Lost Ark: Sharpshooter Best Builds

Considering the popularity of the Mayhem Engraving build in the current meta, you should use these Engravings alongside to get the most out of your build. These are always subject to change and the balance meta of Lost Ark does change, albeit fairly infrequen

The overall rotation basically looks like - Pistol stance, apply debuffs (AT02 Grenade and Spiral Tracker), swap to Shotgun to deal back attack damage, then follow-up with filler Rifle abilities until your cooldowns are refreshed. Rinse and repeat.

Stats aren't massively important during your first T1 Dungeons. You can clear a lot of content with a reliable gear set and enough AoE damage. However, to get speedy with your clearances, opt for a Crit focus for your stats. This is because of the Sharpshooter's general inclination toward Crit, especially with their skill Tripods we've listed above.


Engravings are passive buffs that increase the customization of your class tenfold. We'll run over some of the best Berserker Engravings below. First up, the two class bonus Engravings . These impact your "Burst" ability, or your Berserker-mode, i.e your Identity Ski

You've got a choice between the two Awakening skills here - Bursting Flare or Clay Bombardment. Both are viable. Bursting Flare is probably more popular because it's a bit easier to land all the damage, and it has a lot more stagger in comparison.

Most importantly, the damage-enhancing support skills for the Bard and Paladin have the same effectiveness, so most groups don't care who you bring. Ultimately, pick what you find the most fun or who you think looks the coolest.

Shotguns are your main source of damage. Make sure you're rotating into the shotgun regularly to get your priority damage off. These abilities are BACK ATTACKS, which means you need to be stood right up behind the boss and blasting your shotguns away.

If you've got the space for a fifth Engraving (you won't at the start, check out our Engravings guide if you need more info on that) then grab the other Sharpshooter class Engraving, Loyal Companion. It provides a solid boost to your Hawk gauge (+30%) as well as extra movement speed and damage.

Stat Focus For The Sharpshooter Dungeon Build

The Sharpshooter comes with some decent abilities for clearing Dungeons solo, some very reliable DPS for Raids (although a lack of party support lets them down somewhat), and the sort of damage/mobility/range that can be deadly in PvP if played correctly. Here's a rundown of those builds.


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Judgment increases the damage of your Punish (blue) skills, but its real use is in building up your Piety Meter faster. It's not uncommon for Paladins to spec for this Engraving to build up their gauge faster, Recommended Reading allowing for better uptime on Holy Aura.


We're going to provide a very simple PvE skill build here for the Berserker - just something to help you get started. We'll cover these in more depth in our PvE, PvP, and general Berserker build guides. This doesn't reflect the Mayhem build in particular. That will be detailed separat

The Deadeye is all about hitting back attacks with his Shotgun for big crit damage and then rotating out with Pistol and Rifle abilities. The skill build below requires 260 points , though you can mix and match depending on how many skill points you have available.


Damage is increased by 125%.

Some skills appear a lot, like Quickly Prepare and Focus. This is just a rough overview of what you can do with Lost Ark's complex skill tree. You can find out more in our dedicated Berserker build gu

As a support, the Paladin is only matched by the Bard in the NA and EU version of Lost Ark. Paladins provide a plethora of damage buffs, survivability increases, and they even cleanse debuffs. If you want to support your allies while wielding holy magic and a massive sword, the Paladin is for you. If you're looking for a DPS class, pick something else.


Enter into the rage-induced Berserker mode, and you can sweep through huge pools of enemies with ease. Attack speed and critical damage chance are boosted massively in this form. This is basically the Berserker's power mode, and it's filled by attacking enemies. The brand new Berserker Mayhem Engraving rework has made this one of the most popular classes in Lost Ark currently. Of course, these balance changes are always subject to further updates. As we have been told a million times: don't play a class because it's meta, because next week there'll be a new m

This guide will give an overview of how the Paladin works, its Identity skill, the best Engravings to run with this class, and the best skills you should be using. Get ready to smite your foes and give your allies some powerful buffs.