Recurrence Artist Guide for Lost Ark
Artist uses a paint brush, drawing with different types of ink to either deal damage (black ink) or heal (white ink) while also providing buffs and cleanses to their party. Artist comes with two playstyles, Full Bloom and Recurrence.
Recurrence: Gearing, Skills and Playstyle
Artist has a very simple rotation focusing on near 100% uptime on buffs and using damage skills in-between.
We prioritize Paint: Sunsketch initially for increased Critical Rate buffs on yourself and
Paint: Sun Well for a large 30% Atk. Power buff.
Place down
Paint: Ink Well to proc Conviction and start gaining more meter. Then have
Paint: Butterfly Dream as our brand / debuff skill that gives +10% damage taken to the
targeted enemy but also serves as our Judgment proc.
Cycle through main DPS skills like
Paint: Crane Wing,
Paint: Pouncing Tiger &
Stroke: One Stroke
then rebuff and start the cycle over. Make sure to not sit on your Harmony Orbs too long, as your
two orb skill, Moonfall is still a 10% party-wide damage increase that you can use about once every
40 seconds depending on your meter gain.
Gearing
For running solo content, its recommended to use the Betrayal set for Chaos
Dungeons & a 4/2 mix of Dominion Fang and Nightmare for other content like Thronespire.
Stat distribution is still priority Swiftness, but you take Crit on the necklace instead of
Spec. Using either Lostwind Cliff or
Light of Salvation is fine for this build as they
both provide more DPS, with
Lostwind Cliff providing Critical Rate instead of a fixed damage percentage.
There aren't plenty of options to choose from,
Recurrence's engravings are straightforward.
Engraving | Priority | Description |
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Necessity | Taken at Level 3 for maximum damage output. |
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Necessity | If you want to build a DPS spec, this must be taken at Level 3 with no exceptions. |
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Very High | The healing penalty isn't really felt all that much so it's essentially a free Atk. Power increase. |
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Very High | Even with 1700 Swiftness, this gives you about 13% damage. Additional synergies can cap your Move Speed and give the full 18% rather easily. |
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Optional | With Critical Rate coming from engraving(s), Crit main stat and some of your skill tripods; you'll be able to comfortably exceed a 60% chance and make this highly effective. |
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Optional | Can be taken for a small Atk. Power increase and another +5% Critical Rate. Diminishing returns when playing with other Crit synergies, but a safe pick all around for any content. |
Skills
Prioritize your meter building skills and Quick Prep to reduce Sun Well's cooldown. Max all damaging tripods and ones like My Well & My Authority especially as these provide large DPS gains.
Skill Name | Tripod 1 | Tripod 2 | Tripod 3 |
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Sunsketch | ![]() |
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Crane Wing | ![]() |
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Moonsketch | ![]() |
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One Stroke | ![]() |
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Ink Well | ![]() |
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Butterfly Dream | ![]() |
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N/A |
Pouncing Tiger | ![]() |
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Runes
Paint: Sun Well:
Galewind
Paint: Sunsketch:
Galewind
Paint: Crane Wing:
Overwhelm
Paint: Ink Well:
Conviction
Stroke: One Stroke:
Galewind
Paint: Moonsketch:
Wealth
Paint: Butterfly Dream:
Judgment
Paint: Pouncing Tiger:
Wealth
Gems
Damage
Cooldown
Paint: Sun Well
Paint: Sunsketch/li>
Paint: Ink Well
Paint: Crane Wing
Stroke: One Stroke
Paint: Moonsketch
Changelog
- 14 Mar. 2023: Guide Added.
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Spin Cycle is a veteran player & writer for Phantasy Star Online 2 and FFXIV. He has been playing Lost Ark since the western release and mains Sharpshooter. He also plays Wardancer, Gunslinger & Soulfist.
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