Wand / Dagger Leveling Build Guide

Stat Priorities

Use the following stat priority when following the Wand / Dagger Leveling Build Guide:

• Level 1 - 21
  • 20 Dexterity
• Level 22 - 41
  • 20 Wisdom
• Level 42 - 50
  • 9 Strength

Consider Stat Points as a way to fine-tune your specific stats, such as Attack Speed, Crit Chance, Evasion, HP, Hit Rate, and even CC Chance. Every level up from 1 to 50 grants you a Stat Point to invest, totaling up to 49. Once 20 of these 49 points are invested into a single stat, it takes two points of investment to gain 1 Stat Point. Stats from gear don't count towards this. So, for leveling, you want to invest primarily in the Stats that give you the most raw damage: Dexterity and Wisdom.

If you plan to PvP during the leveling process, move your points from Wisdom into Strength. Strength gives you Max Health, Health Regen, Defensive Stats, Minimum Weapon Damage, and Maximum Weapon Damage. The primary reason to take Strength is for higher survivability with the 30 point threshold giving an extra 750 Max Health.

It is not necessary to focus Perception early game due to the fact that most players do not have enough Evasion to warrant taking it, and unless you are hard focusing the Main Story Quests the mobs do not outpace your natural Hit Chance from leveling.

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!
• You'll need an additional 4 Quality Lithograph: Accessories for Chapter 4. There will be an Appendix Quest to complete a Lithograph Book entry. Complete Rustic Mother Nature Rings to acquire Lethal Fortune Ring.
• Be wary of your Mana while you level! It can be very easy to accidentally use it all when spamming all of your skills.

Gear Progression

While leveling, your gearing choices are influenced by your needs at the time. Do you need more Mana Regen? Are you missing too many hits? Is your Health too low? This Wand / Dagger Leveling Build Guide provides leveling setups so you don’t need to think too much about gearing. But, if you want to go out on your own these are the sorts of things you need to think about! Generally, if the gear gives you one of the stats you prioritize like Wisdom or Dexterity, or if it gives any of the Mana Regen, Crit Hit, Hit, or Max Health stats, then it's good for the build.

The Leveling process has been made easier since the launch of the Korean version. It doesn't really matter what armor you craft as long as you upgrade it. Thus the following gear set is recommended so you can dabble in PvP as well. Don't fret, PvP is not mandatory at all.

Most of the below gear can be easily acquired through crafting using Quality Lithograph: Weapons, Quality Lithograph: Armor, and Quality Lithograph: Accessories. The pieces not from crafting are acquired through Main Story Quests or Codex Chapter Quests making them easy to get your hands on.

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 Armors, and at least 2 Green Accessories. After Chapter 4, you acquire enough to craft the rest and have a full set of Green Gear. Here are the recommended Items to craft.

You get the Elite Resistance Knife and the Elite Resistance Magic Scepter both from Codex Quest Chapter 5. As you can only choose one reward from here, the other is obtained from your Lithograph Book at the cost of crafting four green weapons using Quality Lithograph: Weapons. An example Lithograph entry is Sharp Blades that Cut Through Darkness.

Codex Chapter Rewards

Prologue - Forgotten Magic Hat

Ch. 1 - Swashbuckler's Dagger

Ch.2 - Guaranteed Rewards

Ch. 3 - Guaranteed Rewards

Ch. 4 - Robert's Ring of Focus

Ch. 5 - Daggers of the Resistance

Ch. 6 - Mask of the Resistance

Ch. 7 - Handguards of the Resistance

Ch. 8 - Trousers of the Resistance

Ch. 9 - Glade Stalker Boots

Ch. 10 - Heroic Armor of the Resistance

Skill Slot Prioritization

Skill Specialization Order

Once you hit level 30, you acquire 40 Skill Specialization points to use, which modify your skills. Press "K" and access them in the 2nd tab. Every level past 30, you gain 3 Skill Specialization points. Spend your points in this order as you level. Here are the Skill Specializations you should prioritize for the Wand / Dagger Leveling Build Guide.

1. Cleaving Moonlight
   • Consecutive Use
   • Effect Accumulation
2. Inject Venom
   • Lightning Infusion
3. Brutal Incision
   • Thunderclouds Bombing
4. Touch of Despair
   • Range ▲
   • Curse
5. Swift Healing
   • Healing Transfers
   • Consecutive Use
6. Brutal Incision
   • Cooldown ▼
7. Touch of Despair
   • Effect Duration ▲
8. Inject Venom
   • Cooldown ▼
9. Curse Explosion
   • Damaged Increased
10. Karmic Haze
    • Radius Increased

Skill Rotation

• The main skills you use while leveling are Cleaving Moonlight, Brutal Incision, Touch of Despair, Corrupted Magic Circle, and Curse Explosion.
• Your main single target abilities are Cleaving Moonlight and Brutal Incision. Use these abilities off cooldown.
• Swift Healing, Clay's Salvation and Vampiric Contract are your main sources of healing early game. Keep in mind that you can buff your target with Blessed Barrier to further increase that healing!
• Your main source of AOE damage comes from Chaotic Shield, Touch of Despair, Corrupted Magic Circle, and Curse Explosion. Cleaving Moonlight is capable of small amounts of AOE as well.

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.
• Prioritizing getting all these skills to blue first before getting them to purple. These are universal skills you will always use.
• Upgrade the rest of your skills as you play the game.

Active Skills

Passive Skills

Weapon Mastery

Summary

• Wand / Dagger is a versatile build suited for many different situations.
• Smooth leveling experience with access to both Melee and Ranged damage options.
• Able to fit in most parties comfortably.
• Focus Dexterity and Wisdom for the most damage while leveling.
• Access to both damage and healing through skills like Cleaving Moonlight and Swift Healing.

Congratulations on reaching the end of the Wand/Dagger leveling guide, continue the journey with our PVE or PVP endgame guides!

Credits

Written by Nymphellas
Reviewed by Yaen and Tenkiei