Destroyer Leveling Guide (1-50) – Lost Ark

Lost Ark Destroyer Class Leveling Guide

Want to optimize your journey to level 50 in Lost Ark?

In this Destroyer leveling guide, we’ll give you beginner-friendly builds and tips.

Once you hit level 50, be sure to visit our Destroyer end game guide.

To learn how to play another class, check out our other Lost Ark class guides.

Stats

Prioritize gear with Crit and Specialization for extra damage and clear speed while leveling. Swiftness is good to have but Endurance, Domination, and Expertise are useless stats.

Skills

Skills can be reset at any time at no cost. Prioritize skill points towards skills that let you clear mobs of monsters as quickly as possible on a low cooldown. Here are the most important skills.

Important Skills

Earth Eater

• 2 2 2
• Decent damage and AoE ability for clearing mobs.

Perfect Swing

• 2 2 1
• High damage ability on a long cooldown.

Jumping Smash

• 3 1 3
• Mobility and extra AoE clearing for mobs.

Seismic Hammer

• 1 3 1
• High damage AoE skill but has a long cooldown.

Power Shoulder

• 2-1-0
• Good mobility to traverse maps quicker.

Extra Points

Whenever you have a few extra points left over:

Heavy Crush

• 1-0-0
• Supplementary AoE and damage.

Dreadnaught

• 1-0-0
• More supplementary AoE and damage.

Skill Progression 1-50

• Level 14
  • 7 Earth Eater
• Level 20
  • 10 Earth Eater
• Level 24
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 7 Perfect Swing
• Level 30
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
• Level 33
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
  • 7 Jumping Smash
• Level 38
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
  • 10 Jumping Smash
• Level 41
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
  • 10 Jumping Smash
  • 7 Seismic Hammer
• Level 45
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
  • 10 Jumping Smash
  • 10 Seismic Hammer
• Level 47
  • 10 Earth Eater
  • 10 Perfect Swing
  • 10 Jumping Smash
  • 10 Seismic Hammer
  • 7 Power Shoulder

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