Artilleristscan dish out really high damage and provide a high amount of stagger to the bosses ofLost Ark. But if you’re struggling withChaos Dungeonslook no further, this guide will show you the ultimate build to clear them with ease. Artillerists have a very good selection of AoE skills that are perfect for quickly dispatching enemies in Chaos Dungeons. This may very well be the best build for farming infinite Chaos Dungeons out of all the classes. If you haven’t tried the Artillerist yet, give this build a try and you might fall in love with all the barrage of explosions.
If you’ve read our other Chaos Dungeon builds you’ll know that we love thePreemptive Strike Combat Engraving. (More information can be found in this post.) In Chaos Dungeons it’s simply the best option out there and you’d be remiss not to use it. Testing out all theSkillsandTripodcombinations of the Artillerist we’ve specifically chosen ones that work very well with this engraving.
Skills To Use In Chaos Dungeons As An Artillerist
Starting out, there are only normal monsters spawning in the first zone. Nearly every skill in this build with Preemptive Strike can one-hit kill them with no problem. A lot of the skills we’ve chosen specifically because they have very short cooldowns. While the big-hitting skills likeHoming BarrageandAir Raidcan be used to clear the screen and then use all the other ones when those are on cooldown. Both of these have their damage delayed so moving in a wide circle to avoid getting hit will help keep you alive.
Thesecond zoneadds waves of 3Named enemiesat a time that respawn a few times. Group them up and useHoming BarrageandAir Raid. Try to kill 2 or 3 of them in one blast as that should reduce your cooldowns enough that they’ll be ready to use again for the next grouping. Then clear any remaining normal enemies with your other skills until the Challenge-type monster appears.
For theChallenge-typeenemy at the end of this zone, use yourAwakening Skill:Rocket Barrageto easily clear it.
The final zone can be cleared with ease by rotating the use ofHoming BarrageandAir Raidfor the Named enemies that spawn from the Red Crystals. You can precast these after breaking the Red Crystals as the damage doesn’t immediately occur. Then use the other skills to clear the remaining normal enemies.
In this table, we select and describe the best Artillerist skills to use in Chaos Dungeons. We also show whichtripodsandrunesare optimal to use with each skill. They’re listed in order of which target they should be able to kill in one hit.
Description
Quick Attack
Spin Attack
Quick Recharge
ModerateDamage, Fast Cooldown clearsNormalenemies well.
Weak Point Detection
Ranged Buckshot
Internal Ignition
Enhanced Shell
Law of the Jungle
Piercing Shell
ModerateDamage; Fast Cooldown; clearsNormalenemies well.
Forward Barrage
Wide Explosion
Quick Prep
Focused Barrage
Galewind /
ModerateDamage, Fast Cooldown; clearsNormalenemies well.
Can choose other 2nd Tripods for more damage
Jump Barrage
Quick Jump
Enhanced Barrage
ModerateDamage; clearsNormalenemies really well.
Flame Barrage
The Big One
High Damage; clearsNamedenemies really well. Delayed explosion.
Homing Barrage
Guiding Enhancement
EMP Explosion
Highest Damage; clearsNamedenemies really well.Delayed explosion
Energy Field
Firepower Concentration
Energy Increase
ProvidesShield;Identity Gauge generation when below 30% HP.
Engravings Priority For Chaos Dungeons
As we’ve stated before, for Chaos Dungeons using thePreemptive Strike engravingis the top priority for engravings. After that they can also the otherengravingslisted below:
And here are some other engravings you can consider that aresupplementaryto the Artillerist class overall:
Artillerist Gem Priority In Chaos Dungeons
Gems are available starting in Tier 2. For the Artillerist, you generally want to choose damage gems for the skills that do less damage, and cooldown gems for the skills that have higher cooldowns.Follow this orderfor the best choices:
Stat Allocation
Stats are on the Accessories (Necklace,Earring, andRings). Most people don’t have the gold required for two sets of accessories specifically for Chaos Dungeons as the content is not very difficult. There are a few different ways to go about Stats for the Artillerist.
Tripod Skill Tree Effects
Finally, if you’ve reached Tier 3, don’t forget to go to theTransfer Skill Tree NPC, to transfer the tripods of your skills from looted gear. (You can also save them in the Tripod inventory tab to test other builds!) Since not all tripods can have their level increased, only some of the Tripods in this build can be upgraded. The13out of18slots you should use are:
