Glaivier

Community Guide
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Control
Pinnacle
Summary

Simple builder-spender back attacker with high mobility.

65 casts per minute.

85% uptime needed for max DPS.

Semi-bursty back attacker with a stance swap.

45-65 casts per minute.

55-75% uptime needed for max DPS.

Pros

  • Fast move speed

  • Mobility skills

  • Some ranged skills

  • Push Immunity on 2 biggest skills

  • Long Spacebar

  • Easy to play, hard to master

  • ~40% gemless DPS

  • Fast move speed

  • Mobility skills

  • Some ranged skills

  • Bursty (good with downtime)

  • Lots of utility skills; 2 counters and a parry skill

  • ~30% gemless DPS

Cons

  • Loses a lot of DPS to downtime

  • Needs 80 Enlightenment Points for endgame build (X skill)

  • Inconsistent Crit

  • Inconsistent Spacebar (different between the 2 stances)

  • Needs Karma(i1670) for Crit on T.

Control
Summary

Simple builder-spender back attacker with high mobility.

65 casts per minute.

85% uptime needed for max DPS.

Pros

  • Fast move speed

  • Mobility skills

  • Some ranged skills

  • Push Immunity on 2 biggest skills

  • Long Spacebar

  • Easy to play, hard to master

  • ~40% gemless DPS

Cons

  • Loses a lot of DPS to downtime

  • Needs 80 Enlightenment Points for endgame build (X skill)

Pinnacle
Summary

Semi-bursty back attacker with a stance swap.

45-65 casts per minute.

55-75% uptime needed for max DPS.

Pros

  • Fast move speed

  • Mobility skills

  • Some ranged skills

  • Bursty (good with downtime)

  • Lots of utility skills; 2 counters and a parry skill

  • ~30% gemless DPS

Cons

  • Inconsistent Crit

  • Inconsistent Spacebar (different between the 2 stances)

  • Needs Karma(i1670) for Crit on T.

Chaos Dungeon

Awakening
Engravings

Ark Grid Cores

Sun
Moon
Star
Order
1: Galewind Barrage1: Galewind Barrage
1: Raging Dragon Energy1: Raging Dragon Energy
1: Dual Technique1: Dual Technique
Chaos
1: Flashy1: Flashy
1: Smoldering1: Smoldering
1: Attack1: Attack

Ark Passives

Evolution
Limit Break
Limit Break
3
Strike
Strike
2
Critical
Critical
1
Pulverize
Pulverize
1
Standing Striker
Standing Striker
2
Enlightenment
Control
Control
Yeon-Style Technique
Yeon-Style Technique
Leap
T
T
3

Engravings

Core Engravings
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Skills

T Skill and Awakening

Dragon's Rampage
Dragon's Rampage

Gem Priority

Gems are listed in order of most to least important from left to right. Grayed out icons are optional.
DMG
DMG gem 0DMG gem 1DMG gem 2DMG gem 3DMG gem 4DMG gem 5

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CDR
CDR gem 0CDR gem 1CDR gem 2CDR gem 3CDR gem 4

Rotation

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DPS Distribution

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