Sorceress

Community Guide
LAST UPDATED
December 14, 2025
Editors
Kiosuu, Venerator, Goemg

General Information


This document is created by community members as a compilation of class related information. This is not meant as a new player guide, if you are a new player we suggest reading Maxroll’s Build Guides instead. If you have any feedback or want to help with class discussions, join our Discord!

 

How do the two builds compare?

Reflux
Igniter
Summary

Consistent damage archetype, focused on consuming gauge through Blink to buff skills. Fast-paced & rotation-free.

Focuses on building gauge to enter an enhanced Arcane Rupture state to unleash a heavy burst.

Pros
  • Spammy
  • Very high mobillity
  • Frontloaded damage
  • High damage potential
  • Engraving & skill diversity
  • Very high destruction skill set
Cons
  • Requires high raid uptime
  • Runs into mana issues (MP eff, C/J and food help)
  • Punishing to miss skills
Reflux
Summary

Consistent damage archetype, focused on consuming gauge through Blink to buff skills. Fast-paced & rotation-free.

Pros
  • Spammy
  • Very high mobillity
Cons
  • Requires high raid uptime
  • Runs into mana issues (MP eff, C/J and food help)
Igniter
Summary

Focuses on building gauge to enter an enhanced Arcane Rupture state to unleash a heavy burst.

Pros
  • Frontloaded damage
  • High damage potential
  • Engraving & skill diversity
  • Very high destruction skill set
Cons
  • Punishing to miss skills

Ark Grid Cores

Sun
Moon
Star
Order
BiasBias
ExchangeExchange
Null ElementNull Element
Chaos
FlashyFlashy
SmolderingSmoldering
AttackAttack

Ark Passives

Always be pigging
Evolution
Crit
Crit
30/30
Swiftness
Swiftness
10/30
Illicit Spell
Illicit Spell
2/2
Limit Break
Limit Break
1/2
Unlimited Magick
Unlimited Magick
2/2
MP Furnace
MP Furnace
2/2
Enlightenment
Reflux
Reflux
3/3
Reflux Energy
Reflux Energy
3/3
Reflux Enhancement
Reflux Enhancement
3/3
Magick Charge
Magick Charge
3/3
Concentrated Magick
Concentrated Magick
2/5
Leap
Unleashed Power
Unleashed Power
5/5
Release Potential
Release Potential
4/5
Instant Spell
Instant Spell
2/3
Frost Mastery
Frost Mastery
3/3

Engravings

Core Engravings
Pick One
Notes

Pick one: Depending on your budget/rock/roster, pick your poison based on what you tolerate and can afford.

Skills

Energy Discarge
Energy Discarge
Level 14
0
Bleed

Main Damage Skill, Synergy Skill

  • Damage Amplification applies +6% damage to foes for the party for 8 seconds.
Rime Arrow
Rime Arrow
Level 14
Conviction

Main Damage Skill

  • Can and should be animation canceled with Blink or Spacebar.
  • Flexible rune slot.
Esoteric Reaction
Esoteric Reaction
Level 14
Poison

Main Damage Skill

  • It can fall off in damage distribution due to how easy it is for the target to walk out of its range by the time it fully explodes.
  • Can be animation canceled with Blink or Spacebar but it's not recommended to do so.
Reverse Gravity
Reverse Gravity
Level 14
Galewind

Main Damage Skill

  • Highest potential DPS in the entire kit, but can fall off due to requiring melee range & how easy it is for the target to walk out of its range.
  • Animation-locked skill, put your highest rarity Galewind on this skill.
  • Can be animation canceled with Blink or Spacebar but it's not recommended to do so.
Seraphic Hail
Seraphic Hail
Level 14
Judgment

Damage Filler

  • Provides relatively good damage with low cooldown.
  • Skill has traveling time, easier to hit if in melee range.
  • Easier to proc C/J.
  • Flexible rune slot. 
Punishing Strike
Punishing Strike
Level 12
Vision

Damage Filler

  • Provides decent stagger on-demand
  • Can be animation canceled with Blink or Spacebar 
Explosion
Explosion
Level 12
Galewind

Damage Filler

  • Provides weak point on-demand
Squall
Squall
Level 1
Quick Recharge
Purify

Counter

  • Flexible rune skill. Can slot an extra Quick Recharge, Rage or Purify as needed (i.e: Denouement: Final Day - Kazeros).

T Skill and Awakening

Rusing Glacier
Rusing Glacier

Hyper Awakening Skill (T Skill)

Reflux’s main T Skill, deals 50% more damage outside of “Arcane Rupture” (which is locked on Reflux).

Awakening
Apocalypse Call

Awakening Skill

Offers much greater damage potential than Enviska’s Might & lesser animation lock, typically used when skills are on cooldown or during a large DPS opening.

Hyper Awakening
Apocalypse

Hyper Awakening

Hyper Awakening is a powerful nuke skill used once per gate, and provides invincibility during cast (not immune to true raid wipe mechanics). Typically used during a large DPS opening.

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 5DMG gem 6
CDR
CDR gem 0CDR gem 1CDR gem 2CDR gem 3

Rotation

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DPS Distribution

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