Welcome to the Staff / Crossbow Leveling Build Guide! The staff alone brings incredible AoE potential once unlocking Skill Specializations at Level 15, basically like Tripods in Lost Ark. Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning make short work of any grouped mobs you encounter as you level.
Mother Nature's Protest synergizes well with Staff as plenty of Staff skills are projectiles. Manaball Eruption helps add to the projectile synergy between Staff and Crossbow.
Fresh 50 Staff / Crossbow Leveling Build
If you're looking for End Game guides, check out our Staff/Crossbow PvE Guide.
- Ranged DPS
- High AoE Damage
- High Single Target DPS
- Mana Hungry
Stat Priorities
Use the following stat priorities when following the Staff / Crossbow Leveling build:
- Level 1 - 21
- 20 Dexterity
- Level 22 - 30
- 9 Wisdom
- Level 31 - 50
- 20 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 absolutely necessary.
Dexterity not only adds maximum Weapon Damage but also increases your Crit Chance, Evasion, and Attack Speed. Increasing Dexterity is your best method of increasing your damage output. Wisdom is the next best stat for improving your maximum Weapon Damage. Each added point into Wisdom also provides extra Cooldown Speed and Mana Regen.
Key Leveling Notes
- Focus on the Main Story Quest as you level to 50.
- If you're unable to continue the MSQ, complete Exploration Codex Quests for EXP until you can.
- 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!
- Complete Rustic Mother Nature Rings Lithograph Book entry early for Lethal Fortune Ring.
Gear Progression
What gear you craft doesn't impact Leveling difficulty too much. The most important thing is that you upgrade it.
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. You should have 2 Green Weapons, 3 Green Armor pieces, and at least 2 Green Accessories. After Chapter 4, you have enough to craft the rest and have a full set of Green Gear. Here are the recommended Items to craft.
Staff / Crossbow Leveling Build
Weapon Crafting Priority
- Quick Shooter Crossbow
- You get Prophet's Staff from completing the Chapter 1 story codex.
Armor Crafting Priority
- Shock Trooper's Plate Gloves
- Ambush Leather Boots
- Liberation Magic Pants
- Shaman's Cloak
- Overwatcher's Resistance Armor
- Retainer's Visor
Accessory Crafting Priority
- Crude Wave Necklace
- Crude Wind Band
- Crude Vigor Belt
- Crude Conquest Bracelet
- Crude Flame Band
- Rustic Mother Nature Rings (Replace Crude Flame Band)
Codex Chapter Rewards
For more information on how to transfer over your gear, visit our Gear Upgrade Guide.
Ch. 1 - Prophet's Staff
Ch. 2 - Quality Marind Ore
Ch. 3 - Rare Marind Ore
Ch. 4 - Sophia's Ring
Ch. 5 - Elite Resistance Staff
Ch. 6 - Elite Resistance Hood
Ch. 7 - Moonlight Wind Bracer
Ch. 8 - Elite Resistance Leather Pants
Ch. 9 - Moonlight Grace Leather Boots
Ch. 10 - Special Res. Magic Garb
Skill Slot Prioritization
Active Skills
Levels 1-15: Take everything as you unlock it. Use Overtaker as your Block.
Level 18:
- Replace Frost Smokescreen with Mother Nature's Protest.
Level 30: Replace Mortal Mark with High Focus.
Level 36:
- Replace Recoil Shot with Wild Barrage.
- Replace Multi-Shot with Judgment Lightning.
Passive Skills
Level 3: Slot in both passives.
Level 6:
- Add Nature's Power.
Level 12: Replace Manaball Eruption with Ambidexterity.
Level 20: Add Manaball Eruption.
Level 25: Add Flame Condensation.
Level 30: Add Bloodlust Stack.
Level 39: Add Forbidden Sanctuary.
Level 40: Add Detection.
Skill Specialization Order
Once you hit level 15, you 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 gives 3. Mouse over the skill below to see where to spend your points as you level.
- Chain Thunder
- Guaranteed Damage Transfer
- Chain Damage
- Mother Nature's Protest
- Flame Arrow
- Quick Fire
- Min Chain Fire ▲
- Nimble Leap
- Consecutive Use
- Serial Fire Bombs
- Focused Fire Bombs
- Able to Move
- Range ▲
- Projectile Speed ▲
- Wild Barrage
- Annihilation Barrage Shot
- Gale
- Judgment Lightning
- Guaranteed Damage Transfer
- Chain Damage
- High Focus
- Base Damage Boost
- Fireball Barrage
- Fireball Frenzy
- Cooldown ▼
- Inferno Wave
- Consecutive Use
- Cooldown ▼
Skill Rotation
Here are some examples of skills you should use when following the Staff / Crossbow leveling build:
- Always have Mother Nature's Protest turned on.
- Quick Fire and Fireball Barrage are your quick single target kill tools.
- Use Fireball Barrage to quickly move around.
- Your AoE combo is basically Serial Fire Bombs into Inferno Wave into Chain Lightning.
- Annihilation Barrage Shot and Judgment Lightning are amazing AoE tools.
Skill Priority Upgrade
- Use Quality Marind Ore to craft Quality Passive Skill Growth Book and Quality Active Skill Growth Book
- Use Rare Marind Ore to craft Rare Passive Skill Growth Book and Rare Active Skill Growth Book.
- 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
- The Staff / Crossbow build offers great AoE clearing ability.
- Focus on Dexterity and Wisdom for stats.
- As you progress through the game, make sure to craft green and blue gear using Quality Lithographs.
- Keep your Green Gear if you plan on PvPing later in the game. They are easier to trait than Blue Gear early on.
Credits
Written by Yaen
Reviewed by Nymphellas