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Elementalist's guide and advice on Lost Ark

Written by : Scudik

PRESENTATION :

Welcome to this guide to the elementalist.
The Elementalist is a very well-balanced character, with good mobility and fairly short animations. Defense-wise, the class is pretty solid.

The class operates on two resources: mana as a resource base for its skills, which it may lack, and chakra, which it gains by tapping and uses for more explosive skills.
The class needs to be at the back of the boss to maximize its dps, and its reload times can be a little long at first, when it lacks speed.

The elementalist is one of the dps classes with the greatest contribution to their group.
Over a given time (burst), his wind's whisper will bring an attack and movement speed bonus. And its roar of courage increases the target's critical strike chance for the whole group.

Of its two specializations, First Intention is the most popular, setting aside the chakras for more consistent gameplay.
The second, Esoteric Skill Upgrade, unlocks an additional chakra and increases the importance of these, for + burst.

ENGRAVING 1: First Intention

First intention engraving removes the possibility of gaining chakra and gives you a constant damage bonus.

The essence of the elementalist lies in buffering the dps of the character and the group.

debuff enemies

and send out your high DPS spells

On the tripod side, an example build would look like this:

In stats, you'll use speed mainly and critical as a secondary. Speed will enable you to recover your skills more quickly. ENGRAVING 2: Esoteric skill enhancement:

ENGRAVING 2: Improving esoteric skills :

A less popular variant (for which we recommend you try essentialist instead), esoteric skill enhancement simply increases the gameplay you had in levelling. Engraving gives you extra chakra and up to 12% of damage per chakra you possess.

The gameplay is a bit more explosive, you simply level up your orbs:

Place your buffs and debuffs: