Summoner is coming to Lost Ark, with this guide, let's break down the brand new mage advance class, covering playstyle, engravings, skills, identity, gear, and rotation for the build types!

Lost Ark Summoner Build Guide - Overflowing Sympathy & Senior Build

Summoner is a ranged caster who has a wide variety of skills and tools that are beneficial in any scenario. She has superb damage uptime for very little skill required to maintain, an excellent class to learn/prog new raids, and has some of the highest stagger/weak point damage in the game. Summoner is the swiss army knife of mages, allowing her to be flexible in all encounters.

• Representative Weapon: Magic Staff

• Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Pros: Easy high DPS uptime, high stagger/weak point, versatile, beautiful visual effects

• Cons: Expensive/high investment to main, no mobility, little to no burst, squishy

Summoner Class Engravings

Summoner uses different Engravings depending on which of the ancient spirits, which is the identity, and the summoning skill that summons summoned beasts, is the main one.

Overflowing Sympathy/Ancient Energy

• Lv 1: Marilyn, Pauru, Carnivorous Lily, Shredi and Kelsion summon duration +5%, and damage +10%. Increases the Movement and Attack Speed of summons +3%, and reduces the cooldown of pet command skills by 3%.

• Lv 2: Marilyn, Pauru, Carnivorous Lily, Shredi and Kelsion summon duration + 10%，and damage +17%. Increases the Movement and Attack Speed of summons +6%, and reduces the cooldown of pet command skills by 6%. 

• Lv 3: Marilyn, Pauru, Carnivorous Lily, Shredi and Kelsion summon duration +20%, and damage +25%. Increases the Movement and Attack Speed of summons +10%, and reduces the cooldown of pet command skills by 10%. 

Advanced/Senior

• Lv 1: Reduced Wisdom Orbs cost for Spirit Summoning Skills by 1. Damage of Normal Skills and Spirit, Summoning Skills +2% and Crit Rate +3%.

• Lv 2: Reduced Wisdom Orbs cost for Spirit Summoning Skills by 1. Damage of Normal Skills and Spirit, Summoning Skills +5% and Crit Rate +8%.

• Lv 3: Reduced Wisdom Orbs cost for Spirit Summoning Skills by 1. Damage of Normal Skills and Spirit, Summoning Skills +10% and Crit Rate +16%.

Summoner Identity

The Summoner's identity consists of 5 Ancient Spirit summons:

• Osh (3 Orbs, Weak Point, Lvl 2 Low Damage)

• Ali Marge (4 Orbs, Weak Point, Lvl 2 Mid-High Stagger Decent Damage)

• Phoenix (5 Orbs, Weak Point, Lvl 2 Low Stagger Long Skill Decent Damage)

• Jahia & Ligheas (6 Orbs, Highest Stagger Shield/CC High Damage)

• Akir (7 Orbs, Mid Stagger Highest Damage)

- Summoner's identity functions by using a resource called "Wisdom/Ancient Orbs” as a cost to summon each spirit and every spell fills her orb gauge. The default button to cycle through the identity is X and to execute the summon is Z.

- Each Ancient Spirit has their use in different scenarios. Most of the time you will be using Ali - Marge or Akir in raids for maximum DPS output or Stagger/Weak point checks. However, each fight is different and expert Summoners will know exactly how to make use of their identity gauge to its full potential. For example, in Vykas gate 3 you can use Phoenix to clear the entire 1 side of tentacles if you aim correctly. 

- The Advanced Summoner engraving also greatly improves every Ancient Spirit adding extra effects to each one.

Summoner Gear Sets

• Pre-Relic Set 1370-1430:

- Summoner is weak without Relic set and has pretty subpar damage early on. Your best option is to rush to 1460 and farm Valtan bones/Vykas wings ASAP. In the meantime, you can run 2 Argos and 4 Demon Beast, or 2 Argos and 4 Salv until then with 70/30 crit/swift stat distribution.

• Relic Set 1445-1540:

-  The biggest carry for your damage early on will be the Charming set、as it does not require much investment at all to do effective damage in raids. Classes with a lot of consistent multi-hit skills can really make good use of Charming as every instance of damage can proc the set effect. Summoner is a good example of a class that can rely on it because not only do a lot of her spells have D.O.T. (Damage over time), but her pet skills constantly attack the boss for the duration of their summon. DPS Bard for example is only viable because of Channing alone. The damage from this relic set is definitely not something to scoff at The cons of Channing is the cost of 55 Vykas wings and at 1540+ item level it starts to fall off pretty hard.

• Rrelshaza Relic/Ancient set, Bracelet, 1540+:

-  This is now where you enter whale territory on Summoner. The classic end game set for both spec and swift will be Halhicination. This set offers a very decent amount of crit rate, which Summoner typically strives for. This build is very expensive to make effective (mainly swift build) as it requires a very good foundation to make it excel over Charming or Salvation. Salvation is a viable F2P end game build for less investment required compared to Hallucination. Cons of Salvation is if you fell below 30% HP you lose all 20 of your stacks, thus losing all your damage until you build your stacks back up again.

Overflowing Sympathy (Swiftness) Summoner Build

This build uses lots of creatures just like the concept of being a Summoner, creatures all have duration time. Because of that it means High swiftness and subscribe stat to summon the creatures as soon as possible when the duration time ends.  As you can already imagine, it is a very spammy piano class. Swiftness Summoner is the busiest class in Northstar not only because of high surfness but because of the secondary skills she has to keep spamming. The DPS of this build heavily relies on how often your creatures are in the field. The process of this build is most of the creatures do not have HP which means they are invincible until the duration time ends, they will keep hitting on the boss no matter what the boss does, if you think about players dodging patterns but creatures not stopping the DPS, you can't imagine how much DPS that they will do.

Pros

• Lower damage ceiling, higher damage floor (-1.5 million Trixion DPS difference)

• Focuses on Pet skills and cycling attack power buffs for high consistent DPS

• Easier to play, low CD times

• Most expensive build for level 10 gems, requiring 7-8 damage gems

• Higher movement speed and attack speed

• Consistent high uptime DPS similar to reflux or FI wardancer

• Easy entry level and good transition to late game

• Slower identity gauge generation

• Best for progressing on new and harder raids

Cons

• Low burst

• Absence of the Greater Summoner's Mark

• You have to use a lot of attack gems which will cost you a lot later on, it requires 7 attack gems currently

• Your fingers might hurt while doing the rotation. 

1. Stats and Relic Sets

• Relic Set: Hallucination Set

• Necklace Speed/Criticality or Specialization

• Earrings quick/quick

• Ring speed/fast

• Bracelet Speed +Critical or Mastery

- As for the characteristics, it is recommended to take the speed of the necklace, fatality or specialization for all the rest.

- For the relic set, we recommend the hallucination set.

2. Recommended Engraving Combination

▶ 3333 - Grudge,  Adrenaline, Overflowing Sympathy (Keen Blunt Weapon or Raid Captain)

▶ 33333 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Adrenaline, Raid Captain, Overflowing Sympathy

 It is a combination of engraving that provides a pleasant feeling of use with high efficiency and no penalty. In the case of the 3333~33333 relic section, there is no problem if you adjust it appropriately according to the holding of the engraving and the sale situation.

▶ 333331 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Adrenaline, Raid Captain, Overflowing Sympathy + Senior Summoner 1

▶ 333331 -  Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Adrenaline, Raid Captain, Overflowing Sympathy + Ether Predator 1

333331 Level 1 engravings added in the ancient section are recommended for advanced summoners and ether eaters. The difference in DPS between the two recommended engravings is not large, and you can configure it according to your situation and taste. In the case of Advanced Summoner Level 1, the number of bubbles required to use the Aden skill is reduced by 1, which increases the convenience of the gimmick, and you can also take advantage of the increased Aden skill effects (Osh 2 level destruction, Zahia Shield, etc.) and effects with this level hand.

 In addition, it helps DPS by collecting 2% of normal skill damage increase and 3% of damage. The price is slightly higher because it adopts two right-angle axes. Ether Eater Level 1 is a mark that has been proven efficient as it employs a lot of other jobs. Because it is a stack-type engraving, there is a stress on stacking time and maintenance time, so it is an engraving that has likes and dislikes, but the efficiency itself is good.

▶ 333331 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Raid Captain, Max MP Increase, Overflowing Sympathy + Adrenaline 1

It is an engraving combination that lowers the critical efficiency and raises the maximum damage by adopting 3 levels of mass increase and 1 level of adrenaline. It's good to see the damage by maximizing the damage, but the self-lethal efficiency is low, and the attack speed penalty of jealousy must also be taken into account. It is recommended for those who have a fatal synergy penalty and have no objection to doping work such as dinner and food to alleviate the penalty.

▶ 333332 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Raid Captain, Max MP Increase, Overflowing Sympathy + Adrenaline 2

▶ 333332 -Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Raid Captain, Hit Master, Overflowing Sympathy + Adrenaline 2

▶ 333332 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Raid Captain, Cursed Doll, Overflowing Sympathy + Adrenaline 2

333332 based on 97 stones This is a combination of engravings used in the ancient period. engravings such as vaginismus, trade, and undercut have been added to the existing engraving combinations. Mass increase is the most powerful attack, but it can be less effective without mitigation of the attack speed penalty.

3. Skills & Tripods

In the super-quick communion skill tree, 4 summon skills, 4 normal skills are adopted.

For general skills, synergy and counter skills are adopted, including Ancient Spear, which has the highest deal rate as a single skill.

4 Summon Skills

Flash Explosion (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (311): Energy Control (Lvl 5), Vital Point Explosion (Lvl 5), Great Explosion (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Bleed Rune

Elcid (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (212): Magick Amplification (Lvl 5), Deadly Posion Seed (Lvl 5), Group Summoning (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Judgment or Rocus

Maririn (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (121): Atk. Power Enhancement (Lvl 5), Charge Comman (Lvl 5), Small Talk (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Purify

Pauru (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (311): Small Talk (Lvl 5), Atk. Power Enhancement (Lvl 5), Blue Flame Pauru (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Overwhelm

4 Normal skills

Water Elemental (4-10 Lvl)

• Tripods (331): Magick Recovery, Weak Point Detection, Wisdom of the Elemental

• Rune: Conviction

Ancient Spear (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (312): Quick Preparation (Lvl 4), Explosive Spear (Lvl 4), Ancient Strength (Lvl 4)   

• Rune: Gillwind

Sticky Moss Swamp (7 Lvl)

• Tripods (31): Ready Attack (Lvl 5), Spread Increase (Lvl 1)

• Rune: Purify

Earth Collape (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (121): Flame Collapse (Lvl 4), Shake (Lvl 4), Earth Manipulator (Lvl 4)

• Rune: Focus

Skills depending on the situation

Steed Charge (10-12 Level)

• Tripods (231): Stormlike Gallop (Lvl 5), Weak Point Detection (Lvl 5), Destruction Charger (Lvl 1)

• Rune: Conviction

Reine's Protection (10 Lvl)

• Tripods (212): Energy Concentration, Purify, Reine's Shelter

4. The Awakening Skill

Kelsion - Summons calcium which does a lot of damage it has a secondary skill and he gets affected by overflowing consensus class Engraving. You can start subtracting skill point from Water Elemental because it's not a DPS skill. As long as it has first tripod, it will still restore your Mana by a lot.

For the tripod upgrade, everything except for the Water Elemental tripod is important to upgrade.

5. Gems

For the gems, you run seven attack gems on Shurdi, Maririn, identity skill, Elcid, Power Rule, Earth Collapse, and Ancient Spear. And for the rest of the four cooldown production gems you'll run it on Elcid, Earth Collapse, Ancient Spear and Sticky Swamp.

6. Rotation

Whenever you use the skills, it will fill up the identity meter which allows you to use identity skills.

the skill you want to use for DPS is the fifth one called Akir since it does the most damage:

• If you need destruction then use the first one called Osh

• If you need stagger then use the second one called Ali Marge

• If you have a Akir then use Sticky Swamp, Ancient Spear

• Almost at the end of the casting use a keyer to cancel the animation 

• If you don't have a Kelsion then use Sticky Swamp and then Ancient Spear

• For the other skills you can spam it whenever it's up.

By the way, all the minion skills except for Elcid and Shurdi follows you as you move on, but you can simply press the shift key to move them where your pointer is at.

Lost Ark Specialization (Advanced) Summoner Build

This build uses very few creatures that give her the buff and the DPS heavily relies on the identity skills, which means High specialization and serves swiftness. The specialization increases the identity skills damage and the meter gain as well. The price of this build is when you compare the DPS with the previous build, this build does slightly more DPS. Moreover, this build uses a tripod of creatures that increases Mana restoration speed by 40% for the whole party, theoretically all the time. The crit rate of this build can easily reach over 60% without investing credit thanks to the hallucination set creature buff adrenaline and the classic gravy.  Another thing is users need three attack gyms, the reason is that one attack gym can boost the damage of all the identity skills, also usage of most skills is either giving Summoner debuffs or filling up the identity meter.

Pros

• Higher damage ceiling, lower damage floor (+1.5 million Trixion DPS difference)

• Focuses on identity generation and damage

• Harder to play, high CD times

• Requires only 1 level 10 damage gem, but 8 level 9+ CD gems

• No movement speed or mobility

• Consistent type burst build, bigger numbers (similar to surge and deathblow)

• Harder entry level before the build starts to feel impactful and smooth

• Better identity usage, allowing for more flexibility in raids

• Best against bosses that do not move much

1. Gear (Stats and Relic Sets)

• Relic Set: Hallucination Set (Special, Special), Salvation Set (Special)

• Necklace Specialized/Quick or Critical

• Earrings specialization/specialization

• Ring specialization/specialization

• Bracelet Specialization +Crit or Speed

- As for the characteristics, it is recommended that all other specializations be taken from the necklace to specialization, speed, or fatality.

- We recommend the Psychedelic Set for Specialized + Quick Setting.

- We recommend the Salvation or Hallucination set in the Specialized + Critical setting.

2. Recommended Engraving Combination

▶ 3333 - Grudge, Adrenaline, Senior Summoner (Keen Blunt Weapon or Hit Master)

▶ 33333 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Adrenaline, Hit Master Senior Summoner

 It is a combination of engraving that provides a pleasant feeling of use with high efficiency and no penalty.In the case of the 3333~33333 relic section, there is no problem if you adjust it appropriately according to the holding of the engraving and the sale situation.

▶ 333331 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Adrenaline, Hit Master Senior Summoner + Ether Predator 1

333331 This is the engraving composition recommended by the ancient section. In the case of Ether Predator, it is a stack type engraving, so there is stress on stacking time and maintenance time, so it is an engraving with likes and dislikes, but the efficiency itself is good.

▶ 333331 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Hit Master, Cursed Doll, Senior Summoner + Adrenaline 1

333331 It is a stamped combination that focuses on skill rather than critical efficiency in the ancient period. Its self-lethal efficiency is low, but it is an engravinged configuration worth considering for those who are reluctant to ether predators.

▶ 333332 - Grudge, Keen Blunt Weapon, Hit Master, Cursed Doll, Senior Summoner + Adrenaline 2

333332 based on 97 stones This is a combination of engravings used in the ancient period. In the existing engraving combination, the ard is lowered to 2, and the engraving of the base and the base is composed of 3 levels.

3. Skills and Tripods

Extremely Specialized Appeal Summoner uses only two buff-type summoner skills, and the rest

Adopt 6 general skills with utilities such as synergy and counter along with the supply and demand of Arden Gauge.

2 Summon Skills

Shurdi (10 Lvl)

• Tripods (332): Shining Growth (Lvl 5), Faltering Shurdi (Lvl 1), MP Recovery (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Bleed

Elcid (10 Lvl)

• Tripods (232): Magick Amplification (Lvl 4), Homing Seeds (Lvl 5), Elite Summoning (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Bleed

6 Normal Skills

Water Elemental (4-10 Lvl)

• Tripods (332): Magick Recovery (Lvl 5), Weak Point Detection (Lvl 5), Water Cannon (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Wealth

Sticky Moss Swamp (7 Lvl)

• Tripods (31): Ready Attack (Lvl 5), Spread Increase (Lvl 1)

• Rune: Purify

Electric Storm (7 Lvl)

• Tripods (232): Swift Cast (Lvl 5), Sustain Enhancement (Lvl 1), Guiding Storm 

• Rune: Wealth

Earth Collapse (12 Lvl)

• Tripods (121): Flame Collapse (Lvl 5), Shake (Lvl 5), Earth Manipulator (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Wealth

Steed Charge (10-12 Level)

• Tripods (231): Stormlike Gallop (Lvl 5), Weak Point Detection (Lvl 5), Destruction Charger (Lvl 1)

• Rune: Wealth

Flash Explosion (4-12 Lvl)

• Tripods (331): Energy Control (Lvl 5), Weak Point Detection (Lvl 5), Great Explosion (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Overwhelm

Skills depending on the situation

Pauru (10-12 Lvl)

• Tripods (131): Twilight Combustion (Lvl 5), Maintained Summoning (Lvl 5), Blue Flame Pauru (Lvl 5)

• Rune: Purify

4. The Awakening

Bagron's Wrath - The Awakening period itself does not have much importance because the striker's band or the upper summoner's engraving is not applied, but the Aden supply is buffed, so you can use a combo that allows you to fire Akir continuously in 1st, 2nd strokes. At the end, I attached a video for combo practice.

5. Gems

Extremely Specialized Appeal Summoners generally employ 3 extinguishing fires and 8 prominences. In the case of extinction, they are listed in order of high-level priority.

In the case of prominence, we recommend the highest level possible for Elcid, Ancient Spear, Earth Collapse, Electric Storm, and 5 water spirits. Also, the higher the rest, the better.

• [Extinction] - Ancient Spirit (Aden), Ancient Spear, Earth Collapse

• [Red Flame] - Elcid, Earth Collapse, Ancient Spear, Electric Storm, Water Spirit, Moss Swamp, Shrudi, Magil or Sunpok or Pauru

6. Rotation 

• Focus on maintaining a flexible ad rather than unconditionally robbing magic and water.

• Use Ancient Spear and Earth Collapse skills together at the notarization timing as much as possible

• (Full Bubble) Electric Storm - Akir - Notary - Water Elemental - Bagron's Wrath - Akir (multiple hits) - Notary - Akir

• Most Bagron combos are full buff + ard timing, so it is better to start with full Aden as much as possible.

• Recommended - The electric storm can be used flexibly with the width of the forward or the width of the notarization depending on the cooldown.

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