Tier 4 Gravity Training Destroyer Build Guide
Last Updated:November 26, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Tier 4 Gravity Training Destroyer Build Guide! This build revolves around generating a large amount of meter through your hard hitting Gravity Release skills to unlock the true potential of Gravity Training. Entering a state where you are heavily shielded and immune to most crowd control you begin to bash the enemy with hammer slams.
Outside of that, this build provides great Stagger and decent Destruction to the party. The main things to watch out for are his lack of mobility and front-attacking nature, this can be difficult to play around. Thankfully, you are one of the tankiest classes in the game with incredible shielding helping you to pound through any foes.
- Good defence
- Easy to learn
- Low APM
- Positional gameplay
- Poor mobility
- Melee
- If you're unsure when to transition, our Ark Passive Breakpoints guide could help you decide whether you should return to the Tier 3 Guide or continue.
- If you want a more consistent playstyle, check out our Rage Hammer guide.
- For more information on some of the systems that make up your build, check out the guides below:
Builds
Ark Passive
Skills Setup
- Vortex Gravity auto-attacks (left-click) is our main damage skill that revolves around auto-attacking.
- Perfect Swing, Seismic Hammer, Earth Eater, and Earth Wave are Gravity Release meter generation skills with some decent damage and your Destruction skills.
- Power Shoulder, Endure Pain, Power Strike, and Heavy Crush are core building skills that enhance the Gravity Release skills.
- Heavy Crush is your Synergy from Armor Destruction.
- Power Strike is your extra Synergy and Counter.
- Terra Break is your Awakening. It will give full meter allowing an extra use of Hypergravity.
Alternative Skill, Tripod, and Rune Options
Endure Pain
- Taunt - Can be used to make your skills easier to land at the cost of the extra shield but requires knowledge of how to properly Taunt.
Ark Passive
Skills Setup
- Seismic Hammer, Perfect Swing, and Earth Eater are your main damage skills for clearing all mobs.
- Heavy Crush, Gravity Impact, Power Shoulder, Running Crash, and Endure Pain are your core building skills to amplify your main damage skills.
- Big Bang is your Awakening. It will one shot anything in the dungeon including bosses.
Recommended Engravings
- Preemptive Strike
- Contender
- Raid Captain
- Cursed Doll
- Magick Stream
This build is optimized and meant to be used only in Kurzan Front. For Ebony Cube please use a Raid build.
Identity & Gameplay
Gravity Training greatly increases the meter generation of Gravity Release skills and the duration of Hypergravity allowing you to play entirely around your identity.
Activating his identity activates Hypergravity and gives the following effects:
- Shield equal to 60% of Max HP
- +30% Damage to Staggered Foes
- Push and Status Immunity
- 30% Damage Reduction
- Ring that applies -40% Attack Speed, -80% Move Speed to foes, excluding Bosses.
- Disables all skills, only allowing Basic Attacks (Left-clicking) and Vortex Gravity (Z), using (X) to cancel.
- Vortex Gravity (Z) does high Stagger and Counter.
Destroyer Identity
Note: There is a very important distinction, Vortex Gravity (Z) is a skill that does not do much damage, the damage from Hypergravity mentioned in this build is from using left-click to basic-attack as nearly all of the damage comes from basic-attacking. The Z skill is mainly a Stagger and Counter skill.
All attacks with a Front Attack affix receive +10% Stagger and +20% Damage when they land on the target's front-side indicator. Additionally, we gain increased damage from Master Brawler. It is very essential to position yourself accordingly as much as possible to take advantage of this.
This build focuses on using blue skills to generate cores 3 cores to empower a purple Gravity Release skill. This will increase the meter generation and damage of the Gravity Release skill, then you repeat to spend all your Gravity Release skills to fully fill your meter. Once the meter is full, you enter Hypergravity and use left-click to use basic-attacks. If you hold down left-click for basic-attacks, it will speed up faster and faster, dealing massive damage. If you stop at all, then it will slow down again. Your goal is to get into Hypergravity and land as many basic-attack hits as possible.
Rotation
Standard Damage Rotation
- This rotation is simple, you generate 3 cores and then use a Gravity Release skill to generate meter and repeat. Once you have enough meter, you can enter Hypergravity and hold down left-click to do maximum damage. Do not use the Z skill for damage, only left-click.
- Seismic Hammer should be animation cancelled using spacebar for a faster rotation.
- Try your best to maintain your Synergy using Heavy Crush, even if you aren't planning to attack immediately after.
- Chain Strike generates 3 cores, it is a great backup core builder if you ever miss anything.
Stagger Check Rotation
- Simply follow this rotation to do great Stagger. Remember, you can also use a Whirlwind Grenade if you have one equipped!
Gems
Gems are another significant aspect of your build, as they directly impact the damage and cooldowns of your skills. You can equip up to 11 gems at a time. Here are the ones you should focus on in order to maximize this build's potential, listed according to their priority.
Damage Gems
- Vortex Gravity
- Perfect Swing
- Seismic Hammer
- Earth Wave
Cooldown Gems
- Endure Pain
- Perfect Swing
- Seismic Hammer
- Earth Wave
- Earth Eater
- Power Strike
- Heavy Crush
Engravings
Engravings are a core part of your build. You can equip up to five at a time, freely swapping between them.
Recommended Setup
- Grudge
- Master Brawler
- Barricade
- Stabilized Status
- Spirit Absorption or Cursed Doll
Bracelet
Bracelets provide beneficial effects to yourself or to your party members depending on the rolls they have.
The primary goal is to get the main stats used by this build - Specialization and Crit. After that, you should be aiming for Special Rolls to get more damage. Please note that this system is heavily reliant on RNG, and you should not expect to get much more beyond your main stats early on.
Optimal Bonus Rolls
Specialization
Crit
Circulate
Fervor
Hammer
Wedge
Battle
Alternative Bonus Rolls
Precise
Assail
Superiority
Weapon Power
Strength
Elixir
The recommended Elixir Set for this build is Critical.
Credits
Written by Civo
Reviewed by Perciculum