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Best Lost Ark Wardancer build: PvE and PvP

Looking for the best engravings, card deck, and skill point allocation for the Wardancer? This guide will take you through the best options

The Wardancer is perhaps one of the fastest martial artist classes in Lost Ark, able to dash and glide quickly around enemies for quick bursts of damage. While not the best PvE or PvP subclass available to players, it’s more than able to hold its own against of melee DPS classes.

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Lost Ark Wardancer Build: Engravings

There are, as usual, two picks for the primary Engraving. The first option Wardancers can pick is Esoteric Skill Enhancement, a great Engraving which grants an additional Esoteric Orb and makes Esoteric skills deal more damage per orb you have. However, First Intention is our Wardancer-specific Engraving pick. This stops you from gaining Esoteric metre altogether, but grants a flat 25% increased damage.

For non-class Engravings, we recommend the standard DPS Engravings used across many other classes. These are:

  • Cursed Doll: Attack +16%, incoming healing -25%
  • Grudge: Increases damage against bosses and higher-levelled enemies by up to 20% and decreases damage taken by the same amount

Lost Ark Wardancer Build: Priority stats

When it comes to sub stats on a Wardancer, Swiftness is your best bet. With moving in for quick attacks central to the classes’ identity, the ability to attack and travel fast is paramount above all else. As such take Swiftness whenever you can, and Crit as a backup when Swiftness is not available.

Best Lost Ark Wardancer PVE build

Skills and Tripods

Skill Points Tripod 1 Tripod 2 Tripod 3
Sky Shattering Blow 4 Excellent Mobility
Flash Heat Fang 4 Fist of Darkness
Roar of Courage 10 Magic Control Quick Preparation Fatal Wave
Sweeping Kick 10 Weak Point Detection Shadowcleave Pure Excellence
Lightning Kick 10 Excellent Mobility Thunder Kick Heaven's Lightning
Moon Flash Kick 10 Intense Shock Single Hit Full Moon Kick
Wind's Whisper 10 Oath of the Wild Warrior's Courage Ready Attack
Energy Combustion 4 Quick Pace

If you’re still not maxxed out on skill points, you should prioritise the following skills:

  • Lightning Kick
  • Moon Flash Kick
  • Winds Whisper
  • Sweeping Kick
  • Roar of Courage

Best Lost Ark Wardancer PVP build

Skill Points Tripod 1 Tripod 2 Tripod 3
Sky Shattering Blow 4 Excellent Mobility
Phoenix Advent 10 Wide Hit Freeze Effect Nimble Movement
Sleeping Ascent 10 Wide Hit Quick Preparation Leaf Sweep
Call of the Wind God 10 Frost Storm Wide Angle Attack Raging Storm
Lightning Kick 10 Sharp Movement Intense Shock Flash Lightning
Moon Flash Kick 10 Intense Shock Excellent Mobility Full Moon Kick
Wind's Whisper 10 Blessing of the Wind Quick Preparation Super Wind
Energy Combustion 10 Combustible Armour Intense Battle Last Whisper

Best Wardancer Awakening Skill

For the Wardancer, Flash Rage Blow is our Awakening Skill of choice. With proper positioning, you can deal massive damage from consistent strikes followed by a massive shockwave. However, if you find yourself in a bad spot, you can always cancel it early for a smaller shockwave and an opportunity to dash away to safety.

Lost Ark Wardancer Build: Card Deck

The best card deck for Wardancer is the Lostwind Cliff 6-piece set, which provides a range of benefits to a vast number of DPS classes including this particular martial artist subclass:

  • 2-piece: Dark damage reduction +8%
  • 4-piece: Dark damage reduction +8%
  • 6-piece: Dark damage reduction +9%
  • 6-piece (awakening): Crit rate + 7%

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Connor is VG247's roaming reporter, with 3 years' experience in the field. A passionate fighting game fan, he is glued onto the genre and its community. He is tragically a grappler player. And likes gacha.

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