This guide will focus on the Best Striker End Game Builds in Lost Ark. You will focus mainly on one build each for PvE and for PvP. At the end of the article, we show a nice PvP Montage from YouTube to see it in action. After you are finished here, be sure to check out the Striker Engravings Guide.
Striker Deathblow End Game PvE Guide
Below is a good basic Striker PvE Build for Single Target Boss Raids and battles. This build specifically focuses on burst damage, providing the party with an attack speed buff, part break destruction mechanics, and a counter attack skill. It is generally a good build for all types of content such as for Chaos Dungeon, Questing, Guardian Raids, and Abyss Dungeons.
The Rotation or Skill Priority is very straightforward.
- Fill the Identity Gauge (with skills not listed below)
- Lightning Whisper
- Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike
- Fill the Identity Gauge quickly with
- Moon Flash Kick > Sweeping Kick
- Esoteric Skill: Tiger Emerges
- Auto Attack and use what is available.
For Chaos Dungeons:
The strategy for Chaos dungeons and other AoE content is much the same as for with bosses for the most efficient gameplay. Stay mobile and gather up the enemies, fill the identity gauge, spend Elemental orbs with Esoteric Skills, and repeat. You can change your abilities however you see fit; many players like to go with these changes:
- Swift Wind Kick (lvl7) (Tripods 3-1)
- Esoteric Skill: Call the Wind God (lvl10) (Tripods 1-3-2)
- Moon Flash Kick (change to Tripod 2: Excellent Mobility)
Striker Deathblow Stat Priority
Maximize Specialization as much as possible; to build more gauge. Then focus on Crit as a secondary stat once you are able to perform the burst damage within that 6 second duration of the debuff from Lightning Whisper.
Striker PvE Build
This Striker build requires 300 Skill Points which will require the collecting a few extra Skill Points in Shushire and Rohendel.
Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripods | Notes |
Sky Shattering Blow | 4 | 1 | Movement Skill | |
Storm Dragon Awakening | 4 | 1 | Movement Skill | |
Violent Tiger | 10 | 2 1 1 | Damage, Part Break Destruction | |
Lightning Whisper | 7 | 1 1 | Attack Speed Party Buff – Tripod 1: Lightning’s Blessing | |
Moon Flash Kick | 10 | 3 3 2 | Generate Gauge | |
Sweeping Kick | 10 | 2 1 1 | Generate Gauge | |
Esoteric Skill: Tiger Emerges | 10 | 3 2 2 | High Damage | |
Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike | 10 | 2 1 1 | High Damage |
Striker PvP End Game Guide
In Player versus Player Arenas, Strikers typically play the role of the “Juggler“. Also known as the “Harrasser“, the Striker’s goal is to keep the back line targets preoccupied and unable to cast their abilities. They do this by using the plethora of knock up skills that are in their toolkit.
Knock-up abilities in this build:
- Moon Flash Kick
- Sleeping Ascent Celebration
- Storm Dragon Awakening
Damage Dealers:
- Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike
- Lightning Whisper
- Lightning Kick
Hard CC:
- Berserk Circle (Tripod 3: Glacial Explosion – 1.5s Freeze/Stun)
Optional abilities for the 8th skill slot:
- Sweeping Kick (Tripods 1-1-1: Purely Damage)
- Phoenix Advent (Tripods 1-3-2: Dive and Freeze)
- Swift Wind Kick (Tripods 2-1-1: Damage and knock-up)
Possible Combo opportunity:
- Sleeping Ascent Celebration (knock up) >
- Storm Dragon Awakening (knock up) >
- Moon Flash Kick (knock up) >
- Lightning Kick (damage) >
- Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike (finisher)
Also take note not that a lot of these abilities can be used as movement skills to quickly engage or disengage or save a teammate from damage. Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike is particularly good at saving teammates if you have the necessary Elemental Orbs available.
In PvP the best Awakening Skil is True Heavenly Awakening. It is best combo’d immediately following using the skill Sleeping Ascent Celebration.
PvP Stats
- 1000 Swiftness
- 249 Endurance
- 1 Crit
Striker PvP Skills Build
Feel free to change whatever skills you like depending on your playstyle and how you see fit.
Below is a general Striker PvP build that is a great foundation to build upon.
Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripods | Notes |
Moon Flash Kick | 10 | 2 1 2 | Knock-up Gauge Generation | |
Sleeping Ascent Celebration | 10 | 2 1 1 | Knock-up | |
Storm Dragon Awakening | 10 | 1 2 2 | Movement then Knock-up | |
Sweeping Kick | 10 | 2 1 2 | High Damage, Knock-up Gauge Generation | |
Esoteric Skill: Lightning Tiger Strike | 10 | 2 2 2 | Movement, High Damage Finisher | |
Lightning Whisper | 4 | 1 | Tripod 1: Lightning’s Blessing – Attack Speed party buff OR Tripod 1: Elemental Extortion – Gauge Generation | |
Berserk Circle | 10 | 3 3 1 | Tripod 3: Glacial Explosion – Freeze 1.5s | |
Lightning Kick | 10 | 1 1 2 | Variation: Tripod 1: Ruthless and/or Tripod 2: Intense Shock |
Here’s Youtuber Pum showcasing some quality PVP gameplay displaying a lot of the techniques and strategies listed above.