Best New Player Classes in Lost Ark 2024

Here are some new player/returning player friendly classes in Lost Ark! These certainly aren't the only new player friendly classes in the game (there's lots of other cheap options out there), but these are some classes that are fun and generally more played in the community. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks so much to JhonCJR, AJThunder, and Yodacam for helping me with gameplay footage of their classes!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Warrior
1:54 Fighter
3:22 Specialist
5:29 Gunner
6:51 Assassin
8:12 Mage

[MycaPlays]

Also want to pin this here, mages just got a nice update and Sorceress (Igniter) and Summoner (Master Summoner) are both much more viable/comfortable to play than they used to be. These are still spec classes with a bit more investment and learning curve, but thought I'd update you in case you were really wanting a mage class! :)

[Zarrow]

Definitely recommend wind fury. While the damage output isn't the best, your synergies are wanted in every raid.
Probably my favorite alt character of all time. No real rng at all since the damage is pretty much the same every pull regardless of the boss movement.

[SeanMold]

Looking at steam, I had last played Lost Ark 2 years ago, chose the gunner (P.S. searching up the class I'm specifically referencing "gunslinger") class cause she was cute and ranged damage.
Wasn't feeling it, quit the game as a whole cold turkey.
Am now looking for a game to play when I don't feel like playing anything else, so updating Lost Ark for another shot.
I think what turned me off the most about gunner was the feeling of having to constantly switch weapons to deal damage.

Watching this list Soul Eater definitely caught my attention.
As did sorcerer and drizzle specialist as ranged damage options which i tend to gravitate towards until I learn game mechanics.

[eryxviper]

Myca content while we are all foaming at the mouth for breaker certainly helps. Im always curious to see how you feel about the game, we need more positive content creators :D Thank you for posting, I hope your reset is lucky!

[jacklau]

Wardancer Souleater and Slayer definitely best recommendations, all crit or swift variants

[marvinbecker]

nice vid. thanks! did my wardancer now and drizzle aero :D third im still thinking about.

[flamestryker]

I like this list. The one other class I would recommend is Pistoleer. Very low investment class as well. And even though it's a spec class, it has great uptime because of spacebar mechanic. Also, it is great at chaos dungeons and don't even need a separate build for it because all you have to do is to switch one tripod from your raid build (Equilibrium: Decimation Shot to Enemy Raid). And has the best skill in the game: Coptor!!

[cedriccrawford]

I'll ask you since I can't find a comprehensive answer online. I came back to the game yesterday. I'll choose mage as my "class", go through the creation process and the game loads me in as a bard EVERY SINGLE TIME. I want to play the sorcerer class. How do I go about that as there is no indication in game and there are no real CURRENT answers online?

[petrp]

Glad to see you back to the loa content

[golgoatha]

Damn, I had no idea the sorceress was in her flop era. That was my initial class 😮‍💨

[hi_becky_]

Not me thinking of coming back for Predator Slayer...!! (/ω＼)

[srov]

As a DI main, I don't think shadowhunter is good for new players because your 2 gems have to be lvl 10 from 1580 onwards, otherwise you'll get gatekept.

[Ryan-tqlq]

would you recommand arcana or breaker? Whihc one is less boring in the long term?

[CulturedHeaven]

Is there any F2P friendly class in this game ?
What i mean is a class that's not hard to build and invest cause seriously most of them are limit p2w to build 😂

[MycaPlays]

What class are you guys most excited to try? 😀

[valkyries]

im new, its very helpful TY Myca, one question, at 0:15 which class does those red flash/slash ?

[CulturedHeaven]

Which class better for PVE only Player ? Solo

[LordRyzen]

Thanks for the guide, but it doesn't help me much since and stuck choosing between Wardancer & scrapper xD

[shindeiREU]

Hi! What's the first song used in this video?

[warmmilk]

So you can't play your own character? Oof.