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on April 20, 2026
Welcome to Soulfist, an advanced class underneath the Martial Artist tree in Lost Ark . It's a highly mobile class that specializes in both melee and ranged attacks through the use of a glowing, powerful medall
At level 3, Cursed Doll increases all attack power by 16% but reduces incoming healing. This is not that common in high level raids, but it's a good place to start during your first endgame runs.
Spirit Absorp
Clearing PvE content is all about AoE damage and Anime Game Strategy maximizing your skills where possible. Aim to grab level three Tripods in your abilities - it's better to have fewer high level skills than it is a wide spread of skills at a lower Tripod level. Some Tripods hugely impact the power of the abil
A bit like Master of Ambush, Keen Blunt Weapon ( increases crit damage by 50% at level 3, but increases chance of dud hits ) complements the Deadeye's kit of high crit damage and high crit rate. It also works well with the Enhanced Weapon engraving with this build - so, pretty much another must-have.
Cursed Doll
Engravings are a major source of character power in Lost Ark, granting build-enabling boons when active. Obtaining the best Engravings for your class is a massive time and Gold sink, one that can get exponentially worse if you end up chasing the wrong Engravings. Time is money in MMOs, and Lost Ark is no different. Before you start fracturing ability stones and dismantling jewelry, be sure that the Engravings you're chasing are worth using for your build. The best Engravings vary for each class, so check out our Lost Ark hub to see what your class' best Engravings are.
Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun. At this level of Dungeon you just want to use your Shotgun abilities off-cooldown whenever they're available. Rotate with Pistol skills like Equilibrium and Rifle skills like Spiral Flame.
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.
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.
Grudge increases all outgoing damage by 20% against Boss level or above monsters, while also reducing incoming damage by 20%. Just an all-around recommended Engraving. You'll find it as a staple for most builds.
Master Of Ambush
Starting out, you'll only be able to clear the first raid level of Guardians. To unlock additional raid levels, you'll need to complete all subsequent Guardian Raids. For example, to unlock raid level two, you'll need to complete all four Guardian Raids at raid level one. Tiers are broken down as follows:
The Scrapper is a big, punchy class with a lot of damage and utility - namely what we mentioned above, the Stagger buffs . Stagger is a mechanic in Lost Ark that allows players to knock down enemies and bosses. The Scrapper has this on the class' abilities as well as buffs for their teammates.
For each Guardian Soul you don't harvest in a given day, you'll be given a +10 rest bonus. At 20 rest bonus, your next Guardian Soul extraction will grant twice as much loot. You can only have 100 rest bonus on your account at any given moment. Bear in mind that this catch-up mechanic only works for your two daily clears, so a rest bonus of 100 will take more than two days to cash out.
The Scrapper has some decent damage output, as well as huge Stagger buffs for you and your party. This is a mechanic that lets you stagger bosses for potential big damage bursts - it's what makes the Scrapper a lot of fun to play. Here's our rundown and overview.
Bonus damage based on your amount of Shock meter when the ability is activated
This is a sample PvE build for the Scrapper, based on the Shock Engraving. There are also two options for the Awakening skills.
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.
Guardian Raids allow you to harvest a Guardian's soul upon completing, granting you a shower of loot. You can only harvest a Guardian's soul twice per day per character. Similar to Chaos Dungeons, it's possible to farm Guardian Raids more than twice per day, but your subsequent clears won't give as much loot unit the weekly reset.
Robust Spirit - This Engraving lends itself to a burst damage build. You rely on your cooldowns and Hype Mode refresh to boost your damage by a massive 35 percent for the short duration you're in the mode. Rinse and repeat. This is the more popular class Engraving for the Soulf