Lost Ark: Machinist Class Guide

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The Machinist, also known as the Scouter in other Lost Ark regions, is the newest class to be added to the game. Added in the Rage With The Machinist update, alongside the Kakul Saydon raid, this class specializes in navigating the battlefield with a powerful drone companion.

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The Machinist fits into the Male Gunner class and has a variety of different skill types, like the other Gunner classes. We will go over these, and more, below.

The Machinist is a fast-paced, consistent DPS class that has a variety of futuristic weapons at their disposal.

Its skills are broken down into different types, whether that's skills the character executes itself (these are Yellow in the game), the skills that the Drone uses (blue), skills that the character and the drone use together (Purple), or Hypersync skills, which are red.

How you use these skills and the rotations needed for Raids and Chaos Dungeons will change depending on your choice of class engraving. The two class Engravings, Evolutionary Legacy and Arthetinian Skill, dictate the style of play.

This playstyle is all about activating the class identity skill: Hypersync. At a full level build with this class, with the correct gems and engravings, you'll almost constantly be in Hypersync.

You get plenty of switfness from your Hypersync, so that's not necessary here. Instead, focus entirely on Specialty as this directly impacts your cooldown time for Hypersync. Crit is the best secondary choice for more damage.

Here's a look at some sample Engravings you can use:

This is a really fun build and is excellent for Raids and Chaos Dungeons alike. It really relies on understanding boss mechanics, however, because if you are knocked out of