Best Dagger / Crossbow Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Crossbow and Dagger build for PvE in Throne and Liberty (TL). Read on to learn how to use the Dagger and Crossbow build effectively to burst down mobs and bosses, including the best gears to equip, skill rotations, runes, traits, and more.

Attention!	This build is based on the Korean version of the game with some adjustments to match the features available in Global. We’re working on updating our builds to be fully accurate for the Global release. Thank you for your patience!

Crossbow / Dagger Build Overview

Build Summary

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Build Summary
Dagger and Crossbow	Focus: Mobbing, DPS, Bosses Stat Priority: Dexterity, Wisdom
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
Excellent DPS High Mobility Decent AOE Damage	Mana Hungry

With excellent mobility, high attack speed, and plenty of multi-hit attacks, this build is perfect for building up Thundercloud stacks and detonating them with Brutal Incision. Specializations allow this build to deal damage to multiple targets, allowing it to shred mobs and bosses alike with ease.

Focus on getting Dexterity and Wisdom to 50. This will increase the damage dealt by the skills, while providing much needed Mana and cooldown reduction. The rest of the points are used to increase Perception.

Skills and Specialization

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Active Skills
Inject Venom		Effect Duration ▲ Cooldown ▼ Resource Cost ▼ Lightning Infusion
Brutal Incision		Cooldown ▼ Thunderclouds Bombing
Mana Exchange		Stamina Recovery
Shadow Strike		Effect Accumulation
Nimble Leap		Immune Consecutive Use
Knife Throwing		Additional Hit Lightning Throw
Weak Point Shot		-
Mortal Mark		Stamina Stagnation Chain Effects
Merciless Barrage		Annihilation Barrage Shot
Recoil Shot		Off-Hand Weapon Attack ▲
Multi-Shot		Rapid Shot
Frenzied Sword Dance		-
Passive Skills
Piercing Strike	Wrathful Edge	Destructive Fang	Assassin's Instincts
Corrupt Nail	Murderous Energy	Eagle Vision	Ambidexterity
Defensive Skill
Block Blade

Multi-hit attacks are where this build really shines, so they are prioritised in this build. Skills such as Knife Throwing, Frenzied Sword Dance, and Merciless Barrage allow for multiple hits and are perfect for this build.

When levelling, level up Brutal Incision first, followed by Shadow Strike and Inject Venom. The build will come together as you level, so prioritize the most important DPS skills first as levelling progresses.

Passives are used to supplement the stacking of Thundercloud, along with significant damage boosts.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows	・Attack Speed ・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Critical Hit
Weapon Effect
Rex Chimaerus's Hunger	Heals 61 Health whenever making Off-Hand Weapon attacks for 6s after a successful hit with Off-Hand Weapon. Cooldown 30s.

Mana Exchange will be used frequently to replenish Mana reserves, so Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows are perfect for restoring lost HP. Since this build relies heavily on off-hand weapon attacks, it's easy to trigger the passive whenever it's off cooldown.

Secondary Weapon
Lequirus's Wicked Thorns	・Attack Speed ・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Critical Hit
Weapon Effect
Lequirus's Gale Blade	Base Damage 50 ▲ for 3s upon using Dagger Mobility Skills.

The damage boost from Lequirus' Wicked Thorns can easily be maintained at all times with careful use of mobility dagger skills. This allows the user to benefit from the weapon's effect without any downtime.

Best Armors and Accessories

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To complement this build, it is recommended to take two pieces of the Death Set for the critical damage increase and two pieces of the Ghost Wolf Set for the bonus damage.

The rest of the gear is tuned to achieve 50 Dexterity and 50 Wisdom, while increasing the duration of buffs and reducing cooldowns. This leaves points to spend on Strength for more survivability, or Perception for more hit and damage.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Daggers	・Assassination (9 Pts) ・Poison (6 Pts)
Crossbow	・Chain Fire (9 Pts) ・Move (6 Pts)

Assassination provides the most damage increase thanks to its passives, especially Deep Grudge and Madenning Excitement. The rest of the points go to the Poison tree for easy Thunder Cloud stacking, as well as other helpful passives along the way.

Maxing out the Chainfire tree is the best option, as all of it's passives contribute significantly to increasing DPS. The Move tree is also of great benefit, as it increases the chance of a Heavy Attack, so 6 points will be spent here.

Best Guardian

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Currently under construction, so please stay tuned!

Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Dagger / Crossbow Build
Opening Rotation Mob Clearing Skill Rotation

Opening Rotation

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Begin the every encounter by using Inject Venom first, then apply the debuffs. Nimble Leap is used to trigger the damage increasing passives. Start stacking Thundercloud stacks via skills, then trigger them with Brutal Incision.

Keep in mind that Weak Point Shot provides a critical damage increase debuff on the target when it is applied when it's trying to do a Fury attack. Applying this consistently can lead to faster clear times!

Mob Clearing Skill Rotation

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No slouch in the mobbing department, this build can deal surprisingly respectable AOE damage in a short amount of time. Wait for the opportune moment when targets are tightly packed before unleashing all of the active skills.

Finish off any surviving targets with Brutal Incision.

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