Lost Ark: The complete guide to skill points, skill attributes, and skill runes

In the Lost Ark game, skill is an aspect that players care a lot about. Like most other MMORPGs, the Lost Ark skill system is very complex. A complete guide on using skill levels points and acquiring more skills. Today, we look at The complete guide to skill points, skill attributes, and skill runes in Lost Ark.

Each class can acquire a limited number of combat skills, but each class can be upgraded in different ways through skill points. At each level, your character gains a certain number of skill points. These can be used in the Combat Expertise tab to enhance abilities. Factors could seem just a little overwhelming at first, with icons and numbers all over the place, but it's relatively simple.

Lost Ark: Skill Points Guide
Lost Ark: Skill Attributes Guide
Lost Ark: Skill Runes Guide

Lost Ark Guide: Skill Points

Starting in Season 2, the maximum bonus skill points from non-upgraded sources is 105. Each level from 51 to 60 has six additional skill points.

Significantly, level 55 can be upgraded to level 11, and level 60 can be elevated to level 12. Level 11 and 12 skills cost 6 points each, which is a significant improvement compared to skill output. Ten previous levels. Level 11 skill damage increases by about 9-10%, and level 12 increases by 6-7%.

Talent resets are usually at no cost and can be performed though you are not in combat or when changing skills is prohibited. If the instance has a skill, you can change the skill at any time in the workshop area.

Acquisition SKill Points Potion Method Guide

Advanced Skill Point Potion

Acquisition Method:

Island's Heart (20)
Adventure Book - Punika (80%)
Ignea Token (8)
Star of Orpheus (2)
Star of Orpheus (6)

Skill Point Potion

Acquisition Method:

Adventure Book - East Lutra (70%)
Tower of Shadow 20F
Tower of Shadow 50F
Tower of Fate 20F
Tower of Fate 50F
Quest - Silvery Wave Lake - back in place
Giant's Heart (4)
Giant's Heart (6)
Giant's Heart (10)
Giant's Heart (12)
Quest - Calaza Village - hose buried in the black earth
Quest - Calaza Village - The Last Melody
Reputation - Whisper Song Island - Chorus Teacher
Reputation - Wisdom Island -?
Adventure Book - North Fern (60%)
Quest - Nia Village - Eternal Love
Adventure Book - Shu County (50%)
Adventure Book - Rohendel (70%)
Quest - Luterra Castle - Shining Light in Kuroda
Quest - Twilight Fog - An Egg
Quest - Twilight Island - [Awakening] Sunset
Mission - Frozen Sea - Hidden Breeze
Quest - Isle of Tranquility - Solid Stone

Lost Ark Guide: Skill Attributes

Back Attack: When using a skill with a back attack to attack an enemy from behind, the skill deals 5% extra damage and increases the critical strike chance by 10%. Sculpting increases bonus damage by up to +25%.

Staggered (1-5): Determines the level of Neutralization of the skill. The damage does not affect the degree of Neutralization of the skill, only the number of hits and the staggering level. In some cases, skills with lower stagger levels will deal more serious neutralization damage than skills with higher ranks. Suppression skill runes can further increase the Neutralization, up to 30%.

Weaknesses (1-5): Attributes are used for specific mechanics that require you to destroy enemy parts, such as Kaiser's Legplates, Chromanium's Shell, Achates' Wings, or Dark Night's Yoho's Tail. Weaknesses can also be inflicted using Destruction Bombs. Corrosive Bomb applies a debuff to enemies, making all incoming weak points used at a higher level. If a skill or item has Weakness 2, it will inflict 2 Weakness HP. Boss body parts have hidden individual HP, such as 10.

Headattack: This is the opposite of a Back Attack. When an attack with the Frontal Attack attribute hits an enemy from the front, this skill deals 20% more damage and 10% more Nullification damage. Sculpting increases bonus damage by up to +25%.

Counterattack: Skills with the counterattack attribute will immediately nullify the boss when hit from the front in a counter attackable action. To complete the counterattack, the attack must be made from their show and the frame of the countable action, which can be seen when the enemy flashes blue light for a split second. It's possible to fight back after the enemy's attack moves have already started, but it's more challenging, especially if you're playing at a higher ping. The counter-movement is usually a dash. Not all bosses can be countered. This mechanic has become increasingly important since South Fern.

All classes have at least one counter skill, but most people will never use them because they may use skills that don't deal high damage or because they are classes that rarely appear in front of bosses. All classes must know how to use their counter skills in Legion Raid Valtan.

Headattack Skill & Counterattack Skill Guide for all classes

List of Headattack & Counterattack Skills
Class	Headattack	Counterattack
Berserker	Chain Sword Jumping Smash Mountain Crash	Chain Sword
Gunlancer	Basic Attack Sharp Spear Bash Dash Upper Fire Charge Stinger Fire Bullet Burst Cannon Spear Shot Rising Spear Counter Spear Shield Shock Shield Push	Bash Dash Upper Fire
Destroyer	Basic Attack Dreadnought Power Strike Heavy Crush Jumping Smash Power Shoulder Earth Smasher Running Crash Earth Eater Full Swing Neutralizer One Man Army Seismic Hammer Perfect Swing Identity skill also has it.	Dreadnought Power Strike
Paladin	Holy Sword Punishment Executioner’s Sword	Holy Sword Executioner’s Sword
Battlemaster	Spiral Blast Heavenly Kick	Spiral Blast Heavenly Kick
Scrapper	Instant Hit Sweeping Strike Decisive Strike Judgment Sundering Fist	Instant Hit Sweeping Strike
Soulfist	Straight Tackle Heaven Reversing Palm Thunder Palm	Straight Tackle Thunder Palm
Lance Master	Moon Rise Sky Wheel Mantra of Dawn	Moon Rise
Striker	Spiral Blast Heavenly Kick	Spiral Blast Heavenly Kick
Deadeye	Last Supper Execution	Last Supper Execution
Artillerist	Napalm Swing Frontal Bombing Buckshot	Napalm Swing
Sharpshooter	Evasive Shot Persistent Chase Claymore Mine Vital Slash	Evasive Shot Vital Slash
Scouter	Backflip Strike High Voltage Discharge Excelion Beam (Identity)	Backflip Strike Excelion Beam (Identity)
Gunslinger	Last Supper Peacekeeper	Last Supper Peacekeeper
Bard	Rhythm Buckshot	Rhythm Buckshot
Summoner	Released Will Water Spirit	Released Will
Arcana	Serendipity Four Cards Return Mysterious Surge	Serendipity
Deathblade	Headhunting Earth Slash	Headhunting Earth Slash
Shadowhunter	Rising Claw Death Claw (Identity)	Rising Claw Death Claw (Identity)
Reaper	Shadow Trap	Shadow Trap

Lost Ark Guide: Skill Runes

You can equip any of your skills with special runes, including classes with shapeshifting skills. Each skill can be equipped with one rune, up to a maximum of 8 runes. These runes expressly grant extra bonuses when you use the skill. Runes come from a variety of content. They can be equipped and removed from their skills for free. Skill presets will also remember which skill is set to use which rune.

In some cases, if the rune has multiple sources, you can get multiple copies. For example, you can copy a rune from each raid, the rune of the wind.

In the case of Bleeding Runes, Bleeding does not stack from the same player (with multiple Bleeding Runes equipped) and deals the same amount of damage at all rarities. Different players can apply other bleed stacks to the same target.

Rune Name	Grade	Effect	Acquisition Method
Condemnation	Legendary	40% chance to apply the Condemnation state to yourself for 3 seconds.	Expedition Territory Vendor - Marte
	Heroic	30% opportunity to apply the Condemnation state on your own for 3 seconds.	Masterpieces (24)
	Rare	20% chance to apply the Condemnation state to yourself for 3 seconds.	Expedition Territory Vendor - Roan
Judgment	Legendary	40% possibility to eat the Condemnation impact to apply the Judgment impact. Increases mana recovery by 100% for six seconds and decreases cooldowns of competencies cast throughout this interval by 15%.	1. Masterpieces (44) 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Marte
	Heroic	30% possibility to eat the Condemnation impact to apply the Judgment impact. Increases mana recovery by 100% for six seconds and minimizes cooldowns of competencies cast during the course of this interval by 15%.	Marie (Rapport - Trusted)
	Rare	20% opportunity to eat the Condemnation impact to apply the Judgment effect. Increases mana recovery by 100% for six seconds and minimizes cooldowns of skills cast through this interval by 15%.	Eadalyn (Rapport - Trusted)
Focus	Legendary	40% reduced mana cost.	1. Sea Bounties (42) 2. South Vern - Chaos (Purification Fragment NPC)
	Heroic	30% reduced mana cost.	1. Giant’s Heart (13) 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Flor
	Rare	20% reduced mana cost.	1. Field Boss - Uncharted Island 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Gador
	Uncommon	10% reduced mana cost.	1. Field Boss - Spida Island 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Astiel
Frenzy	Legendary	Likelihood of +16% Attack and Motion Speed for 6 seconds on the cast.	T3 Chaos Gate
	Heroic	Chance of +12% Attack and Movement Speed for 6 seconds on the cast.	T3 Chaos Gate and below
	Rare	Likelihood of +8% Attack and Movement Pace for six seconds on the cast.	Any Chaos Gate
Overwhelm	Legendary	+30% skill neutralization.	1. Expedition Territory Vendor - Borja 2. Island of Grief (3600 Red Thread)
	Heroic	+20% skill neutralization.	1. Adventure Book - Faiten (30%) 2. Star of Orpheus (3)
	Rare	+10% skill neutralization.	Adventure Book - Shushire (10%)
	Uncommon	+5% skill neutralization.	1. Field Boss - Spida Island 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Elaine
Richness	Legendary	+40% identity gauge generation.	Star of Orpheus (5)
	Heroic	+30% identity gauge generation.	1. Sea Bounties (34) 2. Field Boss - Blue Hole Island
	Rare	+20% identity gauge generation.	1. Giant’s Heart (5) 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Maximal
	Uncommon	+10% identity gauge generation.	1. Expedition Territory Vendor - True 2. Dooky Island Boss
Bleed	Legendary	Inflicts Bleed on the target for 6 seconds.	Tier 3 Calendar Boss
	Heroic	Inflicts Bleed on the target for 5 seconds.	1. Tier 2 Calendar Boss 2. Lucia (Rapport - Trusted)
	Rare	Inflicts Bleed on the target for 4 seconds.	Tier 1 Calendar Boss
Guardian	Legendary	12% max HP shield during the skill animation.	Star of Orpheus (7)
	Heroic	8% max HP shield during the skill animation.	Island's Heart (50)
	Rare	5% max HP shield during the skill animation.	Field Boss - Butterfly Island
Gale	Legendary	14% increased cast speed.	Tier 6 Guardian Raid
	Heroic	12% increased cast speed.	1. Tier 4 Guardian Raid 2. Tier 5 Guardian Raid
	Rare	8% increased cast speed.	1. Tier 2 Guardian Raid 2. Tier 3 Guardian Raid
	Uncommon	5% increased cast speed.	Tier 1 Guardian Raid
Follow-Up	Heroic	A chance of 12% reduced cooldown after casting the affected skill on that skill.	Tower of Fate 45F
Follow-Up	Rare	A chance of 8% reduced cooldown after casting the affected skill on that skill.	Tower of Shadow 45F
Iron Wall	Rare	Damage was reduced while casting by 8%.	1. Walpurgis Dungeon Boss 2. Adventure Book - North Vern (20%)
Iron Wall	Uncommon	Damage was reduced while casting by 5%.	1. Dooky Island Boss 2. Expedition Territory Vendor - Frauke
Purify	Heroic	70% chance to remove 1 debuff on you when casting the skill.	Ignea Token (5)