Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu Scrapper Gearing Guide for Lost Ark

There's generally two ways to play the Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu build, with either a 50/50 split between Crit and Swiftness, or full blown speed with all Swiftness. The choice should be made on comfort, as with both playstyles you need to keep in mind the entire class revolves around back attacking, so positional requirements are quite important. The full Swiftness build performs better in a vacuum, but begins to falter in real encounters when you can't maintain full uptime.

Card sets are shared across both engravings for Scrapper. In the early game you can use cards that help with survivability such as Field Boss II, We'll Meet Again and Forest of Giants. For optimal damage you'll want Light of Salvation at 18 or 30 Awakening, though is quite a late game goal. Lostwind Cliff provides additional Critical Rate and is a solid stand-in as you gradually work towards Light of Salvation.

Most of the Engravings listed here are mandatory. The fifth one you choose will be dependent upon which build you've chosen based upon substat allocation.

Engraving	Priority	Description
Ultimate Skill: Taijutsu	High	You need this for the build to function. Anything under level 3 will suffer immensely from lack of Stamina Meter.
Grudge	High	A staple in damage builds. Every DPS class in this game takes it, Scrapper being no different. Since Scrapper has a naturally high defense rating, you won't suffer too much from this.
Master of Ambush	High	As with any Earth's Entropy user, this only amplifies our positional damage further. The only skill this doesn't work on is Instant Hit, as it is a front positional.
Adrenaline	High	It is extremely easy to upkeep Adrenaline stacks with Scrapper. Charging Blow alone has a low enough cooldown to maintain stacks even without a target.
Raid Captain	Full Swiftness Only	Raid Captain will cap as long as you have a support in your party running the Yearning gear set. That comes out to a bonus of 18% damage.
Keen Blunt Weapon	50/50 Crit Only	You won't be able to take full advantage of Keen Blunt if you run a full Swiftness build, so only take this if you're capable of running a moderate amount of Crit.
Cursed Doll	Optional	Slightly cheaper than Keen Blunt Weapon or Raid Captain. Can fit into either build just fine, so take this if you're okay with taking the healing penalty.

Starting in Legendary gear, you'll want the Preordained Diligence set from Argos to give you additional Critical Rate. You can use the 2-piece gear from Valtan Normal but it's only recommended if you intend on parking your character at 1415. Once you obtain Relic gear, Earth's Entropy is the only choice that should be considered seriously.

Taijutsu will never run any Specialization, so your options between builds are comfort-levels of Swiftness combined with Crit for every accessory. Below are two options, but feel free to move stats around as you see fit. Test your build in Trixion to see if you like it!

• Crit/Swiftness Necklace
• 2x Swiftness Earrings
• 2x Swiftness Rings
• Crit/Swiftness Bracelet

• Crit/Swiftness Necklace
• 1x Swiftness Earring / 1x Crit Earring
• 1x Swiftness Ring / 1x Crit Ring
• Crit/Swiftness Bracelet