Scorpion - Crossbow + Dagger PvE Build for Throne and Liberty - Metabattle (2024)

Overview

Crossbow and Dagger PvE build that stands out for its unparalleled damage potential, delivering remarkable damage output and lethal capabilities. It excels in providing sustained single-target damage, swiftly transitioning from one foe to another. The Crossbow & Dagger build is one of the most powerful builds for a DPS player while offering a great challenge for those looking to play a high APM class.

Attributes

Focus on Dexterity and Perception as your main attributes. These two provide most damage to your build and help Crossbow & Dagger achieve its high DPS the class is known for. Wisdom is not as good as Dexterity or Perception but still provides a bit of extra damage. The same goes for Strength as it adds a bit of damage but should remain a secondary attribute as it doesn't provide enough to make it worth investing into.

Skills

Your main focus should be on enhancing Quick Fire, as it serves as your primary damage ability, alongside Mortal Mark and Selfless Diffusion, which offers high Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance and cooldown reduction, being an important part of playing Crossbow Dagger. As you advance, prioritize improving both Cleaving Moonlight and Brutal Incision as they are your main damage skills in close range and will serve you well.

Meanwhile, Inject Venom is another core part of this build as it enhances your overall damage thanks to both Destructive Fang & Murderous Energy so you should always aim to have Inject Venom applied to targets.

As you keep upgrading your skills, your other passives shouldn't be forgotten either. Prioritize enhancing Ambidexterity, Assassin's Instincts and Wrathful Edge from the Dagger side of the build. Nature's Power will also offer a great increase to your damage so don't neglect it! These upgrades provide the most substantial damage boosts, while Piercing Strike can be postponed for later on.

Equipment

Weapon Masteries

Regen

Health Regen

Magic Defense

Dynamic Duo

Max Health

Magic Endurance

Ultimate Healing

Debuff Duration

Cooldown Speed

Refined Touch

Move

Ranged Hit

Mana Regen

Plains Shooter

Enfeeble Chance

Mana Cost Efficiency

Cold Vision

Magic Defense

Ranged Crit Hit

Quick Steps

Chain Fire

Base Damage

Skill Damage Boost

Cold Rage

Base Damage

Buff Duration

Rapid-Fire

Cooldown Speed

Mana Regen

Brutal Wound

Disguise

Ranged Defense

Health Regen

Debuff Immunity

Mana Cost Efficiency

Cooldown Speed

Master of Evasion

Buff Duration

Ranged Defense

Strong Will

Poison

Melee Hit

Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance

Enfeebling Terror

Mana Regen

Buff Duration

Sorrowful Silence

Mana Cost Efficiency

Melee Hit

Shrewd Judgment

Assassination

Melee Critical Hit

Base Damage

Ambidexterity

Melee Critical Hit

Cooldown Speed

Deep Grudge

Base Damage

Skill Damage Boost

Maddening Excitement

Crossbow: Invest 9 points into Chain Fire to increase your raw damage output and improve your kill potential. Dedicate the remaining 6 points to Move, extending your range slightly and amplifying your damage even more.

Dagger: Choosing Assassination for your Dagger is essential, as it provides a significant damage increase. Allocate the remaining 6 points into Poison to add a chance for weakening effects and additional damage to your arsenal.

Rotations

• This rotation serves as your primary DPS sequence for tackling dungeon bosses and high HP enemies such as open-world bosses but it can work perfectly well in all scenarios.
• Start with using Inject Venom so all your following attacks apply Thundercloud stacks before continuing with Mother Nature's Protest before using Fatal Stigma so your Thundercloud stacks turn into raw damage at the end of the rotation. Use Mortal Mark for a similar effect before using Cleaving Moonlight and Quick Fire to both stack up poison and deal damage.
• Use Selfless Diffusion to lower your cooldowns before continuing with burst damage from Brutal Incision and Knife Throwing while also lowering cooldowns for another Cleaving Moonlight and another Brutal Incision hit.

Mana Exchange: This ability is utilized to keep your mana levels high by exchanging HP for Mana. Ensure to adjust your Amitoi heal settings to initiate healing at 100% instead of the default 80% HP threshold to prevent your HP from dropping too low while using this ability.

Nimble Leap: You should use it to reset the cooldown on your Quick Fire and deal extra damage if you are dealing with small mobs or such.

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