Greatsword / Crossbow PvE Build Guide
Last Updated:March 8, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Greatsword / Crossbow PvE Build Guide. At first glance, Greatsword / Crossbow synergies seem non-existent. But the added Skill Damage Boost and Heavy Attack Chance gained from Greatsword skills like Vital Force and Cold Warrior increases the damage of Mortal Mark exponentially! You see anywhere from 50k - 200k+ damage when Mortal Mark pops with this Greatsword / Crossbow PvE Build Guide. Normally Mana Regen is the bane of every Crossbow user's existence however, with passives like Victor's Morale you never have to worry about Mana Regen again!
End Game Greatsword / Crossbow PvE Build
If you're interested in PvP, check out our Greatsword / Crossbow PvP Build Guide!
Gear Progression
During T2 Gear progression, Queen Bellandir's Toxic Spine Throwers becomes the highest PvE Damaging Crossbow due to the added poison.
If you plan on PvPing in the future, just use the PvP gear shown in our Greatsword / Crossbow PvP Build Guide for PvE. Unless you're going for high tier dungeon runs, PvP builds should suffice for PvE content.
- There is no "Best Build", Talandre Gear allows for a wide variety of builds leading to different metas depending on your Server.
- Use the builds as a base, and swap different pieces around to fit the stats needed to combat your Server's meta.
- AGS is limiting gear availability for the launch of Talandre so Loot Tables may not be fully correct at during the first month of Talandre in Global Servers.
Chaos Harbinger Set
- 4 Piece Chaos Harbinger Set gives 100 Critical Hit + 9% Crit Damage.
- Use Monster Bird of the Plains: Solar Stone and Monster Bird of the Plains: Lunar Stone to further increase Weapon Damage by up to 30!
T2 Early Transitional Buiild
- This build is used just as a transitional phase to get started with T2/Talandre.
- 2 Pieces of Death Set and Abyss Slayer Set ensure high damage output.
- Abyss Slayer Set items are from 2 Star Dungeons so no milestones needed to unlock.
T2 Full Build
- This build reaches high levels of Critical Hit so Abyss Slayer Set helps to further the Maximum Weapon Damage being used on those Crits!
- The Imperial Seeker Set allows the user to gain even higher Critical Damage!
- The tooltip is wrong, gain a base 15% Critical Damage with 1% extra per stack (up to 10 stacks)
Bonus Damage Build
Melee Heavy Attack Build
- Both these builds include 2 Piece Death Set increasing your damage output as both builds have relatively high Critical Hit.
- The 2 Piece Imperator Set grants you an additional 150 Melee Heavy Attack Chance increasing the chances of your Greatsword skills doing double the damage.
- The 2 Piece Ghost Wolf Set adds more consistent damage by granting additional Bonus Damage on all hits dealt.
- While technically less damage potential in comparison, the Bonus Damage build will grant higher consistent damage output.
- You focus on damage traits like Skill Damage Boost and Heavy Attack Chance. Max Health and Skill Damage Resistance are important for surviving in the more challenging dungeons.
Gear Sources
- tal-equipment id=10612025 hide-trait-candidates=true]Reaper's Black Mask[/tal-equipment]
- Valley of Slaughter Co-Op Dungeon
- Drops from Adentus Field Boss
- Shadow Harvester Boots
- Carmine Rage Island Co-Op Dungeon
- Avolos Trackers / Umbramancers in Sanctum of Desire
- Unshakeable Gold Ring
- Demonhoof Trackers in Syleus's Abyss 5th and 6th Floor
- Abyss Conqueror's Necklace
- Craft Recipe: Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss
- Etched Alabaster Band
- Demonhoof Trackers in Syleuss' Abyss Floors 5/6
Bonus Damage Build
- Ghost Wolf Alter Ego Armor
- Tyrant's Isle Co-Op Dungeon
- Island of Terror Co-Op Dungeon
- Phantom Wolf Gloves
- Demonhoof Butchers in Syleuss' Abyss Floors 5/6
Melee Heavy Attack Build
- tal-equipment id=10522026 hide-trait-candidates=true]Plate of the Field General[/tal-equipment]
- Death's Abyss Co-Op Dungeon
- Island of Terror Co-Op Dungeon
- Gauntlets of the Field General
- Voidwastes Co-Op Dungeon
- Reptilian Butchers / Soldiers in Saurodoma Island
Skill Builds, Rotations, and Mastery
The greatsword mastery, Power Grip, has a bad translation. It lowers HP gained from the passive by half and adds Weapon Damage based on the passive's skill level.
Rotation
- DaVinci's Courage
- Valiant Brawl
- Selfless Diffusion
- Mortal Mark
- Stunning Blow
- Quick Fire
- Annihilation Barrage Shot
- Ascending Slash
- Guillotine Blade
- Death Blow
- Valiant Brawl
Tips
- Add AoE during group farming by adjusting some of the skills.
- Guillotine Blade
- Replace Cooldown Reduction with AoE Damage
- Replace Stunning Blow with Devastating Smash
- Replace Weak Point Shot with Frost Cleaving
- Guillotine Blade
- Use Weak Point Shot every time the enemy uses a Fury Attack to maintain high DPS.\
- Quick Fire and Cruel Smite should be used off cooldown as frequently as possible.
- You want to try and have as many buffs up as possible when you use Merciless Barrage
- The three most important skills to keep up 24/7 are Selfless Infiltration, Mother Nature's Protest, and Mortal Mark.
- Against mobs in the Open World, you don't have to rotate all your buffs. Most damage skills are able to kill Open World mobs with ease.
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.
Guardians
Guardians are special transformations that add offensive or defensive buffs or attacks to your character for 30 seconds.
- Shade Revenant Stheno - This guardian launches projectiles every second that can Crit and Heavy Attack! Since you're stacking so much Heavy Attack Chance, it's a clear decision to choose this Guardian!
- This is the go-to Guardian for DPS.
Gameplay
Summary
- Greatsword / Crossbow allows you to play like a Bruiser with access to Melee and Mid-Ranged Damage in Throne and Liberty!
- Greatsword's skills and passives allow you to stack high amounts of Heavy Attack Chance, Hit, and Skill Damage Boost!
- Victor's Morale helps to sustain HP and Mana.
- While having high HP, you still have high amounts of damage due to Vital Force.
Credits
Written by Bloo
Reviewed by Dredscythe