Ark

[fair bane]

Not sure is there any correlation, but this was implemented on Dec 22 in Kmsm

They revamped Adi Hyper Stats in Kmsm

Basically classes with fast attack speed or tons of lines via burst or natively high hit counts per skill will be affected by this

[rough cairn]

LMAO, clone and add dmg effects does not activate this

Alrite, now i understand why certain classes dropped a few tiers

This change is incredibly drastic

Imma guessing Ark isn't so badly affected as they have both atk speed and lines unlike Pally and DB who are dependent on their lines but they dont have fast attack speed

[light cove]

rip

[wooden mountain]

@red quest enjoy merc and pray this doesn’t come to global

[red quest]

im not worried 😂

[rough cairn]

I doubt Ark and Merc are affected by this

They both have ridiculous atk speed and lines

[rough cairn]

Heck PF will benefit greatly from this

It will come to global

Only a matter of when

[wooden mountain]

Yeah I think you’re right maybe the additional lines proced from the clones won’t be so significant

[rough cairn]

Its their atk speed that makes up for it

Despite the clone nerf

[wooden mountain]

Yeah merc clones burst is still solid

[rough cairn]

Thats why Merc is still S tier in Kmsm despite adi revamp

But those current meta classes like Pally and DB all drop a tier or 2

Since they only have lines but not attack speed

[wooden mountain]

But I still think they shouldn’t bring it to global though

[rough cairn]

Adi revamp will create a new meta

Where atk speed becomes just as important now

[wooden mountain]

PF still D tier in the charts regardless

[deep saddle]

I remember he ranked this based on dmg deal to phase 1 Damien or something, this is also pre-cygnus remaster

[wooden mountain]

Yeah but the chart is right about one thing though PF being D hahahaha

Okay let’s not crash ark’s channel

[deep saddle]

Yeah lol he also took down all of the guides he posted lmao

[wooden mountain]

Is this song? Or someone else

[deep saddle]

Forgot

[wooden mountain]

Nvm at least we have you

[deep saddle]

I don’t do rankings tho haha

[upbeat lichen]

Moon i pmed you

[wooden mountain]

It’s alright your YouTube videos are insightful

[deep saddle]

Ohh okay 1 sec

[deep saddle]

Glad they are helpful

[deep saddle]

Yeah back to Arkkkkk

[wooden mountain]

Any pro ark wants to flex their nodes/videos

[tardy rose]

I think it will

Its a means to balance all classes

Just like Song and his team dps charts

This in some ways will bring some parity to those classes at the lower end of the dps charts

[cedar basin]

[solemn prawn]

Stonks

[tender sorrel]

woof

[keen star]

@upbeat lichen @wooden mountain

Then again, its outdated now since this is prior to cygnus remaster

[wooden mountain]

Doesn’t really matter now. Tier list doesn’t apply to gmsm

[upbeat lichen]

Doesnt matter, i really want to see bsp in podium thou

So i can cut over from kinesis

[deep saddle]

Let’s just forget about this list, it was just for sh*ts and giggles

[keen star]

[wooden mountain]

Kinda looking forward to V3

[tender sorrel]

how do u unlock ark's buff skill called floran heros will

[mighty glen]

lv150 quest

[tender sorrel]

whats the quest called

[mighty glen]

look at your quests, its red and the skill tells you which quest it is, its like Azan something

[vernal storm]

V3 will be a fun update

[cedar basin]

V3 will be nice sustain

[cedar basin]

There hope for us guys

[mighty glen]

love to see it

[vernal storm]

Damn 1b

[deep saddle]

🐳💯

[static arrow]

Dang that’s a db st ghb there

[tardy rose]

Dont think db st should be regarded as the metric for ghb st

NL, Blaster, Mercedes and Pally are capable of doing 130, 140 and higher

Mercedes prolly will be doing a comfortable 140, 150+

[red quest]

[cedar basin]

Not with the same mdc

I’ve had a pally with better stats then my ark and same mdc, it’s still about 20b from my ark if I do perfect run

ST

and GD reflect that’s too

My pallys was like 930

and my ark has 3k less atk then my pally and less stats. BA and phy dmg wise

[static arrow]

I just went through song’s list and see the highlighted ghb st this morning that’s why I use db

But those in record is easily 25 levels ahead which means 1 max hyper stat difference

We yet to see any lotus chart yet right ?

[fair bane]

Alot of the stuff inside the charts are not really updated as of recent

[static arrow]

Ya no ark yet

[fair bane]

I'm one of the person inside Song's team that is updating the scores

There's some records that have yet to be added despite ss shown cause alot of us are quite busy haha

Like for example, A1 Blaster doing 499b in Ghb

Its not yet added

[static arrow]

Daamn

But yeah the chart is purely for reference when there’s need to compare efficiency

[fair bane]

Likewise NL GD of 1.25b is based on 26.1m cap however the now retired A1 NL did even higher with 31m+ cap

[cedar basin]

31m cap wtf

[static arrow]

Especially after the introduction of chaos and abso and level 60 gear

Mdc’s everywhere lol

[fair bane]

Yeah its messy atm, since technically its still early

Absolab 50 is still new and Absolab 60 is very much a rarity for now

[cedar basin]

thats highest cap so far in na and asia?

[fair bane]

31.6 if not wrong

The retired NL from A1

[cedar basin]

that NL's v3 and v4

nvm he won't see v3 and v4

[fair bane]

He already sold his gears 😅

But there wasnt alot of nice things said about him thou

Since he literally pull strings to ask his server to help him get absolab 60

Only to later sell them away at a slightly cheaper price

Oh well

[static arrow]

Interesting insight

[cedar basin]

rip

do you and song's team know abt kmsm after cygnus remaster?

[fair bane]

The DS records is the most updated 😂

Since its mine

[fair bane]

Yeah we know

[static arrow]

I guess if we’re getting the ied v skill update the tier list is gonna shake

[fair bane]

But it hasnt reach us yet

[cedar basin]

share

[fair bane]

So till then we will still update based on the current Cygnus

Until remaster hits global

[cedar basin]

oh im just curious what kmsm is like now

[fair bane]

Hmm, you have to source on youtube

@deep saddle has quite abit of remaster cygnus content as well

Do check it out

[bronze zephyr]

Afser#0413 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[light cove]

😈

[vagrant lark]

hi !probably this has been discussed before, but can i ask on 171, which hyper skills passive should i add?

i have already added battlearts - reinforce, specter state - extra healing, and specter state - enhance

[mighty glen]

#1092953324644466748 message

[outer reef]

About the patch notes… does the new content affect the existing hyper skill setup recommended on the pin?

[neon knoll]

it shouldnt unless you put points on blissful restraint for utility

[bronze zephyr]

Tris#3038 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mighty glen]

😂

[stone kestrel]

Dropping a lil ark ear smex

[mighty glen]

dear lord

is it bass boosted?💀

[stone kestrel]

This from pc

Msm wont have these sounds until beast drops on msm

[tender sorrel]

did nexon fix the stuttering bug on ark?

[glad needle]

w update for ark or naw?

[quick dirge]

damm it’s so satisfy

ty sir

[mighty glen]

No

[mighty glen]

Nothing but a bind change

[true laurel]

bullshit bind change

every other binds get 10 sec

we somehow get 9s ??

lol

[tender sorrel]

brehhh

[stone kestrel]

[solemn prawn]

Hi anyone tested the new adi? Doesnt seem to proc when i manually cast basic charge drive

[neon knoll]

Why would you want it to proc during flora form

[stone kestrel]

R u ark main now

[neon knoll]

unfortunately yeah

[stone kestrel]

Im ark main too

Except on better version

[mighty glen]

😳

[vernal storm]

Glad I didn’t cut over to Ark

Bucc got a serious buff

[static arrow]

It ain’t cutting if you’re not rebuilding hyper stat, m label and pet, maxing node, transferring symbol tbh

Cutting gear is just some crystal spending course

[cold mantle]

Buffs/nerfs come and goes all the time overall ark have more potential (in my opinion) maybe it demands more management but still... and eventually ark might get buff aswell, but I'm glad that you're happy

[vernal storm]

Ark damage and potential wise still better than bucc

I think Ark might be the strongest pirate class

[cedar basin]

Ark is probably one of the strongest atm on same level as DB

and with v3 probably stronger then DB

[rough cairn]

Its not might. It is the strongest.

[rough cairn]

Doubt Ark as at the same level now. Prolly is better now.

DB are reporting drop in dps via gd alone

After adi revamp

Im not sure whether Ark was just as affected or nothing changed

[rough cairn]

If we were to compare in your perspective as a f2p. Bucc > Ark for sure due to Bucc being easier and cheaper for f2p to manage

[vernal storm]

Yeah Ark definitely not for F2P lol

[stiff tulip]

ILM is beast after patch

[deep saddle]

I can fell the buff

[grizzled patrol]

Hi, gusy.
Any guide for perfect trio nodes for ark?
Somone can post plz?

[mighty glen]

Perfect trios

[cedar basin]

Main ones are 1-2-6

Rest you won’t need till your like 225+

Otherwise you won’t have slots for decent skils or all v skills especially with v3 coming out soon

[deep saddle]

FYI This is what he meant by 1,2,6
can check out my Ark video for more info on 200+ Ark

https://youtu.be/EfPsLVegQTo

@grizzled patrol

[woeful dagger]

Hi does anyone know what this skill does? Apart from the spectra recovery. Been watching my character AB but I can't figure it out. 🙃

[vernal storm]

You’re not supposed to put your point into this

Basically when you go into specter state using master corruption, you immediately gain 10% of the gauge. Also lets you cancel skill and go into specter state

[woeful dagger]

Ahhh ok thanks. I just put it in to see what it does since we got the free hyper skill reset scrolls anyway haha.

[cold mantle]

Not sure if your right... he should check the pinned massage, if I'm not worng they recommend to learn it

[mighty glen]

When you’re doing more bossing is when it’s ok to do so

[woeful dagger]

Got it I know how it works now, thanks guys!

[mighty glen]

[indigo wave]

what weapon and armor should i go for ark?

[tender sorrel]

rlly depends on u

[sullen totem]

just go for absolab everything and necro belt

[stone kestrel]

ark is unplayable without these two skills

[calm obsidian]

Is this the best class now?

[calm obsidian]

So what class recomended for F2P?

[rough cairn]

Just play Dark Knight

[vernal storm]

This skill is nuts, holy fuck. But V4 is a whiiiile away

[stone kestrel]

msm missing so much tbh

ark top tier as long as it's linestory and not dpsstory though

that's why ark dogshit on pc but strong on mobile

[vernal storm]

One damage cap increase can screw the entire meta lol

[stone kestrel]

Linestory dum af anyway

[vernal storm]

Ark V3 pretty cool though

Ark in general pretty cool

[stone kestrel]

ehh v3 is just extra lines

[mighty glen]

just extra lines

this is linestory bb

[static arrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZe4PdNfmo&ab_channel=派翠

not mine*

[deep saddle]

It’s the same guy in my video aha

He said not his best run, just his first attempt

[ember shore]

Or u could get Blasters’ V3

Lock itself in place for maybe some 40+lines,with a pitiful iframe and all ur ammos gone

Looking lit ain’t it?

A burst skills that actually makes u lose dps

[cedar basin]

1.2k lines a minute ye I’ll take that shit

[mighty glen]

[stone kestrel]

Not sure about msm lines but nightmare is 9 lines per att and has a 12 sec cd, less if you weave spectre skills. Thats like 8 casts at most per min

[mighty glen]

where are you getting this info from, cuz it casts every 4 seconds

[cedar basin]

???

It’s 72 lines every 4 seconds

passively

No cast or click

what are you looking at lol

[stone kestrel]

I literally said not sure about msm lol

[mighty glen]

#1092953324644466748 message

[stone kestrel]

Those are pc lines

I dont have a 200 ark on msm

[mighty glen]

its all good, just peep the vid

[neon knoll]

@cedar basin any new pr’s?

[cedar basin]

Nah been bored lately lol

[stone kestrel]

i mean if they made it 72hits in 4 sec cd, then msm just made the skill giga broken lmao

[stone kestrel]

maple doesnt get fun until the later bosses

trust

[mighty glen]

Just different game

would only be broken if they gave it the same amount of skill dmg

[stone kestrel]

same game, with different meta

its only dif game if the bosses that go to msm

are new and not the same ported over

[mighty glen]

its a different game, not gonna fight you on this

[stone kestrel]

sia literally the only exception

dif opinions

[mighty glen]

.... its just a fact that msm and pc play very differently

yes we have a different meta, but its not just the same game ported over with a different meta

[vernal storm]

Not confirmed on MSM yet, but KMSM it’s 72

[stone kestrel]

classes are the same, bosses are the same. Lucid, Will, Ctene will come after. It's a modified version of the same game.

even maps are the exact same

[mighty glen]

That’s not on par with what you said before tho but ok

You said same game different meta, now you’re pretty much just agreeing with what I said before

Also there are more than enough differences which is why we say it’s a different game

But you must be new so I totally get the need for comparison to the base game

[stone kestrel]

I'm 277 on pc and 228 on msm l0l

Don't see why you're against my opinion of the two being the same game with slight differences.

[junior edge]

Because its objectively a wrong opinion

Its okay I am wrong sometimes too

It happens

[stone kestrel]

Instead of just saying you're wrong, you should say why.

From the visuals, 99percent of classes, skills, maps, bosses, all of them are derived from the base game MapleStory. Adding mobile-esque gacha, limiting damage cap, and modifying the damage formula does not make it a different game. It's like saying chess variants like crazyhouse is no longer chess.

[mighty glen]

[pine girder]

i would agree, msm is just a copy paste of pc ms with some changes so that the professor dont notice its a copy paste

gear system and auto battle are the biggest differences

tbh

its sad that nexon literally copies and pastes their own assets and still cant learn from their own mistakes

[stone kestrel]

exactly lol

you can literally tell what's coming out next (lucid/arcana) based on the pc version, so calling it a different game is just laughable

in fact, nexon took what pcms couldn't monetize enough (face/hair slot coupons for 1 dollar) and threw it onto msm as mannequins for 30 dollars.

[junior edge]

The universe is the same but the game isnt. Different gearing, different stat goals, different leveling, different boss progression (chaos daily for example on mobile), different systems entirely to progress your character (gems,flames,potentials, legion, etc.) , the way cosmetics are obtain is very different, reward systems are different. I mean I could keep going but ill just stop here because this is an Ark forum lol

[dreamy fable]

anyone have a good AB wheel for SF144 lvl 170+?

is ark 170 hyper not good for ab?

[mighty glen]

It’s not, only bossing

And use pinned wheel

[stiff tulip]

Any beast ark yet?

[regal rapids]

@stiff tulip

[stiff tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/james-franco-wait-what-wut-wtf-nani-gif-25479769

[sullen totem]

@regal rapids

[mighty glen]

@sullen totem

[vernal storm]

what's the cooldown on Ark V1?

[mighty glen]

90s

[vernal storm]

Wait what the fuck

are you legit?

[mighty glen]

yes

[vernal storm]

Holy shit I been sleeping on this

I thought it was 180s

[mighty glen]

nope, i think at lv25 its 60s

[vernal storm]

60s cooldown for a skill like that. Damn

Gotta rethink my decision now

[mighty glen]

just remember its squishy

[vernal storm]

What I think I'll do is

stick it in SF168, and wait for next burning

Because I have no more classes left that I wanna push to 200

[mighty glen]

understandable

[stiff tulip]

Extra extra squishy

https://tenor.com/view/squishy-toys-cute-poke-gif-13793641

[mighty glen]

https://tenor.com/view/amphibia-disney-disney-plus-hop-pop-squishy-gif-23476238

[vernal storm]

yeah it dies way too easy lol, probably best to just revisit when funded

[true laurel]

I'm at 30.5k Phy def with 88k hp and still randomly die in sf194

At least it's in 2-4hr intervals instead of 40min now

So I either upgrade the 2 legendaries that don’t give hp into mythic for more def, or I actually have to exalt gear to survive

[bronze zephyr]

WeaboFace#2471 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mighty glen]

yup its a real pain, i had to stay in sf180 till 200 with my full mythic emblem armor(no emblem on shoulders or belt) and ancient wep

and still couldn't do 194 post 200

[stiff tulip]

Ark either need one more goooood invincibility or make it less squishy

Ark is either you die first or you kill first, but most likely, you die first 🤣

[vernal storm]

lmaooo

[neon knoll]

Skill issue

[mighty glen]

[vernal storm]

💀

[stiff tulip]

Show us your skill 😉

[neon knoll]

I didn’t say I had skill

We in the same boat

[cedar basin]

what hyper skill passive shd i add for ark

[mighty glen]

[true laurel]

What pins should I check for ark ?

[stiff tulip]

Ark is so ded. Need some improvement nexon.

[vernal storm]

Not ded, you just need a higher credit card limit

[glad needle]

Ark is de way.

[upbeat lichen]

Just not for f2p

[true laurel]

So close

[cold mantle]

The perfect trios supposed to be on same 3 skills Until lvl 225 and higher right?

[hexed nacelle]

Feels like I’m way behind on ark. Anyone can show me de wae?

[true laurel]

on what ?

[hexed nacelle]

Everything on the Ark character 😂

[true laurel]

Needs better armor than most classes that's all

[stiff tulip]

Why am I playing 2 arks

[grizzled patrol]

guys can u show me your bossing wheel? and maybe a video of bossing like gd or honor?

[glad needle]

Should be a bossing wheel 🛞 n the pins

[stone kestrel]

[deep saddle]

Yasssss

[glad needle]

[sullen totem]

Why does this image make zero sense to me?

It should probably look like this

[woeful dagger]

This is what I’m running (I think it’s correct)

[sullen totem]

Yea that looks good, nice progress

[stiff tulip]

OP

[woeful dagger]

Any tips on how to clear Mulung floor 41? Can't seem to figure it out haha

I'd have already used Blissful Restraint and Abyssal Recall on F39-40

[static arrow]

Damn I’m dying at af60 with 70% v8

[novel hatch]

Welcome to the dead Ark group

[small spade]

#buffArk

[vernal storm]

Dying at AF with those equips... So glad I didn't push resources into Ark

[woeful dagger]

Ark is not ded :/

[static arrow]

is any of this skills castable by equipping on skill wheel instead of pet

i know mages mana overload has that feature

[neon knoll]

The 1st 2 are dice is manual but refreshed via pet buff

[woeful dagger]

I don’t equip the first 2 on pet.

Rather manually use it when I need it rather then realise they are on cool down but it’s just my preference.

[stone kestrel]

Infinity + overdrive is part of ark burst, using it on autobuff is griefing

[regal rapids]

V8+

[bright garnet]

hey guys new ark here just hit 124 what should my first steps be?

[cold mantle]

Get to lvl 141 and start to follow the recommended passive hyper skill points I guess... and keep on upgrading your items all the time

[bright garnet]

what about gems?

i have 3 boxes for rank s gems what are the bests ones?

[sullen totem]

Yellow exp

[bright garnet]

where do i find the reccomendations?

[true laurel]

You need to be able to survive SF184 + to do AF60

[bright garnet]

whats best way to get meso?

[static arrow]

By Not farming with ark 💀

[regal rapids]

Maple points
AF170

[vernal storm]

Savage

[bright garnet]

Well how do I get maple points? And what class should I farm with?

[vernal storm]

Farm with Shadower

Maple points you need mesos to get if you're F2P

[bright garnet]

Ahh ok and if I wanna spend money?

[stiff tulip]

Go back to blaster community

[bright garnet]

What gear should I upgrade first/replace?

[bright garnet]

@vernal storm what class turns into shadower? Shade?

[vernal storm]

Shadower...

Explorers -> Shadower

[true laurel]

Buy good gears and farm at the highest map you can, level to 200 and farm nodes

[true laurel]

Weapon > topbtm/overall > hat > glove > shoe > shoulder > cape > belt

In that order

[deep saddle]

Ark V3 84 Lines every 4 seconds

More Lines than KMSM

[bright garnet]

@true laurel should I upgrade them in that order or replace them with different ones?

[true laurel]

You have all the correct types of equipment, so you can upgrade them slowly. Or if you have the mesos just buy ready made ones.

You probably should find CD/BA emblems of those items to upgrade though

Especially for weapon

[bright garnet]

CD/BA?

[true laurel]

Crit damage or boss atk emblems

Probably should focus more on crit dmg

[bright garnet]

Ahh ok do I get them off chaos expeditions ?

[true laurel]

No, you have a small chance of getting them from fusing items

Just get mesos and buy them off trade station when you have the chance

Emblem items have better stats

[bright garnet]

Oh emblem weapon I thought you ment the emblems you get from like pink bean xD

[hearty garnet]

Any one can give me tips on how to progress my char, im lvl 143 as ARK I have bought unique eclectic set and Jaihin claw weapon, I feel kinda stuck(all of them lvl 12SF)

[true laurel]

Just have to SF and upgrade them. I wouldn’t be too concerned about set at this stage since you’re leveling and the set bonuses don’t really do anything

Try to get to SF 113/115 for now (2SF on each item). After that it’s just a matter of fusing your weapon and other equipment to legendary

[hearty garnet]

Should I aim for a specific type of equipment (like a set or smt) or just legendary no matter the type

[sullen totem]

Any legendary will do, when fusing legendary for mythic go for jaihin or utgard

[true laurel]

If you have the mesos always get jaihin weapon, jaihin hat, bloody gloves, electic overall and shoes

[sullen totem]

Go for 17-18sf unique before you fuse

[true laurel]

Overall probably becomes top/btm later on

That’s only if you want to invest in those items though

If you’re still farming on a new account just fuse and up your starforce

The stats hardly matter until you reach mythic, and even then you want to prioritize having sufficient gear to go into stronger maps than to actually care about the stat bonuses

[hearty garnet]

why is that? because of the destroy prob?

Thank you for all the help guys! I had an farming kanna on reboot so everything was on easy mode XD but now im playing on mobile and im trying to figure out everything from scrach

[true laurel]

Yea, easier to repair at unique. Also fusing drops 1 SF.

Ideally you want to get to SF 130/133 when you’re at full legendary. Unfortunately Ark’s survivability is pretty bad because of how short the range is and how much it dashes into mobs, so you will probably need 2+ pieces of mythic equipments to farm in SF144/147

That’s the checkpoint for early-mid game

[sullen totem]

I just started reboot, Ark has great burst in gms but everything else is trash

Ark seems to be the only class that gets a complete rework for 6th job which is awesome

All 1-4th job skills get new animations and heavy buffs when you get hexa matrix unlocked

[hearty garnet]

so farm in sf fileds up to 200? and then its like the normal maple to farm in arcane?

and which hyper should I aim for? (both stats and skill? for stats im upgrading FD but should I go for smt else as well?

im sry for all the questions I was searching for this info online and couldnt find anything

[sullen totem]

Pexp/exp is bis, prioritizing leveling is bis don't let anyone tell you otherwise

More matrix slots/ passive levels to vskills is huge

Pexp>exp>final damage is a good start

Or just pexp/exp and save mesos for when you unlock second hyperstat page for bossing later

Also for training crit rate hyper is better than FD, since you won't be using crit rate buffs during ab anyways

[true laurel]

Not a good route for f2p though. They essentially get bonus exp which doesn’t even cover the exp gain from higher maps.

Better to just save for high SF equipment to jump maps at that point

[stiff tulip]

Anyone maxed v3 yet? If so, can I see the ss?

Want to see it's dmg

[stiff tulip]

Thanks @neon knoll

[tawdry cape]

At lvl 1 is it good?

[neon knoll]

skill dmg is pretty low at lvl 1 from what i recall the cooldown and lines remain the same throughout

[tawdry cape]

For kaiser's it enhances or main attack. So at low lvl its not recommended to use for bossing because we will do less overall damage. Wonder if that was the same for ark with the 80+ hit count I assume not

[hearty garnet]

dumb question what should I buy from the event shop? I thought about the -100M discount on hyper stats

[hearty garnet]

Ohh and another question is it better to spend 50M to rank up from unique to legendary or fuze 2 uniques?

[sullen totem]

Took me a while to grasp this, but yes. Sf 194/ + ability to 1-2 shot mobs should be first priority before you start spending on exp hypers

[sullen totem]

Fuse unless you are ranking up an emblem jaihin weapon

Or just rank up if stones are expiring soon anyways

[solemn prawn]

hi, has anyone noticed that after the v3 update impending death orbs damage is not hitting the same cap as pre patch?

[hearty garnet]

hey guys the my daily question XD what jewls should I aim for? all exp?

[small spade]

yeah that would probably be your best until you reach close to endgame

[outer reef]

Usually I work on two types of jewel since it seems more efficient than working on one. I would aim to get 5 S rank Yellow EXP jewels first, then 5 S rank Blue Physical Damage jewels. Work towards SS by using spare Mu Lung Master jewels and Legends Lucky jewels. For QoL, some try to get yellow drop rate jewels and blue speed jewels, when you open third page (with crystals). Some debate between Blue PHY DMG jewels and Purple Boss Atk jewels though.

[steep zealot]

just started Ark whats the best auto rotation skills?

[hearty garnet]

What passive should I take at the hypers?

[outer reef]

Check pinned message; the one posted by MoonBean.

[bright garnet]

what should my mobbing skkills be?

im 159 rn

[hearty garnet]

Thank you!

[woeful dagger]

Check pins there’s an AB wheel

[primal nacelle]

For V Matrix, I've got V1, V2, V3 skills and Perfect Trio. (7 slots total)
What's next?

1. Loaded Dice (Enhances Roll of the Dice)
2. Overdrive (Weapon Overdrive)
3. Decent Sharp Eyes (↑CD&CR, ↓PD&MD when att)
4. Decent Speed Infusion (↑BA)
5. Decent Combat Orders (↑PD&MD)

Note: I haven't crafted these so I don't know the full skill description

[woeful dagger]

I'd say Loaded Dice > Sharp eyes > Combat orders > speed infusion @primal nacelle

V3 overdrive sucks atm

This is what I'm running for AB for now, I swap rope lift and sharp eyes out for Combat orders and speed infusion when I go bossing.

[primal nacelle]

Thanks @woeful dagger for your suggestion, will try it out 🙂

[sullen totem]

What v skill should I use exp nodes on first?

[true laurel]

Why is ark so bad at mid game

DA stats lmao

[neon knoll]

“Skill issue”

[stiff tulip]

Is you bad, not the class

Ark is trash not bad

[novel chasm]

anyone that have gone through Ark, Lotus with this job can share some experience and opinion

[neon knoll]

Good burst minute 1 and minute 3 in between those burst times good luck

[fast vortex]

Anyone got an ark ab wheel pre hyper wheel

Checked bot commands for ab wheel but no ark D:

[regal rapids]

@stiff tulip

[stiff tulip]

Ark is ded

Don't play, go spend money on kanna instead. More hope than ark

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[fast vortex]

Just levelling to 140 for link&legion haha

[junior edge]

I thought ark v3 made them good lmao guess not

[stiff tulip]

Nope. Ark still trash. You won't know until you play it

[stiff tulip]

Go ark main!

[flint hornet]

Is ark weaker than buc,shade and TB?

[glad needle]

I just hit 200 for my ark

What is the perfect trio or whatever

I have these two nodes

What I do now 😌

[sullen totem]

Probably on par with shade with maxed nodes

[glad needle]

Just opened this node! Is this a perfect trio?

[main barn]

Any ab wheel for 150 ark?

[woeful dagger]

I pm’ed you awhile back sir haha.

Also no, that’s not a perfect trio for ark.

[tame flume]

when does ark get good

on fourth job rn

but i think i will delete or keep it for link/legion

starting to see the big flaws of this class

looking at this chat i dont think it will ever get any better

legion mule it is then

[sullen totem]

Probably just get to lvl 200ish then delete and remake when they are top dps meta class

[true laurel]

You just need to buy super good gear

Also most of the dmg comes from V skills so post 200 with investment

[native shore]

Is ark weaker than Bucc / shade?

[cold mantle]

Depends on your equipment

[drifting patio]

There are so many videos on Ark AB & Bossing wheel, do they differ from each other a lot? Or it is fine if I just follow MoonBean guide?

[neon knoll]

Moonbean guide is fine tbh till 200. Then depending on whether you value clear speed vs node farming potential then you would have to switch it up

Just don’t equip hyper and you should be chillin.
depending on how geared you ark is varies your experience with training (good or bad) cuz it’s relatively squishy

[vague palm]

@neon knoll any wheel which emphasises clearing speed?

[neon knoll]

for post lvl 200, just make sure you have abyssal recall (v1) and the v3 equipped. along with endless nightmare and basic charge shot and you should be fine.
you can add more skills to your rotation to provide party buffs occasionally but it hinders clear speed

[drifting patio]

Do u mind sharing ur post 200 AB & Bossing wheel

[neon knoll]

1st one is for farming/training, second one is bossing, and the third ss is presets

[drifting patio]

may i ask for ur preset 1, why do u have the gust drive on 3rd slot? also for bossing wouldnt it better to have abyssal drive to have its own slot on the wheel?

[neon knoll]

I have gust drive w the preset to auto refresh the battle frenzy buff without have to press multiple buttons. It’s the lazy method but I do adequate dps by spamming the preset. You can opt for it to be in different button but then you have to be mindful about when you can use it and precise to animation cancel with endless dream

As for abyssal drive it’s preference I like keeping track of cooldowns so I just have all the buff skills on a preset and occasionally tap lol

[drifting patio]

hmm sounds good, ill tweak here and there, ill see what suits

[prisma elbow]

@neon knoll can u share your hyper skill?

i mean passive skill u learn

[neon knoll]

I use the same one listed on pinned messages

[stiff tulip]

@neon knoll can you share your logs so we cam learn how to play ark?

[neon knoll]

What logs yo

[stiff tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/sodyz-lost-ark-log-in-wow-tbc-gif-24951025

[woeful dagger]

Any pro arks know why my spell bullets buff wont proc at arkarium but it works fine at hmag?

I turn the auto buff off to charge it up before I load in the boss and turn it on right before the boss spawns for both ark and hmag.

Like, see it works here but when I do the exact same thing at arkarium it never works.

[neon knoll]

You’re gonna have to show the arkarium run too so I can somewhat see what the issue is

[woeful dagger]

Hahaha alright I'll record my run tomorrow. Only recorded the hmag cause I noticed it didnt proc during ark

[neon knoll]

How much of a difference do the spell bullets make? I’ve always just auto buff on my pets this whole time

Is it really worth the micro managing

[woeful dagger]

I think its worth it tbh its like 10% BA FDI PDI CD I think

1 for each of the buffs

[neon knoll]

Ohh I suppose I usually just start with flora form on my runs

Then proc specter when I see the buffs populate

[woeful dagger]

Yeah I store it before I go in hahaha

[neon knoll]

[woeful dagger]

I used to do that too but I've been trying to maximise dps recently hahaha

[neon knoll]

Is it a significant difference? In terms of dps

[woeful dagger]

Magnificent souls have not been kind to me though sadly

[woeful dagger]

Yeah especially for short fights like GHB you dont wanna waste that 5s proccing the buffs

[neon knoll]

Trueee

I might have to play around with it then haha

[woeful dagger]

Yeah... it works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt. Can't figure out why and its annoying me hahaha

[neon knoll]

Prolly a bug honestly lol

[woeful dagger]

Like at Guild immortal dungeon sometimes it only procs 2 or 3 out of the 4 buffs

[stiff tulip]

I put on my pet thus whole time too

[primal nacelle]

I don't put on my pet. Manually activate before bossing. 🤭

[compact moon]

Has anyone tried this skill wheel?

[neon knoll]

is this for training

[compact moon]

Yes

[naive flower]

I don’t get what you mean by that? Need to see your ark run 😂

[neon knoll]

@woeful dagger i just tried it in my ark run yeah the stored spell bullets dont procc

same thing happened during ghb

[woeful dagger]

Damnit well that’s disappointing.

It usually works fine in ghb for me though.

[woeful dagger]

I’ll record my run later haha.

[neon knoll]

@stiff tulip would like to know your strats and dmg charts too

hes trying to learn from a pro

[woeful dagger]

Mine?

I’m just a dolphin I’m no whale hahaha.

[stiff tulip]

I aint whale either.... I'm just a nooby shrimp trying to learn how to play it right

[woeful dagger]

Pretty sure you guys are better. 😂

[stiff tulip]

Dude... 48m cp with 879m dps in ark?

What you feed your ark man

[woeful dagger]

Oh that’s my training set.

100m with bossing gear haha.

[neon knoll]

[solemn prawn]

Have been playing ark at the endgame since launch ie. full necros with a few lvl 50s legion >5.5k and running all boss contents the moment my level permits. Here are some things i have dry tested myself.

• Full channelling lvl 170 hyper netts lower line count compared to one tapping and spamming endless dream instead.
• To store bullet buffs before ghb/any boss content you must be in the same cc as the host in order for the bullets not to be erased.
• battle frenzy active is a must have at 100% uptime for higher cap ranges due to the fact impending death orbs are the hardest to cap (i cant cap impending death in arkarium but all other bosses am fully capping due to enemy def/lower boss levels like hmag)

Cant really think of anything else on the fly but feel free to dm me should you have any questions or have any new nuances discovered on the classes that we can all learn from. Images are some of the PBs i have hit in the recent few months. Cheers!

[woeful dagger]

Omg its idol August

Hahaha thanks for the tips!

[woeful dagger]

Btw on this point:

Full channelling lvl 170 hyper netts lower line count compared to one tapping and spamming endless dream instead.

1 tapping the hyper is more dps than letting it channel? I thought the hyper procs a lot of impending deaths

[solemn prawn]

I tested in a 30s window 1 channel duration vs one tapping netts around 300+ more overall line output in 30s

For full burst on single target bosses one tapping is better but u have to have good gauge management for bosses

ie. in arkarium double lightning normally will proc 1min from boss spawn so switching to flora and avoiding the stun then rebuffing drive buffs and switching back to spectra for maximum dps and uptime

In lotus
In b1 its v impt to switch states before u take the portal
b2 and b3 switch back to flora when lotus teleports/orb phase/platform if there is no stun
All these is to maximise dps and manage the gauge efficiently.

[neon knoll]

Interesting I’ve always been full holding the hyper this whole time

So I guess it’s only worth holding for the multi during ghb? I’ll have to test this myself

[marsh sundial]

How is battle frenzy active related to capping impending death orbs?

[neon knoll]

Not related to capping per say I think they meant dps wise cuz of the maintaining that 3 stack of battle frenzy will give you the most attack speed to allow you to spam skills faster to spawn more death orbs

[stiff tulip]

@solemn prawn what is your mdc?

[compact moon]

A lot of the AB wheel include the 3rd job blue skill. Why is that? It gives BA buff which isn’t relevant during AB and the dmg scaling isn’t as good as first job basic skill so I think I’d rather spam it.
Can someone explain when does ark passive (convert mp to attack) seem more relevant? Seems like v2 infinite mana means max mana bar at all time means max attack bonus but is there any other mechanic regarding the max MP beside that?

[woeful dagger]

Thanks for the tips dps increased quite a lot @solemn prawn

[solemn prawn]

If youre not capping your death orbs then every bit of dmg adds up

[marsh sundial]

The blue skill in spectre mode has decent damage. But if you are post 200 you should use jimmys AB wheel

[solemn prawn]

Above 22 now just got my 6c 5 mins ago no cap

[solemn prawn]

No probs :’)

[marsh sundial]

So do you spam endless dream + one of the linked skill when boss?

[solemn prawn]

I do it the more troublesome way and manage the frenzy buff by looking at the buff bar

[stiff tulip]

Damn... you is OP

[compact moon]

I don’t see jimmy wheel in pin

[solemn prawn]

Endless dream has more lines than all the drive skills so spamming that is better

Previously there was a bug in the v1 skill also so i removed it from the preset

[marsh sundial]

I do the same, means you need an extra tri node?

[marsh sundial]

@compact moon

[solemn prawn]

No if you manage the buff bar manually and reduce the times you use insatiable hunger then you wont need an extra node

[marsh sundial]

Got it. You use insatiable hunger mostly to stay on the buff?

Could you please share how you do culvert? I found myself always running out of spectre energy.

[neon knoll]

Gotta practice maintaining specter for that

[compact moon]

From my numbers, the blue skill in specter form is less dmg than endless nightmare also so why would I use it beside if I want to dash around?

My ark is also low level, 130

[compact moon]

Anyone know anything about the 2nd part of my question?

What gear is required for ark to survive at sf168 and 180 respectively ? Outfit and weapon 18sf lv30 sufficient? and the rest 18sf unique and upgrade to legendary as needed to survive?

[neon knoll]

If used properly it will upkeep your battle frenzy buff. You don’t necessarily need to use the blue charge skill you can use any of the charge skill buff to keep the buff upkeep

As for the AB I’m not sure either I remove that skill for ABing

[compact moon]

I’ve been skipping it for my AB and my battle frenzy buff is always 3 stack since it always end up using the combo of 2nd job skill within 10s

[neon knoll]

If it works for you don’t sweat it

[compact moon]

Nice!

[neon knoll]

As for equipment to survive sf, I’m not sure but ark is relatively squishy so you might need some mythic equips not just unique/legendary

[marsh sundial]

If you are only lv130, don’t worry about it. Just try the skill and stay alive in sf map

[compact moon]

I see some preset for bossing here and I’d like to ask for your input. I start w charge drive then blue skill, then 2nd job skill and 4th job skill. My reasoning is blue skill needs to be chained so I’d have to jump up otherwise. With this order, it’d chain the blue skill then use the last 2 without the need to chain them. Thoughts? A lot of the pinned preset for bossing don’t start with blue skill.

[marsh sundial]

For your other questions regarding v2, it is not what you think it is. Nothing to do with MP, your attack is scaled with your base MP. So boss sets/ cape/ shoulder will help with that .

[compact moon]

So what does the “infinite Mp” part of v2 really do?

[marsh sundial]

Nothing. The skill name is infinite spells

It increase impending death orb when in spectre mode

[compact moon]

So for survivability, I’m always thinking cost-effective method. Besides upgrading gear, which can be costly and reduce the sf needed to reach sf180. I’ve seen suggestions from previous chat in this section mention using evade in legion, put evade soul in weapon. Has anyone have any luck with that?

[marsh sundial]

In flora mode, it fills up all bullet slots

[compact moon]

At sf168 and 180, is touch damage what killing ark due to keep walking pass a mob to try to target the next mob? Or is it like piggy punches burst that kill him? Reasoning is to figure out if phy def or mag def is more important for those map to survive.

[marsh sundial]

Touch damage

[compact moon]

I might try the evade build then see if it helps with being touch-less

[marsh sundial]

If you are new or still low level , you should try to progress bit by bit instead of jumping to the end SF

[compact moon]

I’m considering maining him so I’m looking to plan for the long run

[marsh sundial]

Most of the classes will just end up dying

Farm boss sets and get HP as high as possible. With v9 pots 90% you can survive with 20k touch damage

[compact moon]

What hp does it need to be at?

And what PHY def to get touch damage for 20k?

[marsh sundial]

At least more than 3 touch dmg I’ll say

So 60k+?

[compact moon]

I see. So either improve hp to survive 3 touch or enough def to survive 3 touch, whichever way or gear that I can find to do that.

[marsh sundial]

Not sure, you need to figure out yourself. The most helpful stats is PHY DMG reduction

[compact moon]

Does any gear have PHY dmg reduction?!

[marsh sundial]

From rings/ m label / some other stuff

[compact moon]

Or potential only

[marsh sundial]

HT rings , Cygnus rings

M labels

[compact moon]

Gotcha. I’m at 5/7 for boss set. How much is mlabel set usually if you try to gamble it?

[marsh sundial]

1.6b per piece in my server TS

Check TS in your own server

Gamble wise all rng

[compact moon]

How many piece is mlabel? Tbh i haven’t even looked at it since I assume it’s very expensive and I could get a better weapon before it

[marsh sundial]

5 pieces for full sets, with 3 pieces you get the reduction effect

[compact moon]

What’s the name or section should I search for mlabel?

[marsh sundial]

You should try the channel maple game help for more infos

Under styles and find them in each respective section

[compact moon]

To start out, I’m thinking of doing full fafnir sf18 , the rest legendary and unique sw. Mix in w boss set and some sf3 accessories I should reach sf180. Just scared if it’ll survive or not at 180

[woeful dagger]

Game is hard but it’s doable with necro weapon and mythic 40 equipment. 🥹

[compact moon]

@vestal wraith @vernal storm does hyper passive advanced specter state ( extra 10% specter energy when use MC) go over the cap? As in if I put MC on pet and it activates, will I get 110% of the specter energy? Or is it more of a niche skill to regen specter energy in certain situation?

[vernal storm]

No doesn't go over cap as far as I know

But I don't play this class so idk

[woeful dagger]

Doesn’t go over the cap. It’s just to help you regen more spectra when you toggle between flora and spectre states when you’re bossing.

[compact moon]

I see. So it’s very niche and to micromanage the bar to help squeeze in some extra time in specter?

Does ark still stutter? Mine doesn’t seem to, even if I have just abyssal charge drive and basic cast on the skill wheel. Wondering if im doing something wrong or they patch it.

[glossy tulip]

Hey my ark will be lvl 200 soon,is the v3/v2(also common skills) are good for farming? Or can skip them? I want to open the least as possible nodes so how important it is to have these skills?

[neon knoll]

I’d say v3 is good to have it passively procs with good aoe and dmg. V2 not so much it’s more for bossing

[glossy tulip]

Thanks! I thought v3 is good,but couldnt find v2 bcz ark wasnt released when v2 came out,what about the common skills?

[neon knoll]

V2 common is okay it’s a buff that does aoe but it’s not that practical for clearing speed, v3 common is for bossing

[glossy tulip]

I see.. thanks a lot

[rough cairn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atACoGazj_Y

Ark burst potential is insane

Disclaimer, this content is not an accurate representation of the class overall dmg potential. Rather it showcases its burst potential.

[carmine robin]

Uh huh

[wintry roost]

Can anyone tell me what the perfect trios are ? plzz thx! :)))

[naive flower]

Personally I go for 4 trio node, which consist of 2 circle in red, 2 circle in yellow… if you’re low on v matrix slot, aim for the the skills that circle in red

[woeful dagger]

You can go with this or compress the 3 trios into (25 + 5) x2 to get an additional node slot

You don’t really need the flora state nodes cause you’ll be in spectre state when you’re bossing most of the time imo.

[stone kestrel]

Mfkin coppersan making a 10min video to slideshow numbers from pc punchking lmao

When all the burst is front loaded of course ark wins, especially in a mobbing scenario. Change it to single target and nl/nw wins

[glossy tulip]

What i got is good for farming?
I think its bad

[glossy tulip]

V3 isnt one of these i guess..

Just got new skill

[neon knoll]

The second one from the left is v3 but that’s the common skill for pirates

[glossy tulip]

Should i extract it?

[neon knoll]

It’s up to you if you’re strictly just gonna farm and not do boss content then yeah you could

[glossy tulip]

Keep these,get somehow v3 rope lift and im good?

[neon knoll]

1st and 3rd

Honestly the first one only is good enough

Then just craft the ark specific v3

[glossy tulip]

Wdym? No rope lift?😅

[neon knoll]

I mean rope lift is a given

[upper orbit]

Guys shade or ark

[junior edge]

Shade

[upper orbit]

Why

People said ark

Why shade ?

[carmine robin]

Shade

[naive flower]

I'm an Ark main, I would say go for Shade, easier playstyle + Shade's Split is +++

[upper orbit]

Who is more stronger on Smfh

Dmg

People said shade is dead

[woeful dagger]

At the current state, ark has higher dps potential. More lines and solid burst.

Shade has no burst, caps more easily but has consistent dps.

But like what tape said, shade is easier to play and arkarium/lotus teams always welcome shades because their split is OP. To maximise dps with ark, the playstyle is quite a lot more complicated.

Another downside to ark is it requires more significant funding as compared to shade to see good dmg. So if you’re not intending to whale, you might not be very satisfied with ark dps.

HOWEVER, that being said I still tell my peers to play what they like. There’s no point going for the “meta classes” or classes with the best dps potential if you dislike the playstyle and you’re not having fun at the end of the day.

[woeful dagger]

Btw if anyone wants to see team lotus from Ark’s perspective do drop me a dm. Happy to share the recording.

[compact moon]

Dm’ed

[cold mantle]

I think you can just share it hear, if it's okay

[woeful dagger]

Sure

Pardon the discord pings, I forgot to put my phone on silent.

https://youtu.be/pglsjgJgGF4

[solemn prawn]

nicely done!

[woeful dagger]

Ty sir for the tips you shared previously hahaha.

[glossy tulip]

Skill whell for training someone?
My ark needs few shots to kill so need to take it as a factor

[blazing bridge]

Wht u guys think of BUC and ARK i have both at level 150 both have very nice skill art

[nova talon]

Hi @solemn prawn @woeful dagger wht do u think is better for the weapon soul between mdc and fd for this class. My ark mdc now is 14.5m and I cant hit the cap on the ark run. No buff stats 41K PA, 120% PDI, 350% CD, 95% BA.

[solemn prawn]

definitely mdc in the long run. with levels your damage increases due to the level difference between you and the boss

[nova talon]

Thanks! Btw how much mdc is the optimum for ark and lotus?

[woeful dagger]

Arkarium has a max dmg penalty btw. You will never see the numbers match your characters MDC stat.

So you might be capping. Gotta check battle analysis.

[solemn prawn]

as much as you can get

[nova talon]

Yea that’s what hesitating me. I mean If i raise the mdc to somepoint where I cant hit it. What would be the point of raising it instead of going toward FD

[woeful dagger]

Depends on your team I guess. When I was 16.4m MDC i was doing about 830m total dmg dps at multi lotus.

[solemn prawn]

personally am at 25m cap now still capping all content

[woeful dagger]

You will reach a point where you're just chasing MDC and/or hp if you're planning to attempt damien.

Cause you'll more than likely cap when you are fully buffed.

[nova talon]

I see. Thank you both for the guidance

[stone kestrel]

Wtf mobile ark looks so clunky

Is it bad to combo on mobile

Didnt see any combo into grievious/tenacious

[daring marten]

Can someone show me hyper skill passive of ARK please, thank a lot

[daring marten]

Thanks Sir ❤️

[compact moon]

Vn ha

[daring marten]

Dạ việt nam ạ

[compact moon]

Dm’ed

[primal nacelle]

Ark getting buffed 😁

[woeful dagger]

[neon knoll]

Maybe we can start capping our skills now

[woeful dagger]

Fog forest before and after rebalance patch (unbuffed)

3 mins lv200 boss 0% boss def

[solemn prawn]

goat

[woeful dagger]

Hahaha might be worth full channeling endless agony now gotta do some testing.

[solemn prawn]

nah dont think so unless u wanna keep spectra uptime

[neon knoll]

I’ve always found my dps being slightly better when partially channeling endless

[woeful dagger]

Yup I just tap it and let go instantly now.

[neon knoll]

Is the amount of impending death orbs from just spamming nightmare vs full channeling agony the same? I’ve always believed that channeling agony gives you the most amount of orbs spawned

[solemn prawn]

one tapping hyper allows u to get 2 more v3 hits in and generates more death orbs too

I did the testing quite awhile back alr for a 30s window to test 1 cycle of agony aka 5s channel 25s cd and on eyeball u can see the diff alr

If u add up the lines for death orbs + endless dream + vengeful hate + agony + v3 the results dont even come close

the only place u will need to full channel agony would probably be ghb multi

but the stats here is only if youre capping all your lines and need to optimize line count. for high cap ranges ie >35m it might be better to full channel agony

[solemn prawn]

blue drawings for full channel agony, red drawings for one tapping agony off cooldown

[primal nacelle]

Thanks for sharing! Since agony is not affected by dmg reflect, I always full channel it when a boss casts dmg reflect. 🤭

[neon knoll]

i just did testing for 60 second window and i got better results with full channeling

but this is with infinity

[solemn prawn]

do u have the BA charts?

[neon knoll]

lemme re test

im trying to create a control

[neon knoll]

Okay, so i just tested was based off of a 60 second window where you cast endless agony twice instead of once.

i seem to get more hit count in general by channeling the hyper rather than one tapping.
Blue outline is channeling agony, where red outline is one tapping.

the top row is without the infinity (V2) skill active and the bottom row is with it active.
if you add up the hit counts, the channeling one seems to have ~500 more lines than the one where you just one tap

now, i did test out a 30 second window rq, and i did see that the one tap gives you more in that 30 second window just like MH says,
however, with the 60 second window with the same variables, (fair trade, and no buffs) i found that channeling the hyper gives out more hit count.

this test was very quick and its not official, its just what im finding.. im still curious to see why some Ark's are preferring the one tab method when the full channeling gives you wayyy more impending death procs which leads to a lot more hit counts especially with infinity active. I can see why on paper its more effective yes. you get more endless dream and devious dream procs but you also lose out on all the impending death procs as well.. so its basically a trade off for hit count?

Conclusion:
?

[solemn prawn]

you should try changing your BA settings to boss instead of ALL

there are more death orbs generated when attacking boss monsters

[neon knoll]

ahh i didnt catch that

ill have to retest

[neon knoll]

[solemn prawn]

TLDR:
V2 active, channeling agony is better
V2 inactive, one tapping agony slightly edges

[neon knoll]

Yeah that’s what I’ve been seeing too

So I guess full channeling ends up spawning more orbs vs just continuing to use endless/devious dream

[solemn prawn]

Yup but bosses are mobile and lotus push skill will interrupt the channel so this test is just a gauge i guess end of the day it still depends on your response

[neon knoll]

Now I gotta figure out how to play the class

[sullen totem]

same

[daring marten]

Please someone give me pictures of perfect node ARK , thank a lot Sir

[woeful dagger]

Just tested this, 3 min duration.

Full channel agony for the 1st and 2nd use . 1 tap for the rest of the test. And it’s exactly as what mh said. It’s marginally better. Like 1.5% better.

[compact moon]

Anyone got an Ab wheel that can minimize ark walking past mobs before hitting?

[woeful dagger]

I don’t think anything works. Ark’s AI is just dumb.

[compact moon]

:((

[daring marten]

@woeful dagger sir can you show us the preset skills for bossing ,

[woeful dagger]

Sorry i missed this

Ignore the 2nd one

[compact moon]

Do you just spam endless dream or does weaving other skill in give u better dpm?

[woeful dagger]

Got to weave one of these to keep battle fury stacks at 3

Endless agony off cool-down gives you 3 stacks, weave in any of these to keep it at 3 stacks.

[compact moon]

Yes I mean beyond keeping the battle fury stack

[woeful dagger]

Oh no, I don’t. Just spam endless dream.

[compact moon]

Weirdly sometimes I get slightly better dpm without chaining more skills. Sometimes I don’t. All tests on sage boss.

[ancient dome]

Is this not a one hit? Lol

[primal nacelle]

Finally hit Lv220

Which node to craft next?

[solemn prawn]

Save future slots for ds4 blink and v4 and focus on levelling your v1 v2 and v3 u need them at max level to cook

[ancient dome]

What server u from

[solemn prawn]

A2S

[native shore]

Hi top Ark 😬

[lilac bluff]

Idol ark

[ancient dome]

Ima be ark idol in a minute

[ancient dome]

Ark op

[lavish quartz]

Hi someone can advice of a good wise between CD and BA emblem?
For ex. 6/2 or 5/3 would be good?
Which is the most efficient emblem dividing?
As well for secondary is Phy dmg better instead of adding extra CD or BA?

[sharp sky]

normally 5cd/4ba

[woeful dagger]

Rough Emblem Guide

375-350 6 BA 2 CD
350-325 3 CD
325-300 4 cd
300-225 5 CD
225-200 6 CD
200-175 7 CD
175 and below 8 CD

Based on your main skill attack %

[woeful dagger]

The guide is relatively old so I’m not sure how accurate it is anymore. But I’m running 6CD 2BA

For secondary weapon emblems, generally PDI > BA > CD

100% BA 400% CD is a rough gauge to work towards

[primal nacelle]

I'm running 6CD and 2BA as well!

[gaunt kayak]

Anybody got a Ab Wheel pre 200?

[lavish quartz]

in secondary , should i go for PDI or CD/BA?

[primal nacelle]

PDI

[ancient dome]

Boss or sf?

[gaunt kayak]

Both

[ancient dome]

Sf

Boss

[compact moon]

Does this help w ark keep walking into mob before it hits?

[ancient dome]

Wym?

My ark just attacks with combos I don’t understand the question

[compact moon]

As in my ark keeps walking up to the mob and get touch damage before it hits

Rather than hitting the mob before it touches

Would u mind sharing a short clip of how it AB?

[ancient dome]

I think i see wat u mean but I don’t think u can change thst happening

[compact moon]

What gear did u need initially to survive 194?

[ancient dome]

These ny exp gears

I couldn’t survive until post buff

[compact moon]

Post buff?

[ancient dome]

After the buff

[compact moon]

What buff u referring to?

[ancient dome]

The rebalance or watever

[compact moon]

Oh oh. Must have been awhile ago

Seems like my issue is the weapon. And some emblem hat and gloves so I get extra def and hp and should survive ok after

[ancient dome]

Let me see your gears

[compact moon]

I mean it’s still an alt lv184 so just unique gear

But I can see the struggle. Was contemplating on gearing it up a bit

[ancient dome]

Dont auto set this in pet buffs

[sinful shadow]

Do you happen to know the total exp difference from pensalir 30 and 40

[ancient dome]

Not too sure but im sure its not a lot

It dont really give tht much exp per level

[woeful dagger]

You don’t have to put rope lift in your wheel, your character automatically uses it so long as the node is equipped.

Also, personally I wouldn’t put your preset 3 in your ab wheel. Makes you go into spectre form with 0 spectra gauge and you’re stuck with the 20s penalty.

[compact moon]

Yes I don’t leave that in there

Only skill I have in my ab wheel is the bind skill to go in specter mode. I leave out 170 hyper coz of the no spectra issue

[woeful dagger]

This is normal for ark, I’ve tried many ab wheel configurations. Our ab just sucks

[compact moon]

My ark is 183. In a few months I might gear him up a bit to try sf180

Reallly like the class play style…. Just goddamn so squishy

And the dmg is low without gear. I know end game it has crazy line counts but

[woeful dagger]

Yeah our burst is uh… quite broken HAHA. But can’t be the best at everything.

[compact moon]

V skill burst or u mean flora form?

[tardy rose]

He meant Specter form

Specter form combined with all the burst

[compact moon]

Oh yes , specter

[tardy rose]

Ark has crazy line count but their skill damage is rather average to low

I'm not sure how high is the skill damage in Kmsm

But in Gmsm they kind of balance Ark's insane lines with lower than usual skill damage

Its not a f2p friendly class if you are planning to play Ark

[compact moon]

Yea I know it’s not very f2p friendly

I have bad taste in alt. Always end up liking classes that require insane funding. Top 2 right now is ark and Mercedes

[tardy rose]

Haha

Both you mentioned are linestory classes

[woeful dagger]

I’m still capping at lotus it isn’t that hard to cap with full buff after the rebalance haha.

[compact moon]

What’s considered full buff?

Shrimp, yogurt, tangyoon, candy,

[woeful dagger]

Yes that

[tardy rose]

50% buffs with tangyoon

[compact moon]

Chestnut

[tardy rose]

yes that too

[compact moon]

That’s it right? The rest is defensive buff

[tardy rose]

yea

and guild kitchen buffs

but that is if you want

[woeful dagger]

There’s guild campfire too.

[compact moon]

Oh yea but those aren’t always available

Yes I do guild campfire each time too

[woeful dagger]

And Boss rush but you can’t use those every time haha.

[tardy rose]

Ark's V4 is lit as well

[compact moon]

Ye boss rush doesn’t count for me. And the guild potion

[tardy rose]

Burst skill

[compact moon]

Ark v4 looks so cool

[tardy rose]

Big mouth goes chomp chomp

[woeful dagger]

My only issue with ark is I always get too excited and forget to watch the spectra gauge.

Bye bye dps. 😂

[compact moon]

Idk why they implement that 20s

It’s so punishing for no good reason

And make AB so horrible

[ancient dome]

Thank you lol

Thats v5 look so cool

[ancient dome]

Yea that sucks they need to make us like kaiser to where it seems infinite

[ancient dome]

And yea i fixed that earlier, didn’t feel like ss again lol

What that gear looking like @woeful dagger

[woeful dagger]

Gloves are 50, I just ran out of powder

[solemn prawn]

strong man

[woeful dagger]

You stronger tho...

[solemn prawn]

[neon knoll]

[sinful shadow]

oo chaos50 :ooo

[ancient dome]

Opppp

[ancient dome]

Lets see it

[tawdry cape]

Underrated class. This class has a lot of lines I wonder why people don't play it

[ancient dome]

idk.. im glad they dont, i can have this class to myself lol

although i would like to talk to more ark players

[primal nacelle]

That's why we are here

[ancient dome]

we need to get more active here

im trying to get some more ideas and knowledge ab ark lol

[woeful dagger]

What do you want to know? Hahaha.

[ancient dome]

What buff should i go for next

I need to max my nodes im trash

[woeful dagger]

Speed infusion, sharp eyes, combat orders

You can craft all these to use

Hyper body too

But if you have a fixed ab party or bossing party with a pala then you don’t need combat orders

[ancient dome]

Okay then i don need it

Is erda shower good?

[woeful dagger]

Nah don’t bother

[ancient dome]

You dont use overdrive?

[woeful dagger]

Nope, I’m capping even without it anyway.

But if you wanna use it, I heard it has to be at least lv25 for it to be worth using.

The penalty when it’s on cooldown is too severe otherwise

[ancient dome]

Yea im already knowing lol

Ima get that last if anything

[compact moon]

Out of all the decent skill, which is the order of importance?

[woeful dagger]

Speed infusion for bossing, sharp eyes for ab I guess.

Since you have a paladin with you.

[compact moon]

For solo bossing I meant

[woeful dagger]

Then speed infusion.

Oh wait if you don’t have a necro weapon then just take sharp eyes.

[compact moon]

Gotcha.

Sharp eye > SI > CO

[woeful dagger]

Yeah

[compact moon]

hb as needed if I feel like I need the hp

Ty!

[ancient dome]

Lowkey might switch ab sets

Wheels*

[ancient dome]

#buffark

[compact moon]

I think they’re hesitant to buff ark coz it can get op real fast

And it’s a pirate so they not gonna make him meta

[ancient dome]

they should make it to where we can almost forever be in spectre state like kaiser or ou rnormal state can dps almost as good

[neon knoll]

nah learning how to manage spectre gauge actually differentiates the actual ark players verses the people who just press 1 skill

[compact moon]

Yea to utilize the extra recovery hyper passive when using MC is at another level on top of everything else we have to manage

[ancient dome]

yea this class is unique in its own way. esp with the extra buffs we get out of spectre form

[solemn prawn]

no ds swap. A1 peeps probably can do much more

[ancient dome]

Holy

Whale status

What that gd lookin like

[normal spoke]

That flex….

[solemn prawn]

[normal spoke]

Dont forget create party later 😂

[worthy pawn]

Anyone can recommend bossing hyper passive?

[compact moon]

It’s pinned

[primal nacelle]

For bossing: 12789 or 13789
For AB or Alts: 12789
Source: https://youtu.be/EfPsLVegQTo

[woeful dagger]

Normal Damien Ark POV if yall are interested

https://youtu.be/9QUOLlyAZJQ?si=xSUWRRKtWkD538nw

[native shore]

Can I know what is the requirement for normal Damien?

[woeful dagger]

Honestly I’m not too sure. I’d say 170-180k hp and 22-23m average team MDC is doable but you’d have little to no room for error. Mechs have to be near perfect and rng has to be on your side.

The team I’ve been training with is only around 21.8 MDC average. The team that I ended up clearing with in the video was a joint effort with 5 guys from my friend’s team with a higher average MDC which gave us some wriggle room to play around with.

[ancient dome]

Op. Ark is the carry

[cedar basin]

Hey guys
The order in which Ark V skills are upgraded are V3, V2 and V1?

[woeful dagger]

Ark v1 > Ark v3 > Ark v2 > Flora v2 > Pirates common v1 > Pirates common v3

Sorry can’t remember the names of the skills offhand.

[cedar basin]

Thank u bro ❤️

[viral hatch]

Mar is super cute

🥺

[lavish quartz]

Hello , I have a question about the ark. I play Ark as main and I invested in the gear some , but not too much.

Currently farming at 180 SF but I die with V6/7 potions (90%). Rather than other classes with lower gears that survive there.

Is it something common to ark?

That is my gear

[marsh sundial]

What’s your ab skill rotation like?

Do you have m label 3 set?

[lavish quartz]

No I don’t have yet , about my skill Ab rotation I’ve tried many different wheels but none of them helps

I currently use this one

[marsh sundial]

@lavish quartz try without those skills, what’s in your preset, the yellow P

[lavish quartz]

In the preset I have the yellow P the yellow cube , and the blue chain or whatever it is 😅

[solemn prawn]

if you have issues surviving, this would be a better rotation as gust charge drive gathers mobs around u

replace v1 with creeping terror

[normal spoke]

Always trust mqwrf. He gave birth to ark himself

[tawdry cape]

How do you guys maintain specter state? After it completely ends it takes so long to restore. Even with the hypers added

Do you just go in and out before it completely ends?

[neon knoll]

i usually go out of it after my burst or when i have orb aggro in damien. also there are ways to sall the spectre gauge such as using ur v1- depending on level it wont lower gauge after use, using and holding down hyper also doesnt lower gauge, as well as the iframe creeping terror.
it just takes a bit of practice and getting used to. im still trying to get the hang of it trying to be in spectre while ds4 is up as well as my other passive buffs for most dmg and then go back to flora for a few seconds to get gauge back up

[tawdry cape]

Cool.

[woeful dagger]

You’ll get the timings down eventually. Most importantly never let the gauge empty out. Manually exit spectre form. The 20 second debuff is too painful.

[solemn prawn]

spoken like a KING

[woeful dagger]

I learned from the BEST.

[stiff solar]

Does anyone play ark anymore I feel like I’m the only one😓

[ancient dome]

I do

I love ark

You na scania?

[vestal wraith]

Same, I'm playing Maplestory M again and picked up my ark where I left off

[vestal wraith]

Im completely lost on how to level up or gather gold

Hard capped at lv177
And got like 40M gold

I think I'm farming like 1M gold per day LOL

I did my dailies, weeklies and event quests

Star force lv141

Using all my earned AB tickets on ark as well

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