Lunar Voice Reaper Skill Guide for Lost Ark

Last updated on Nov 14, 2022 at 12:00 by Spin 1 comment

The highly mobile Reaper sports a dagger as it's weapon, alongside of the ability to vanish on command and even summon clones of itself to defeat enemies. Reaper can cycle through three modes of combat: Normal, Persona, and Chaos.

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Lunar Voice: Skill Descriptions, Tripods, Gems and Runes

1.1.

Dagger Skills

Dagger skills increase your Persona and Chaos gauge and also include Reaper's synergy and its counter skill.

  • Nightmare Icon Nightmare
    • Nightmare is a staple skill in Reaper's toolkit, giving amazing freedom of movement and Poison: Corrosion Icon Poison: Corrosion which is Reaper's synergy. Pressing the skill once throws your dagger, with the combo action warping you opposite of your current location. There is a purple circle showing the range of your teleport and a blue outline on the skill indicating the time left to teleport. With the tripod Back Attack Icon Back Attack the second hit is the Counter hit, letting Reaper Counter even when from behind the boss if you warp to the front and strike.
  • Shadow Vortex Icon Shadow Vortex
    • Vortex also applies Reaper's synergy but has a unique tripod Swoop Activation Icon Swoop Activation that reduces the cooldown of Swoop skills when used. With its low cooldown, you'll always be using this skill not just to fresh Chaos Mode's buff but also to reduce your Swoop cooldowns.
  • Spinning Dagger Icon Spinning Dagger
1.2.

Shadow Skills

Shadow skills increase your Persona and Chaos gauge moreso than Dagger skills but do not provide synergy like your Dagger skills.

  • Distortion Icon Distortion
    • A movement skill at first glance that builds meter on hit. Distortion Icon Distortion is useful at refreshing your Chaos Mode buff even on whiff. The cooldown is relatively short and this skill teleports you through enemies, allowing you to reposition quickly after other skills or your spacebar dash.
  • Shadow Storm Icon Shadow Storm
    • A huge meter builder that a fairly long cooldown. It's third tripod, Shadow Zone Icon Shadow Zone, shortens the animation lock to give you more freedom. This skill also refreshes your Chaos Mode buff on whiff, but due to it's longer cooldown, Distortion Icon Distortion is still preferred to serve that purpose.
  • Shadow Trap Icon Shadow Trap
    • Another gauge builder that moves you opposite of your cursor's position. This has a unique tripod, Activate Shadow Icon Activate Shadow, that reduces the cooldown of Shadow skills.
1.3.

Swoop Skills

Swoop skills are your big damage buttons that are crucial to land when buffed. They have longer cooldowns than Dagger and Shadow skills, some having tripods to mitigate this.

  • Dance of Fury Icon Dance of Fury
    • This has a faster animation compared to the other Swoop skills but has shorter range than most. It has the longest cooldown out of all Swoop skills making it best to be paired with Glowing Brand Icon Glowing Brand.
  • Glowing Brand Icon Glowing Brand
    • A jumping attack that gives some range of movement to reposition back behind the boss. Typically used in succession with Dance of Fury Icon Dance of Fury, due to similar cooldowns and the movement to ensure Dance of Fury Icon Dance of Fury won't miss.
  • Rage Spear Icon Rage Spear
    • Very strong damage button that has an exclusive tripod that increases damage if it lands as a Back Attack.
2.

Tripods

2.1.

Dagger Skills

Nightmare Icon Nightmare takes the synergy tripod Poison: Corrosion Icon Poison: Corrosion to decrease enemy defense by 12%. Using the second tripod Quick Prep Icon Quick Prep ensures easy upkeep of your synergy and Chaos Mode buff. Back Attack Icon Back Attack enables Nightmare Icon Nightmare to serve as a counter. Shadow Vortex Icon Shadow Vortex takes the synergy tripod Poison: Corrosion Icon Poison: Corrosion to decrease enemy defense by 12%. There is an option between Quick Prep Icon Quick Prep and Fatal Dagger Icon Fatal Dagger for the second tripod. Swoop Activation Icon Swoop Activation is a must have, decreasing the cooldown of all Swoop skills by a minimum of 1.5s and a maximum of 1.9s. With its high uptime, you'll always be pressing this button when it comes up to ensure more usages of Swoop skills.

2.2.

Shadow Skills

Distortion Icon Distortion takes Quick Prep Icon Quick Prep as its first tripod. Fatal Shadow Icon Fatal Shadow increases critical rate but it's not a main DPS skill and Lunar Voice Icon Lunar Voice's emphasis on critical rate is mainly for their Swoop skills. Tailwind Icon Tailwind can be used for faster repositioning through enemies after using a skill such as Nightmare Icon Nightmare. Shadow Storm Icon Shadow Storm rolls with Charge Shadow Icon Charge Shadow, Quick Prep Icon Quick Prep and Shadow Zone Icon Shadow Zone. The extra meter generation from Charge Shadow Icon Charge Shadow is more important than the other two tripods. Quick Prep Icon Quick Prep can be switched out with Period Icon Period for increased damage over the reduced cooldown. Shadow Zone Icon Shadow Zone greatly helps with the skill's animation lock; removing the Holding skill property an granting more flexibility.

2.3.

Swoop Skills

Dance of Fury Icon Dance of Fury uses Piercing Strike Icon Piercing Strike for effectiveness against enemy defense. Fatal Dagger Icon Fatal Dagger is taken for additional critical rate. Suppressed Move Icon Suppressed Move makes the animation quicker and is better base damage over the critical damage from Shadow Dance Icon Shadow Dance. Glowing Brand Icon Glowing Brand can take Vital Point Hit Icon Vital Point Hit for more critical rate. Stagger Enhancement Icon Stagger Enhancement can be used if your group is really struggling with Stagger. Enhanced Swoop Icon Enhanced Swoop is the only useful choice here for Lunar Voice, as Chaos Enhancement Icon Chaos Enhancement only benefits Hunger's playstyle. Testament Icon Testament gives way more base damage than Shadow Snare Icon Shadow Snare. Rage Spear Icon Rage Spear equips Fatal Dagger Icon Fatal Dagger for its first tripod for more critical rate. Ambush Icon Ambush increases Back Attack damage and Concentrated Attack Icon Concentrated Attack grants more unconditional base damage and increases the range.

3.

Skill Runes

4.

Gems

5.

Changelog

  • 14 Nov. 2022: Guide Added.
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