Chaos Dungeons and The Cube are instances in Lost Ark that have many different types of enemies. In this guide, we’ll go over the best Paladin Build for Chaos Dungeons and the Cube. The primary goal of the skill selections is focusing on the use of Area of Effect (AoE) skills. Choosing skills with shorter cooldown durations are also generally advised to help clear this content quickly.
These battles are not supposed to be particularly difficult and can be completed in a few minutes with a well prepared party. This guide will help you choose the best Stats, Skills, Tripods, Runes, and Strategies for getting in and out with ease.
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Chaos Dungeons and Cube Guide
Below is a general strategy to make clearing Chaos Dungeon and Cube with a Paladin easy.
Strategy
In the First room, group up and clear all the waves of enemies by using AoE abilities like Heavenly Blessings, Wrath of God, and Holy Explosion. These should clear most enemies. Rotate your usage of Heavenly Blessings and Wrath of God as the buff provided from these do not stack. If you are able to line targets up in front of you use Executor’s Sword and Holy Sword, then clean up with Flash Thrust.
In the Second Room, speed things up by using your Awakening Skill: Alithanes’s Judgment.
- Killing Elites reduces cooldowns by 40%
- Killing Bosses reduces cooldowns by 100%
- Breaking Rift Cores will give a 40% cooldown reduction buff too!
If you’ve used your Awakening Skill in the Second Room, it should be ready for the boss as the cooldown should have been reduced enough to be replenished by now.
For Bosses, make sure to use your Identity Skill Sacred Executioner and then cast Holy Sword for heavy single target damage to the boss.
You could also experiment using Holy Protection instead of Executor’s Sword to shield yourself while you cast Holy Explosion for further AoE nuking.
Stats
If you do not have a Class Engraving yet, Swiftness and Specialization will help with clearing quickly. It’s not necessary to have a separate gear set for Chaos Dungeons and Cube instances.
There are 2 ways that you could allocate stats for Paladins as explained in the Raid guide.
Specialization / Swiftness (55%/45%) which helps with the identity gauge generation and damage from the buff, as well as providing movement speed and cooldown reductions.
Swiftness / Specialization (85%/15%) which is a faster movement and attack speed playstyle with faster cooldowns.
Runes
Runes are extra items that improve skills. You can equip Runes from the list of ones you’ve collected. They are usable across all the characters on the same server. Check out our Rune Guide here to find out more about the Rune System in Lost ark.
Rune Icon | Rune Name | Information |
![]() | Rage | For skills that are Openers or have short Cooldowns (such as Flash Thrust) you can use Rage to have a chance to boost attack speed. |
![]() | Bleed | For skills that have short Cooldowns (Such as Flash Thrust) using Bleed is another decent option for more damage. |
![]() | Galewind | For skills that are primarily focused on Damage (such as Holy Sword, Execution of Justice, and Executor’s Sword) you can use Galewind to improve the speed of casting animations. |
![]() | Protection | For skills that have long cast animations (such as Holy Explosion) you can use Protection to help mitigate damage taken while casting. |
![]() | Quick Recharge | Another great rune option for skills that have Short Cooldowns to help reduce the cooldowns of other skills. (use on Charge) |
![]() | Wealth | This is great for abilities that already have higher Identity gauge generation (Wrath of God, Heavenly Blessings) the effect is greater with these kinds of skills. |
Build – 252 Skill Points
Icon | Skill Name | Level | Tripods | Rune |
![]() | Flash Thrust | 4 | 2 – Quick Preparation | Bleed |
![]() | Holy Sword | 10 | 1 – Positioning 2 – Weak Point Detection 1 – Condensed Energy | Galewind |
![]() | Charge | 4 | 1 – Excellent Mobility | Quick Recharge |
![]() | Heavenly Blessings | 10 | 3 – Faith 3 – Valor 2 – Heavenly Requiem | Wealth |
![]() | Execution of Justice | 4 | 2 – Rune Prison | Galewind |
![]() | Wrath of God | 10 | 3 – Wide Thunderstroke 2 – Faith 2 – Express Fury | Wealth |
![]() | Executor’s Sword | 10 | 3 – Excellent Mobility 2 – Challenger’s Will 1 – Broad Slash | Galewind |
![]() | Holy Explosion | 10 | 2 – Enhanced Strike 2 – Wide Explosion 1 – Prepared Explosion | Protection |
Build – 296 Skill Points
Icon | Skill Name | Level | Tripods | Rune |
![]() | Flash Thrust | 4 | 2 – Quick Preparation | Bleed |
![]() | Holy Sword | 10 | 1 – Positioning 2 – Weak Point Detection 1 – Condensed Energy | Galewind |
![]() | Charge | 4 | 1 – Excellent Mobility | Quick Recharge |
![]() | Heavenly Blessings | 10 | 3 – Faith 3 – Valor 2 – Heavenly Requiem | Wealth |
![]() | Execution of Justice | 10 | 2 – Rune Prison 2 – Strength Release 1 – Express Fury | Galewind |
![]() | Wrath of God | 10 | 3 – Wide Thunderstroke 2 – Faith 2 – Express Fury | Wealth |
![]() | Executor’s Sword | 10 | 3 – Excellent Mobility 2 – Challenger’s Will 1 – Broad Slash | Galewind |
![]() | Holy Explosion | 10 | 2 – Enhanced Strike 2 – Wide Explosion 1 – Prepared Explosion | Protection |
Build – 352 Skill Points
Icon | Skill Name | Level | Tripods | Rune |
![]() | Flash Thrust | 10 | 2 – Quick Preparation 3 – Chain Attack | Bleed |
![]() | Holy Sword | 10 | 1 – Positioning 2 – Weak Point Detection 1 – Condensed Energy | Galewind |
![]() | Charge | 4 | 1 – Excellent Mobility | Quick Recharge |
![]() | Heavenly Blessings | 11 | 3 – Faith 3 – Valor 2 – Heavenly Requiem | Wealth |
![]() | Execution of Justice | 10 | 2 – Rune Prison 2 – Strength Release 1 – Express Fury | Galewind |
![]() | Wrath of God | 10 | 3 – Wide Thunderstroke 2 – Faith 2 – Express Fury | Wealth |
![]() | Executor’s Sword | 10 | 3 – Excellent Mobility 2 – Challenger’s Will 1 – Broad Slash | Galewind |
![]() | Holy Explosion | 11 | 2 – Enhanced Strike 2 – Wide Explosion 1 – Prepared Explosion | Protection |
Build – 410 Skill Points
Icon | Skill Name | Level | Tripods | Rune |
![]() | Flash Thrust | 10 | 2 – Quick Preparation 3 – Chain Attack | Bleed |
![]() | Holy Sword | 12 | 1 – Positioning 2 – Weak Point Detection 1 – Condensed Energy | Galewind |
![]() | Charge | 7 | 1 – Excellent Mobility 3 – Shining Protection | Quick Recharge |
![]() | Heavenly Blessings | 12 | 3 – Faith 3 – Valor 2 – Heavenly Requiem | Wealth |
![]() | Execution of Justice | 12 | 2 – Rune Prison 2 – Strength Release 1 – Express Fury | Galewind |
![]() | Wrath of God | 10 | 3 – Wide Thunderstroke 2 – Faith 2 – Express Fury | Wealth |
![]() | Executor’s Sword | 11 | 3 – Excellent Mobility 2 – Challenger’s Will 1 – Broad Slash | Galewind |
![]() | Holy Explosion | 12 | 2 – Enhanced Strike 2 – Wide Explosion 1 – Prepared Explosion | Protection |