Crossbow / Dagger Leveling Build Guide

Stat Priorities

Use the following Stat Priority when following the Crossbow / Dagger Leveling Build Guide:

• Level 1 - 21
  • 20 Dexterity
• Level 22 - 41
  • 20 Strength
    • This is for added survivability as Strength grants Defenses and Max Health.
• Level 42 - 50
  • 9 Perception
    • This is for a little bit of added Hit in case your gear isn't fully leveled up yet.
  • 9 Wisdom
    • If you aren't missing any skill attacks, then instead put points towards Wisdom for additional Weapon Damage and Mana.

You have 49 Stat Points you can freely allocate to any of the 4 primary Stats. Once you put 20 points into an individual Stat, it takes 2 points to increase the Stat by 1. These Stats gain additional bonuses when reaching breakpoints at 30, 40, 50, and 60. Do not put more than 20 points into a Stat unless necessary for specific stat breakpoints.

Resetting your Stat Points is completely free so feel free to reset and change whenever you feel it's necessary.

Key Leveling Notes

• Focus on the Main Story Quest as you level to 50.
  • If the Main Story Quest requires a higher level to continue, complete Exploration Codex Quests for additional EXP.
• Before leaving Kastleton during Chapter 3, craft as much Green Gear as possible!
• When your story quests introduce you to Resistance Contracts, be sure to choose ones that give Quality Lithograph: Accessories first!
• Completing Rustic Mother Nature Rings early, grants the ability to use Lethal Fortune Ring while leveling.
• Be sure to use the Block Blade against Fury Attacks to regain Mana while killing mobs and leveling.

Gear Progression

The leveling process has been made easier since the launch of the Korean version. It doesn't matter what armor you craft as long as you upgrade it. The following gear set is recommended so you can dabble in PvP as well. Don't fret, PvP is not mandatory at all.

Towards Chapter 3, you start to get quests to craft items. Before heading to Urstella Fields, make sure to craft all the Green Items possible. After completing Chapter 4, there are enough Lithographs granted to craft the rest of your gear to have a full set of Green Items. If you have extra Quality Lithograph: Accessories, use them to complete the Elemental Rings Lithograph Book entry. Here are the recommended Items to craft.

As you're leveling you receive some blue gear as rewards. While most of the time green gear with full traits tend to perform better than blue gear without traits, there are some items that give more valued stats through item effects as opposed to their fully traited green gear counterparts.

Codex Chapter Rewards

If you plan to PvP early in the game's launch and don't want to spend much Lucent, do not transfer the green gear you've crafted and upgraded. This is because green gear is cheaper to trait than blue gear early on.

Skill Slot Prioritization

Skill Specialization Order

Once you hit level 15, you first acquire 10 Skill Specialization points to use, which modify your skills. Press "K" and access them in the 2nd tab. Every level from 16 to 30 gives you 2 Skill Specialization points, and every level from 31 to 50 then gives 3.

1. Quick Fire
   • Cooldown ▼
   • Min Chain Fire ▲
2. Mother Nature's Protest
   • Lightning Arrow
3. Inject Venom
   • Lightning Infusion
4. Brutal Incision
   • Thunderclouds Bombing
5. Nimble Leap
   • Cooldown Reset
6. Cleaving Moonlight
   • Consecutive Use

Skill Rotation

Here are some examples of skills you should use when following the Crossbow / Dagger Leveling Build Guide:

• Stacking Thunderclouds from Lightning Infusion and then using Thunderclouds Bombing is your main damage skill while leveling once you unlock your Skill Specialization at level 30.
• Before unlocking your Skill Specialization your combo looks like this:
  • Inject Venom, Mortal Mark, Quick Fire, Shadow Strike, Cleaving Moonlight, and finish with Brutal Incision.
• You can also make use of Annihilation Barrage Shot but it eats up your Mana when combined with Mother Nature's Protest.
• Use Nimble Leap to increase the damage of Quick Fire.
• To maintain the attack speed of Cleaving Moonlight, don't complete the 2nd attack.
• Selfless Diffusion will help to lower your cooldowns.
  • Use multiple hit skills like Knife Throwing and Quick Fire in combination with Inject Venom to make use of Selfless Diffusion.

Skill Priority Upgrade

• This is a general list of skills used across all forms of content that's recommended to upgrade.
  • Should there be a skill here that you don't ever plan to use in your build, skip it.
• Use Quality Skill Growth Books to upgrade your skills from Green to Blue in the order shown below. Once all skills below are Green, use the rest on other skills used in the builds above.
• Use Rare Skill Growth Books to upgrade your skills from Blue to Purple in the order shown below. Once all skills below are Blue, use the rest on other skills used in the builds above.
• Prioritize getting all these skills to blue first before getting them to purple. These are universal skills you always use.
• Upgrade the rest of your skills as you play the game.

Active Skills

Passive Skills

Summary

• Focus on the Main Story Quest as you level to 50.
  • If the Main Story Quest requires a higher level to continue, complete Exploration Codex Quests for additional EXP.
• When your story quests introduce you to Resistance Contracts, be sure to choose ones that give Quality Lithograph: Accessories first!
• Crossbow / Daggers plays around getting 20 stacks with Lightning Infusion and then using them to increase the damage of Thunderclouds Bombing.
• Crossbow / Daggers can use an AoE alternative by combining Annihilation Barrage Shot with Mother Nature's Protest however, it consumes a lot of Mana.
• Focusing on high amounts of Dexterity increases your Attack Speed and damage overall.

Credits

Written by Bloo
Reviewed by Dredscythe