Ready for Launch Guide | Surge / Burst Deathblade | Lost Ark

[@manroyad]

actually the best guide I found, text or video, there is nothing with such good info such as the clarification that you want to have as much skills that hit multiple times which might not be clear for everyone from the get go. I think if you keep making these high quality guides for the other classes, this could yield you some good amount of views. people are still leveling and don't even know what they need to build, a week from now these videos should take off

[@stoney323]

A guide that gets straight to the point and doesn't veer off subject to make the video 20 minutes longer. Thank you so much

[@so2fast4u2]

Yep same as streams he does, pure gold

[@RoxasMoon]

I just used the power pass for death blade and I was pretty confused how surge worked. Looking online kinda helped but not much. This video was so easy to fallow and helped me understand thank you very much

[@h4xnslash900]

Only guide I've seen that actually explains how to use surge thank you

[@danielkaspari7579]

best guide for deathblade i found on youtube :D Thank you

[@FireFistance]

Best Blade guide hands down. Thank you a lot

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad it was helpful!

[@muchTirol]

By far the best lost ark guides! Thx for the work

[@ThePVPsheep]

wow really cool guide, best one ive seen

[@manroyad]

For people asking about Moonlight Sonic: I've done the testing and I would swap it with Blitz Rush, if you wanna use it. Blitz Rush gives 1 stack and does 30% more dmg than Moonlight Sonic IF it crits. Since it's only 1 hit, it either crits or it doesn't. Moonlight Sonic (Fist of Darkness, Concentrated Attack, Shade Sonic) gives 2 stacks and does multiple hits, so multiple chances to crit. So it averages out on about 30% more than non-crit Blitz Rush and 30% less than crit Blitz Rush. It also is an instant cast with more AOE than Blitz Rush, with is only 1 line and needs to be charged.

[@gabruiz8456]

i just hit lvl 50 and y blitz ruush cant even one hit a mob, but with moonlight sonic it can one hit anything besides bosses

[@jeremydeskel788]

@@gabruiz8456 use moon if you want but don't say it's better than blitz when it's not.

[@ento]

Actually, Dark Dimension is the better 10-point tripod because it's actually the faster of the two. Like you said, this build is about building stacks for the big hit, not the damage on your individual skills. The important part of Void Strike is the pool, and Dark Dimension allows you to cancel the skill early and it will still drop the pool.

[@DonTheCrown]

tried it out and remembered why I dont like it, you cant re-aim if the boss moves =/ which is REALLY common in endgame

[@jerome6897]

cool guide as always. follow him through his zerk guide and now my alt will also be blade.

[@admonlog5597]

Any thoughts on moonlight sonic over wind cut?

[@supaweeb4076]

wind cut is better, u need those 20 stacks

[@ThatWanderingWonderer]

if youre going to sub in Moonlight sub it in for one of the 3 hard hitters he mentioned

[@damagedbaby]

awesome guide thanks for the content

[@williamwolf6239]

Bless you.

[@NahPegada]

why I cant found the skill void strike in [K] ?

[@MrBrizzled]

was wondering about moonlight sonic as well instead of wind cut

[@ACE112ACE112]

Moonlight sonic is busted at leaast once it's unlocked. one shotting mobs. only lv 39 rn though

[@Sasha-jo4tw]

moonlight sonic is good but has a relatively long cooldown, definitely don't take it over wind cut

[@LandonLu]

Thanks for the valuable guide, would you please also shed some light to the card system that works for blade . Thanks

[@xboxyiat]

Hey thanks great vid! Can I run this build in aoe fights like chaos dungeons ? Or do I need to use moonlight surge etc

[@Kaybetmeyisevmem23]

Nice guide sir thankss :))

[@terranceb6517]

Fantastic video. Liked and subbed. One question what’s the best rotation?

[@DonTheCrown]

Depends on your cooldowns

[@goncalorodrigues7301]

Can someone tell me what is that buff that he gets when he attacks the enemy? The red orb looking buff. And where did he get it from?

[@Sasha-jo4tw]

thats from the argos armor set, which isn't available in the west yet

[@WALCministry]

Love the videos very detail if you coud do next video guides for sorc and paladin

[@123TheBlaze]

Best blade guide handsdown,, can you please make a guide for its counterpart version remaining energy 🙏

[@-_4RY4_-]

i do really like the sonic moonlight ability, is it possible for me to change one of the abilities of the build and put it? wich one would you recomend me? thank you for the video :D

[@ACE112ACE112]

Wnen you use the second activation of Z do you forfeit ur orb meter if you have 0 stacks?

[@DonTheCrown]

yup, no orbs if you quick slash

[@4xHitler]

finally someone who understands why I don't take grudge. well any PoE player will understand actually

[@aoikuroyuri6536]

Don't know if I am blind or stupid but I can't see void slash on my deathblade anywhere :(

[@DonTheCrown]

This is the skill that you gain after completing your first awakening quest. Death sentence with Cold Zone tripod is a decent fill-in for leveling or use Moonlight Sonic

[@Unsortedfaith]

What exactly is it that makes the Lostwind Cliff set the best? Looking at it straight up doesn't seem to do a whole lot for us.

[@GODRAA28]

crit rate 7 %

[@Pastrahmy]

But should I take shattering steel or lancing steel?

[@Silvist]

Awesome deathblade guide man, not alot of good update to date ones out there for NA/EU launch. This was sweet and to the point with some really good info (also love your time stamps). I'm currently farming t1 still with about 440 ilvl, any suggestions for better survivability?

[@DonTheCrown]

youre in the 'learn not to get hit by big stuff' phase. we're rather squishy so gotta play smart

[@Silvist]

@@DonTheCrown hah yea I made it as far as ilvl500, I'm learning :D

[@jeremydeskel788]

Hey buddy you still alive ? how does the surge slash dmg works ? do you have this bonus only when surge is active and lose it when giga slash is used ? if yes, it means surge can be let at lvl 1 even at 1370+ , right ? u better reach lvl 3 in other engraving instead of chasing surge 3, amaright? also, what's your usual flow in actual content? build 1 orb > surge > build 14 stack > giga slash > surge > 14 stack > slash et cetera?

[@DonTheCrown]

Yeah I'll probably go surge 1 for a bit

[@ryatwoi]

Great video Don! Are you doing a guide for the Remaining Energy Spec?

[@DonTheCrown]

Eventually but not for release

[@jeremydeskel788]

Hello dear Crown, i have some questions about min maxing and end game long story short i started using spirit absorption lv3 and really find the class a lot better to play that way with ambush 3 and surge 2, budget build since i'm only 1330 attack speed on top of move speed just feel way better compared to slow ass base speed for that class i'm going to try something like surge 1-3 ambush 3 grudge 3 spirit 3 super charge 1-3 for my final build

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah more speed is really nice when youre first getting into the class and game but eventually you'd do more damage with a different setup. Neither super or spirit increase your slash damage making them subpar picks

[@jeremydeskel788]

@@DonTheCrown On the paper sure it's more damage, in real gameplay, more speed means easier dodge time and faster replacement/placement along faster skill casting and charging, i really can't understand how this is not considered meta, move and atk speed are meta in every arpg/hack n slash maybe for people that played the games 3 years and killed the content 5555 times they can manage to avoid everything at base speed and still have high uptime, but it won't be my case before long, so long than by this time i'll probably have my grudge engraving raised and probably looted some acc with it but at the end of the road, i still want my db to be fast because it just feel really much better, fast accel and more important fast spin are very valuable i'll eventually get grudge at some point cause 20% dmg is big but i can't see myself dropping spirit absorb now .. i wish our set had some set bonus and not the trash one we get surge 1 spirit 3 grudge 3 ambush 3 charge 2-3 looks like an end game for me now my question are : what's our crit rate? how to reach 100% effective crit rate in party content ? how much does we need ? i want to know how valuable is 15% crit rate from adrenaline, to decide about my final build i really lack crit rate intels and there's none on google :( thans you

[@Swoots275]

thanks mate

[@magicstriker8819]

Okay, so I've been watching a lot of videos of the best skill set. And I can just say this, go to training and just try them all out. Or before you do a Chaos Dungeon, do the top recommended skill sets. For the Chaos, and the Boss fight. I've been doing it and trying it out, and it works.

[@ZeRoCaShHD]

while you made those single skill showcase in the training room there was a red buff stacking, what was that?

[@DonTheCrown]

thats from the Argos raid armor set (which wont be on NA for a month or so)

[@TheTirty]

Hi there! Build is super cool for bosses but I don't know if using it in chaos dungeon is that good...I really miss sonic for example

[@dave80c]

I think it has to do with the slow ticks of damage. If an attack hits too fast it won't build as many stacks. And from the looks of it the big slash at the end with 20 stacks more than makes up for it. But i imagine it doesn't matter what you use as long as you can get the 20 stacks before the orbs are gone.

[@beyesh2882]

well, im fresh lvl 50 and don't have void strike. do i unlock it later?

[@DonTheCrown]

follow your awakening quest you get from beatrice after you unlock the chaos dungeon

[@rorhianskall5659]

This is probably like end of endgame build:D After more than a week I don't have half of whatever that is:D

[@mondrakion]

i didnt see my stack timer up to the life and idk what is happening

[@ArchyPoppy]

Any pvp tips? I cant seem to beat anyone on duels with deathblade im so bad :(

[@ofensatul]

it's overhyped in pvp and not that good.

[@dissgusting]

im having trouble deciding between berserker and deathblade for pve. what would you say set these two apart dps/role wise?

[@DonTheCrown]

berserker can kinda feel like youre waiting on skills sometimes meanwhile blade youre almost always using some skill rapid fire to build up stacks, checkout my madness zerker video if you havent yet! also with the free boost for hitting 50 (or something like that) you could try out both

[@GrPa1N]

Why spec and crit on surge build? Isn't swiftness and crit better...?

[@DonTheCrown]

spec scales the slash damage and the CDR you get when you go into surge, its really strong

[@YunaxEU]

Is Surge the best engravings right now? I can't decide what to pick :D

[@DonTheCrown]

that which you enjoy most is the 'best' surge just fits my playstle and enjoyment of big numbers

[@YunaxEU]

@@DonTheCrown sounds good to me 😁

[@ob0kin177]

runes for the skills?

[@abottlewhissy7584]

can u show us the card set pls :)

[@tomygun196]

Question, I don’t seem to see void strike in my skill list. Do I have to progress further through the main quest to make it appear? I’m level 35 atm

[@DonTheCrown]

you get it with your awakening skill at 50

[@BGIANAKy]

@@DonTheCrown that answers my question

[@aoikuroyuri6536]

@@DonTheCrown oooooooh that's why I don't see it .. thx now I don't feel like an idiot anymore

[@BGIANAKy]

Why don't I see void strike anywhere in the skill list?

[@DonTheCrown]

It's your level 50 awakening quest skill

[@manroyad]

@@DonTheCrown the Surge tooltip says that awakening skills are not counting towards the stacks, did you try it already on live? didn't boost my Deathblade yet

[@DonTheCrown]

@@manroyad thats talking about your 5min CD

[@xPKl_]

can someone explain why void strike over moonlight in my test - moonlight 2x more dmg + aoe

[@GODRAA28]

void strike generates like 3x more stacks for surge skill

[@gabruiz8456]

whats void strike ? i cant find it anywhere.

[@DonTheCrown]

This is the skill that you gain after completing your first awakening quest. Death sentence with Cold Zone tripod is a decent fill-in for leveling or use Moonlight Sonic

[@endrirm857]

i went level 50 but i havent unlocked void strike, how do you unlock it

[@DonTheCrown]

This is the skill that you gain after completing your first awakening quest. Death sentence with Cold Zone tripod is a decent fill-in for leveling or use Moonlight Sonic

[@wrecklessresponse]

Is voidstrike in EN release?

[@DonTheCrown]

its a skill you get alongside your awakening skill at level 50

[@CIrAzYIX]

Great Guide! I tried a few but this makes it really easy to stack up to 20 and also makes fun because of the mobility! With the other builds i was just standing still because i had to channel so much. Do you also have some advice for which legendary set i should craft after the 460 abyssal dungeons? I can choose between 2 and couldn't find any information about it. Would also be great to know which Runes are best for the skills.

[@Nole2701]

If you really wanted to use moonlight sonic because of how cool and good in general it is, what's the skill to swap out for it?

[@ZeRoCaShHD]

i would guess windcut, but hes talking here about a single target build, if you do chaos dungeons you use a different set up

[@manroyad]

@@ZeRoCaShHD he's talking about all pve content as far as I understand it

[@ZeRoCaShHD]

@@manroyad i dont think so, you dont have 1 build for everything you have one for single target and one for aoe targets

[@ThatWanderingWonderer]

@@ZeRoCaShHD What are you talking about this works for AoE Targets. He is just using the single target as an example. But you need Wind Cut and SpinCut to generate stacks

[@DonTheCrown]

Blitz Rush maybe, except once you get more crit in general it starts to hit like a truck and can hit from very far away, allowing you to still stack even when its not safe to be close to the boss

[@Flipkikk]

guys why do i not have void strike?

[@DonTheCrown]

its a skill you get alongside your awakening skill at level 50

[@Flipkikk]

@@DonTheCrown TY

[@jacobnichols1564]

So basically if play flawlessly and no mistakes you just are always in death trance hitting massive numbers while building stacks to continue rotation of always being in death trance and making your big slash do big numbers 🤣 build is OP as fuck Question, How does your awakening skill fit into the rotation if your always needing to fill stacks for continuing death trance? because no stacks provide would you sacrifice using it before each death trance when it’s off cd or would you use it right as you enter death trance?

[@Hallis6818]

Your mic needs some sort of dampening to S sounds

[@g0ndal]

sorceress pls

[@DonTheCrown]

sorry haven't really played sorc...yet

[@Basileus1986]

Blitz rush can put 5 stacks on the boss but you will be stuck in animation 1-2 second :)

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah been checking that out lately and its ok so-so

[@lubo4350]

imagine not incluiding moonlight sonic which is by far db's best skill both in pvp and pve, lmao what a fail

[@aggapatta2452]

It's the Raid setup... For Chaos and Cube stuff you will use moonlight ofc.

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah you can use moonlight for general purposes, blitz is way better for bossing though