The debate about whether to play Deadeye, Sharpshooter, or Gunslinger rages on in the Lost Ark community. This class overview is designed to give you a better idea of what exactly Deadeye is, and what the class does best.

This guide covers a playstyle and class overview of Deadeye’s mechanics, a look at how the Engravings impact the class, as well as a sample PvE Deadeye build to give you an idea of what to expect.

Deadeye Class Overview

Lost Ark Deadeye Class Guide

Deadeye is an advanced class under the Gunner tree. Much like the Gunslinger, Deadeye has access to a rotation of three weapons – a pair of handguns, a shotgun, and a sniper rifle.

These weapons are typically utilized for these roles:

Pistols – debuffs, buffs, and mobility (crit chance for Deadeye as well)
Shotgun – Burst damage, makes up the substantial part of Deadeye’s damage
Rifle – Also called a sniper rifle, this provides the class with some range

In short, Deadeye has a lot of mobility and plenty of burst close-range damage thanks to some decent shotty abilities and tripods, and is a viable class in both PvE and PvP.

Despite these positives, Deadeye is not the easiest class to play. His kit relies heavily on back attacks and, despite being a ranged character, his main damage-dealing abilities do drop off at longer ranges. A recent buff has encouraged players to try out pistol and rifle builds, but the shotgun still reigns supreme for close-range burst damage.

Deadeye Identity Skill

Like the Gunslinger, the Deadeye class has a weapon stance switch as its identity gauge and skill. Mastering Deadeye is all about knowing when to rotate abilities, manage buffs and debuffs, and keep your weapon stance changing to maximize cooldown reduction and timing.

Pros

High burst damage
Lots of mobility (has a double dodge and the pistols for extra mobility)
Specializing in providing crit buffs for the whole party
Feels flexible to play with weapon stance changes

Cons

Relies heavily on back attacks
You have to get close with the shotgun to achieve max damage
Squishy and low defense, which means getting close to a boss can be real bad news

Best Deadeye Engravings

Lost Ark Deadeye Class Guide

Here’s a breakdown of the Deadeye’s two class Engravings to get us started.

At level 3, every time you change weapon stance you get an extra 30% extra crit rate for 9 seconds.

Increases overall damage to enemies by 40%, but you can only activate the Handgun stance.

Even after some buffs to the Pistols, removing two thirds of your kit with the Pistoleer Engraving feels pretty bad on the Deadeye. It’s not the meme it once was, and you can use it to clear a lot of the content in the game, but it still feels weak in comparison, and more importantly, pretty boring. That’s why you’ll see Enhanced Weapon as the top pick for PvE builds across the majority of the endgame content, including Dungeons and Raids.

Other Recommended Engravings For The Deadeye

Here’s a look at other recommended Engravings to use on the Deadeye.

Best Deadeye Skills

Below is a sample skillset for a 240-300 skill point Deadeye build suitable for starter-level Raids. We will cover specific PvE, PvP, Leveling and endgame build guides in our more advanced Deadeye build guide.

Throw a grenade – that simple. It deals AoE damage. Can Freeze with the right Tripod.

Increases explosion size by 20%

Changes ability element to Water. Reduces damage by 67% but freezes enemies for 3 seconds. Good utility here.

Fire your pistols in an AoE arc – Back Attack

Buffs your party by reducing crit resistance of enemies for all party members, -10% for 12 seconds

360 attack, increased damage to enemies below Challenger level is increased by 145%

Increases crit rate by 95%

Spinning pistol attack ability used to apply debuffs

Buffs your party by reducing crit resistance of enemies for all party members, -10% for 12 seconds

Large AoE damage attack which propels enemies into the air

Changes element to Fire, inflicts burn damage

Attack speed increase of 20%, you move forward a short distance and deals extra damage against staggered enemies

Fires 3 separate volleys at the enemy, increasing outgoing damage by 119%

Deals damage with the shotguns and knocks enemies back

Increases damage to close enemies by 45%

Damage increased to Push-Immune enemies by 70% – great for boss fights and high-level mobs

Reduces attack range by 20% but introduces a “perfect zone”, deals potentially 300% extra outgoing damage

Close-range back attack with shotguns, some AoE

Increases damage to close enemies by 45%

Reduces cooldown for 8 seconds

Increases damage to Push-Immune enemies by 120%

Charged up shot with a perfect zone, will knock back foes if perfect zone shot

If you hit a perfect shot the stagger impact lasts a skill longer

Shorter period to hit Perfect Zone, but if you do, you get 80% increased crit rate

Quicker time to perfect zone

Burst fire from the shotgun, push back on last shot

Increases damage to nearby foes by 45%

Reduces cooldown by 8 seconds

Increases damage to push immune enemies by 120%

Here’s a closer look at the Deadeye’s two Awakening skills.

Clay Bombardment – Multiple explosive attack, deals AoE damage and launches enemies into the air.
Bursting Flare – Large attack that deals damage multiple times, has high stagger.

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Link Source : https://www.thegamer.com/lost-ark-deadeye-class-guide/

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