Gunlancer is the Warrior’s tankiest class option. It forgoes some of the damage from the other two classes for supreme defense, making Gunlancers the hardest class in the game to take down. If you’re looking for the best ways to set up your Gunlancer engravings, look no further.
Gunlancer Engravings Guide
Just like every other class we’ve covered, Gunlancer comes with two class-specific engravings that determine how the class is played in late-game content. For Gunlancer, these class engravings are called Lone Knight and Combat Readiness. These engravings and their builds are referred to blue and red by the community, due to the color of their icons.
Here are the exact effects of both class engravings.
- Lone Knight– Lv. 3: Crit Rate of Gunlance skills +15%. Crit Damage +50%. Battlefield Shield cannot be used. Consumption of the Shield Meter during Defensive Stance +100%.
- Combat Readiness – Lv. 3: Normal skills Damage +20%. Shield Amount +50% in Defensive Stance. Damage +6% for 10s when hit while in Defensive Stance (stacked up to 3 times, once every 1s).
Lone Knight is the more damage-oriented build, whereas Combat Readiness turns you into the ultimate tank. Combat Readiness Lancers are known for their ability to “ignore” most boss mechanics, as their ability to survive damage basically removes the threat of death from the player. Regardless of how you choose to play your Gunlancer, here’s the best builds for either.
These lists aren’t complete. They leave room for one or two flexible engraving picks of your choice. However, the listed engravings are priority, and should be taken before anything you add.
Combat Readiness GunLancer Build
- Combat Readiness
- Barricade – Lv. 3: Damage to foes while shielded +16%.
- Adrenaline – Lv. 3: After using skills (excluding Movement Skills and Basic Attack), Atk. Power +1% for 6s. Stacks up to 6 times. When max stacks are reached, Crit Rate +15%. If Cooldown reduction due to skill cancel is applied to this effect, it is applied after the end of the skill.
- Cursed Doll – Lv. 3: Atk. Power +16%. Healing 25%, natural recovery excluded.
- Grudge – Lv. 3: Damage +20% to Boss or above monsters. Incoming damage +20%.
- Spirit Absorption – Lv. 3: Atk./Move Speed +15%
- Stabilized Status – Lv. 3: Damage +16% when your HP is above 80%.
Lone Knight GunLancer Build
- Lone Knight
- Super Charge– Lv. 3: Charge skills’ charging speed +40%. Damage +20%.
- Grudge – Lv. 3: Damage +20% to Boss or above monsters. Incoming damage +20%.
- Adrenaline – Lv. 3: After using skills (excluding Movement Skills and Basic Attack), Atk. Power +1% for 6s. Stacks up to 6 times. When max stacks are reached, Crit Rate +15%. If Cooldown reduction due to skill cancel is applied to this effect, it is applied after the end of the skill.
- Cursed Doll – Lv. 3: Atk. Power +16%. Healing -25%, natural recovery excluded.
- Spirit Absorption – Lv. 3: Atk./Move Speed +15%
- Master Brawler – Lv. 3: Head attack Damage +25%
- Keen Blunt Weapon – Lv. 3: +50% Crit Damage but your attacks have a chance to deal Damage -20%
- Precise Dagger – Lv. 3: Crit Rate +20%. Crit Damage -12%.
That’s everything you need to know to build your Gunlancer in Lost Ark! If you’ve discovered a better Engravings build, be sure to let sure know in the comments! Check out our other Lost Ark articles for other class builds and guides.
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