Raid/PvE Esoteric Wardancer : Wardancer Build Guide

Build Details & Information

Hello! I am Brother Chris and I have been playing Lost Ark since its western release in February 2022. This is meant to be an introductory guide to quickly get you up to speed for a raid/pve Esoteric Wardancer.

Class Introduction

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Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer is one of the many melee classes in Lost Ark, though what sets it apart is it's augmented abilities via esoteric orbs. It is a builder spender playstyle, you build up 4 esoteric orbs and use an esoteric skill which spends orbs to do more damage. Esoteric Skill Enhancement is quite an investment heavy build to make shine but if you are able to, you can start really dishing out some big damage.

Pros Fast movement Straightforward to play Very good synergy

Cons Missing skills hurts a lot Heavy investment to shine

Rotation

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Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer like many other classes wants to fit their main damage sources inside their damage buff window, Wardancer's buff being from Wind's Whisper Ready Attack. You can also use Sky Shattering Blow ready-attack-sky-shattering-blow as a less potent buff if you need to. The majority of your damage is going to be from Esoteric Skill: Blast Formation and Esoteric Skill: Call of the Wind God. Moon Flash Kick and Flash Heat Fang are still a good portion of your damage however. Your awakening should be used in order to get your buff from your Dominion relic set, just tap it and don't worry about the damage or anything.


Esoteric Skill Enhancement example rotation would be something like this.

1. Energy Combustion
2. Roar of Courage
3. Wind's Whisper
4. Esoteric Skill: Call of the Wind God
5. Moon Flash Kick
6. Esoteric Skill: Blast Formation
7. Flash Heat Fang
8. Sky Shattering Blow

You want to always use Esoteric Skill: Call of the Wind God at 4 orbs, and ideally the same with Esoteric Skill: Blast Formation however if you only have 3 orbs it's more worth it to throw it out at 3 instead of hold and not get it during your ready attack window. You use Esoteric Skill: Call of the Wind God first as it sends a tornado out that has a fixed duration and it will get full damage boost from Wind's Whisper if it is cast first but not if it is cast second.

Engravings

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This is the generally considered meta engraving setup for Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer though there is much room for alterations.

Engraving priority would be something like Esoteric Skill Enhancement > Grudge > Adrenaline > Raid Captain > Mass Increase > Awakening

Esoteric Skill Enhancement level 1 and Awakening level 2 allows for nearly 100% uptime on Dominion buff without having to worry about any conviction+judgment combo shenanigans and is highly suggested if you're going this build.

Stats

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Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer wants just enough spec to be able to fill our bubbles and then the rest swiftness for that good cdr and speed. You can adjust spec to fit your needs as you see fit though ideally you want to work towards this completed build

Swiftness: 1500
Specialization: 800

this is with relic accessories and a bracelet and all potions unlocked from horizontal content.

Relic Set

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Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer 2 spender variant runs Dominion relic set, there are other builds that can utilize both Hallucination and Entropy however.

Tripods

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The most vital tripods are going to be those that increase your esoteric orb generation, so you're going to look at skills such as Energy Combustion Esoteric Extortion and Moon Flash Kick white-flame-moon-flash-kick first.

Damage tripods should also not be neglected but eso generation is by far the most important.

Skills

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Skills are pretty locked in, though if you really want more mobility you can drop Flash Heat Fang for Sweeping Hidden Dragon if you so desire

Runes

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Your runes are pretty set in stone, you can swap in a purify on Sky Shattering Blow if you really want based on your situation - overwhelm can be used on Esoteric Skill: Call of the Wind God for stagger as well

Card Sets

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Esoteric Skill Enhancement like most classes can use Lostwind Cliff as a good stop gap until being able to use Light of Salvation at 18 awakening or higher as it provides the highest damage boost