Longbow / Dagger PvP Build Guide

• As stated in the Large Scale PvP section, have your daggers out for Master of Evasion.
  • Combined with Shadow Walker proccing, you will gain high Evasion.
• It's best to target players the rest of your party is targeting for more coordinated fights.
  • If Greatsword users are trying to chase you, feel free to target them down from a distance before they can close the gap.

Single Target Ranged Lockdown

1. Ensnaring Arrow
   • Additionally, Shadow Strike can be used as a Bind instead.
   • The Skill Specialization, Shadow Escape, allows you to use it a 2nd time to go back to the original location and continue attacking as if it was a ranged Bind.
2. Strafing
3. Strafing
4. Zephyr's Nock
5. Strafing

Melee Finisher Combo

Don't do this unless the target is 30% - 20% or lower HP. While Brutal Incision can boast high damage, it's sometimes inconsistent with the damage output due to Offhand Chance. Offhand Chance is a stat on Dual-Wielded weapons such as Daggers and Crossbows; they give all skills related to these weapons a chance to attack additional times with their "Offhand."

1. Shadow Strike
2. Ankle Strike
3. Brutal Incision

Self-Sustain

This is an excellent way to self-sustain in fights when healers aren't around or have big cooldowns.
The Specialization, Vitality, from Nature's Blessing increases the amount of HP regained by a significant amount.

1. Healing Touch
2. Nature's Blessing

Your Goals

• Craft Recipe: Common Trait Unlockstone Bundle to unlock Traits for your gear.
• Farm accessible gear by doing Open World Dungeons.
• Trait those accessible gear.
• Extract traits from gear to sell in the Auction House for Lucent.
• Turn valuable gear into Lithographs and sell them in the Auction House.
• Buy gear and traits with the Lucent you earned.

Stats

• You can get up to 1600+ Ranged Evasion and 1600+ Magic Evasion with Shadow Walker and Master of Evasion.

Traits

• If transitioning to Purple Gear immediately, fill up a blue item with cheap traits before transferring.

Co-Op Dungeon Farming Priority

This section was optimized so you do not rely on Co-Op Dungeons as much to get your gear.

• Karnix's Hell Bow
  • Death's Abyss
  • You can also pity craft Recipe: Karnix's Netherbow using 2 Dimensional Essence: Salvation instead of relying on RNG.
  • You must do each Co-Op Dungeon at least 5 times to acquire enough tokens to craft 2 Dimensional Essence: Salvation.
• Sapphire Dimensional Band
  • Precious Epic Accessory Selection Chest
    • Requires Recipe: Dimensional Essence: Salvation to craft.
  • You must do each Co-Op Dungeon at least 3 times to acquire enough tokens to craft it.

Open World Dungeon Farming Priority

1. Ant's Nest
   • Elusive Hexweaver Hat from Worker Ant
2. Shadowed Crypt
   • Elite Sharpshooter's Cloak from Dark Assassin
   • Ancient Tapestry Mantle from Dark Enforcer
3. Sanctum of Desire
   • Avolos Hydromancer from Alacritous Invoker Gloves
   • Shadow Harvester Tunic from Avolos Tracker
   • Shadow Harvester Boots from Avolos Tracker
4. Saurodoma Island
   • Phantom Wolf Breeches from Reptilian Soldier
5. Syleus's Abyss 5F-6F
   • Phantom Wolf Gloves from Demonhoof Butcher

T2 Gearing Meta

Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.

• Melee
  • Fully built good Sword and Shield users reach ~1500 to ~2000 base Ranged and Magic Endurance.
    • The amount varies depending on Trait Resonances and Runes.
    • With the Palace Guard's Plate Armor item set, they will take even less damage.
  • Greatswords can reach ~2400 base Melee Hit Chance fully geared without sacrificing damage.
  • Spears can reach ~1700 base Melee Hit Chance before buffs.
• Ranged
  • Bow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach between 1700 to 2100 base Ranged and Magic Evasion pre-buffed without sacrificing damage. The specific numbers depend on the Runes the player slots and the Trait Resonance they use.
• Support
  • If Bow / Wands follow the builds on this site, they can reach ~1700 base Ranged and Magic Endurance with ~900 Ranged Heavy Attack Evasion and ~400 Magic Heavy Attack Evasion at full build. Like above, these numbers differ depending on the Runes and Trait Resonance.

Gearing Logic

• These builds have one purpose and one purpose only: to counter Melee users. With Epic Runes and the Forgotten Assassin Set, you can reach as high as 3000 Melee Evasion with Master of Evasion.
• These builds give you a decent amount of Range and Magic Evasion as well, but only combined with Master of Evasion and Shadow Walker all active.
  • Against the average player base, it's good enough.
  • Against geared players, it isn't.

Rune Synergies

• You can go whatever Rune Synergies you want that best fits what you are fighting.
• Use the DEX Attack Speed Rune Synergies on your weapons if you want more damage.

Gear Alternatives

The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.

• Using Lord's Necklace or Pitch-black Destruction Necklace is down to preference.
• Ring of Eternal Flames and Ancient's Blood Ring are good replacements for your Rings depending on your needs.
• Forest Ruler's Bracelet is an Archboss only drop.

Nether Build

2-Piece Nether Longbow / Staff PvP Build

• This build is only useful for the increased Heavy Attack Chance.

T2 Gearing Meta

Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.

• Melee
  • Fully built good Sword and Shield users reach ~1500 to ~2000 base Ranged and Magic Endurance.
    • The amount varies depending on Trait Resonances and Runes.
    • With the Palace Guard's Plate Armor item set, they will take even less damage.
  • Greatswords can reach ~2400 base Melee Hit Chance fully geared without sacrificing damage.
  • Spears can reach ~1700 base Melee Hit Chance before buffs.
• Ranged
  • Longbow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach between 1700 to 2100 base Ranged and Magic Evasion pre-buffed without sacrificing damage
  • Longbow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach between 1300 to 1400 base Hit Chance pre-buffed without sacrificing damage.
  • The specific numbers depend on the Runes the player slots and the Trait Resonance they use.
• Support
  • If Bow / Wands follow the builds on this site, they can reach ~1700 base Ranged and Magic Endurance with ~900 Ranged Heavy Attack Evasion and ~400 Magic Heavy Attack Evasion at full build. Like above, these numbers differ depending on the Runes and Trait Resonance.

Gearing Logic

• You need to be able to counter high Endurance users with high Critical Hit Chance. With this set, you reach up into the 1600s and 1700s.
  • Bercant's Seductive Blade will also help reduce Endurance.
  • Sniper's Sense also helps to greatly increase your Critical Hit Chance.
• You counter the average Longbow / Dagger and Staff / Dagger Hit Chance, reaching as high as 2500+ Ranged Evasion and Magic Evasion with Master of Evasion, and Shadow Walker.
  • Remember that a difference of 1000 lets you evade 50% of all attacks.

Rune Synergies

• You can go whatever Rune Synergies you want that best fits what you are fighting.
• Use the DEX Attack Speed Rune Synergies on your weapons if you want more damage.

Gear Alternatives

• Stone Cold Heart Cloak and Fell Tree Belt are two Archboss items you should use if you are ever lucky to acquire them. They both provide insane bonuses.
• Forest Ruler's Bracelet is another Archboss item, but not mandatory to equip if you get it.