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Lost Arks Different Classes
Classes categorize how your character will play in Lost Ark.
Warrior: First is the Warrior, which utilizes a melee combat style often with swords and shields.
Mage: Mage uses spells and magic to defeat enemies.
Gunner: The Gunners attack in range and use guns or bows to attack instead of magic.
Assassins: Assassins attack in melee but use dark force and sometimes stealth to defeat the enemy and are often more glass cannon.
Martial Artists: The Martial Artists use their fists to fight, more like a bruiser or a fighter class. They are considered one of the best damage dealers because of their agility and mobility.
Each subclass has its skillset to choose according to the playstyle you want. But today, let us focus on Martial Artists and narrow down the best subclass for you.
Martial Artist Subclass: Who to Choose?
Martial Artist are commonly used by players who want to face the enemies head-on as they use their fists to attack and eliminate enemies. Their capability to attack constantly while dealing enormous damage makes them a perfect DPS main.
Aside from this, they also have good reflexes, making them viable in creating good combos. Learning how to play Martial Artist is easy. However, choosing the perfect subclass for you is a different question. Let’s hop right into understanding the different skill sets of the subclasses of a Martial Artist.
Martial Artist – Striker
Striker is modeled as the most common damage dealer that you can use. When you become a striker, you attack like a solid and abrupt gust of wind, dealing physical damage to the enemies. Since Strikers deal an intense amount of physical damage, once it strikes, the enemies are thrown in the area, which allows you to perform aerial combos that can deal multiple damages.
The striker has five skills like the True Heavenly Awakening and the Swift Wind Kick. If you are an early player, we advise focusing on the skills Tiger Emerges (LVL 14), Moon Flash Kick (LVL 10), and Storm Dragon Awakening (LVL 12). These skills are enough for you to utilize Striker.
Striker’s special ability is the Esoteric Orbs, and what it does is charges orbs that can make your basic skills more powerful and cause more damage. Some of the skills we mentioned rely on Esoteric Orb to recharge, and they are perfect for throwing the enemies out in the air.
Martial Artist – Wardancer
Looking at the skillset of Wardancer, it is kind of similar to the Striker. However, Wardancers combine their attacks with huge elemental power, making them powerful damage dealers. They also attack fast, making the enemies get thrown in the air. They equip gauntlets that can do devastating damage, and with enough practice, you can even deal multiple aerial combos with it. Wardancer is most viable when you want to deal with enemies as close as possible. However, be careful on facing the enemies head-on because Wardancer has low defense.
Wardancer has five skills like the Advent of the Phoenix and Fist of Dominance. Focus on Flash Heat Fang (Level 10) and Lightning Kick (Level 10) when starting. Both skills can cause massive damage by performing multiple combo attacks.
Their special ability is also Esoteric Orbs. They accumulate orbs to make their damage stronger, and you have to collect as many orbs as you can to deal more damage.
Martial Artist – Scrapper
Next is Scrapper, the one who equips a massive and heavy gauntlet that takes out the enemy relatively. Scrapper has an interesting kit because instead of managing your mana to use its skills, you have to manage its special ability since it has two separate energy bars. If the first two are known for their agility, Scrapper is known for its mobility. The Scrapper is tanky to compensate for the lack of agility.
The skills of Scrapper are also destructive like Mysterious Art: Blast of Ruination and Undefeated Dragon King. You can focus on Chain Destruction Fist (Level 20), Death Sentence (Level 14), and Crushing Smite (Level 10) if you are starting.
Scrapper’s special ability is the Energy Meter, which is the one we mentioned where it has two bars: yellow and green. You have to keep these bars up to use the skills according to the color of the skill. To charge this bar, you have to keep using both green and yellow energy to recharge each other.
Martial Artist – Soulfist
Finally, there is Soulfist. Calling Soulfist unique is an understatement because of their unique playstyle. Soulfist can be melee and range because they equip a gauntlet and a bow. In playing them, it is advisable to make close attacks first before backing up and making a couple of normal range attacks on the enemies.
One of their skills is Annihilating Ray and Deadly Finger. For the early game, you can focus on Deadly Finger (Level 10), Pulverizing Palm (Level 10), and Heavenly Squash (Level 14). Those skills are enough to utilize their skill set.
And then finally, the Soulfist’s special ability is the Hype Meter. As the name suggests, it offers a different level of Hype (from level one to three). Once you reach a higher level, your attacks will become stronger and faster. Remember to utilize the hype level of Soulfist because the higher the level is, the faster you ran out of their hype level.
Now that you know the basics of Martial Artist, it is time to choose the best advance or subclass for you. Remember, make sure to select the best according to your playstyle and enjoy the game.