The MMORPG Lost Ark launched in February in the West, but we are not playing the same version that Korea is playing. Because there are already many more classes available for the Adventurers in Arkesia, and more will follow. We will show you what else to expect.
Are all classes coming to Europe? It hasn’t been officially confirmed yet, but we can assume it strongly. The former Game Director mentioned in an interview that it would be his dream for all versions of Lost Ark to eventually be on the same level.
This likely means that we can look forward to all other classes. Because two more have already been announced for Korea.
When will the classes come to us? It is planned to bring a new class to Europe every 2 to 3 months. So we could have all classes available in our version even in 2023.
In 2022, the Summoner was released, as it was included in the beta of the Western version and was later then removed and replaced by the Sorceress.
All exciting classes that we will still get
Painter/Artist
What kind of class is this? The Painter, also known as Artist depending on translation, is the first class of the new main class of specialists. This first subclass of specialists is the Painter, which is supposed to bridge damage and support.
The class wields a large brush as a weapon and can switch between white and black ink to either play support or deal damage. This makes the Painter a good addition to any group.
What are the strengths of the class? The Painter is a very agile class and can quickly support her group while still dealing some damage. She is even capable of placing portals for her teammates, which can teleport the group directly to the Painter’s location.
Additionally, she has solid damage and five skills that can provide shields to her entire group. The Painter is therefore an extremely strong addition to a raid or Abyss Dungeon.
How does the class mechanic work? The Painter’s identity ability also makes it clear that the class stands between DPS and support. You collect energy in battle, which you can use to fill three orbs. Then you can use your ability with X or Z.
With each use of the ability, a full orb is consumed and one of the two effects is activated. While the Z-skill triggers a damage buff of 10% for the entire group, you can heal all allies with the X-skill.
You must always decide whether to focus on damage or support in the current situation, which makes the Painter comparatively more difficult than many other classes.
In this video, you can see the Painter in action:
When will the class come to us? The Artist is announced for the March update, so the new base class will start with us in the West in about 2 weeks.
Aeromancer
What kind of class is this? The Aeromancer is the second subclass of the newly introduced specialists. She has been playable in Korea since July 2022 and is considered very popular there. Unusually, she uses an umbrella as a weapon to control the weather.
With quite a lot of range, the Aeromancer is a kind of weather mage that can make it rain, snow, and storm. Besides the weather skills, she can also deal significant damage with her umbrella, albeit at shorter distances.
What are the strengths of the class? The Aeromancer primarily focuses on dealing damage, but she can also support her group in certain aspects. She is therefore similar to the Gunlancer, who fulfills a comparable role.
You can see the gameplay of the Aeromancer here:
However, she provides her group primarily with buffs and does not stand in front as a tank, as the delicate mage can take relatively little damage. Her strength lies in dealing high damage from a distance while still enhancing her team.
In addition, she excels in high mobility, even if she cannot quite keep up with her class counterpart, the Painter.
How does her class mechanic work? The mechanics of the Aeromancer is relatively simple. With everything that deals damage, you slowly fill your identity gauge. When it is full, you can activate your special skill.
Then it rains around you, causing surrounding enemies to take damage and be slowed down. Depending on which class engraving you use, you can also use this skill to grant your group attack and movement speed or more armor within the circle.
In this case, the duration of the skill is shortened when you choose the attack buff and extended when you choose the defense variant. However, you cannot switch situationally, as this effect can only be influenced by your class engraving.
When will the Aeromancer come to us? This is currently still completely unclear. None of the new specialists have made it to our version yet. First, the Painter arrives in the March update, and when the Aeromancer will follow is still uncertain.
Slayer
What kind of class is this? The Slayer is the female counterpart to the Berserker. This means that, similar to the Artillerist and Monk, she relies on a largely similar repertoire of skills. Equipped with a greatsword, she shatters her enemies just as effectively with brute force.
The Slayer is also similar to the Berserker in terms of gameplay but differs due to the different class engravings. There is no “Mayhem” engraving for her, for example. So you don’t have to panic on the Slayer about the rapid demise.
What are the strengths of the class? Similar to the Berserker, the strengths of the Slayer are clearly in damage dealing. She is a pure DPS class and is meant to deal significant damage. While she is not particularly mobile, she hits hard when she connects.
She is still a bit faster than the heavy Destroyer. If you like being upfront and enjoy bending the noses of poor demons, the Slayer is a class for you.
You can see the gameplay of the Slayer fighting against an endgame boss here:
Otherwise, the Slayer, logically, has many parallels to the Berserker. For example, she also relies on attacks from behind to maximize her damage. Some of the skills have been slightly adjusted, but a Berserker player should quickly grasp the spin of the Slayer and thus enjoy a new class.
How does the class mechanic work? Just like with the Berserker, you collect fury with normal attacks, filling a gauge. When this is full, it allows you to activate a mode for a short time, in which you are significantly stronger and faster. In addition, you have an increased critical hit chance.
The two engravings then work differently from the Berserker. While the “Executioner” engraving functions similarly to “Berserker’s Technique” and aims to deal more damage in this mode, the “Predator” engraving brings fresh air into the greatsword swings.
With her, you collect so-called Fatique points with each hit that lands on an enemy. For each of these points, you gain back 10% of your fury and 3% of your mana. Additionally, the critical damage from fury skills is increased by 40%.
At the same time, you also consume 10% more of your fury with each Fatique point. However, the cooldown on the Berserker mode is completely removed. You can imagine the gameplay to be somewhat similar to the Surge engraving of the Deathblade.
When will the Slayer come to us? This is currently not clear yet. The Artist will appear as a new class in March, and what comes after that has not yet been confirmed by Amazon. However, it would be conceivable that they will further break the gender lock, which Western players generally find more concerning, and bring the Slayer as the next class.
Which classes are still coming?
What can you expect? Although there are currently a total of 24 classes in Korea, the developers have already presented two more that we would like to mention briefly.
On one hand, the “Soul Eater” is another subclass of the assassins announced. So far, we don’t know much about her, except that she is armed with a scythe and is supposed to use the souls of her victims to become even stronger in combat.
On the other hand, there seems to be a male version of the Scrapper. This was briefly shown at the last LOA ON, an event for Lost Ark. However, the players’ feedback was rather negative, which is why Smilegate announced that they would reconsider this class.
What do you think about the classes that are still missing in our version? Which one do you miss the most when playing Lost Ark, and which one are you really looking forward to?
Are there also classes that you really don’t like? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO, we look forward to your opinion.
