Sharpshooter Best Build Guide for Lost Ark (LA). See Sharpshooter's leveling build, PvE build, PvP build, engravings, runes, recommended tripods, & solo build for Sharpshooter.
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Sharpshooter PVE Build
The builds below focuses on the Loyal Companion Class Engraving for the Sharpshooter. This engraving strengthens Silverhawk as well as the skills you get when Silverhawk is summoned.
Chaos Dungeon / Cube Skills
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
 Rapid Shot[Lvl. 4] | I. Amplified Damage |
| Arrow Wave [Lvl. 10] | I. Enhanced Arrow II. Giant Whirlwind III. Wave Streak |
| Arrow Shower [Lvl. 4] | I. Swift Fingers |
| Moving Slash [Lvl. 4] | I. Excellent Mobility |
| Blade Storm [Lvl. 10] | I. Ranged Hit II. Lightning Blade III. Blade Dance |
| Claymore Mine [Lvl. 10] | I. Swift Fingers II. Mounting Flames III. Storm Surge |
| Charged Shot [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Double Shot III. Fast Fire |
| Snipe [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Weak Point Detection III. Easy Prey |
The goal of this build is to max out the strongest AoE skills of the Sharpshooter in order to clear mobs more efficiently.
Raid Skills
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Atomic Arrow [Lvl. 4] | I. Amplified Damage |
| Arrow Wave [Lvl. 10] | I. Enhanced Arrow II. Slow Tide III. Wave Streak |
| Moving Slash [Lvl. 4] | I. Excellent Mobility |
| Blade Storm [Lvl. 10] | I. Silver Master II. Lightning Blade III. Blade Dance |
| Charged Shot [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Double Shot III. Fast Fire |
| Sharp Shooter [Lvl. 10] | I. Vital Point Strike II. Weak Point Detection III. Focus Shot |
| Deadly Slash [Lvl. 4] | I. Silver Master |
| Snipe [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Weak Point Detection III. Easy Prey |
The goal of this build is to maximize your DPS against bosses by having skills with stagger as well as managing your Hawk Meter.
Recommended Engravings
| Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
|---|---|
| Loyal Companion (Level 3) | Keen Blunt Weapon (Level 3) |
The Loyal Companion Class Engraving buffs Silverhawk while the Death Strike puts a huge increased damage debuff on the enemy. You can choose either Class Engraving for the Sharphooter since it will depend on your playstyle. Keen Blunt Weapon is also a good engraving to have since it further enhances your critical damage while most of your crit rate will be coming from the skills' tripods.
Sharpshooter PVP Build
PVP Build
This build focuses on making the Sharpshooter a hit-and-run class. You will be mostly relying on your Stealth while trying to catch the enemy by surprise.
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Atomic Arrow [Lvl. 10] | I. Swift Fingers II. Heavy Bomb III. Lightning Arrow |
| Moving Slash [Lvl. 10] | I. Excellent Mobility II. Repulse III. Survival |
| Claymore Mine [Lvl. 7] | I. Swift Fingers II. Tenacity |
| Charged Shot [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Double Shot III. Fast Fire |
| Stalker [Lvl. 7] | I. Excellent Mobility II. Tenacity |
| Evasive Fire [Lvl. 10] | I. Swift Fingers II. Tenacity III. Critical Blow |
| Shadow Arrow [Lvl. 10] | I. Fast Flier II. Shadow of Abyss III. Shadow Tracking |
| Snipe [Lvl. 10] | I. Swift Fingers II. Perfection III. Easy Prey |
During PVP your focus is activate your Stealth and unleash your combos on your target when you find an opening.
Stat Tuning
| Swiftness | 750 |
|---|---|
| Domination | 249 |
| Crit | 1 |
Stat tuning in PvP is mostly fixed on all the advanced classes. The reasoning for this setup is that Swiftness increases your Atk. Speed, Move Speed, and reduces Cooldowns while Domination increases your damage against enemies who are affected with debuffs crowd control effect. The 1 point in Crit is used to enable critical hits in PvP.
Sharpshooter Leveling Build
Skills To Use Until 20
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Rapid Shot [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Atomic Arrow [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Arrow Wave [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Arrow Shower [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Moving Slash [Lvl. 4] | I. Excellent Mobility |
| Blade Storm [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Claymore Mine [Lvl. 1] | - |
At early levels, you can put your skill points anywhere you like to test out the skills. We recommend putting them on Moving Slash since you will be using this ability as a movement skills going forward.
Skills To Use After 20
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Rapid Shot [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Atomic Arrow [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Arrow Wave [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Moving Slash [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Blade Storm [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Claymore Mine [Lvl. 1] | - |
| Charged Shot [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Double Shot III. Fast Fire |
| Sharp Shooter [Lvl. 1] | - |
When you reach level 20, you should be able to set Charged Shot to level 10. This will be your main mob clearing skills going forward and you will need to practice the proper positioning to make this skill effective.
Only Level Skills When You Can Reach The Next Tripod
Tripods are essential when it comes to the overall power of a skill. Obtaining Tripods should be your focus when leveling up the skills of your chosen class.
Sharpshooter Strengths & Weaknesses
Sharpshooter Strengths
DPS Range Variety
The Sharpshooter is able to use their skills at both close and long ranges. This gives them a lot of attack options and dps uptime even when a boss is in the middle of a mechanic.
Stealth
The stealth coming from the Sharpshooter's skills can be a huge plus to them especially when used correctly. This can save your life multiple times over when you are at critical health and need some time to gather yourself.
Sharpshooter Weaknesses
Low Weak Point
Among the Sharpshooter's skills, they only have 3 skills that have Weak Point. Because of this you, will mostly be relying on Destruction Bombs for destruction checks in raids and boss fights.
Long Animations
Most of the Sharpshooter's skills have long animations which lock you from moving away. This can be deadly especially in PVP where an enemy can punish you if you are animation locked and you are unable to cancel it with your basic dodge.
Sharpshooter Class Overview
