Lunar Voice Reaper Skill Guide for Lost Ark

Dagger skills increase your Persona and Chaos gauge and also include Reaper's synergy and its counter skill.

• Nightmare
  • Nightmare is a staple skill in Reaper's toolkit, giving amazing freedom of movement and Poison: Corrosion which is Reaper's synergy. Pressing the skill once throws your dagger, with the combo action warping you opposite of your current location. There is a purple circle showing the range of your teleport and a blue outline on the skill indicating the time left to teleport. With the tripod Back Attack the second hit is the Counter hit, letting Reaper Counter even when from behind the boss if you warp to the front and strike.
• Shadow Vortex
  • Vortex also applies Reaper's synergy but has a unique tripod Swoop Activation that reduces the cooldown of Swoop skills when used. With its low cooldown, you'll always be using this skill not just to fresh Chaos Mode's buff but also to reduce your Swoop cooldowns.
• Spinning Dagger
  • An AOE skill that also can apply Poison: Corrosion. Its use is mainly inside Chaos Dungeons, replacing Nightmare.

Shadow skills increase your Persona and Chaos gauge moreso than Dagger skills but do not provide synergy like your Dagger skills.

• Distortion
  • A movement skill at first glance that builds meter on hit. Distortion is useful at refreshing your Chaos Mode buff even on whiff. The cooldown is relatively short and this skill teleports you through enemies, allowing you to reposition quickly after other skills or your spacebar dash.
• Shadow Storm
  • A huge meter builder that a fairly long cooldown. It's third tripod, Shadow Zone, shortens the animation lock to give you more freedom. This skill also refreshes your Chaos Mode buff on whiff, but due to it's longer cooldown, Distortion is still preferred to serve that purpose.
• Shadow Trap
  • Another gauge builder that moves you opposite of your cursor's position. This has a unique tripod, Activate Shadow, that reduces the cooldown of Shadow skills.

Swoop skills are your big damage buttons that are crucial to land when buffed. They have longer cooldowns than Dagger and Shadow skills, some having tripods to mitigate this.

• Dance of Fury
  • This has a faster animation compared to the other Swoop skills but has shorter range than most. It has the longest cooldown out of all Swoop skills making it best to be paired with Glowing Brand.
• Glowing Brand
  • A jumping attack that gives some range of movement to reposition back behind the boss. Typically used in succession with Dance of Fury, due to similar cooldowns and the movement to ensure Dance of Fury won't miss.
• Rage Spear
  • Very strong damage button that has an exclusive tripod that increases damage if it lands as a Back Attack.

Nightmare takes the synergy tripod Poison: Corrosion to decrease enemy defense by 12%. Using the second tripod Quick Prep ensures easy upkeep of your synergy and Chaos Mode buff. Back Attack enables Nightmare to serve as a counter. Shadow Vortex takes the synergy tripod Poison: Corrosion to decrease enemy defense by 12%. There is an option between Quick Prep and Fatal Dagger for the second tripod. Swoop Activation is a must have, decreasing the cooldown of all Swoop skills by a minimum of 1.5s and a maximum of 1.9s. With its high uptime, you'll always be pressing this button when it comes up to ensure more usages of Swoop skills.

Distortion takes Quick Prep as its first tripod. Fatal Shadow increases critical rate but it's not a main DPS skill and Lunar Voice's emphasis on critical rate is mainly for their Swoop skills. Tailwind can be used for faster repositioning through enemies after using a skill such as Nightmare. Shadow Storm rolls with Charge Shadow, Quick Prep and Shadow Zone. The extra meter generation from Charge Shadow is more important than the other two tripods. Quick Prep can be switched out with Period for increased damage over the reduced cooldown. Shadow Zone greatly helps with the skill's animation lock; removing the Holding skill property an granting more flexibility.

Dance of Fury uses Piercing Strike for effectiveness against enemy defense. Fatal Dagger is taken for additional critical rate. Suppressed Move makes the animation quicker and is better base damage over the critical damage from Shadow Dance. Glowing Brand can take Vital Point Hit for more critical rate. Stagger Enhancement can be used if your group is really struggling with Stagger. Enhanced Swoop is the only useful choice here for Lunar Voice, as Chaos Enhancement only benefits Hunger's playstyle. Testament gives way more base damage than Shadow Snare. Rage Spear equips Fatal Dagger for its first tripod for more critical rate. Ambush increases Back Attack damage and Concentrated Attack grants more unconditional base damage and increases the range.

• Nightmare: As one of your main gauge builders, Wealth is a must have to build Persona Meter quickly.
• Shadow Vortex: Quick Recharge synergizes with the Swoop Activation tripod. Vortex's low cooldown means more chances to proc this rune.
• Distortion: Rage and Quick Recharge can be used for bursts of speed or lowering cooldowns, especially for Swoop skills.
• Shadow Storm: As your biggest gauge builder, Wealth is a must have to build Persona Meter quickly.
• Shadow Trap: As one of your main gauge builders, Wealth is a must have to build Persona Meter quickly.
• Dance of Fury: Galewind can be used for a faster skill animation.
• Glowing Brand: Galewind for the faster skill animation. You can also take Overwhelm if you are struggling with stagger checks.
• Rage Spear: Galewind for the faster skill animation.

• Damage
  • Dance of Fury
  • Glowing Brand
  • Rage Spear

• Cooldown
  • Dance of Fury
  • Glowing Brand
  • Rage Spear
  • Shadow Storm
  • Shadow Trap
  • Shadow Vortex