Sword and Shield / Dagger PvP Build Guide

Use this version of the Small Scale and Arena PvP build if you are not fighting a lot of Longbow users using the Devoted Shield passive since Thunderclouds Bombing will continuously procc it.

Utility Skills

• Ankle Strike prones your target, allowing you to set up your other combos.
  • This skill also goes through Block, making it a good counter for Sword and Shield players.
• Strategic Rush is used to reposition yourself and to push enemies around. If you push an enemy into a wall they become stunned for a set time.
• Chain Hook is used to pull high value targets to you, applying a Bind.
• Camouflage Cloak is a great way to engage enemies unseen and can also be used to break Bind.
• Counter Barrier gives you increased Shield Block Chance and does Reflect damage within a certain range.
• Stalwart Bastion provides massive Damage Reduction, which has good synergy with high defense builds as well as Counter Barrier.
• Shadow Strike is a great engage tool used to lock down high priority targets. It also applies Silence and Bind.
• Take Provoking Roar to Taunt targets, making it so they can only target you. This also prevents them from using skills like Swift Healing as well.

Passive Skills

• Use Wrathful Edge to increase your Critical Damage.
• The remaining skills do not change from the previous tab.

Use this version of the Small Scale and Arena PvP build if you are fighting a bow user to counter the passive Devoted Shield.

Utility Skills

• Camouflage Cloak allows for sneak engages where enemies don't see you coming, and it helps you back out of a fight if needed.
• Chain Hook is used to pull high value targets to you, applying a Bind.
• Provoking Roar inflicts Provoke, preventing enemies from changing targets or using single-target abilities. It's great for peeling allies.
• Counter Barrier is your bread and butter defensive skill, with the ability to reset the Cooldown of Piercing Attack and increase your Shield Block Chance while reflecting damage.
• Stalwart Bastion increases you Move Speed and provides a strong Damage Reduction buff.
• Strategic Rush can be used to charge enemies into walls or terrain, stunning them.
• Use Shadow Strike to engage clumped enemies or help you escape sticky situations.
• Ankle Strike prones your target, allowing you to set up your other combos.

Passive Skills

• Assassin's Instincts boosts Critical Hit Chance permanently.
• Shadow Walker grants an insane boost to Magic and Ranged Evasion with mobility skills like Shadow Strike or Strategic Rush.
• Skillful Evasion adds Magic and Ranged Evasion when surrounded by enemies within 3 metres.
• Resilient Mind is great to restore Mana and Health.
• Impenetrable works similarly to Indomitable Armor, however, it scales based on the number of enemy targets around you.
• Gerad's Patience increases CC Resistance passively, which helps to counter your biggest weakness: vulnerability to Crowd Control.
• Aegis Shield is simply a Stat passive.
  • With Counter Barrier up, you get increased value from this passive.
• Use Wrathful Edge to increase your Critical Damage.

Alternative

• Swap Immortal Pride for Chain Hook to peel for allies and to have another Collision ability that proccs Morale Boost.
• Exchange Morale Boost for Wrathful Edge to increase your damage output when landing a critical attack.
• Swap Gerad's Patience for Assassination Stance if you're not building high Resistances. Alternatively, you can swap it for Morale Boost.

These builds are meant to be used during the first few weeks of Global Launch. The Ranged Evasion build provides an easier transition to your Mid and End Game builds.

Ranged Magic Evasion

Ultimately, whichever one you use depends on your server meta.

• The triple Evasion build leverages all three Evasion stats. The downside is the much lower Magic Defense. This can be precarious if your server meta consists mostly of Staff users in Large Scale PvP.
• The Ranged Magic Evasion focuses more on Ranged and Magic Evasion, ensuring you have more survivability in Large Scale PvP.

Gear Sources

1. Lithograph Book
   • Special Resistance Hawk Hood
     • Black Boars in Purelight Hill
     • Crown Blessed by Moonlight
     • Precious Blessing Pouch
   • Special Resistance Hawk Gloves
     • Gallu Archers in Shattered Temple
     • Blessed Moonlight Touch
     • Precious Blessing Pouch
   • Hermit's Shroud
     • Dark Enforcer in Shadowed Crypt
     • Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Shadow
     • Cloak that Protected a Hero
2. Cave of Destruction
   • Lequirus's Thorny Edge
   • Beast King's Gilded Bracers
3. Cursed Wasteland
   • Ghost Wolf Alter Ego Armor
4. Sanctum of Desire
   • Reaper's Footsteps (Avolos Tracker)
   • Craft Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Desire with 40 Abyss Currency.
5. Eternal Ring of Dimension
   • Precious Epic Accessory Selection Chest.
     • Requires Dimensional Essence: Salvation to craft. You need 10 Tokens from each Co-Op Dungeon to craft.
6. Abyss Conqueror's Necklace
   • Craft Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss with 40 Abyss Currency.
7. Tycan's Bloodlust Belt
   • Aridus

In the end game, you add powerful Set Bonuses to round out the build. Both builds are viable making the choice between them personal preference. Keep in mind that making the swap from Karnix's Nether Sword to Nirma's Corrupt Sword causes you to lose a large amount of Max Health in favor of higher Shield Block, so weigh your options carefully.

Weapon Options

• Nirma's Corrupt Sword offers a higher Shield Block Chance.
• Karnix's Nether Sword offers more Max Health.

Pants Options

• Reaper's Interring Pants for 2-Piece Death Set set bonus which provides 14% bonus Critical Damage.
• Ghost Wolf Alter Ego Pants for more Magic Evasion.

Gear Sources

• Nirma's Corrupt Sword (Nirma)
• Reaper's Interring Pants (Junobote)
• Ghost Wolf Alter Ego Pants (Junobote)
• Unshakeable Gold Ring
  • Demonhoof Tracker and Demonhoof Head Shaman in Syleus's Abyss F5-F6
• Tycan's Bloodlust Belt (Aridus)