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Wardancer Guide

Complete guide to Wardancer including First Intention and Esoteric Skill Enhancement builds with Ark Grid variants.

Updated 2026-10-11
Ark Grid Variant
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Identity

Esoteric Origin - First Intention

For First Intention, the Esoteric Meter is temporarily disabled until you have Esoteric Origin unlocked. Once unlocked, it will be enabled again, and you gain 20% of an Esoteric Bubble for every Normal Skill cast, regardless if you hit an enemy or not. Once you reach 3 full Esoteric Orbs (15 skills total), you can get a stack of Esoteric Origin by pressing Z and enhances the damage of your next Deadly Dive, Sweeping Kick, Leaping Dragon and Moon Flash Kick. Esoteric Skills are disabled and cannot use the Esoteric Bubble obtained through Esoteric Origin.

Synergy

Weakness Exposure

Applies a debuff on the enemy, decreasing their crit hit resistance by 10%.

Roar of Courage
Sky Shattering Blow
Lightning Kick

Variant Overview

Enlightened Origin (23X)

First Intention
Standard First Intention playstyle that heavily focuses on buffing your
Sweeping Kick
, which becomes your overall highest damage skill.

Ark Grid Cores

Enlightened Origin
Hypercirculation
Heaven Splitter

Core Priority

Prioritize Hypercirculation > Enlightened Origin > Heaven Splitter for Relic Core choices.
Highest priority will be getting Hypercirculation on 17p ALWAYS. Do not spread them!
Dragon Style Enhancement can be used as an alternative for Heaven Splitter.

Priorities

  • Prioritize reaching 90% Crit fully buffed before Back Attacks. Adjust stats if needed.
  • Strike 2 can also be run as an alternative, and you drop Adrenaline for another raw damage engraving.

Skills

Lv. 14

Sweeping Kick

Vision
Vision
Legendary

No description available

?
Weak Point Detection
No description available
?
Intense Shock
No description available
?
Pure Excellence
No description available
Lv. 14

Leaping Dragon

Galewind
Galewind
Legendary

No description available

?
Wide Hit
No description available
?
Dragon Style
No description available
?
Red Dragon
No description available
Lv. 14

Energy Combustion

Poison
Poison
Legendary

No description available

?
Combustible Armor
No description available
?
Intense Battle
No description available
?
Last Whisper
No description available
Lv. 10

Wind's Whisper

Focus
Focus
Epic

No description available

?
Blessing of the Wind
No description available
?
Quick Prep
No description available
?
Ready Attack
No description available
Lv. 10

Roar of Courage

Focus
Focus
Legendary

No description available

?
Weakness Exposure
No description available
?
Quick Prep
No description available
?
Supreme Ruler Afterimage
No description available
Lv. 14

Flash Heat Fang

Vision
Vision
Epic

No description available

?
Magick Control
No description available
?
Master Hit
No description available
?
Final Strike
No description available
Lv. 14

Lightning Kick

Quick Recharge
Quick Recharge
Legendary

No description available

?
Weakness Exposure
No description available
?
Thunder Kick
No description available
?
Flash Lightning
No description available
Lv. 7

Sky Shattering Blow

Bleed
Bleed
Legendary

No description available

?
Excellent Mobility
No description available
?
Ready Attack
No description available
Hyper Awakening Technique

Deadly Dive

Awakening / Hyper Awakening

Ultimate Skill: Fist of Dominance / Ultimate Skill: Eight Trigrams Chaotic Strike

Engravings

1GrudgeCore
2Raid CaptainCore
3Keen Blunt WeaponCore
4Mass IncreaseCore
5AdrenalineHigh
6MP Efficiency IncreaseFlex
7Cursed DollFlex
8Ambush MasterFlex

Ark Passives

Evolution

Tier 1
Crit15
?
Crit
Evolution
No description available
Swiftness25
?
Swiftness
Evolution
No description available
Tier 2
Illicit Spell2
?
Illicit Spell
Evolution
No description available
Limit Break1
?
Limit Break
Evolution
No description available
Tier 3
Unlimited Magick1
?
Unlimited Magick
Evolution
No description available
Strike1
?
Strike
Evolution
No description available
Tier 4
Critical1
?
Critical
Evolution
No description available
Pulverize1
?
Pulverize
Evolution
No description available
Tier 5
Supersonic Breakthrough2
?
Supersonic Breakthrough
Evolution
No description available

Enlightenment

Tier 1
Powerful Taijutsu3
?
Powerful Taijutsu
Enlightenment
No description available
Tier 2
Energy Recovery3
?
Energy Recovery
Enlightenment
No description available
Tier 3
First Intention3
?
First Intention
Enlightenment
No description available
Lethal Taijutsu2
?
Lethal Taijutsu
Enlightenment
No description available
Tier 4
Esoteric Origin3
?
Esoteric Origin
Enlightenment
No description available

Leap

Tier 1
Unleashed Power5
?
Unleashed Power
Leap
No description available
Release Potential4
?
Release Potential
Leap
No description available
Instant Spell2
?
Instant Spell
Leap
No description available
Tier 2
Thrust Kick3
?
Thrust Kick
Leap
No description available

Gem Priority

Damage

1 Sweeping Kick 2 Leaping Dragon 3 Energy Combustion 4 Flash Heat Fang 5 Lightning Kick

Cooldown

1 Sweeping Kick 2 Leaping Dragon 3 Energy Combustion 4 Wind's Whisper 5 Flash Heat Fang 6 Lightning Kick

Rotation

Out-of-rotation Esoteric Origin pre-stacking

Sky Shattering Blow Lightning Kick Energy Combustion Repeat until you get 4/5 orb or 1 full orb

Standard Rotation

Out-of-rotation Esoteric Origin pre-stacking Roar of Courage Wind's Whisper Esoteric Origin Deadly Dive Sweeping Kick Leaping Dragon Flash Heat Fang Energy Combustion (recast) Lightning Kick

Double Z rotation

Esoteric Origin Sky Shattering Blow Lightning Kick Energy Combustion Roar of Courage Wind's Whisper Sweeping Kick Leaping Dragon Esoteric Origin Deadly Dive Flash Heat Fang Energy Combustion (recast) Lightning Kick

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