Introduction
The Shadowhunter has small Area of Effect (AoE) skills, but compensates for that with low Cooldowns and high mobility. She is one of the few transformation classes in Lost Ark with her Demonize Identity. This adds more mobility and damage to her repertoire.
During the leveling process, focus on equipping the highest Item Level gear while prioritizing the Crit and Swiftness Combat Stats to increase your damage and clear speed. To level quickly, focus on doing Main Story Quest with some exceptions.
For a walk-through of the leveling quests, check out the Leveling Guide.
Skill Point Allocation
Allocate Skill Points to gain Skill Tree for your most powerful Skills. Below are the notable Character Levels to obtain the most important Skill Tree. Left over points can be spent on secondary Skills of your choice. Make sure you reallocate those points into the main Skills when needed.
Check the Skill Point Guide for more details.
Level 12: Demonic Slash (4 points) for mobility. Demonic Clone (4 points) for damage.
Level 20-21: Thrust Impact (48 points) for damage and AoE clearing.
Level 25-29: Cruel Cutter and Demonic Clone (20 points each) for damage and AoE clearing.
Level 31: Cruel Cutter (48points) for ranged AoE clearing.
Level 38: Sharpened Cut (20 points) for mobility and single target damage.
Level 41: Howl (20 points) for AoE clearing.
Level 45: Howl (48 points) for increased AoE.
Level 48: Demonic Clone (48points) for damage.
Level 50
Follow the main story quest to Vern city until Beatrice notifies you to visit her in Trixion. Completing her questline rewards Decimate and Gate of Eruption Awakening Skill. Check your inventory and consume the items to unlock the skills. Set up 2 skill presets for the Chaos Dungeon/Cube and Raid builds, listed below in the Endgame section.
Extra Notes
Extra Skill Points during leveling can be invested into Sharpened Cut and Demonic Clone for some AoE clearing. Make sure you reallocate those points into the main Skills when needed.
Gameplay
- Use Howl to Crowd Control Elites.
- Group mobs up in a line to burst them with Cruel Cutter.
- Thrust Impact is your main Elite and Boss killer skill with some AoE.
- When Demonize is ready , go wild!
Endgame
Once you reach Level 50, the following guides will guide you through the end game content and activities:
- Perfect Supression Shadowhunter Raid Guide
- Demonic Impulse Shadowhunter Raid Guide
- Shadowhunter Chaos Dungeon
- Shadowhunter PvP Guide
- Raid Guides
- Abyssal Dungeon Guides
Summary
- Use your mobility skills to travel around quickly in areas where mounts are disabled.
- Sharpened Cut can be used as a gap closer after dodging an attack from Elites or Bosses.
- Thrust Impact and Cruel Cutter are your main damage skills.
- Howl can be used to keep trash mobs and Elites in place before bursting them down.
Credits
Written by Rei
Reviewed by Lexyu