Explanation 1416-1444 1446-1489 1540+ Insights Usage Data (default) Change since balance patch Change upon unlocking Relic Gear (1415+) Change upon unlocking Ancient Gear (1540+)
What engravings are useful for Demonic Impulse and Perfect Suppression Shadowhunters Shadowhunter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Demonic Impulse Shadowhunter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Perfect Suppression Shadowhunter What engravings are useful for Surge and Remaining Energy Deathblades Blade Build information and what stats to prioritize for Surge Deathblade Build information and what stats to prioritize for Remaining Energy Deathblade What engravings are useful for Moon Dance and Thirst Reapers Reaper Build information and what stats to prioritize for Moonlight Sonata reaper Build information and what stats to prioritize for Thirst reaper What engravings are useful for Gunlancer Gunlancer Build information and what stats to prioritize for Combat Readiness Gunlancer Build information and what stats to prioritize for purple Lone Knight Gunlancer What engravings are useful for Paladin Paladin Build information and what stats to prioritize for Judgment Paladin Build information and what stats to prioritize for Blessed Aura Paladin What engravings are useful for Berserker Berserker Build information and what stats to prioritize for Berserker's Technique Berserker Build information and what stats to prioritize for Mayhem Berserker What engravings are useful for Destroyer Destroyer Build information and what stats to prioritize for Hammer Destroyer Build information and what stats to prioritize for Gravity Destroyer What engravings are useful for Gunslinger Gunslinger Build information and what stats to prioritize for Time to Hunt Gunslinger Build information and what stats to prioritize for Peacemaker Gunslinger What engravings are useful for Deadeye? Deadeye Build information and what stats to prioritize for Enhanced Weapon Deadeye? Build information and what stats to prioritize for Pistoleer Deadeye? What engravings are useful for Artillerist? Artillerist Build information and what stats to prioritize for Firepower Enhancement Artillerist? Build information and what stats to prioritize for Barrage Artillerist? What engravings are useful for Sharpshooter? Sharpshooter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Loyal Companion Sharpshooter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Death Strike Sharpshooter What engravings are useful for Scouter? Scouter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Ardentine's Technology Scouter Build information and what stats to prioritize for Legacy of Evolution Scouter What engravings are useful for Bard? Bard Is swiftness or specialization better for Desperate Salvation Bard? Build information and what stats to prioritize for True Courage Bard What engravings are useful for Arcana? Arcana Build information and what stats to prioritize for Empress' Grace Arcana Build information and what stats to prioritize for Emperor's Edict Arcana What engravings are useful for Summoner? Summoner Build information and what stats to prioritize for Bountiful Empathy Summoner Build information and what stats to prioritize for Adept Summoner What engravings are useful for Sorceress? Sorceress Build information and what stats to prioritize for Igniter Sorceress? Build information and what stats to prioritize for Reflux Sorceress? What engravings are useful for Wardancer? Dancer Build information and what stats to prioritize for Esoteric Skill Enhancement Wardancer Build information and what stats to prioritize for First Intention Wardancer What engravings are useful for Striker? Striker Build information and what stats to prioritize for Deathblow Striker? Build information and what stats to prioritize for Esoteric Flurry Striker? What engravings are useful for Scrapper? Scrapper Build information and what stats to prioritize for Taijutsu Scrapper Build information and what stats to prioritize for Shock Scrapper What engravings are useful for Soulfist Soulfist Build information and what stats to prioritize for Energy Overfloww Soulfist Build information and what stats to prioritize for Robust Spirit Soulfist What engravings are useful for Glaivier Glaivier Build information and what stats to prioritize for Apex Glaivier Build information and what stats to prioritize for Moderation Glaivier
What questions can this chart answer?

1. Which engravings are strong for my class?

This chart shows what % of players in the selected item level range include each engraving in their build.
You can change the item level range in the top menu.

2a. What is the stat priority for my build?

Click a class in the left panel to see detailed class information including stat priority.

2b. Will my build fall off late game?

Also on the class info screen, the red meters show the number of players using that build as a proportion of all DPS at low, medium, and high item levels.

2c. Which classes share major engravings?

The class information screen also shows which classes use engravings your build also uses.
This information could help you if you wanted to play alts that can all benefit from the same legendary book..

3a. What level should I use my engravings at?

Click a row to see the level breakdown. Orange bar: level 3. Purple bar: level 2. Blue bar: level 1.

3b. How expensive will my build be?

Gear with class engravings with their appropriate stat is the most expensive in the game. Transformation builds (Demonic Impulse Shadowhunter, Evolution Scouter) and Surge Blade can get away with one to two gems and few tripods, making them very inexpensive. If using the class engraving at level 1 is an option (Combat Readiness Gunlancer, Peacemaker Gunslinger), it's going to be relatively cheap. If the class engraving needs to be level 3, most players end up having to buy the legendary book. Builds that need the second class engraving as well (Barrage Artillerist, Time to Hunt Gunslinger, Summoner) are the most expensive.

4. Is now a good time to buy the legendary book for X engraving?

Click an engraving to see its price on the Korean server (left) versus NA/EU (right).
(the NA/EU amount is an approximation, it may differ from the price on your server)

5. What are my options if I don't want to use Grudge or Cursed Doll?

Grudge is so popular in KR for a few reasons:
  • Culture / stigma
  • High price keeps new players who can't get it out of public groups
  • Engravings are multiplicative with each other so the damage difference of 20% vs 15% becomes significant once you have 4-5 engravings.
    Right now, we have 2-3 so this isn't an issue.
There are plenty of good-enough engravings for every class that you don't need to touch or think about grudge for several months.

Guide to setting up engravings

  • Super Charge or All-Out Attack : For builds that use it, 40% charge speed can't be ignored. It increases accuracy and survivability by lowering animation times.
  • Directional Attack Engravings: For builds that get majority damage from directional attacks, these provide high damage bonuses without further penalty.
  • Stabilized Status and Barricade : Tanky classes (Gunlancer, Artillerist) get full benefit from Stabilized Status most of the time.
    Barricade builds tend to use Protection runes on heavy damage skills to make sure they always get the bonus.
  • Precise Dagger and Adrenaline: Builds with low total crit from stats or class engravings. Crit chance is stronger the less of it you have.
    Click Precise Dagger on the chart screen to see its damage scaling.
  • Keen Blunt Weapon: On the other hand, for builds that stack crit, Keen Blunt Weapon is good if you can afford it. If not, you have other options for now (including ignoring crit and going spec + precise dagger until relic gear).
  • Mass Increase, Raid Captain: Builds with swiftness as the primary stat can use these three engravings. There is also Lightning Fury, but it requires fast, low cooldown skills on top of high swiftness.
  • Sight Focus: For builds that get most of their damage from a single skill (Surge blade, Destroyer), this is a great raw damage option.
    Setting up the macro is done on ESC Settings Macro Text
  • Adrenaline and Ether Predator: When you only have room for a partial (level 1 or 2) engraving, these two (along with some class engravings) tend to be most efficient because their effects uniquely have linear scaling between levels.
  • Disrespect: As a last resort, now is the time to use Disrespect - the damage difference isn't as severe while the engraving limit from gear is still low. Boss mechanics tend to get harder when they're on low life anyway.
 Caution
  • Because they're "additive" with each other, don't combine Mass Increase with Cursed Doll or a high level Ether Predator.
  • Check Precise Dagger's damage scaling chart, you don't want to use it if you get a lot of crit from other sources.
  • Spirit Absorption increases action speed without lowering cooldowns to match. This can lead to downtime where all skills are on CD. (Swiftness stat affects both speed and cooldown times).
 Item Level Groupings 1370 (NA/EU) :  Argos -  2-3 Lv.3 engravings.
1416-1444 :  Valtan, Biakiss -  3-4 Lv.3 engravings.
1446-1489 :  Hard Valtan, Hard Biakiss, Kakoul-Saydon -  4-5 Lv.3 engravings.
1540+ :  Abrelshud Hard -  5.5 Lv.3 engravings. Damage Support Defense Budget Class Seal Class Seal Grudge engraving: what classes use grudge legendary book Grudge Cursed Doll engraving: what classes use Cursed Doll legendary book Cursed Doll Keen Blunt Weapon engraving: how much crit do you need? Keen Blunt Weapon Adrenaline engraving: what classes use Adrenaline legendary book Adrenaline Super Charge engraving: what classes use Super Charge legendary book Super Charge All-Out Attack engraving: what classes use All-Out Attack legendary book All-Out Attack Precise Dagger engraving: what classes use Precise Dagger legendary book Precise Dagger Hit Master engraving: what classes use Hit Master legendary book Hit Master Ambush Master engraving: what classes use Ambush Master legendary book Ambush Master Master Brawler engraving: what classes use Master Brawler legendary book Master Brawler Raid Captain engraving: raid captain movement speed damage conversion Raid Captain Barricade engraving: what classes use Barricade legendary book Barricade Mass Increase engraving: what classes use Mass Increase legendary book Mass Increase Disrespect engraving: what classes use Disrespect legendary book Disrespect Propulsion engraving Propulsion Sight Focus engraving Sight Focus Stabilized Status engraving: what classes use Stabilized Status legendary book Stabilized Status Master's Tenacity engraving legendary book price Master's Tenacity Lightning Fury engraving legendary book price Lightning Fury Ether Predator engraving legendary book price Ether Predator Awakening engraving legendary book price Awakening Spirit Absorption engraving legendary book price Spirit Absorption Expert engraving legendary book price Expert Drops of Ether engraving legendary book price Drops of Ether Vital Point Hit engraving legendary book price Vital Point Hit Max MP Increase engraving legendary book price Max MP Increase MP Efficiency Increase engraving legendary book price MP Efficiency Increase Magick Stream engraving legendary book price for Paladins Magick Stream Heavy Armor engraving legendary book price Heavy Armor Crisis Evasion engraving legendary book price Crisis Evasion Emergency Rescue engraving legendary book price Emergency Rescue Fortitude engraving legendary book price Fortitude Enhanced Shield engraving legendary book price Enhanced Shield Strong Will engraving legendary book price Strong Will Divine Protection engraving legendary book price Divine Protection Master of Escape engraving legendary book price Master of Escape Explosive Expert engraving legendary book price Explosive Expert Back to Chart Damage Support Defense Budget     Builds that use     1416 1446 1540 Classes that share engravings with Please select a class build. Please select one of the complementary builds.