Crossbow / Dagger PvP Build Guide

Skill Builds

Some skills appear different in the Tooltip due to its Skill Specialization.

• Lightning Infusion = Inject Venom
• Detonation Mark = Mortal Mark
• Annihilation Barrage Shot = Wild Barrage

Skill Prioritization

• 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.

PvP Gameplay and Skill Rotation

There are a few different ways to play this weapon combination in PvP depending on the situations.

Targeting Melee Users requires a more Kiting kind of playstyle, whereas attacking Mages or Ranged Users requires you to try and burst them down and play more of an "Assassin" playstyle.

Stheno Guardian Cheese

This "Guardian Cheese" was something most players used in PvE specifically. Once the Sword and Shield skill Counter Barrier was nerfed in Korea, many players realized that you could use it in PvP. While almost anybody can use this, Crossbow / Dagger users have a greater advantage than other Weapon Combinations because of skills such as Mother Nature's Protest that affect projectiles and the ability to do it from stealth.

After you pop your Guardian, you want to position yourself inside the enemy ball. More importantly, you want to be as close to as many of the enemy backline as possible. This is because you are then better able to spread damage on the squishier targets and have more choices of enemies to jump onto after you exit stealth for quick kills.

1. Lightning Infusion
2. Mother Nature's Protest
3. Shade Revenant Stheno
4. Camouflage Cloak

• This works even better with Queen Bellandir's Annihilation Crossbow because the additional hits from Mother Nature's Protest can proc the Bellandir Poison.
• You must first attack an opponent so that you are in PvP Combat mode. If you try before attacking an enemy the Guardian won't hit anybody.
• Stay in stealth as long as possible for free damage.
• DO NOT come out of stealth in the middle of the entire enemy ball! If your team is losing the fight, opt to reposition in a safer spot closer to your allies when you decide to come out of stealth.

This strategy works well with skills like Lightning Infusion because then every attack can weaken an enemy. Piercing Strike increases the damage dealt on each individual attack from the Guardian and Mother Nature's Protest will throw out an additional attack as well!

Archboss Skill Builds / Playstyles

Archboss weapons can be major gamechangers when it comes to the Crossbow / Dagger PvP Build. A Scorpion with Tevent's Fangs of Fury becomes very deadly opening up a more aggressive assassin-like playstyle because of the ability to reset Camouflage Cloak. Queen Bellandir's Toxic Spine Throwers opens up more sustained damage types of playstyles where Scorpions can hang out in the backline and spread poisons to enemies all over the battlefield and kite without ever going in Melee Range.

Tevent Daggers

These daggers enable a more consistent single target playstyle burst playstyle however this requires the user to have high gear. So long as the user is able to kill targets fast enough to go in and out of stealth passive skills such as Assassin's Step are more desired.

There is one skill missing because there are many options to use for the final skill slot.

• Fatal Stigma
  • This option helps to lower Incoming Healing while opening on the target before being able to get the high damage finishers off.
• Cleaving Moonlight
  • Combined with the Effect Accumulation Skill Specialization, this option helps to get additional Thunderclouds Stacks on a target quickly.
    • Gaining additional stacks without doing as many hits helps to lower the chances at proccing things such as Devoted Shield from Longbow Users and even reducing the amount of Reflect Damage taken from Counter Barrier.
• Weak Point Shot
  • This skill adds an additional quick and high damaging skill to Scorpion's arsenal.
• Phantom Smokescreen
  • While the first 3 options were damage skills, this option is more defensive.
  • When jumping on an opponent, there's definitely times where the call will be "Kill that Scorpion in our backline!" and this skill allows for extra breathing room.
    • While evading Ranged / Magical Projectiles, this skill will not protect anybody from Sleeps, and Melee Users so use with caution.

Queen Bellandir Crossbow

Queen Bellandir's Toxic Spine Throwers has seen multiple changes since the initial launch of the game in Korea. At its current state, the Poison Ticks from the weapon's passive can Critical Hit and Heavy Attack but also takes the enemy's Defenses into account. Expect to see anywhere from 300-1000 damage ticks at 3 stacks on an opponent when using this weapon in combination with proper gear setups and passives such as Murderous Energy and Destructive Fang.

There is however a caveat, currently on Global Server there is a chance to proc Devoted Shield. Luckily, there is already a balance change heading towards Global Server soon that changes that. To read more about these balance changes, check out the October KR Balance Changes post!

To make the most use of Queen Bellandir's Toxic Spine Throwers as a Scorpion, position yourself in a way that grants the opportunity to use Rapid Shot with Mother Nature's Protest to spread the Poisons every time the skill is off cooldown. Use Nimble Leap right before to increase the range of Rapid Shot.

Multi-Shot + Brutal Incision

This version grants the ability to quickly leap to a low-health target and finish them off with an execution-like skill.

Multi-Shot + Spin To Win

This version opens up the opportunity to bomb groups of enemies when the opposing alliances are grouped up really close together and locked down by CC.

Stat Priorities

Use the following stat priorities when using this Crossbow / Dagger PvP Build:

• Primary Stats
  • Dexterity, Strength, and Perception

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. Do not put more than 20 points into a Stat unless you are trying to reach a certain breakpoint.

You get bonuses for every 10 Stat Points you invest from 30 to 60. You invest your points based on acquiring these bonuses.

Scorpion excels when stacking very high Critical Hit, Attack Speed, and Maximum Weapon Damage. All three of these things are given to you by stacking Dexterity!

Early Game

This gear is the same as your leveling gear. If you want to learn more check out our Crossbow / Dagger Leveling Guide! Your first goal is to hit 40 Dexterity for the added Critical Hit and Bonus Damage. Next, you get 30 Strength for the added HP just to increase survivability. After that, you can put the rest of your points into Perception.

Mid-Game

At this stage of the game, you reach higher numbers to get more Critical Hit and Hit. Your first goal is to hit 40 - 50 Dexterity. Afterward, place points into Perception to reach the goal of 50 Perception. This gives you increased Hit, Buff Duration, and Range which are all important stats to have in PvP. You should already have 30 Strength for added HP.

End Game

With Purple Gear in the End Game, we can reach all of our desired Stat Breakpoints. 40 - 60 Dexterity gives you increased Critical Hit, Bonus Damage, and high amounts of Attack Speed before using our buffs. Getting to 30 Strength is the priority for add HP. You can lower your Dexterity and switch to 50 Strength should you desire for additional Heavy Attack Chance. 50 - 60 Perception increases Hit, Buff Duration, and Range to ensure you're able to deal with any kind of enemy throughout the different types of PvP.

Gear Progression

In all of these builds, once you have Queen Bellandir's Annihilation Crossbow or Tevent's Massacre Blade, you should always use them no questions asked.

Archboss Gear Builds

While Archboss items are difficult/expensive to obtain for most players, there are some Scorpions lucky enough to include these items in their Crossbow / Dagger PvP Builds.

Guardians

Guardians are special transformations that add offensive or defensive buffs or attacks to your character for 30 seconds. You'll have a few options for Guardians when it comes to PvP.

• Lady Knight Kamarshea - This guardian lowers your cooldown while also giving you a damage shield equal to 50% of your maximum mana. This is the go-to defensive guardian whenever the plan is to dive the ball to try and survive longer along with higher uptime on my skills.
• Pale Nemesis Hartach - This guardian allows you to reset your stealth if you get a kill within 3 seconds of engaging an opponent. It's useful when AoE Bombing because it almost always procs the invisibility at the end of the spin. This is also similar to the weapon effect of Tevent's Massacre Blade so until you get those daggers this is a good way to go in and out of stealth during fights. Sadly, however, it's only a 30 second duration so be careful when you pop it.
• Shade Revenant Stheno - This guardian shoots out projectiles and can synergize well with weapons like Queen Bellandir's Annihilation Crossbow, and skills like Mother Nature's Protest! You can spread poisons and do quite a lot of damage, not to mention you can use it while in stealth from Camouflage Cloak for some free damage that people can't avoid if they're in range.

Summary

• This Crossbow / Dagger PvP Build Guide explores the many different ways to play this weapon combination in detail.
• Crossbow / Dagger can play like Assassins or Rogues from other MMO's.
• You also have access to a Kiting Mid-Ranged playstyle like Ebonsong from Archeage!
• Crossbow / Dagger utilizes a variety of Buffs/Debuffs to provide additional damage hits to a target that can result in over 40+ Hits per second.
• Crossbow / Dagger has the highest single target DPS possible out of the various weapon combinations in the game!
• Selfless Diffusion is quite versatile of a skill, whether you need to get out of sticky situations, lower your cooldowns, or increasing your burst immensely, it should always be on your hotbar!
• Crossbow / Daggers can utilize Damage Bonus, unlike any other weapon combination due to the ability to output so many hits.

Credits

Written by Bloo
Reviewed by Dredscythe