
Shadowhunter Overview
The Shadowhunter in Lost Ark is an Assassin type that wields two double edged daggers called Haladies. Their musical instrument is a Flute. The Shadowhunter is a Hybrid DPS; that means they have both Ranged and Melee attacks.
Their Identity Gauge, the Shadowburst Meter, fills up upon successful hits to enemies. Once full players can activate it to enter Demonize; which transforms the character into a demon and grants access to the use of 6 unique Demon only skills. Demonize also gives the player 20% increased health and movement speed, the player is also immune to interrupts. Once ended the Player must wait 30 seconds before they can enter Demonize again due to the Composure Debuff.
There are two distinct playstyles that players can choose from through the use of the Shadowhunter’s Class Engravings:
- Perfect Suppression aka “Human Form” Disables Demonize and instead improves the damage of all Normal Skills.
- Demonic Impulse aka “Demon Form”: Disables Composure to allow entering Demonize more often and improving Crit Rate.
Both playstyles are viable in endgame content so pick your favorite flavor. The one caveat being that the Demon Form playstyle is really only viable with the Second Level of the Demonic Impulse Engraving, which may be difficult to get early on. And the Human Form playstyle is viable even with only the First Level of the Perfect Suppression engraving.
Role of a Shadowhunter
Shadowhunters are a pure DPS class in Lost Ark. In PvE, they focus on sustained damage to the boss. In PvP, they are largely a “Poke” class that focuses on harassing enemy players repeatedly getting in and out of combat in rapid succession.
Strengths
- High sustained damage
- High burst damage (demonize only)
- High Mobility
- Straightforward and easy class to learn
Weaknesses
- Lower health pool
- Not much utility
- Only one short attack damage party buff
All Shadowhunter Skills in Lost Ark
The following table is a list of all Lost Ark Shadowhunter Skills that you will unlock and at which level you will do so.
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Now that you are familiar with the skills you will unlock as you level your Lost Ark Shaodwhunter, you should check out the Lost Ark Shadowhunter Leveling Guide!
Also note that these sub-guides are also part of our full-scope Shadowhunter Class Guide which will encompass all of these sub guides.
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