Sorceress Build Guide | Lost Ark Wiki (2024)

Blaze is taken as a boss debuff to increase the damage outuput of the Sorceress and her party members for a time. Since it's mostly taken for the debuff, onlytwo tripodsare required, however, more tripods mean more damage dealt by the skill. The first tripod, Damage Amplification, allows Blaze to debuff the boss, making them take increased damage from all party members. Flame Expansion allows the skill to leave a fiery AoE field after the skill's cast. Not only does this AoE deal increased damage, but it also increases the number of hits this skill does, allowing the debuff to be applied for a longer period of time. Finally, Weak Point Detection adds a massive damage buff to the skill against push-immune enemies, i.e. raid bosses.Players should generally use Blaze as arotationstarter to maximize the damage of their hardest hitting skills.

Frost's Call is a good damaging skill that can be casted from range and has decent identity gauge generation if you need it. The more tripods you invest in, the more damage this skill does. If running Igniter, you'll want to slot in Enlightenment as your first tripod for the identity gauge gain, otherwise, Mind Enhancement lowers the mana cost of the skill. Unstable Rule removes the holding time of the skill, allowing it to be cast quicker, and slightly increases the skill's damage output. The choice between the final tripod depends on your stats. If you've built a lot of crit on your accessories and engravings, Final Strike provides the highest damage boost of the two, the caveat of course being that the skill has to crit. If you don't feel like you can consistently crit with this skill, Enhanced Strike is still a very good damage boost for this skill.

Punishing Strike deals excellent damage after a long casting time. All three tripods should be invested in for maximum damage. Mind Enhancement reduces the huge mana cost of the skill. The choice for the the next tripod depends on what class engraving and playstyle you're running. Electric Discharge has the highest damage potential of the two with a higher damage boost and a DoT after the skill ends. If running Igniter, Electric Discharge is the way to go. If you're running Reflux however, you get to choose between that and Unavoidable Fate. Unavoidable Fate removes the long castingtime and turns the skill into an instant-cast skill in exchange for a lower damage boost, allowing for a more quick-paced playstyle. Finally, Magick Amplification only works with Igniter as it boosts damage significantly when the identity skill Arcane Rupture is active. Final Strike massively increases the skill's crit damage and should be taken when running Reflux.

Rime Arrow is a flashy damage skill that can be casted from range. If spec'd, it can also generate a decent amount of identity gauge. The more tripods invested in this skill, the more damage it does. Enlightenment increases the identity gauge gain from this skill and should only be taken if running Igniter. Otherwise, Quick Preparation allows this skill to be used more often. Piercing Strike allows the skill to deal more damage by ignoring a percentage of the enemy's defenses. Finally, Ice Pick is a straight damage boost for this skill.

Squall is taken as a counter skill to help the party with raid mechanics. After successful counters, Squall can be used as a filler skill during downtimes until the next counter check. Since this is the only reason to take this skill, we don't have to invest into any skill points at lower levels. However, when you get extra skill points, taking at least the first tripod increases the utility of this skill. Quick Preparation lowers the cooldown of the skill, while Agile Cast increasesit's casting speed. At higher levels, investing into the rest of the tripods can increase this skill's damage output.

If your party is struggling against part break mechanics, consider taking Inferno instead of Squall. Inferno in itself does decent part break, however this ability is boosted with the first tripod. Weak Point Enhancement increases the level of weak point provided by this skill, making it do even more part break than it's base. No other tripods are suggested here as this skill is only taken for part break mechanics, however if you have extra skill points, you can invest into at least Weak Point Detection to boost the damage dealt by this attack.

Doomsday is the Sorceress' hardest hitting skill, with the caveat that it has a long casting time and long skill animation. If running Igniter, you should be taking this skill. Be prepared to invest into all three tripods on Doomsday for maximum damage. Magick Controloffsets the huge mana cost of the skill. If mana isn't an issue for you, Ignition adds a DoT to the skill, increasing it's overall damage. Asteroid is taken for the straight damage boost. It is taken over Overheated Meteor becausemobile raid bosses can simplymove out of the AoE, reducing the tripod's overall damage. The final tripod is dependent on which class engraving you pick. If running Igniter, take Magick Amplification as it greatly increases the skill's damage while Arcane Rupture is active. Otherwise if running Reflux, take Final Blow as you won't have access to this identity skill.

Explosion is another hard hitting skill that has long casting times and a high mana cost. When running Igniter, you should heavily consider taking this skill. All three tripods are required to maximize the damage dealt by this skill and are quite similar to those you can choose for Doomsday. Mind Enhancement should be taken if you're having mana issues, and if not, Ignite gives the skill a DoT, increasing overall damage. Weak Point Detection provides the highest damage boost to this skill from the choices in the second tripod slot. Finally, Magick Amplification boosts this skill's damage greatly when Arcane Rupture is active, and thus should only be run when having Igniter equipped. If running Reflux, run Final Strike for that juicy crit damage boost.

Similar to Frost's Call, Esoteric Reaction deals good damage from range. It is recommended to have all three tripods invested in. Quick Preparation lowers the cooldown of the skill, allowing it to be used more often. The choice for the next tripod depends onhow much crit you've builtonyour accessories and engravings. If you can crit with this skill consistently, Final Strike provides a good crit damage buff. Otherwise, Enhanced Strike is a straight damage boost. Finally, though Stabilized Crystal reduces theAoE of the skill, it instantly casts crystal at level 3 and provides a damage boost.

Seraphic Hailis a good damage dealer and is optimal to use close to the boss. In Reflux builds, this can be taken over one of the casting skillsrequired in Igniter builds if you're looking for a quick-paced and fluid playstyle. All three tripods should be invested in to maximize damage. If running Igniter, run Enlightenment for the increase identity gauge generation, otherwise, run Quick Preparation to have the skill off cooldown more often. Additional Explosion is taken over Evolved Hail for the next tripod since the skill travels too far to be able to capitalize on the full duration of the skill if taking Evolved Hail. Finally, Weak Point Detection is a huge damage boost to push-immune enemies i.e. raid bosses.

Reverse Gravityis another good damage dealer optimal to use close to the boss.In Reflux builds, this can be taken over one of the casting skills required in Igniter builds if you're looking for a quick-paced and fluid playstyle. If taking this skill, be ready to invest into all three tripods to increase it's damage output.Wide-Angle Attack increases the AoE radius of this skill, allowing you cast it from farther while still hitting the boss. Lava Area is taken over Electric Attack Area as the final lightning assault provided by Electric Attack Area is too random to be able to capitalize off of the skill's full number of hits. Finally, Weak Point Detection is a huge damage boost to raid bosses.

One of two Awakening Skills thatSorceress' can choose from. In raid scenarios, Enviska's Might is often taken over Apocalypse Call as it's damage is more consistent to hit. This awakening skill can be used to deal massive amounts of damage to enemies.

One of two Awakening Skills thatSorceress' can choose from. While technically, hitting all the meteors spawned from this skill deals higher damage than Enviska's Might, the shots are way too spread apart for them to hit consistently, and thus this skill is not taken as often as it's counterpart.