Lost Ark's Striker is an upcoming class in the Western release of the game, a subclass underneath the 'Martial Artist' class. The Striker is a fast-paced melee character.
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This class guide covers a detailed overview of what to expect when you choose the Striker as your main in Lost Ark. Follow-up guides will go into more detail regarding builds and play styles. This is just designed to give you an idea of what the class is all about.
The Striker is a subclass for the 'Martial Artist' class. In terms of where the Striker stands in PvP and PvE, it's a popular PvP class and sees less use in PvE. However, like all classes in Lost Ark, there are suitable builds for each gameplay type.
In terms of utility, the Striker really specializes in CC. This is why he's so useful in PvP. With a number of attacks that keep your enemies pinned down, you're playing an offensive role that should target healers and other squishy opponents.
The Striker's specialty gauge stacks from attacks and abilities, generating Elemental Orbs. You might see these called Chakras or energy while reading through other guides. You can store three elemental at any time, four if you use the Deathblow class engraving. These are then used up when you activate Esoteric skills, high-damage abilities that can only be activated when your Elemental bar is full or partially full.
The Striker play style is essentially: use non-special abilities to generate Chakra/energy/Elemental orbs, then use ultimate abilities for max damage. Rinse and repeat.
Here we take a look at the class Engravings for the Striker, as well as some recommended Engravings for both PvE and PvP builds.
The Striker has two Class Engravings: Esoteric
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