Lost Ark Reaper T4 Build — Lunar Voice vs Hunger

Reaper is the dagger Assassin: a stealthy, extremely mobile back-attack character with a two-part identity. Persona puts you in stealth and supercharges your Swoop skills; the meter fills through Shadow and Dagger skills. She’s one of the flashiest classes in the game and one of the hardest to play cleanly — every skill has momentum you have to steer.

Role in the party

Melee burst DPS with a unique two-part counter (Nightmare can counter from front AND back), high mobility, and pure damage. You bring no party utility — your job is back attacks and not eating mechanics.

The two T4 routes

• Lunar Voice — the burst route. Enter Persona stealth, unleash the empowered Swoop skills (Rage Spear, Dance of Fury) from behind, then re-enter stealth and repeat. Concentrated damage windows, higher ceiling, more demanding.
• Hunger — the sustained route. Keep the Chaos buff rolling while cycling skills at high speed — a “piano” build that spams whatever is off cooldown. More forgiving, more consistent, and cheaper to gear because it doesn’t need every horizontal-content unlock.

Ark Passive direction

• Evolution: Specialization and Crit for Lunar Voice, Swiftness-heavy with Specialization support for Hunger. Watch your crit rate — community builds target very high crit because nearly everything scales off it.
• Enlightenment: the Lunar Voice and Hunger keystones are mutually exclusive; pick one and follow the branch. Nodes that boost Swoop skills and meter economy matter most.
• Leap: nodes for your main Swoop and Shadow skills plus Hyper Awakening.

Engravings, gems, and gear

Lunar Voice commonly runs Grudge, Ambush Master, Keen Blunt Weapon, Cursed Doll. Hunger runs Grudge, Ambush Master, Raid Captain, plus Adrenaline or Cursed Doll. Gems follow your biggest damage skills, then cooldown; Hunger cares about cooldown more because of the spam playstyle. Gear details: gear honing T4 and Ark Grid.

Core loop

Build meter with Dagger and Shadow skills, enter Persona, spend the window on Swoop skills from the back, exit before stealth drops. Use Nightmare’s second hit to teleport behind the boss and keep a movement skill in reserve at all times — Reaper’s momentum can carry you into attacks if you’re careless.

New player friendliness

Low. Squishy, positional, high APM, and punishing when skills whiff. Hunger softens the edge but doesn’t remove it. Learn on a more forgiving class first unless you specifically want this challenge.

How this differs from our other Assassin guides

Compared to Deathblade (stack-and-detonate Surge) and Shadowhunter (demon transformation), Reaper is the stealth-and-mobility member of the family. Same back-attack foundation, completely different rhythm.

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