Best Dagger / Crossbow Build (PvP)

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!

Dagger / Crossbow Build Overview

Build Summary

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Build Summary
Dagger / Crossbow	Focus: Mobility, AoE, Small/Large Scale PvP Stat Priority: Dexterity, Perception
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
Decent Damage Good Range Can Cleanse and Heal	Mana Hungry Susceptible to Burst Limited Disengagement Capabilities

In PvP, the goal of this build is to look for opponents that are grouped together and burst them with hard hitting AoE attacks. To accomplish this, the skills and specializations taken would have AoE capabilities, with mobility skills mixed in.

Perception is extremely important in this build, as it would be the difference between skills hitting targets or not. To that end, the goal would be to hit the stat targets of 60 Perception and 50 Dexterity for damage.

Skills and Specialization

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Quick Fire		Cooldown ▼ Min Chain Fire ▲ Gale
Camouflage Cloak		Duration ▲ Immune to CC
Nimble Leap		Cooldown Resets Consecutive Use
Merciless Barrage		Gale Annihilation Barrage Shot
Shadow Strike		Range ▲
Mother Nature's Protest		Lightning Arrow
Selfless Diffusion		Removes CC
Multi-Shot		-
Cleaving Moonlight		-
Frenzied Sword Dance		-
Knife Throwing		-
Mana Exchange		-
Passive Skills
Shadow Walker	Wrathful Edge	Destructive Fang	Assassin's Instincts
Nature's Power	Detection	Eagle Vision	Ambidexterity
Defensive Skill
Block Blade

Active Skills

Thanks to Nimble Leap, this allows for engagement to be initiated in a poking style while key targets are being surveyed. Quick Fire remains a reliable source of damage, with AoE capabilities thanks to Gale.

Once the oppurtunity presents itself, players can close the distance with Shadow Strike and unleash the AOE abilities at once. Camouflage Cloak is here to prevent any interruptions, and should be saved specifically for this Burst Window.

Prioritize Strengthening Quick Fire first, as it will be used at all stages of the game, followed by the AoE abilities.

Passive Skills

Since the build is focused on burst damage, Detection and Shadow Walker will be the only defensive passives taken, and the rest will be for damage.

Level Assassin's Insticts, Eagle Vision and Destructive Fang first, as they will increase damage dealt significantly during the leveling process. Level the rest of the passive skills later, as they will increase in value as more stats and gear are gained.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows	・Attack Speed ・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Attack Speed
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	・Hit ・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 skills. This allows the user to benefit from the weapon's effect without any downtime.

Best Armors and Accessories

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Two pieces of theDeath Set are used to increase critical damage. Stacking defensive traits is critical to increasing survivability, and this build does just that.

With a Dexterity of 50 and Perception of 60, this build is able to deal damage with a high hit rate, which allows it to end fights in a decisive manner.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Daggers	・Disguise (6 Pts) ・Assasination (9 Pts)
Crossbow	・Regen (9 Pts) ・Chain Fire (6 Pts)

6 points in the Disguise tree activates Master of Evasion, which increases all evasion, which stacks nicely with the other defensive traits provided by armor and accessories.

The rest of the points go to Assassination, as the Maddening Excitement passive is crucial for faster skill execution.

Since this build relies on mobility, 9 points are spent in the Regen tree to improve that aspect. The rest of the avaialble points goes to Chain Fire for more damage.

Best Guardian

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Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Dagger / Crossbow Build
Opening Rotation AoE Burst Utility Skills

Opening Rotation

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Approach battles cautiously, using Quick Shot to deal damage safely. Use Nimble Leap to stay mobile, and retreat to safety when danger is imminent. Keep poking, and wait for the oppurtunity to unleash the AoE burst skills.

AoE Burst

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When the time is right, use Camouflage Cloak first to avoid being hindered by any form of CC. Close the gap with Shadow Strike if necessary, then immediately use Merciless Barrage to decimate the enemies. Mop up the remaining survivors with Cleaving Moonlight and Frenzied Sword Dance.

Utility Skills

If an AoE burst is successful, it will drain the mana pool quite a bit, so Mana Exchange should be used off the cooldown to replenish the mana pool.

Selfless Diffusion should be reserved for survivability, as it has the unique ability to remove any CC already dealt. For this reason, it is recommended that Selfless Diffusion be used to escape from enemies rather than to deal damage.

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