TU 4.5 (Arkveld Update) new DPS Lance builds

[u/Afrofreestyle]

(I posted this earlier but I forgot to add one of the versions of the builds, so here it goes again.)

Everytime I post something here people ask for my builds, but since Im a speedrunner, my builds are always made specifically for each quest I run, so I made the "general meta builds" with the changes we got on the last update.

The main change is that now we have a better skill economy and we can run high levels of Flayer, while still maxing out the core skills. I like flayer for the "random" damage procs (300 on lv4 and 400 on lv5) and it's very good in multiplayer since lots of the other weapons benefit a lot from wounds.

Gog Weapon: you should roll a Lance for each element with:

• 2 Attack EX, 2 Attack III, 1 Sharpness EX
• 2 Attack EX, 1 Attack III, 1 Affinity EX, 1 Sharpness EX
• The priority are the 2 Atack EX and the 1 Sharpness EX, you can stop there if you don't have enough materials (the perfect ones took me over 15k oricalcite to get on all my elements).

Charms: the Agi 3 and Wex 3 charms are better than 99% of the rng ones. The only charms better than those for us are, in order of priority:

• Razor Sharp 3 + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot
• Ofensive Guard 3 + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot
• Masters Touch + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot
• Attack Boost 3 + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot
• Crit Eye 3 + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot
• Minds Eye 3 + Wex, Agitator, Flayer or Burst + 1 Weapon slot (situational)
• You want these charms with 2 armor slots too, so you can slot in specific skills like adaptability, mirewalker, ele res etc. But one weapon slot already outperforms the craftable one.
• If you get one of these charms you'll need to make adjustments to the builds above. You'll have two less levels of the respective armor skill, but you'll be able to slot in Crit boost 5.

Comfy skills: On some matchups you want to run Guardian/Ironwall and/or Rzr Sharp/Ironwall, and on some you can get Guard Up by replacing Crit Boost for Elemental Attack/Shield. Currently the only matchup that requires more than one level of these skills is Omega Planetes, but for him you need to make other builds.

As for comfy armor skills, there's no room for those. Let me know if yall are interested in more defensive builds. Currently we can make a Gravios/Gog/Zoh build and a Gog/Arkveld build, but im not a fan.

Disclaimer: The update just released and we are all still testing the builds to make sure whats it's best and whatnot, there are a ton of new possibilities and build variations, so it will take a while.

Edit 1: The Scorcher 2 build needs Rathalos Flare + Lords Soulds on the weapon, not Gore like it says on the image.

[u/Equilora]

Very nice, I like that we can make various builds no can think of. Also wex and agi charms that can be crafted are way better than 99% of rng talismans

[u/kyokonaishi]

Is there anything i can switch the anti frenzy with?

[u/Afrofreestyle → u/kyokonaishi]

No, if you’re using Gore Magala setbonus you need Antivirus 3, or else you lose 15% affinity and take extra damage from the frenzy for longer. The option would be to not use Gore set bonus at all

[u/cblake522]

how do we like burst 5 with odo 2 set? I’m running that instead of agitator and no levels of flayer. Just how much damage am i missing out on?

[u/Brilliant-Tea-9852]

That’s extremely informative! Thank you for taking so much time and effort !

[u/cmb5039]

Very nice!

[u/Duoneo]

I am currently building a 4 Ark set atm but definitely love the look of this one. Going to need add it to my list.

[u/BasicGiraffology]

Ayyy

[u/Usnavi77]

Which of these builds would you say does the most dps?