The Glaivier was the first class added after the initial launch of Lost Ark. They have great offensive and defensive capabilities through the use of swapping between two weapons; a Spear and a Glaive. We're going to guide you through you an interesting build we've come up with that makes clearing Chaos Dungeons even simpler than you thought they may be. This build will help both new and more seasoned Glaivier players that want to speed up their Chaos Dungeon runs.

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There are many builds you can make depending on how you want to play the class, however, the build we've chosen relies on a lesser-known engraving. It is often overlooked in other forms of content, but the Preemptive Strike Combat Engraving is one of the best choices to make in Chaos Dungeons. (A more detailed explanation can be found here). In addition, we've chosen to also include the Pinnacle Class Engraving to further enhance the clearing time. The Control Engraving is useful too but doesn't quite give the same versatility as the red spear skills.

Glaivier Utilizing Preemptive Strike in a Chaos Dungeon

Skills To Use In Chaos Dungeons As A Glaivier

At the start, wait until the majority of enemies have spawned, then continue moving so that you do not take too much damage. Once you see the enemies grouped up, slash them all away with powerful hitting abilities such as Shackling Blue Dragon, Raging Dragon Slash, Windsplitter, and Cutting Wind. All of these skills should be able to one-hit kill normal enemies. Use the remaining skills for clean-up and to generate more Identity Gauge. Once that is full, swap to the red spear stance and use Red Dragon’s Horn, Starfall Pounce, and Thrust of Destruction. Again, use the remaining skills to generate more Identity Gauge and swap back to the Glaive stance skills and repeat.

In the next zone, clear the Named enemies by gathering them around and use either Shackling Blue Dragon, or Red Dragon's Horn (depending on which stance you are in). Try to kill 2 or 3 of them as this should be enough to reset all your cooldowns so that they are ready for the next group of Named enemies. Use the remaining skills to clean up the rest of the Normal enemies. Once more Named enemies spawn, repeat the process.

For the Challenge-type enemy at the end of this zone, either use the Red Dragon's Horn or your Awakening Skill to quickly dispatch of them.

Here's a table detailing which Glaivier skills to choose as well as a brief description of the purpose of that skill. The skills below are sorted by which target they perform well against (in order of lowest to highest HP: Normal, Named, Challenge, Boss).

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Engravings Priority For Chaos Dungeons

For the Glaivier, here are the Engravings you can prioritize for Chaos Dungeons using the Preemptive Strike build:

• #1: Preemptive Strike
  • Guaranteed Crit on challenge type or lower monsters with full HP.
• #2: Pinnacle
  • Class Engraving that a higher overall damage potential; access to Red skills that provide damage mitigation, and an ability that one hit kills almost anything in Chaos Dungeons: Red Dragon’s Horn
• #3: Keen Blunt Weapon
  • Increase Crit Damage; a chance for reduced damage

Here are the engravings that are supplementary to the Glaivier class in general.

• Raid Captain
  • Increase Damage based on Movement Speed
• Ambush Master
  • Increase Back-attack damage
• All-Out Attack
  • Increase Holding and Casting Skill speed and damage.
• Mass Increase
  • Increase Damage of attacks that are not Back or Frontal Attacks.
• Grudge*
  • Increase Damage given and received (*only advisable at Level 3)
• Cursed Doll*
  • Increase Damage given and reduced healing received (*only advisable at Level 3)

Glaivier Gem Priority In Chaos Dungeons

As detailed in the skills table above, the 4 highest damaging skills should be the focus of both Damage and Cooldown Reduction Gems. This will be useful for not only Chaos Dungeons, but also for other types of content.

• #1: Red Dragon's Horn - Damage
• #2: Red Dragon's Horn - Cooldown
• #3: Shackling Blue Dragon - Damage
• #4: Shackling Blue Dragon - Cooldown
• #5: Raging Dragon Slash - Damage
• #6: Raging Dragon Slash - Cooldown
• #7: Starfall Pounce - Damage
• #8: Starfall Pounce - Cooldown
• #9: Cutting Wind - Damage
• #10: Cutting Wind - Cooldown
• #11: Windsplitter - Damage

Stat Allocation

Stat allocation comes from the Accessories (Necklace, Earring, and Rings). It can be very expensive to have a different set of Accessories for Chaos Dungeons so you should choose those stats based on the class engraving you've chosen to play.

• For the Pinnacle Class Engraving, the Stat Priority should focus on Specialization first for increased damage when swapping weapons, followed by Swiftness or Crit.
• For the Control Class Engraving, the Stat Priority should focus on Swiftness first for cooldown reductions, followed by Crit.

Tripod Skill Tree Effects

At a Transfer Skill Tree NPC, you should transfer tripod skill tree effects from looted gear to your equipped gear (don't forget to save them in the Tripod inventory tab too for multiple builds). Not every Tripod can be leveled up so here are the Tripods that can be affected by Skill Tree Effects that are used in this Chaos Dungeon build:

1. Half Moon Slash: Flurry Expertise, Double Upper Slash
2. Soul Cutter: Firepower Control, Quick Step
3. Flash Kick: Weak Point Detection
4. Windsplitter: Flurry Expertise
5. Cutting Wind: Quick Prep
6. Thrust of Destruction: Shield, Weak Point Detection, Air-Ripping Thrust
7. Raging Dragon Slash: Quick Prep, Quick Slash
8. Starfall Pounce: Firepower Control
9. Shackling Blue Dragon: Quick Prep, Blitz, Final Decision
10. Red Dragon’s Horn: Evolving Technique, Weak Point Detection

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