In Lost Ark, the Scrapper is a martial artist class that focuses on melee combat with two huge gauntlets. “Melee combat” is pretty literal, as the Scrapper skill set is almost entirely made up of different types of punch attacks. If you are looking for various martial arts, you might want to look elsewhere. There are no kicks, throws, or grapples in the Scrapper skill set, just hands. If the idea of getting close to your enemies and slaying them to death sounds appealing, this is absolutely class for you.
Gameplay-wise, the Scrapper is one of the simplest classes in Lost Ark. As such, the class is perfect for beginners. As Scrapper, we don’t have the typical identity mechanics of other classes, such as Shadowhunter’s transformation or Gunslinger and Deadeye’s weapon swaps. Instead, we have two separate resources called Stamina and Shock that we use to cast our two different skill types. Endurance skills consume stamina and generate shock, while shock skills consume shock and generate stamina.
Like all other classes, the two main builds of Scrapper are determined by their Class prints.
Shock drive construction
the shock training build primarily uses stamina skills as a way to generate shock, which is used for their hard-hitting shock skills. Shock skills then generate stamina which is then used by your stamina skills. The Shock Training engraving passively generates Shock and gives bonus damage to Shock skills.
The Shock Training version looks just like what you played while upgrading. It has a satisfying ebb and flow playstyle where you’ll alternate between stamina and shock skills. The Shock Training build generally hits harder than the Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu build, but is more deliberate in terms of how you should play. Many shock skills have long cast times and require stances to deal optimal damage, so every hit counts.
This version generally searches Specialization and Crit as Desired Stats, with specialization usually being the primary focus. Aim for a spec/crit split of around 70/30.
The desired engravings for this build are (in order):
- shock training
- Grudge
- Ambush Master
- cursed doll
- Adrenaline
An example Shock Training for a brand new level 50 character with 252 skill points would look like this:
Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu Building
the Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu build primarily uses stamina skills, with a shock skill or two to take out excess shock. The Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu Engraving massively increases your stamina regeneration and increases your stamina skill damage, while inflicting a damage penalty to shock skills. This means that you won’t need to alternate between using Shock and Stamina skills often to power up your Stamina skill usage.
Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu is a faster and mobile build with high attack speed and constant damage. This version has a simple style of play and is quite forgiving compared to the Shock Training version. There isn’t really any resource management needed, just hit the buttons that aren’t on cooldown when you can. Although the Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu build also has skills with cast times and stances, they generally fire much faster than those in the Shock Training counterpart.
This version generally searches Crit and Speed as desired stats, with Crit usually being the primary focus. Aim for a crit/speed split around 70/30 to start with.
The desired engravings for this build are (in order):
- Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu
- Grudge
- blunt sharp
- Adrenaline
- Ambush Master
An example Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu build for a brand new level 50 character with 252 skill points would look like this:
Leveling in Lost Ark is pretty straight forward and simple, but here are some key skills and tripods that will help you with the leveling process.
charge kick
This is an endurance skill that unlocks immediately. This is a utility skill that advances your character. With 4 skill points, you can level this skill to 4 and increase dash distance by 3 meters with the Excellent Mobility tripod. I would leave this skill at level 4 in order to save skill points later. It’s a great skill for moving around areas and you should use it often.
Advent of the dragons
This is an endurance skill that unlocks immediately. This skill makes your character jump to a target location. The skill has good damage, but we will mainly use it for mobility during the leveling process. The cooldown is longer but the jump distance is also longer than Charge Blow. With 4 skill points, you can level this skill to 4 and increase the jump distance by 2 meters with the Excellent Mobility tripod. I would leave this skill at level 4 in order to save skill points later. It’s also a great skill for moving around areas and you should use it often.
Death pangs
This is a shock skill that is unlocked at level 14. It is your main single target skill and your hardest hitting skill as a scrapper. I would take this skill to level 7 by investing 20 skill points in it at first, then leave it at level 7 until you level the next 3 skills to 10. You can level this to 10 first, but the AoE is not very big compared to the following skills. Having a good mobbing is extremely handy for leveling, as there will be a significant amount of junk mobs that you need to clear.
earthquake chain
This is an endurance skill that is unlocked at level 16. It is one of 3 high damage AoE skills available to you as a Scrapper. You’ll use this skill to clear large packs of junk mobs and as one of your main boss damage skills. You want to get this skill to level 10 by investing 48 skill points into it as soon as possible, along with the other 3. Since this is the first of the 3 main AoE skills you have access to, I would suggest leveling this one. to 10 first.
Chain Destroyer Fist
This is a shock skill that is unlocked at level 20. It is one of 3 high damage AoE skills available to you as a Scrapper. You’ll use this skill to take out large chunks of junk and as one of your main boss damage skills. You want to get this skill to level 10 by investing 48 skill points into it as soon as possible, along with the other 3. It’s the hardest of the 3 main AoE skills you have access to, but it has the longest cooldown. You can choose to level this one to 10 first, but you’ll have more downtime to clear the trash packs.
real rising fist
This is a shock skill that is unlocked at level 28. It is one of 3 high damage AoE skills available to you as a Scrapper. You’ll use this skill to take out large chunks of junk and as one of your main boss damage skills. You want to get this skill to level 10 by investing 48 skill points into it as soon as possible, along with the other 3. I would prioritize this one last, as the other 2 AoE skills do a lot more AoE damage.
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