Our Sharpshooter Lost Ark class guide covers everything you need to know about this Gunner subclass, including its overall role in the team, its strengths and weaknesses, some tips, and more. Lost Ark allows you to control a number of classes, who all come with different benefits in PvE and PvP content. So if you want a breakdown of the Sharpshooter Lost Ark class, we’ve got you covered below.
Sharpshooter Class Guide Overview
The Sharpshooter in Lost Ark is a Gunner type class that wields a Mechanical Bow which shoots special arrows, and has a few melee attacks with Daggers. They also have a Hawk companion that follows the Player and deals damage. Their musical instrument is an Electric Guitar. The Sharpshooter is a Ranged DPS; preferring to deal the majority of damage from afar, but occasionally deals Melee damage.
The Identity Skill of the Sharpshooter is to Summon Silverhawk. Dealing damage to targets fills up their Identity Gauge: Hawk Meter. Once full, a player can summon the Silverhawk and command it to do attack the target, or self destruct to deal massage damage.
There are two distinct playstyles that players can choose from through the use of the Sharpshooter’s Class Engravings:
- Loyal Companion – Increase Movement Speed for Party, Marks a Target which increases damage taken and increases the damage and duration of the Silverhawk’s presence.
- Death Strike – Upon using the Last Rush skill applies an 8 second debuff on target which increases damage taken.
Both playstyles are viable in endgame content so pick your favorite flavor. The Loyal Companion Engraving playstyle is easier to play but has less damage potential than the Death Strike Engraving. It is possible to have full uptime on the debuff with the Death Strike playstyle, but it can be difficult at times.
Role of a Sharpshooter
Sharpshooters are a pure DPS class in Lost Ark. In PvE, they focus on sustained damage to the boss. In PvP, they can do a significant amount of damage from range and melee and have the special ability to stealth. The two of these factors combined make them a dangerous threat in the arena.
Strengths
- Good Damage
- High Mobility
- Easy to learn
Weaknesses
- Lower health and defense
- Low party synergy
Skills
The following table is a list of all Lost Ark Sharpshooter Skills that you will unlock and at which level you will do so.
| Level | Icon | Skill Name | Cooldown (seconds) | Type | Description |
| 10 |  | Arrow Shower | 18 | Point | Shoot multiple arrows in the sky, causing a shower of arrows at the target location to inflict 103 Damage over 2s. |
| 10 |  | Arrow Wave | 12 | Normal | Send a tornado arrow flying at the target location and periodically inflict 94 Damage to foes. The tornado arrow can hit the same foe up to 4 times. |
| 10 |  | Atomic Arrow | 9 | Normal | Aim your bow and shoot an explosive arrow that inflicts 35 Damage on hit, then explodes after 2s, knocking foes down for264 Damage. |
| 10 |  | Blade Storm | 20 | Normal | Quickly spin and throw blades, inflicting 76.4 Damage 6 times, then throw another round of blades to inflict 70.4 Damage 3 more times. |
| 10 |  | Moving Slash | 10 | Normal | Move 8 meters forward, inflicting 161 Damage. |
| 10 |  | Rapid Shot | 5 | Normal | Aim your bow and shoot 3 arrows in a row, inflicting 42, 42, and 128 Damage. |
| 12 |  | Claymore Mine | 16 | Normal | Set up a mine at the target location and retreat, knocking foes back for 349 Damage. |
| 14 |  | Charged Shot | 24 | Charge | Charge to inflict a different amount of Damage depending on the charge stage: 254 Damage before being fully charged, 339 Damage at Stage 1, and 848 Damage when overcharged. Foes will be knocked away at 1 or higher charge stage. |
| 16 |  | Salvo | 6 | Normal | Hold your bow sideways and shoot multiple arrows at once, inflicting 158 Damage. |
| 18 |  | Sharp Shooter | 20 | Normal | Hold your bow sideways and concentrate energy on the handle, shooting 10 arrows at once. Each arrow inflicts 223 Damage. Up to 3 arrows can hit the same foe. |
| 20 |  | DM-42 | 24 | Normal | Set up a mine that launches foes in the air for 838 Damage. This mine lasts for 12s and explodes upon detecting foes. |
| 20 |  | Stalker | 14 | Normal | Leap 8 meters over foes in front of you, knocking them down and inflicting 188 Damage. |
| 24 |  | Evasive Fire | 16 | Normal | Spin in the air 7 meters backward and shoot arrows forward in a cone-shaped area, inflicting 251 Damage. |
| 28 |  | Deadly Slash | 12 | Normal | Strike with your dagger quickly, inflicting 101 Damage. |
| 32 |  | Smokescreen Arrow | 16 | Point | Shoot an arrow toward the target location, inflicting 131 Damage and creating a smokescreen for 6s, reducing the Move Speed of affected foes and their sight range. |
| 36 |  | Shadow Arrow | 1 | Normal | Rapidly fire your arrows to inflict 139 Damage and cast the Shadow’s Curse, blinding your foe, causing Move Speed -30% for 4s. Stacked 3 times, Shadow’s Curse will stun the foe for 5s. |
| 40 |  | Electric Nova | 24 | Normal | Aim and fire an electrically charged arrow that inflicts 201 Damage to directly hit foes, 90 Damage to foes in the inner periphery, and 66 [Lightning] Damage to foes on the outer periphery. There is a 60% chance for hit foes,40%, chance for fores in the inner periphery, and20%for foes in the outer periphery, to become electrically shocked for 3.0s, inflicting 41.7 Damage every 1s. |
| 50 |  | Snipe | 30 | Holding | Hold down the skill hotkey to aim at foes. Release the key to fire a single powerful bullet, which inflicts315 Damage. If you hit the Perfect Zone, it inflicts 1262 Damage instead. |
| Level | Icon | Skill Name | Cooldown (minutes) | Type | Description |
| 50 |  | Fenrir’s Messenger | 5 | Charge | Overcharge this skill to summon a hulking Fenrir’s Messenger and inflict 111 Damage over time. Release the skill hotkey quickly to summon a small Fenrir’s Messenger and inflict 111 Damage over time. |
| 50 |  | Golden Eye | 5 | Normal | Summon 4 golden hawks that fly around and create a devastating whirlwind that gradually grows stronger, inflicting up to 1,221.1 Damage as it launches foes in the air. Become Stealthed for 7s with the creation of the whirlwind. Stealth is not canceled by receiving Damage, and lets you move past foes. |
Sharpshooter Levelling Guide
We recommend that you try out all the skills and play whatever is the most fun for you. However, if you just want to speed up the process (maybe that’s the most fun for you) or you’re tying to power through levelling an alt, follow this level by level breakdown of what skills to use and level up and which tripods to activate.
For levelling as fast as possible, you want to have a good range of Movement Skills and high AoE damage for clearing packs of normal enemies. You can swap between saved skill tree slots whenever for free (even in combat as long as no skills are on cooldown). It’s recommended to use both your skillbook slots the main one being for AoE (packs of normal enemies) and the second one for Single Target (Boss/Elites).
Skill Progression
The High Damage skills you’ll want to max to level 10 immediately when you can in this order:
- Blade Storm (default ability)
- Charged Shot (lvl 14)
- Claymore Mine (lvl 12)
- Arrow Shower (default ability)
- Sharp Shooter (lvl 18)*
*Use this skill as a replacement for Blade Storm for boss fights in your second saved skill tree slot.
Here are the Mobility Skills you should focus on levelling after the main damaging abilities:
- Moving Slash (up to Skill Level 4)
- Stalker (up to Skill Level 4 or 7)
- Salvo (up to Skill Level 4)
- Rapid Shot (up to Skill Level 7)
The Tripods to focus on attaining are ones like:
- Quick Preparation (Faster cooldown)
- Excellent Mobility (Longer distance)
- Quick Pace (Movement Speed buff)
Combat
Use Moving Slash and Stalker to traverse the large distances. The Movement Speed Buff (Tripod: Quick Pace) from Salvo and Rapid Shot(lvl 7) and Stalker(lvl 7) will also be helpful to move faster.
Most enemies will go down with Blade Storm, however you can also combo Arrow Shower into Charged Shot.
Use Sharp Shooter on bosses or elites first to apply the debuff to do more damage to them.
Below is an example Skill Progression Chart, and their Tripods, that you can use to Level your Sharpshooter. For the Levels not listed below or when you have spare points you can put them into skills you like or into skills you will eventually continue putting skill points into.
| Level | Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripod 1 | Tripod 2 | Tripod 3 |
| 11 | | Moving Slash | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
| 12 | | Blade Storm | 4 | Silver Master | ||
| 14 | | Charged Shot | 4 | Quick Preparation | ||
| 15 | | Blade Storm | 7*(remove points from Charged Shot) | Silver Master | Lightning Blade | |
| 16 | | Charged Shot | 4 | Quick Preparation | ||
| 17 | | Salvo | 4 | Quick Pace | ||
| 20 | | Blade Storm | 10* (remove points from everything else) | Silver Master | Lightning Blade | Blade Dance |
| 21 | | Moving Slash | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
| 22 | | Stalker | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
| Salvo | 4 | Quick Pace | |||
| 23 | | Charged Shot | 4 | Quick Preparation | ||
| 24 | | Claymore Mine | 4 | Swift Fingers | ||
| 25 | | Arrow Shower | 4 | Swift Fingers | ||
| 28 | | Charged Shot | 7 | Quick Preparation | Double Shot | |
| 30 | | Charged Shot | 10* (remove points from all except Blade Storm) | Quick Preparation | Double Shot | Steady Aim |
| Moving Slash | 4 | Excellent Mobility | |||
| 31 | | Stalker | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
| 32 | | Salvo | 4 | Quick Pace | ||
| Claymore Mine | 4 | Swift Fingers | |||
| 33 | | Arrow Shower | 4 | Swift Fingers | ||
| 36 | | Claymore Mine | 7 | Swift Fingers | Thunderbolt | |
| 38 | | Claymore Mine | 10*remove points from all except Blade Storm and Charged Shot) | Swift Fingers | Thunderbolt | Concentrated Storm |
| Moving Slash | 4 | Excellent Mobility | |||
| 39 | | Stalker | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
| 40 | | Salvo | 4 | Quick Pace | ||
| Arrow Shower | 4 | Swift Fingers | |||
| 42 | | Stalker | 7 | Excellent Mobility | Quick Pace | |
| 44 | | Arrow Shower | 7 | Swift Fingers | Electrocuting Wave | |
| 47 | | Rapid Shot | 7 | Amplified Damage | Quick Pace | |
| 49 | | Arrow Shower | 10 | Swift Fingers | Electrocuting Wave | Piercing Arrow |
Gear
Just equip the highest Item Lv. item you find. Focus on Swiftness for increased movement speed, reduced casting time, and faster skill cooldowns. Secondly, your next best stat is Crit.
Sharpshooter PvE Guide
Below is a good basic PvE Build using the Sharpshooter. Unlike other classes, the skills really change based on the class engravings. It is generally a good build all types of content such as Chaos Dungeons, Tower Event, and Quests, Guardian Raids, and Abyss Dungeons.
The Skill Build below doesn’t change depending on which Class Engraving you choose.
Sharpshooter PvE Skills Build
Below is a chart of the best skills to use for the Sharpshooter. This Sharpshooter skill list is good for both Class Engraving playstyles and across all forms of content. If you do not have enough skill points yet, remove points from sharp shooter and arrow shower
Alternatives:
- Arrow Wave (Tripods 1-1-1) or Claymore Mine (Tripods 1-1-1) instead of Arrow Shower.
This build requires 300 Skill Points which will require the collecting a few extra Skill Points in Shushire and Rohendel.
| Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripods | Notes |
| Snipe | 10 | 1 3 2 | High Damage Tripod 3: Incinerate – Wider damage |
| Charged Shot | 10 | 3 1 1 | High Damage |
| Moving Slash | 4 | 3 | Mobility |
| Blade Storm | 10 | 3 2 1 | Melee Damage – High Gauge generation |
| Deadly Slash | 10 | 2 3 1 | Melee Damage – High Gauge generation |
| Sharp Shooter | 10 | 1 3 1 | Damage |
| Arrow Shower | 10 | 1 1 1 | Damage |
| Rapid Shot | 4 | 1 | Debuff on target – 8s increase damage taken from all sources |
Sharpshooter Death Strike Stat Priority
In this build, you do not need Swiftness for the Pistol Abilities and buffs from the Tripods make up for it. Therefore, your stats should be more focused on Crit. Secondly, Specialization for increased damage across all weapons.
Sharpshooter Loyal Companion Stat Priority
In this build, maximize Crit as much as possible as your primary stat. Specialization will be the secondary stat. Aim for a ratio of roughly 75/25, respectively. However since the goal is to maintain constant uptime on the debuff from Last Rush, you may want to increase the Specialization to make sure you are able to get use Last Rush as soon as the debuff wears off.
Sharpshooter PvP Guide
In Player versus Player Arenas, Sharpshooters typically play the role of an “Assassin”. The biggest threat in their toolkit is the Salvo ability with Tripod 3: Stealthy Movement. This gives Sharpshooters a 3 second stealth every 12 seconds. They are also extremely mobile, and have high damage, they indeed pose a big threat to oblivious players.
Defensive Abilities:
- Moving Slash (mobility)
- Salvo (Stealth)
- Claymore Mine (Stun)
- Stalker (mobility)
PvP Stats
- 1000 Swiftness
- 249 Domination
- 1 Crit
Sharpshooter PvP Skills Build
Feel free to change whatever skills you like depending on your playstyle and how you see fit.
The playstyle of the sharpshooter is vastly different in PVP than from PvE. Largely focusing on melee damage assassinations. This is due to the Stealth gained from the skill Salvo.
A good combo available with this build include:
- Salvo (stealth) >
- Claymore Mine (Stun) >
- Moving Slash (gap close) >
- Blade Storm > Charged Shot > Atomic Arrow (all very rapid succession)
- Summon Silver Hawk >
- Salvo (stealth) >
- Moving Slash (gap close) >
- Blade Storm > Charged Shot > Atomic Arrow (all very rapid succession)
- Atomic Arrow (knock down) >
- Snipe (knock down) >
- Last Rush (finisher)
A Variation on the below build (adds utility but less overall damage):
- Swapping Atomic Arrow and reducing Moving Slash to Level 7 for Shadow Arrow (1-3-1) Tripod 2: Shadow of Abyss provides a short debuff that reduces the enemies vision by creating a vary obtrusive black vignette on the screen, obscuring players positions. Tripod 3: Shadow Tracking causes the projectile to home in on the target.
Below is a general Sharpshooter PvP build that is a great foundation to build upon.
| Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripods | Notes |
| Atomic Arrow | 7 | 2 1 | Damage, Knock down Tripod 2: Heavy Bomb – decrease target move speed |
| Moving Slash | 10 | 3 1 1 | Mobility |
| Blade Storm | 10 | 1 1 2 | Damage Tripod 2: Poison Blade – Damage over Time |
| Claymore Mine | 10 | 1 2 1 | Tripod 2: Thunderbolt – 1.5s Stun |
| Charged Shot | 10 | 3 1 1 | High Damage |
| Salvo | 10 | 3 1 1 | Tripod 3: Stealthy Movement – 3s Invisibility |
| Stalker | 7 | 3 2 | Mobility Tripod 2: Tenacity – Push Immunity |
| Snipe | 10 | 3 2 2 | High Damage Tripod 3: Tenacity – Push Immunity |
Here’s Youtuber Pum pulling off some great plays 3v3 PVP.
Best Sharpshooter Engravings
Death Strike Build
This Sharpshooter Death Strike Build the most important engraving Death Strike Level 3; if you can maintain near 100% uptime on the Debuff. Then it’s Grudge Level 3; and finally, Keen Blunt Weapon.
Mandatory
| Icon | Engraving | Description | Source |
 | Death Strike | Lv. 1: When using Last Rush, recover 50% of the remaining Hawk Meter. Hit foe Damage taken +20% for 8s. Lv. 2: … Hit foe Damage taken +30% for 8s. Lv. 3: … Hit foe Damage taken +40% for 8s. | Guardian Raid Abyss Dungeon |
 | Grudge | Lv. 1: Damage +4% to Boss or above monsters. Damage -20% from Boss or above monsters. Lv. 2: Damage +10%. … Lv. 3: Damage +20% … | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
 | Keen Blunt Weapon | Lv. 1: +10% Crit Damage but your attacks have a chance to deal Damage -20%. Lv. 2: +25% Crit Damage… Lv. 3: +50% Crit Damage… | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
Optional
| Icon | Engraving | Description | Source |
 | Cursed Doll | Lv. 1: Atk. Power +3%. Healing -25%, natural recovery excluded. Lv. 2: …+8%. … Lv. 3: …+16%. … | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
| N/A | Massacre or Master of Striking* | Lv. 1: Increases the damage of attacks that are not back attack or head attack by 3%. Does not affect Awakening. Lv. 1: … 8% … Lv. 1: … 16%. .. | *may not be available at launch |
 | Awakening | Lv. 1: Awakening Skill Cooldown -10%. +1 maximum use. Lv. 2: … -25%. +2 maximum uses. Lv. 3: … -50%. +3 maximum uses. | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
 | Spirit Absorption | Lv. 1: Atk./Move Speed +3%. Lv. 2: Atk./Move Speed +8%. Lv. 3: Atk./Speed +15% | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
Loyal Companion Build
You can focus on getting Loyal Companion to Level 1. Then Grudge to Level 3. Lastly, Keen Blunt Weapon to Level 3 is advised as the stat priority is heavily focused on Crit.
Mandatory
| Icon | Engraving | Description | Source |
 | Loyal Companion | Lv. 1: Summons Silverhawk MK-II, allowing Move Speed +4%, Silver Hawk’s Basic AoE Radius +60%, Silverhawk’s Basic Attack Damage +50%, and Silverhawk’s summon duration +30%. On basic attack or Wings of Storm hit, foes get a Mark of Death. Foe incoming Damage +4%. Lv. 2: … Silverhawk’s Basic Attack Damage +100%, … summon duration +60%. … Foe incoming Damage +8%. Lv. 3: … Silverhawk’s Basic Attack Damage +150%, … summon duration +100%. … Foe incoming Damage +12%. | Guardian Raid Abyss Dungeon |
| Grudge | Lv. 1: Damage +4% to Boss or above monsters. Damage -20% from Boss or above monsters. Lv. 2: Damage +10%. … Lv. 3: Damage +20% … | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
| | Keen Blunt Weapon | Lv. 1: +10% Crit Damage but your attacks have a chance to deal Damage -20%. Lv. 2: +25% Crit Damage… Lv. 3: +50% Crit Damage… | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
Optional
| Icon | Engraving | Description | Source |
 | Raid Captain | Lv. 1: Outgoing Damage +10% of basic Move Speed bonus percentage. Lv. 2: Outgoing Damage +22% … Lv. 3: Outgoing Damage +45% … | Guardian Raid Abyss Dungeon |
| Cursed Doll | Lv. 1: Atk. Power +3%. Healing -25%, natural recovery excluded. Lv. 2: …+8%. … Lv. 3: …+16%. … | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
| Awakening | Lv. 1: Awakening Skill Cooldown -10%. +1 maximum use. Lv. 2: … -25%. +2 maximum uses. Lv. 3: … -50%. +3 maximum uses. | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
| Spirit Absorption | Lv. 1: Atk./Move Speed +3%. Lv. 2: Atk./Move Speed +8%. Lv. 3: Atk./Speed +15% | Chaos Dungeons Cube |
Gear Sets
Below is a list of all the gear sets and their bonuses that available to Tier 1 Sharpshooters. You can mix and match 2-Set bonuses using 2 or 3 different ones. Depending on your playstyle and what’s available to you, you may want to take two 2-set bonuses instead of a full 5-set Bonus. You can also have one set for Chaos Dungeons and other Solo Content, and another for Guardian Raids and other Group Content.
| Item Level | Rarity | Set Bonus Name | Effects | Source |
| 385 | Relic | Dark Night | 2-Set: When attacking a foe, 30% chance for +8% Atk and Move Speed for 6s. (Cooldown: 3s) 5-Set: Increases Crit Rate by 40%, but decreases Crit Damage by 40%. | Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4) |
| 385 | Relic | Phantom Memory | 2-Set: Attack Speed and Move Speed +5% 5-Set: Increases Damage with an Awakening Skill to Seed or lesser monsters by 60%. Increases Damage to Challenge or lesser monsters by 60% when hitting them with an Awakening Skill for 10s. (Cooldown: 60s) | Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4) |
| 385 | Relic | Void Afterimage | 2-Set: Decreases damage taken by 30% when HP is below 30%. +15% Atk. Speed and Move Speed, +10% Skill Cooldown. 5-Set: When hitting a foe with a normal attack, +15% Additional Damage for 3s (Cooldown: 1s) | Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4) |
| 340 | Legendary | Awakened Hatred | 2-Set: Combat Resource Recovery Speed: +30% 5-Set: Crit Damage +25 | Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace) |
| 340 | Legendary | Boisterous Elemental | 2-Set: Increases Attack Speed and Move Speed by 4% for 6s, up to 8% when attacking monsters Boss rank or above. (Cooldown: 3s) 5-Set: Increases damage to monsters Boss ranked or above by 12%. | Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace) |
| 340 | Legendary | Dense Confusion | 2-Set: Attack Speed and Move Speed +4% 5-Set: Crit Rate +15% | Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace) |
| 340 | Legendary | Enraged Nature | 2-Set: Move Speed +8% 5-Set: Atk. Power +4% for 8s, up to 12% when attacking a monster Boss ranked or above. (Cooldown: 3s) | Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace) |
| 340 | Legendary | Mist | 2-Set: Decreases damage taken from Normal ranked monsters by 20%. 5-Set: Increases damage dealt to monsters Challenge rank or below by 15%. | Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace) |
| 302 | Epic | Ancient | 2-Set: When hit while HP is below 20%, restores 3% of Max HP for 15s each time you hit a Normal monster. (Cooldown: 60s) 5-Set: Increases damage by 17% when hitting 3 or more foes. | Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer) |
| 302 | Epic | Rugged Valley | 2-Set: Move Speed +8% 5-Set: Atk. Power +4% for 8s, up to 12% when attacking a monster Boss ranked or above. (Cooldown: 3s) | Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer) |
| 302 | Epic | Seraphic Oath | 2-Set: Attack Speed +8% 5-Set: Additional Damage +10% | Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer) |
| 302 | Epic | Stalwart Years | 2-Set: Attack Speed +8% 5-Set: Additional Damage +10% | Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer) |
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