Artillerist • Lost Ark Nexus

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How does my identity work?

Artillerist

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Firepower Meter(left bar) and Barrage Meter(right bar) is filled by hitting the enemy with any of your skills. Once full, you can enter into Kindle(Firepower Enhancement) or Barrage mode(Barrage Enhancement).

Ark Passive Bs 2

Fpe Meter

Firepower Meter provides 10% damage per level at maximum 30% for level 3. Having the Firepower Enhancement engraving provides an additional 42% normal skill damage while hitting level 1 meter.

Ark Passive Bs 6

Kindle can be activated once Firepower Meter is at Level 3. Provides 25% normal skill damage and 35% MP recovery speed for 8 seconds. When the duration ends, Firepower Meter resets to zero.

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Barrage Skills

Barrage Mode can be entered once Barrage Meter is filled, transforming and changing your current skills that is exclusive in that form. Barrage mode is disabled and changes into Barrage attack while having the Firepower Enhancement engraving.

How do the two builds compare?

Barrage Enhancement

Firepower Enhancement

Summary

Utilizes Normal Skills to generate Barrage Meter.

Enter Barrage to become stationary and gain push immunity, while getting access to 3 damage skills, a teleport, and a shield. Once skills are used, exit Barrage mode and use normal skills to rebuild Barrage Meter.

Utilizes Normal Skill in human form

Two playstyles from the Ark Passive side node

Maintain Firepower

Spammy and speedy
High Floor and Good Ceiling

Kindle

Builder and spender with high burst
Low Floor and High Ceiling

Pros

Push Immunity
Low Gem Investment

Range Hit Master
Tanky
Great Push and Paralysis immunity
High Stagger

Cons

Highly punishing if you miss major meter gen skills

Higher investment
No one knows what you do
Animation lock(Kindle)
Low mobility(Kindle)

Barrage Enhancement

Summary

Utilizes Normal Skills to generate Barrage Meter.

Enter Barrage to become stationary and gain push immunity, while getting access to 3 damage skills, a teleport, and a shield. Once skills are used, exit Barrage mode and use normal skills to rebuild Barrage Meter.

Pros