Best Greatsword / Crossbow Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Greatsword and Crossbow build for PvE in Throne and Liberty (TL). This guide shows how to effectively use the Greatsword and Crossbow to deal high DPS, 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!

Greatsword / Crossbow Build Overview

Build Summary

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Build Summary
Greatsword and Crossbow	Focus: PvE, DPS, Debuffs Stat Priority: Strength, Dexterity
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
High Damage Good at Melee and Range	Mana Problems Low defense

The Greatsword and Crossbow build acts as a DPS in a team, using its skills to apply Frost and Weaken before dealing massive damage. With this kit, you'll be able to clear mobs and bosses at any range.

For stat allocations, levelling Strength and Dexterity to at least 40 is a must. to make use of stat breakpoint bonuses such as Max Health, Damage Reduciton, and Critical Hit Increases.

Skills and Specialization

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
DaVinci's Courage				Duration ▲ DaVinci’s Chill
Gaia Crash				Critical Hit ▲ Frost Cleaving
Devastating Tornado				Bonus Damage Ice Tornado
Ascending Slash				Additional Damage Boost
Guillotine Blade				-
Quick Fire				Cooldown ▼ Damage ▲ Min Chain Fire ▲
Nimble Leap				Immune Cooldown Resets Consecutive Use
Mortal Mark				Chain Effects
Recoil Shot				Off-Hand Weapon Attack ▲ Wave Shot Gale
Multi-Shot				-
Mother Nature's Protest				Frost Arrow
Merciless Barrage				-
Passive Skills
Robust Constitution		Vital Force		Cold Warrior		Barbarian's Dash
Detection		Nature's Power		Ambidexterity		Bloodlust Stack
Defensive Skill
Iron Point Parry

Active Skills

Davinci's Courage and Mother Nature's Protest will be the main buffs in this build. Take Davinci's Chill and Frost Arrow to inflict frost when using these abilities.

Nimble Leap is a mobility skill that allows the player to reposition. With consecutive use, this skill can be used twice before going on cooldown.

Quick Fire, Mortal Mark, Recoil Shot, Multi Shot, and Merciless Barrage are the main sources of ranged damage.

Gaia Crash, Devastating Tornado, Ascending Slash, and Guillotine Blade are the main sources of melee damage.

When levelling skills, [red]prioritize Quick Fire, Devastating Tornado, Gaia Crash, and Recoil Shot[/red[]] to maximize damage against mobs and bosses early on,

Passive Skills

Barbarian's Dash and Nature's Power grant bonuses to Move Speed and Damage upon using a mobility skill.

Robust Constitution, Detection, and Vital Force are passives that buff the player, with Detection granting Move Speed and Evasion upon getting hit, and Vital Force granting Hit Rate scaling with the player's Max Health. Lastly, Robust Constitution gives a simple, yet effective buff to Max Health and Health Regen.

Cold Warrior, Ambidexterity, and Bloodlust Stack are offensive passives that offer damage boosts upon meeting certain conditions.

Prioritize Cold Warrior, Bloodlust Stack, Robust Constitution and Vital Force when levelling Passives.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Tevent's Warblade of Despair	・Hit ・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Critical Hit
Weapon Effect
Tevent's Despair Trap	Upon applying Collision, Shock, or Stun with Greatsword Skills, creates an area with a 1.5m radius around the target will be created that explodes in 1.5s, dealing 325% of Base Damage.

Tevent's Warblade of Despair is Ideal for this build, as it allows the player to deal an extra instance of damage upon applying crowd control. This weapon also gives stat bonuses to Strength and Dexterity, helping reach stat breakpoints. Take traits and resonances that increase Hit and Critical Hit to boost damage and crowd control consistency.

Secondary Weapon
Crossbows of Infinite Steel	・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Hit ・Critical Hit

Crossbows of Infinite Steel is best in slot for this build because of its Perception bonus, Weaken Chance increase, and high Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance. Take traits and a resonance that gives Hit and Critical Hit to boost damage and Weakness application consistency.

Best Armors and Accessories

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The Ghost Wolf set bonus is most ideal for this build, as it provides another increase to Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance.Take traits that give Ranged and Magic Endurance, as well as other offensive traits such as Cooldown Speed and Attack Speed. For resonance, take Max Health to improve the efficacy of Robust Constitution.

For accessories, Clasp of the Overlord provides Critical Hit and Max Health, while Bracers of the Primal King offers Perception and Bonus Damage, and also allows you to take Max Health as a trait. Eldritch Ice Band, Amber Dimensional Band, and Girdle of Spectral Skulls offer boosts to the Strength and Dexterity stats, allowing the player to hit stat breakpoints. For traits and resonance, Prioritize Skill Damage Boost, Buff Duration, and Max Health.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Greatsword	・Incapacitate (6 Pts) ・Face Off (9 Pts)
Crossbow	・Move (6 Pts) ・Chain Fire (9 Pts)

For this Mastery loadout, max out Face Off and Chain Fire to maximize your overall damage per second. Take Incapacitate under Greatsword for better crowd control consistency, and Move under Crossbow for its Weaken bonus and Mana bonuses.

Best Guardian

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Currently under construction, so please stay tuned!

Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Greatsword / Crossbow Build
Mobbing Skill Rotation Bossing Skill Rotation

Mobbing Skill Rotation

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Cast Mother Nature's Protest and always keep it active. Then, cast DaVinci's Resolve before casting Devastating Tornado, then Gaia Crash. Cast Multi Shot to push targets back, before casting Merciless Barrage.

Take Frost Arrow on Mother Nature's Protest to inflict frost on enemies, as well as DaVinci's Chill, Ice Tornado, and Frost Cleave. Doing the rotation in order will cause enemies to be Icebound, where Frost Cleave gains bonus damage from.

Bossing Skill Rotation

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Cast Mother Nature's Protest and DaVinci's Courage, before casting Devastating Tornado, and Gaia Crash. Then, cast Ascending Slash to apply Shock to the boss. This will cause Guillotine Blade to deal extra damage to the boss. Swap to the crossbow and kite backwards, casting Mortal Mark to apply Weaken on the boss. Doing so causes Quick Fire to also deal bonus damage. Then, cast Quick Fire, Nimble Leap, and Recoil shot. Reapply Weaken with Multi-Shot, before casting Merciless Barrage.

With the Cooldown Resets skill specialization under Nimble Leap, the cooldown of Quick Fire is reset after casting Nimble Leap. This allows you to cycle between Quick Fire, Nimble Leap, and Recoil Shot twice in one rotation.

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