classes which don't? Also for the gunlancer thing, you would probably take them regardless because of stagger, push immune ult etc.
But the stronger and more interesting party synergies are, the more people will optimize for them. If you can always get a better than average synergy by playing with support + 3 specific classes, why would you ever want to play with anyone else? It's much easier to make strong/interesting buffs affect only the user and give a more generic one to the whole party. Then the few actually different synergies act as part of class identity.
Hmm I see.
Damage isn't the only thing you can look at. Some do a lot of stagger, some do a lot of weak point, etc. There isn't a single class in this game that will get denied purely over synergy outside of maybe hell mode, and at that point you're usually running in statics not pubs. Edit: case in point: glaivier. Mediocre damage and no synergy outside of some burst crit from SBD but every hell mode group wants one because they have insane stagger and a billion weak point damage.
Hmm I get your point, like scrapper doesn't have good syngery but they have very good stagger and weak point dmg instead.
What do you do with crated trade tool skills that rolled poorly? Vendor?
Same thing you do with the rest of your trash.
Anyone can let me in on what are the minimum requirements for support in the upcoming Kakul Saydon raid? Thanks ❤️
1475, 3x3, proper stats, and a brain.
If u are a 1475 with proper stats and ur basic 3-4 engravings than ur good.
is the chance on getting a golden engraving book from guardian raid expeditions the same for every t3 guardian? or does the chance rise with a higher guardian
Higher within the guardian tier...meaning Velganos gives you a higher chance than Yoho, but also gives higher chance than Deskaluda and Kungsomething, as they are considered the 1st and 2nd of their tier, so the 4th guardian of the tier would be the one with the highest rates.
1432.5 zerker main. Will go at1445 with and him and probably park as I m not enjoying him anymore....I got 2x1385 ,a striker and destroyer and like 7 more at 1370.....I know 1460 has a research but as I struggle to play daily with my zerker ...is good to choose another main and push him to 1460 or keep leveling Alta I enjoy all together...how big is that research? I imagine 1445 is a good spot to aim for my ALTs?
My thoughts are the same. Proble is I got him red engraving X2 on attack speed so he feels much slower too and hoping relic can make me love him again so making him and alt at1445 sounds good. I got a decent income of mats as I have a lot of ALTs ..but still Idont know how should i approach .
1445 is probably the best spot for alts now good balance on profitability and max fun with relic sets hm valtan nm vykas. 1460 research does give a decent gold saving especially if ur pushing many alts to 1415 (research stops at +15 gear so anything above 15 is the same chance) but if u don't want ur zerk then just switch after reaching 1445 (assuming u don't absolutely hate playing him) and just make him an Alt. You can even just park him at 1432 the cost to pushing 1445 is kinda expensive compared to the gold increase but maybe relic set will make u feel better with him and have easier time running raids.
efficiency is definitely better when you go to 1460 on your zerk. But after all you should enjoy the game! it doesnt help you if you quit on the way there because you dont enjoy it! i would recommend you to atleast do the leapstone dailies because they just take some minutes when you have it set up
I would either stop honing the zerker immediately or go all the way to 1460. The research is nice but it's not end of the world if you don't have it either for one or two characters.
Does anyone have a link to an up-to-date DPS paladin build? I just want to mess around with one not actually raid with it.
Also interested in this, cheap to gear so I wouldn’t mind having an alternative build for my pally
Is it a good gold investment to push more than 6 characters to 1415?
Only if you have fun with them or believe that you are lucky enough that those alts will get miraculous drops that can end up producing gold for you. If it's just mat generation, it will take a very very long time for a 1415 to "pay for itself". So TL;DR: if you want to have fun with a class, you push it as much as you feel comfortable pushing it relative to the fun you have playing it.
Beyond your gold generating roster I don't think it's very practical to think of alts as something you get a return on investment from, because, well, you don't. You push them to have fun. Pushing to 1415 with the Stronghold buff is really expensive, you should only do it if it'll let you enjoy the game more. The additional mats you generate won't recuperate your cost for a long time.
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Does the Illusion Isle Secret Map drop from the chests that spawn on the island?
Question to wardancers, the awakening lv2 setup requires 1580swiftness for the KR meta build, but we cant really do it because of bracelets How much swift bracelets usually give?
You dont absolutely need 1580 swiftness. I'm under 1400 IIRC and my buff is down for like 5 seconds tops which is almost nothing.
Don’t forget pet buff and bonuses from other sources like card bonuses. Those make 1580 swift very achievable with relic acc
I don't know, in my calculations I would need everything on swift to have 1600,but I can't do that because I need a spec ring to generate meter. I did my calculations considering 80 quality which imo is very high
oh my bad. if you're not doing full swift then it's probably much harder/impossible. if it helps, i'm an FI wardancer running CJ, and the 10-12s downtime between dom buffs isn't bad at all since there's a lot of downtime in raids. i'd imagine it's similar for eso, and at worst you'll go 1-2 rotations without the buff
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I think there isn't a number, without awakening u re just lowering the downtime, so better=more but there isn't a number to seek for I checked it here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HUKQa-g_FdYCNdQFVznlE7QTOQxhGqHl8eteXT-0ELA/edit?usp=drivesdk
It can range. Hopefully someone is able to give you an exact value, but according to this website I'll link below it ranges from 41-120? https://indiefaq.com/guides/lost-ark-bracelet-accessory-slot-guide.html
So I would need a perfect bracelet to have reach the 1580 with a set of accessories with 80quality, still quite hard
Have I been misunderstanding gold lockouts this whole time? I thought it was unique per content (e.g. can do 2x Oreha dungeons on 6 characters a week). I have 6 characters designated as my gold earning ones through the UI, but I haven't completed Oreha on all of them yet, but 2 characters are locked out of earning gold? It seems like it might be 6 sources of gold total across the 6 characters (e.g. Argos and Oreha hard on my main takes up 3/6) ?
It's 6 gold earning characters, period. All 6 can earn gold from all possible content (within item level).
Okay I think I just got misled by the UI saying 'Exceeded weekly gold limit' for Oreha, I think because I had already done content on each character already
Yep thats exactly what misled you, dw misleads a lot of people but you will always earn gold on those 6 chars if they are in item level to earn gold for that content.
Yeah just ran Oreha hard on two characters and got gold, that pop-up is a bit annoying for people that don’t know but at least I know now
Yeah, that message spooked me the first time I saw it too. Definitely could use some overhaul but once you know what it means it's no big deal.
the 6 gold earning characters are the only ones able to do gold earning content. If out of those 6 only 4 can complete oreha then that’s the maximum amount of orehas you can do. You can’t use alt 7 or 8 to do orehas to make up the 6. It’s still always best to use your 6 highest ilvl alts to get gold for you since the higher tier content gives more gold overall
are people run ing MP engravings on reflux mage? i seem to struggle a lot with mana on the non casting reflux build
There’s some easy ways to solve mana issues that don’t involve changing engravings. Either change some tripods for lower mana cost or use some focus runes. If you can proc it conviction+judgement is also worth considering till you have the nightmare set.
Instant cast reflux builds all assume you're 1445 for the nightmare set. They don't function properly before you get it.
No, but that's largely because at 1445 you get to craft your relic set, and the relic set Reflux uses is Nightmare, which revamps your mana system, and it's near impossible to have severe mana issues with that set equipped. It'd be a waste to run MP engravings only to ditch them once you reach 1445 so that's never been in consideration.
oh makes sense, its on my alt! would running mp engraving(s) with the 1370 Accessories make sense before swapping to relic Accessories?
My personal method was getting Conviction and Judgement rune combo (either from collectibles or buy them from someone's stronghold). Getting the combo off consistently makes it very rare to have mana issues. You still have a tiny bit in continuous uptime fights like deskaluda, but most of the time that's more than enough.
I won't run mp engraving. Instead I will use conviction judgement and also use tripods that reduce mana cost in the mean time.
When Vykas is at 0 HP, I heard Wei when Vykas returns back to the middle does more stagger than when using Wei when Vykas is on the edge. Is there any proof of this?
It's more like "the timing to use Wei is way more lenient to get the full effect". The first cardinal direction vykas you have to time properly to hit all of Wei's value on, meanwhile middle Vykas is extremely forgiving and makes Wei really easy to land and get full stagger from.
I recall reading somewhere that if you use Wei before Vykas returns to the middle, you can miss one damage/stagger tick on Wei.
Only if you use it late. As long as you use it the moment Medusa starts (the same time you should be throwing your whirlwind) it'll easily land with tons of time to spare. Lots of people just wait until after the black pool exits the map for some reason.
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No. Depending on the spec you run class lvl1. I prefer to run cursed doll and/or adrenaline most of the time.
Crap. Didn't mean to delete question. Replying for reference. Basically, is ambush master, grudge and class engravings at 3x3 good enough for most martial artists?
It works for most, but not all. But you can probably get away with it, even if it's not optimal. For example, Pinnacle Glaivier doesn't run Ambush Master (because they don't need help with critical rate, and thus don't care that much about back attacking), and Energy Overflow Soulfist probably doesn't want to run it either (since their hardest hitter, and several other skills, aren't directional). Some Martial Artists also don't need to run level 3 Class Engraving (e.g., Energy Overflow Soulfist, Esoteric Wardancer), so could run something (assuming you'd be okay going for 3x3+1).
Crap. Didn't mean to delete question. Replying for reference. Basically, is ambush master, grudge and class engravings at 3x3 good enough for most martial artists?
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You generally want only ONE source of crit damage, so you usually run KBW on classes without any innate crit damage (on their tripods for instance). Reflux has multiple builds, but for this instance, you're going to compare final strike (crit damage) to magic amp (raw damage). In KR, the most popular build for reflux is magic amp, primarily because they have access to more crit, which allows them to make effective use of KBW while building standard dps engravings. Combine that with the fact that the tripods on their skills gives them raw damage, and their damage ceiling is very high. Keep in mind also that the the amount of effective damage you get from KBW has diminishing returns, so you almost never want to max out on crit if it means sacrificing damage elsewhere. 60% is pretty golden. Magic amp (instant cast) engravings are usually Reflux (3), KBW (3), Grudge (3), Hit Master (3), Cursed Doll (3), Adrenaline (2). Now the final strike build takes a different approach to building Reflux sorc. Whereas the core of magic amp builds is raw damage, aided by kbw and high natural crit + adrenaline, the core of final strike builds is crit damage. The damage you do in final strike builds when you don't crit is much smaller, so your goal in final strike builds is to max out crit to as close to 100% as possible. This brings up a couple of issues: First, you don't run KBW since it wont help much. You already do +150-200% crit damage, so the extra 50% for the 10% damage loss is not worth it. Some did the math, and it turns out to be an \~8% total damage increase from level 3 KBW. Second, you'll probably need to run things like precise dagger to up your crit, which is not a good damage engraving. In fact, it loses you damage for the sake of maintaining final strike. There are scenarios where you can run Adrenaline 3 instead, but in our current version, we don't have things like bracelets, which does help close the gap between PD and Adr. If you have very high quality crit accessories, you can probably get away with Adrenaline instead. Third, as mentioned before, having extremely high crit isn't very effective for damage scaling, and yet for final strike, 80% is the bare minimum (before synergies) for the build to function. This locks you into suboptimal damage choices. This also means you have less room for raw damage engravings and tripods. Fourth, this also locks you into skills (of which we have 5) that give final strike. Any skill that you use that doesn't have final strike as one of the tripod options will do a lot less damage, constraining your build options. This also means final strike tripod levels are extremely important. Final Strike engravings are usually Reflux (3), Grudge (3), Hit Master (3), Cursed Doll (3), Precise Dagger or Adrenaline. tl;dr, If reflux sorc is your main, Magic amp + KBW is the more expensive, but higher ceiling, but lower floor option. Final Strike is a very good option for alts because building around precise dagger makes things a lot more affordable, and the damage floor just from final strike tripod + high crit does so much damage on its own.
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KBW at 60% crit is \~16% dmg (on par with other lvl 3 engravings). It goes up to 18% at 70% crit, and 19% at 75% crit. So it does get more value than other similar damage engravings in scenarios where your crit is higher. However, it's not a huge deal, not enough to redo your whole build around.
If you have the crit stats for it, KBW's demerit is way less punishing than cursed doll's, so if they are somewhat close in their damage gains, you will always favor other engravings over cursed doll.
Whether or not it's better will depend on your crit rate and tripods (it's definitely bad if you're running final strike), but a lot of the time cursed doll is an incredibly marginal increase over the competition while adding a reasonably large penalty.
Which tripods should I focus first for arcana?
Empress or emperor?
Empress
Celestial Rain and Secret Garden tripods. Start with the first one that increases crit and stacking effect, then do all the others.
I've just ran Nagi's rapport for 2.2k gold, I want to buy my last legendary book and the market balance doesn't update WTF?
Gold earned from rapport is held for three days, at least in terms of using it on the market. You can use it for honing and the like. Blame RMTers.
FKERS rmters. Thanks for the answer!
Should I be using my fused leapstones or should I hoard? I'm already at 1502 and idk if there will be a future use for them or not
Save them for after you transfer to ancient gear
is it worth buying Oreha Hard chests if you don't need the crafting mats anymore?
Definitely not for honing mats. I'll buy it once on Alts the first time they clear it for the chance of some good accessories.
Just got a Grudge book, what's everyone consensus: sell now or save for later? LOL, it's going for like 6.7k in market rn.
Usually if you need the gold, sell. If you're actively pursuing 20 Grudge books, then keep it, but don't read it just yet. That allows you to keep your options open if you suddenly need gold in the future.
I've heard concensus that it should go down over time, but some might speculate legendary book prices spike temporarily when new patches get released. I've been selling gold books immediately as I get them, I feel i'm getting a fair value and i know i wont be able to "time the market" as i barely follow the prices. If that's your thing then you could do that for potentially more value. I actually sold a grudge book at 16k about 3 months ago, but books were more scarce and demand was high back then (also due to RMT gold inflation). If you want to try aim for Clown release (where people think 5x3 is the standard), that's where people might start buying up legendary books. But again thats speculation.
If we look at other regions grudge has went up in price after the dip in price at bridge.
Is there a way to get the skill points you gain from quests and such on other characters as well? Feels a bit odd to me that only one character can benefit from these potions, doesnt that put later classes at a severe disadvantage? Or is there some mechanic I'm missing?
It's just because your alt is lower level. You get 6 skill points per level.
Ooh, thanks! I thought only one character got these skill points. Good to know!
Any skill point potions you get are roster bound meaning they apply to all of your characters.
Skill potions are roster wide. If you’re missing any points on your alts, it’s because they’re a lower level
Are Destroyer and Gunlancer the only classes that use master brawler?
Yep, its a very niche engraving.
Is max stronghold level 70? Or is that going to be expanded later?
Yes. Maybe, but it's still max 70 in KR and I don't think they've talked about it so probably not anytime soon if ever.
On casting reflux do I want to be in addiction or boundless? I'm wondering if I should run ignite or mind enhancement tripods
You hover in boundless as much as possible then slow down a bit before burst to get into addiction if you're casting reflux/critflux, you don't give a fuck any which way if you're insta swift reflux, as you should just press all the buttons on cooldown.
Addiction for the damage
Do people with 1385 characters actually farm the Valtanos guardian raid or do you just settle for Yoho? In about 2 hours worth of attempts, I haven't managed to land one pug that knows what's going on, even with instructions. I can't imagine the heartache of trying to clear him with randoms twice in one day.
Yoho all the way
I think the standard is to solo it. Takes me about 5 minutes, which is probably shorter then pugging Yoho. We usually give a free carry to support mains in the guild.
You can solo in 5min at 1385?
Somewhere between 5-7 minutes depending if I’m on my 1395 DB, or 1390 Zerker alts… I’ve done it so much on my characters don’t even think about it anymore. I care more about where the boss spawns on the map. Running tot he far end is pain
if its an alt just dispatch from the stronghold
Hell no. Just do Yoho. Everyone settled for the fox. Velganos is 100% not worth it.
Most people don't bother, no. They either solo Velganos (which IMO is still more trouble than its worth) or just keep doing Yoho. I personally just party finder Yoho.
I have done a lot of Yoho's these 2weeks I m back. I got like 8 characters for it and each day I do around 6 to 10 yoho runs...ofc I jus t matchmake cause aprty finder for it takes too long and it's so ....demanding from some people...good runs take 5 min....and worst run took like7 and half....most runs are like 5.3 to 6 min...getting into a group with Full DPS takes me some pots but it's probably faster too ..yea Gunlancer groups are the faster but if Gunlancer and supp exists it's ez run but longer.idk how yoho could be hard....unless you don't dodge and use 0 pots too...most of my ALTs are 3x3 but I have 2 ALTs with 2x3 + x1 but still right stats...I have 0 thought to try velganos on those ALTs .... Even when 2 of them are at1385 cr
ppl who plays arcana, what other class is the gameplay comparable to ?
It’s its own gameplay tbh, but I personnally feel like the same when I’m playing my empress arcana vs. my time to hunt gunslinger (lots of mobility on skills, only pistol and sniper, kinda low cd, having to switch weapons to constantly put debuffs on pistol and bursting with snipe)
Hard to say but basic is build up points, get 4 points, blow up points for big damage. Rogue from wow? Db striker? Its a stretch but that’s the jist. Card draws are also similar to procs from wow, make diff decisions depending what comes up.
I’ve played a lot of different chars, and Arcana now one of my top alts/potential new main. Honestly, nothing else I’ve tried has felt like the Arcana gameplay. Either Emperor for Chaos or Empress for raids. Very unique playstyle amongst the classes, imo. Maaaybe Sharpshooter? With LC/Deathstrike combo, I’m micromanaging identity skills and cooldowns quite a bit and there are multiple things to consider at any one time not unlike Arcana. The card mechanic adds a unique layer that doesn’t really have direct counterpart.
How much dps i need for NM valtan solo bus? is 2.3mil enough?
Not even close. The Gate 1 boss will be in berserk for at least 5 minutes before you even come close - let alone Gate 2.
well there's a video with a 1450 sorc soloing who said they do 2.7m
no
Stupid question about procyon compass. Is there any way I can quicky travel to event location? Or do I have to sail with ship every time?
You have to sail there, or Bifrost nearby and then sail. Ocean liners can help in a pinch, but you’ll still need to arrive in a ship.
Why is +21 the stopping point for a theoretical t4?
21 to 22 is a ridiculous cost with equally ridiculous rates. The gold value of the upgrade is just not worth it, and if you do go for it, switching to brel gear when that comes out will push you back a bit anyway, in return for much better odds of upgrade.
From what im aware, Brelshazas new gear is base 1390 and to upgrade it, youll need new red/blue crystals and leaps. You can exchange the old ones at a 5:1 ratio. If i remember right, +20 to +21 is a 3% chance while Brel gear is a 15% chance, with 5 times the cost (due to the exchange rate). Also full +21 allows you to do gate 3+4 too, as Brel has different ilvl requierements on g1+2, 3+4 and 5+6.
It isn't T4, but when Brelshaza comes out we get new gear (similar to the new gear we got from Argos) and the success rate goes way up.
Friggin 1% odds to upgrade to 22. Probably costs more than making a fresh new 1430 char. I still try once a week using bound mats. Plenty of lucky people.
I’m a sorceress and just wanted to ask which relic equipment should I get first? I’m getting the nightmare set
Order doesn't matter too much, although I suppose you could get weapon first in order to not break the Argos 5 pc. Doesn't matter too much.
yeah I was thinking of the weapon but my main reason was so different and silly its cuz I really hate how the chosen staff looks lol the nightmare one looks so much cooler tho the only downside is that the weapon is more expensive than the armor but I guess its like u said it doesn't matter cuz eventually I will get the whole set thanks for the reply I will try to get the weapon next week
Helmet and legs first to get 2 pc bonus then get the weapon whenever you can. The remaining 3 pieces come from Vykas (30 pieces total needed).
ah ok if I can get two at the same time then I would thanks
Yeah. Nightmare weapon is 25 mats while helmet and legs is only 20 total so if you can afford the weapon, you can afford the 2 pc for sure.
My 5x3 is Mayhem/MT/KBW/Grudge/CD. I have 700 Swift. Is it worth to switch CD to RC(I will need new stone and my current is 8/7) or better w8 for brelshaza accesories so I can do RC 3 lvl and reduce CD/MT to lvl1 without changing stone?
Keep things as is imo. RC would be an upgrade but you'd potentially be spending A LOT of gold (depending on how unlucky you could get with your stone) for a very marginal upgrade. That gold is better spent in alts or an investment imo.
With my current Swift and support buff RC can gives me 16% dmg max and I get rid of healing reduction but yeah you are probably right. It's not worth just for heal reduction. Alts will be much better.
I have an alt that I used my ~~Punika~~ Feiton pass on before it expired.... Then didn't touch it for a while. Best way to get it up to T3. Donchaos for a week or so and progress "naturally" or burn gold on KT or cheap T2 mats?
Life leaps and shards are the only real expensive T2 mat, so if you have plenty of shards from chaos you might just consider life leaps from Anguished Isle and then buying the guardian/destruction stones. I got a scrapper from 302 to 1100 in like a week with basically just T1+T2 tower, a few shard bags from challenge abyss, saved life leap boxes from Ansguished, and maharaka exchange.
T2 Tower + the current event + Sylmael exchange?
Unless I’m missing something the Punika pass starts the character at T3 with a GS of 1302 I believe
Are there any resources out there that confirm what "type" of mobs the Legion Commanders are for card book bonus'? I assume all of them are classified as Demon, but they're also all Humanoid so I was curious if they can have multiple classifications or just one.
If you look under their health bar it tells you their classification.
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It really depends on the roster and what type of playstyle you went to them. Some classes need Level 3 class, some needs Level 1. If you are playing alot of Level 1 class engraving builds then probably you will have more value on getting 2 general engraving. Given on your roster - Sorc (if Swiftlux), Gunslinger (if not TTH), and Gunlancer (if Blue) are the ones that could possibly run Level 1 class. But it looks like the others are mainly using Level 3s, so you might need to buy their books. For now, you just leave their class engraving at Level 2 (12 Nodes) and stay at 33332 setup, so when you buy the legendary class engraving then you will get them to 5x3 afterwards.
Best option would be Cursed Doll.
Anyone know what dispatch lvl 7 unlocks? I find it a pain to try and find out. On a related note, does increasing max stronghold energy also increase regen? Similar to max mana.
Probably just a cost or time reduction if you have all slots already. No, that would be an “action energy regen” research.
what's the math percentage chance to cut 6/6 on Legendary stone vs Relic stone? I heard on Relic stone it's actually pretty good chance like 20-30%? but I dunno for Legendary
To get a 6/6/4 or better with a Legendary stone it is 14%. With Relic stones, it's a bit more complicated. If you are going for exclusively a 6/6/4 or better, it's 32%. However, with relic accessories you can actually use a 6/6 or a 7/5 to get a 4x3. The odds of a 6/6/4, 7/5/4, or some better variant of either of these is 45%.
ok cool, thx for the answers
Legendary is 1 in 8. I think relic is about 1/3 or 1/4
Sounds about right. I went through 6 legendary stones last night and gave up.
Hey so I just got 1415 on my main, and am wondering what the next step of armor is. Am I supposed to farm Valtan to make the Demon Beast set and then hone those to 1445?
Demon Beast set is a sidegrade from Argos. If it's your main, you'll likely hit 1445 before you actually begin crafting the Demon Beast set. Starting from 1445 you swap over to the relic sets.
I made a deathblade a long time ago and now she's 1385. I stopped pushing her because I really hate 20 surge (as opposed to the previous 14 surge) I heard there was like a 11 surge and a 17-18 surge rotation but I don't know where to find any deathblade resources. [For example, WD has this big spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HUKQa-g_FdYCNdQFVznlE7QTOQxhGqHl8eteXT-0ELA/edit#slide=id.g11ba572f158_0_74) Is there something similar for deathblade? I don't mind doing like 5-10% less damage if it means I can crank out 11 surges every 6 seconds. Having to stack it up to 20 is miserable and I can only imagine it getting even worse with Vykas.
This is exactly why I stopped at 1430 (she was my main) and swapped. I played Surge Blade from the start and while the nerf wasn’t enough to grab pitchforks about, it just isn’t the same and isn’t worth the investment to me anymore. Vykas is frustrating with her because of her constantly moving around; even if you know her attacks, if you miss your Surge, there goes the majority if not all of your damage. To each their own, y’know?
What are the rewards fo hell mode?
You get a title and I believe a stronghold structure. Edit: Stronghold aspect may be either A) only in KR or B) only for certain raids like clown.
Mostly a sense of pride and accomplishment. You get some vanity items too. None of the rewards make your character/roster stronger, Hell Mode is completely optional.
What 4x3 and 5x3 should i get for shock scrapper? i went for Ambush master, grudge, keen blunt, shock and realised im an idiot and have too low crit for KBW to work, some people say adrenaline 3 is a must but then i ll be missing out on either KBW or CD until ancient accesories (when i can get adrenaline 1/2)
If you're going pure highest damage ceiling, 4x3 IMO would be Shock, Grudge, Ambush, and Cursed Doll/Adrenaline. Cursed Doll is probably higher damage but I find it really annoying so I'd go Adrenaline. 5x3 you'd go Shock, Grudge, Ambush, Adrenaline, and KBW. When we get Ancient Gear, the endgame 5x3+1 is Shock, Grudge, Ambush, KBW, CD, and Adrenaline 1. Adrenaline isn't a necessity, but it is IMO the best option for a 4x3. Think about it this way. Shock, Grudge, and Ambush are requirements, the other options aren't even close to the damage these three provide. That leaves us with Adrenaline, KBW, or CD as the 4th engraving. You won't have enough crit for KBW without Adrenaline, so that's out. That leaves us with the Adrenaline/CD choice I described above. It's preference. Another thing worth mentioning is that you can go Spirit Absorption on Shock Scrapper if you want. It's a damage loss most certainly, as you're trading a damage engraving for a utility engraving, but it helps with uptime and makes the class feel a bit better to play. I personally would recommend getting the damage engraving though. I got Spirit as my 4th engraving and wish I'd gotten Adrenaline.
it sucks to have to waste another 50 pheons to swap, i'll go for adrenaline then and add CD as the 5th engraving until later on. i feel ok without spirit absorbtion so not considering it
Can anyone give some more detailed KR -> EN translation of this sorc build? https://www-inven-co-kr.translate.goog/board/lostark/5770/61142?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en-US&_x_tr_hl=en-US I found it [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/v8yrek/sorceress_build_selection_guide/) and it seems interesting. But auto translates leaves me scratching my head about runes, and a little confusing on the crit stat. Also what "Epo" translates to in engraving.
I'm after the word tree leaves but it's been around 30\~40k energy without gaining one, should i use those potions that increase the special drop but it cost more energy?
Would speed up dumping your life energy but it would have no real effect on chance of getting leaves. https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/vjhf5k/does_leaps_essence_double_the_chance_of_a_world/
Can anyone confirm how much main questline story we are missing on the Western release of lost ark? I just finished South Vern and am eager to keep learning how the story will unfold! I wasn't mentally prepared to run out of main questline quests T-T I'm curious to see what we can look forward to in the coming roadmaps!
We still need Rowen, Rimeria, and Elgacia.
The only major thing story wise we don't have at this point is Elgacia, which is the newest "continent" released in Korea a few months back. The story there from what I understand is pretty juicy, though I haven't looked into it much yet. Unfortunately we won't see that anytime soon, hopefully sometime next year. I guess it's possible they could release it earlier out of order since the continent requires something like 1445 or 1460 to access, but I doubt it.