2 of the most popular engravings in Lost Ark are not as good as you think

2 of the most popular engravings in Lost Ark are not as good as you think

There are two specific engravings in Lost Ark that appear in almost every build when you want to deal damage. It’s about grudges and the cursed doll. Both can be really strong, but maybe not as good for you personally as you think.

What can the two engravings do? Both of the often used engravings massively increase your damage. Grudge gives you between 4 and 20% more damage against boss monsters, while cursed doll promises you between 3 and 16% damage against everything. But the two engravings demand a lot from you.

Grudges also cause you to take 20% more damage from all sources. Combined with the Cursed Doll Etching, which reduces all healing effects by 25%, you’ll be an easy target on the battlefield.

If you don’t even know what engravings are and how they work, we’ll explain it to you in this guide.

Then why are they in so many builds? If you progress far in the game, master your character and the various moves of the bosses, then the negative effects of the engravings will no longer cause you any problems at some point. Because if you don’t get hit at all, you don’t care how much damage or healing you would get.

Thus, the two engravings offer a total damage bonus of 36% on bosses. And if you’ve already mastered the game so well that you hardly get hit or not at all, the engravings don’t have any disadvantages like slower attacks or the like.

This makes Grudge and Cursed Doll the most powerful engravings in the game, making them ideal for pros who want to get the most out of their character.

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The big BUT

Why you should still avoid them: As you have already read, you should definitely not use the engravings if you are not yet comfortable with your character or if you are just seeing a boss for the first time. But there are more reasons why the engravings might not be optimal for you.

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Like every other Engraving in Lost Ark, Rage and Cursed Doll have three different levels. While the bonus damage per level increases, the negative effects remain the same at all levels of engraving.

This means that while you still take 20% more damage with Grudge at level 1, you only deal a whopping 4% more. It’s just not worth it. The situation is similar with Cursed Doll.

When should I not take the engravings? So if you can’t quite get to the third level of these engravings, it’s best to leave them out of your build altogether. Because just when you are still in the process of building your character, you often do not have all the engravings that you want.

Players often tolerate negative effects that come with ability stones or jewelry. But if you trigger negative engravings here just to get grudges or the puppet at level 2, you’ve lost twice.

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It doesn’t matter how good you are at playing your character or knowing the boss – if you can’t use engravings at level 3, you shouldn’t use them at all. The negative effects are simply not worth it here and the additional damage of levels 1 and 2 can also be achieved differently, with fewer disadvantages.

These engravings bring you more:

What alternatives are there? It depends a bit on the class you’re playing with. “Master of the Ambush” is very suitable for many characters. This engraving increases your damage when attacking enemies from behind. At level 1 by 5%, at level 3 even by 25%. It has no negative effects whatsoever.

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If you have a lot of area damage abilities that can’t specifically attack from behind or in front, “Master of the Strike” is a useful engraving. It increases your damage between 3 and 16% if you don’t attack your enemy from behind or in front. It also does not offer any negative properties.

The engraving “Adrenaline” can also be played very well on many DPS classes. With it you collect a damage bonus for each ability used. Once you reach 6 stacks of this ability, your chance to critically hit increases. Especially with classes that use many skills quickly, engraving is very worthwhile.

The “Spirit Absorption” engraving can also be recommended for almost all classes. It improves your attack and run speed by up to 15%. The engraving also completely dispenses with negative effects.

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Good alternatives, but they don’t work for all classes: The engraving “precise dagger” is also often recommended. Unlike the previously mentioned, it also has a significant, negative effect and should therefore only be used with caution. Engraving increases your critical hit chance by 4-20%, but reduces your critical damage by 12% at each level.

If you’re playing a class that requires a lot of critical hits, but you don’t yet have a high critical hit chance yourself, you should still use this engraving.

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The situation is similar with the engraving “daring blunt weapon”. It increases your critical damage by up to 50%, but comes with the downside that your basic attacks have a chance to deal 20% less damage. You should only use this engraving if you already have a high critical hit chance.

For Pistollancers, Artillerymen, and other classes with lots of shields, the Barricade engraving is a perfect choice. It increases your damage while you have an active shield by up to 16% with no negative effect. So if you have a way of getting shields often, this engraving is ideal.

For Berserkers running the Madness build only, the Unbroken Tenacity engraving is essential. It increases your damage by up to 16% when you are below 50% health. Since you can have a maximum of 25% of your HP as a madness berserker, you will take 16% more damage from this engraving. And all this without any disadvantage. Other classes should rather keep their hands off her.

What do you think of the two controversial engravings? Do you play them yourself, or do you rather wonder about all the people who keep wondering why they die? Did we miss a generally good engraving among the alternatives? Feel free to write it to us in the comments here at MeinMMO, we look forward to your opinion.

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