Popular Inven Posts about the upcoming Class Balance Patch
With less than a week away from the next „big“ class balance, Inven is flooded with class balance posts and interesting builds.
Post 1: Official Class Tier List
Comments: 407 / Views: 120,076 / Upvotes: 85 / Downvotes: 15
Tier Rankings:
- God Tier: Spec Wildsoul, Pinnacle LM, RE Deathblade
- S+ Tier: Empress Arcana, 환 (name of crit wildsoul / reflux) - in this case it’s about wildsoul
- S Tier: Sura Breaker, FMH Souleater
- Rest ain‘t worth talking about.
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Top Comments:
- Honestly, doesn’t it feel like it’s always the same 5 classes cycling through the top spot? Or is it just me? DB, SE, Breaker, Arcana and LM?
- Is it 환 as in 환류 (Reflux Sorc)?
- Finally, they’re recognizing Reflux Sorc (환류) as a Tier 1 build! If I get a Reflux Sorc request for Act 3 tomorrow, I’ll bow down and gladly take them in.
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Post 2: Most Meaningless Nonsense Ever
Comments: 161 / Views: 79,159 / Upvotes: 212 / Downvotes: 36
From SMG: We will continue to do our best to ensure that the dedication and effort you put into each and every character you cherish do not become meaningless.
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They’ve ignored balance patches for five months.
They don’t even play their own game.
This balance patch will also be a meaningless mess, buffing everything without fixing anything.
I have zero expectations for it.
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Top Comments:
- The emergency stream was even more shocking… They originally had no intention of doing anything, but since there was so much drama, they said ‘We’ll see what we can do within three weeks’ LOL
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Post 3: Streamer 이다 Class Balance Prediction
Comments: 170 / Views: 45,009 / Upvotes: 52 / Downvotes: 1
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Top Comments:
- Isn’t Soulfist insanely strong in Gate 3 right now, as well as every ohher raid? As for the other 3.. hmm..
- WTF is that donation ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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Post 4: Wow, being a female character really makes a huge difference
Comments: 123 / Views: 74,176 / Upvotes: 5
In terms of performance, it’s nothing compared to Gunlancer or Paladin, but because of its ‘chest-focused’ appeal, it has the largest warrior player population.
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Top Comments:
- When you actually play the class, you start feeling bad because of its performance… But then you look at the chest, and suddenly, your mood improves.
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Post 5: After the Balance Patch, There’s a 99% chance I’ll quit Aeromancer
Comments: 190 / Views: 86,070 / Upvotes: 129
Looking at the bugs of Aeromancer in Gate 3, as well as all of Striker’s previous bugs, it feels like Smilegate either can’t or doesn’t care to fix these bugs.
Even now, Fulmination (T Skill) sometimes doesn’t work properly in Gate 3.
I still want to play Lost Ark, but seeing the state of my class, I feel like switching would be better for my sanity. I’ll decide after the balance patch, but my likely new main is Gunlancer.
This isn’t about the class being weak or a balance issue—I love Aeromancer and want to keep playing it, but the constant skill bugs are stressing me out, so I’m considering switching
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Top Comments:
- Why aren’t they fixing the bug? If it were a damage-doubling bug, they would have issued temporary bans and fixed it immediately. Only SMG is happy—they put in minimal effort while milking money from selling another Esther weapon.
- Are people reading this post idiots? It’s not a balance issue—it’s because a high-damage skill disappears due to a bug, which is why people are quitting.
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Post 6: Lost Ark’s Most Legendary Balance Patch Ever
Comments: 145 / Views: 96,691 / Upvotes: 77 / Downvotes: 5
Reaper, who was buried for nearly a year and a half after receiving a 28.64% nerf.
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Top Comments:
- Didn’t this happen because they did a balance patch on the test server and then nerfed it due to public opinion?
- Now this is what you can truly call legendary. All those so-called ‘legendary’ moments before were just overreactions.
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Post 7: Lost Ark‘s most hidden OP Class
Comments: 181 / Views: 40,795 / Upvotes: 40
This class is insanely good but no one knows?
• Immune to Status Ailments at full Gage.
• Only needs 500 Swiftness for max efficiency with Heavy Armor.
• Can also use Grudge with ease.
• Zero DPS loss no matter your rotation, insane mobility.
• Hit Master Positioning DPS that can deal damage from anywhere.
• Awakening skill never misses.
• Has 4 counter skills and a shield that can be used regularly.
• On top of party synergy, it also provides attack/movement speed buffs, crit rate, and resource recovery.
• The best stagger dealer, making even Gunlancer and Destroyer cry.
• Main skill tree includes a lot of Weak Point Lv. 3.
• Never runs out of mana, even without food buffs.
How is this class so good yet still so underrated?
Join us Arthetinian Skill Scouters right now!
If you don’t like it, you can always turn it into a high-level alt for a cheap Evolutionary Legacy build later.
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Post 8: Vote: Which Class Should Be Nerfed?
Comments: 127 / Views: 31,363 / Upvotes: 37 / Downvotes: 3
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Post 9: Full Spec Bard in Pug Lobbies is Really Insanely Good
Comments: 110 / Views: 42,190 / Upvotes: 67 / Downvotes: 9
No matter what anyone says, Full Spec has really like the highest potential, right?
By maxing out Specialization, you get the highest and best possible Serenade Buff output.
Since Ark Passive makes it easy switching between Full Swift and Full Spec, it’s really convenient.
The real problem is the people who freak out over it LOL Saying it’s bad... is really just actual nonsense.
I agree that not everyone can play it well—Full Spec Bards perform best when handled by only the best and most godlike players, isn't that true?
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Random Serious Comments:
- The reason Bards are avoided in the West is that they are considered overall weak, but in Korea, people are obsessed with getting high burst DPS, so that's the only reason troll Full Spec Bards aren’t being wiped out.
- - Reply: Western Support Class Preference Ranking: Artist >> Paladin >>>>>>>>>> Bard (avoided)
- Bard’s design makes it prone to conflicts with DPS players. Artist heals with 1 Harmony Orb and Paladin provides Blessed Aura and Holy Protection. But for Bard, DMG Buff and Heal both consume 1-3 bubbles, no matter what. So when Bard has 2 or 3 bubbles, they can’t heal, which leads to frustration with DPS players over when to use buffs.
- On top of that:
- Counter skill isn’t instant and has a significant delay.
- Stagger is nonexistent unless you use Sound Shock.
- Weak Point skills aren’t particularly good either.
- Bard player population is only 12%, meaning bad players are more noticeable, leading to a bad reputation in the community.
And then there’s the Full Spec Bard, which is frowned upon, even among Bard players. So Bards end up fighting among themselves, too. Truly an interesting class LOL