Lost Ark Deathblade Guide: Best PvP & PvE Build - Engravings & Skills

Published: Oct. 14, 2022
Updated: Oct. 22, 2022

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The MMORPG Lost Ark offers countless classes and specializations. One of them is the Assassin with his specializations Shadowhunter and Deathblade. This class guide is about the Deathblade: We really show you everything important about the class:

  • Field of application and role of the class
  • perfect skill set
  • the best PvE build
  • the best PvP build
  • the best engravings for the Deathblade
  • Awakening Skills

Class overview, role & identity of the Deathblade in Lost Ark

This is the Deathblade: The Deathblade is a melee class that is the only one that fights with three weapons at once. It wields two daggers and a greatsword, which it automatically swaps in battle. The Deathblade is also the best DPS class in Lost Ark, due to its fast maneuvers and extremely high attack speed. Despite its selfish playstyle, the Deathblade is an excellent support that can assist its teammates.

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How to play the class: To play the Deathblade properly, you should take advantage of your speed. Although the Deathblade is the class in Lost Ark that deals the most damage, it takes comparatively little damage. So remember:

  • Always keep moving
  • Attack enemies from behind to deal extra damage.
  • Use skills to escape from area-of-effect damage zones and deal damage at the same time.

What does the class identity do? The Death Blade identity is called "Art Meter" and is triggered by pressing the Y key. It fills up three death spheres during combat, as long as you just deal proper damage. Once one to three spheres is filled, you can activate it, and you'll get boosts to your stats. The more spheres of death that are full, the longer the bonuses will last.

If you press Y again during the activated identity, you'll perform a powerful attack. The Death Blade strikes the ground with a gigantic sword of energy, dealing devastating damage. Again, the more death spheres filled, the stronger the attack. Here you can find the bonuses of the Death Blade that grant you the identity type meter:

DurationMovement SpeedAttack SpeedAttack DamageCooldown ReductionMana Regen.
110 Sec.+10 %+10 %+10 %+10 %+15 %
220 Sec.+10 %+15 %+20 %+30 %+25 %
330 Sec.+10 %+20 %+30 %+50 %+45 %

Advantages and disadvantages of the Death Blade in Lost Ark

Pros
  • High Mobility
  • High Damage
  • Excellent Crowd Controll
  • Can't be Pushed
Cons
  • Difficult to Master
  • Long Cooldowns
  • Short Range Skill Set

The Right Skill for PvE & PvP Build for the Deathblade

In Lost Ark, the first 50 levels hardly determine your final build later on. In general, you can reset your skills at any time for free and redistribute the skill points. You can build your skills however you like. Until you have all the points, you can experiment with your build until the bard comes.

However, there is one clear tendency that most players follow and that we recommend. To really get going in PvE content, you should focus your skill progression on the following skills and tripods:

Best PvE build for the Deathblade

Tripod 1Tripod 2Tripod 3
Blitz FlashVital Strike PointCharge EnhancementShadow Rush
Dark AxelSwift FingersTenacityHigh Axel
Moonlight SonicFist of DarknessQuick PreparationShade Sonic
Soul AbsorberSwift FingersFist of DarknessHalve
MaelstromOrb ControlDark OrderNo Skill
SpincutterOpen WeaknessNo SkillNo Skill

The PvP build of Skills of Death Blade looks a bit different. While some skills remain completely the same, others fly out. To get the most out of Deathblade in Lost Ark PvP, you should use these skills along with tripods:

Best PvP build for the Deathblade

Tripod 1Tripod 2Tripod 3
Blitz FlashVital StrikeCharge EnhancementShadow Rush
Dark AxelSwift FingersTenacityHigh Axel
Moonlight SonicFist of DarknessCharge EnhancementShade Sonic
Upper SlashSwift FingersLarge TwisterTenacity
Surprise AttackWide-Angle-AttackExcellent MobilityNo Skill
SpincutterSwift FingersNo SkillNo Skill

The best engravings for the Deathblade in Lost Ark

What are engravings? Once your character has reached level 50, you unlock engravings. Engravings give you bonuses and buffs to skills or character stats. It is significant to mention that not every class can wear every engraving. There are normal engravings that you can apply to your current character, as well as to your secondary characters. Then, of course, only when they have reached level 50 as well. We also have a detailed guide about engravings, where we dive headfirst into all important information.

Each class in Lost Ark also has two class-specific engraving in addition to the regular engraving. For the Deathblade, these are:

  • Remaining Energy: This engraving gives you 2 more seconds in your identity. So your buffs last 12 seconds in stage 1, 22 in the next, and last but not least 32 seconds. The attack on the second run of the identity grants 30 seconds of buff to movement speed.
  • Surge: The damage output of your Deathblade is drastically increased. It doesn't matter how full your identity's bullets are.

You can't really go wrong with your choice of class-specific engraving. It all depends on what you prefer here. However, it should be said that Remaining Energy is a little less complex and thus easier to use. Surge has the advantage of extracting a bit more power from the Deathblade, both in PvE and PvP.

These are the other engravings you should pick up: As mentioned above, you can take other engravings along with your class engraving. The normal engravings either improve your damage or give your equipment a buff. You can take a total of 4 engraving with you. The number of engraving points to invest. It is dictated by your equipment. The maximum you can get is 35 engraving points, which should be enough for three normal engravings and your class-specific engraving.

A look at the Korean leaderboard of Lost Ark clearly reveals that a large part of the players use Remaining Energy. The reason for this is simple: it is easier to master and deals damage consistently. Surge has a higher maximum damage output, but you have to hit every skill. This is especially difficult in boss fights or with fast PvP opponents.

Best engravings for Remaining Energy

  • Remaining energy
  • Master of ambush
  • Adrenaline
  • Sight Focus
  • Supercharge
  • Sharp blunt weapon
  • Cursed doll
  • Grudge

Best engravings for Surge

  • Surge
  • Master of ambush
  • Adrenaline
  • Sight Focus
  • Supercharge
  • Sharp blunt weapon
  • Cursed doll
  • Grudge
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These are Awakening Skills of the Deathblade in Lost Ark

Just like the engravings, you unlock the awakening skills only when your Deathblade reaches level 50. There are two variants here, both of which you can unlock. However, you can only equip one awakening skill and not both at the same time, meaning you can switch between the skills at any time.

  • Blade Assault: Pull your opponents towards you. While doing so, perform a deadly slash that hits in a straight line all enemies that are drawn in.
  • Flash Blink: Sprint forward 12 meters while slashing your enemies with all three swords. You also fling enemies into the air with this attack.

Again, the choice is yours, both abilities are very strong and look impressive. Blade Attack seems to be the better choice for PvP, while Flash Blink works better in PvE.

 

Every tip mentioned in this guide has been practically tested by our team to ensure you receive reliable and accurate information.
The interest in digging deep into the gaming industry stems from the DayZ Mod for Arma 2 in 2012. Kevin started working in the gaming industry in 2016. First as a trainee at Survivethis, the biggest German Survival-Games-Site at that time. Only half a year later, he got accepted at Gamestar and later MeinMMO. Now, on Guided.news he implements all his Knowledge to deliver comprehensive news, guides, interviews and more unique topics.
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Sight Focus is the most meme engraving you could have in a build js

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