Raid/PvE Empress Arcanist : Arcanist Build Guide
By: brother chris | Updated: March 8th, 2023
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Skills
Required Skill Points: 376
Level
10





Gems & Rune

Level
10





Gems & Rune

Level
10





Gems & Rune

Level
10





Gems & Rune

Level
12






Gems & Rune

Level
12






Gems & Rune

Level
10





Gems & Rune

Level
10






Gems & Rune
Awakening

Engravings
Engraving Points: 75




Card Sets
Azena and Inanna
Light of Salvation

Balthorr
Light of Salvation

Nineveh
Light of Salvation

Shandi
Light of Salvation

Thirain
Light of Salvation

Wei
Light of Salvation

Light of Salvation
Collect 6 Cards (Awakening 18): Holy Damage +7.00%
Build Details & Information
Hello! I am Brother Chris and I have been playing Lost Ark since its western release in February 2022. This is meant to be an introductory guide to quickly get you up to speed for a raid/pve Empress Arcanist so you can run around throwing cards at people like gambit with a dueldisk on your wrist.Class Introduction

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Rotation





A basic rotation for Arcanist would look something like this
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Scratch Dealer
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Quadra Accelerate
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Return
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Celestial Rain
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Spiral Edge
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Spiral Edge
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Secret Garden
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Call of Destiny
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Scratch Dealer
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Four of a Kind



Card Deck
Arcanist has their identity skill giving them access to a card deck which has a variety of differing cards with differing uses. I am going to try to simplify this as much as I possibly can as you will learn more specifics as you go and play the class more indepth. This is meant to be a basic starter to get you going.

That being said, the image I have made highlights what I consider to be "dump instantly" cards when you're first learning arcanist. I also highlight the next cards you want to try and incorporate into your gameplay as they're important to your overall damage but not make or break the class.
Green = you should focus on learning these and when to use these properly first - these typically contribute the biggest potential damage to your skills
Yellow = you should focus on these once you're comfortable with all the green cards and their uses as these cards are a bit more niche but still have a good impact on your output
Red = you can use these as soon as you draw them and don't need to think twice.
It is important to note that Wheel of fortune can reset the cooldown on your awakening, so you can do some burst awakening resets if you so desire. The other preferred use for Wheel is on

Cull and Twisted fate are two cards that essentially do the same thing and that is MORE DAMAGE so they're applied in identical ways - that being you want to save them for right before you're going to do a


Judgment lets you use your ruin skills as if they had maximum stacks regardless of if the boss does or not, which allows you to shoot out enormous amounts of damage in a very short time, especially when combined with other cards like Cull or Twisted fate
Clown will draw whatever card you last used, so it can be useful for anything but its good to note what card you last used so you can note if you should use your clown card now or hold it for another draw to see if you get something better to copy.
Royal draws 2 new cards. That's it. Optimal usage is to use it when you only have this in your hand as, again, you want it to draw 2 cards rather than just 1.
Star is a bit more advanced to use but still good to understand where you should be using it - you want to try to hold it until you're naturally in magick addiction as this will take you out of boundless mp very quickly
Joy can mostly be used as you draw it until you're very familiar with the class and can use it more optimally such as after using


Engravings
There are a few different meta setups for

Engraving priority would be something like





Stats
For this setup we're running primarily spec with secondary being crit.
Specialization: 1600
Crit: 550
This is with relic accessories and a bracelet and all potions unlocked from horizontal content.
Relic Set
For this

Tripods
It is important to note that damage tripods are very very important on Arcanist, more so than some other classes as you gain a LOT of your damage from tripod levels. Focus on your ruin skill tripods and damage buffing tripods ASAP.
Skills
The main skill swap is quadra accelerate] for [[backflush. If you dislike

Runes
Protection runes are mandatory to proc barricade bonus on your damage - otherwise


Card Sets
As always with most damage dealing classes,



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