Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build TL

Powerful Crossbow and Dagger DPS TL Build for Throne and Liberty! A Scorpion Build that combines the rapid fire of the Crossbow with the devastating Poison effects of the Dagger. A weapon combination that can devastate enemies in mid-close range. This Guide will help you choose the right skills and gear, in order to create a powerful Crossbow DPS Build in Throne and Liberty!

Best Stats

The Best Stats for this Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build are Dexterity and Wisdom. Dexterity increases your Critical damage while Wisdom boosts your Mana Regen. Strength can help with better Health and survivability as well.

Best Skills for Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build TL

These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Crossbow Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty.

Best Active and Defense Skills

These are the Best Active and Defense Skills for the Build.

• Detonation Mark(Mortal Mark): Damages and Weakens enemies.
• Quick Fire: Nice damage burst skill that deals more damage to weakened enemies.
• Merciless Barrage: Massive Burst damage.
• Inject Venom: Adds Poison to your Attacks and can melee attack nearby enemies.
• Selfless Diffusion: Boosts Off-Hand Weapon Attack and reduces cooldowns.
• Nimble Leap: Mobility skill that boosts Attack Speed, Range and Critical Damage but also resets Quick Fire.
• Brutal Incision: Deals great damage against low Health enemies.
• Fatal Stigma: Deals extra damage based on Poison stacks.
• Cleaving Moonlight: Deals AOE melee damage.
• Shadow Strike: Teleports you to your target, deals damage, binds and silences them.
• Mother Nature’s Protest: Fires Shock projectiles.
• Mana Exchange: Sacrifices Health to restore Mana.

Nimble Leap and Inject Venom are the core skills of the Build, that can help you increase your mobility and damage, as well as apply your Poison! The Best Defense Skill for the Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build is Rupturing Parry, Crossbow’s Defense Skill.

Best Passive Skills for Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build TL

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.

• Ambidexterity: Increases Off-Hand Weapon Damage.
• Nature’s Power: Increases your damage when using a mobility skill.
• Bloodlust: Boosts Skill Damage Boost and Critical Damage.
• Piercing Strike: Increases Damage.
• Assassin’s Instincts: Increases Critical Hit.
• Murderous Energy: Increases Poison Duration and Damage.
• Destructive Fang: Reduces target Defense.
• Wrathful Edge: Increases Critical Damage.

Best Skill Specializations

The Skill Specialization System allows you to enhance your favorite skills and make them more effective! These are the Best Skill Specializations for the Crossbow Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Quick Fire: Gale, Damage Increase, Min Chain Fire increase, Cooldown reduction
• Mortal Mark: Chain Effects, Detonation Mark
• Mother Nature’s Protest: Lightning Shot
• Nimble Leap: Cooldown Reset, Consecutive Use
• Mana Exchange: Effect Boost
• Cleaving Moonlight: Additional Damage
• Inject Venom: Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduced, Effect Duration Increase
• Brutal Incision: Damage Increase
• Fatal Stigma: Cooldown Reset, Damage Increase

Best Skills Combinations for Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build TL

Combining your chosen skills is the best way to get the most out of their effects and maximize your potential. Some of the Best Skills Combos for the Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Detonation Mark+Quick Fire+Nimble Leap+Quick Fire+Nimble Leap+Quick Fire+Merciless Barrage: Your main Crossbow combo!
• Shadow Strike+Fatal Stigma+Cleaving Moonlight+Inject Venom+Brutal Incision: Strong melee attack with your daggers.
• Detonation Mark+Quick Fire+Shadow Strike+Fatal Stigma+Cleaving Moonlight+Inject Venom+Brutal Incision+Nimble Leap+Quick Fire+Nimble Leap+Quick Fire+Merciless Barrage.

Nimble Leap is the core skill of the Build that boosts damage as a mobility skill and resets Quick Fire so you can deal even more damage! Always activate Inject Venom, Selfless Diffusion and Mother Nature’s Protest before you start your attacks!

Best Weapon Mastery for Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build Throne and Liberty

Weapon Mastery allows you to unlock additional passive effects for the Weapons you are using. From the Crossbow Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Attack Speed Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise
• Lesser Weaken Augment
• Damage Resistance Expertise
• Lesser Debuff Duration Augment
• Magic Defense Expertise
• Base Damage Expertise

Uncommon:

• Ranged Critical Hit Augment
• Max Damage Expertise
• Weaken Intensity
• CC Resistance Augment
• Ranged Heavy Attack Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Ranged Hit Augment
• Skill Damage Boost Intensity
• Attack Range Expertise
• Mana Efficiency Intensity
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Ranged Heavy Attack Expertise

Epic:

• Annihilator
• Mirage Dancer

From the Dagger Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Attack Speed Augment
• Weaken Chance Offensive
• Buff Duration Intensity
• Movement Speed Expertise

Uncommon:

• Critical Hit Augment
• Bonus Damage Expertise
• Attack Range Augment
• Ranged Evasion Expertise
• Cooldown Speed Expertise
• Off Hand Weapon Augment
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Hit Augment
• Critical Damage Intensity
• Skill Damage Boost Expertise
• Bind Chance Defense
• Greater Ranged Defense Augment
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Critical Damage Expertise

Epic:

• Merciless Form
• Dexterous Power

Best Gear for Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build Throne and Liberty

Below you can find the Best Gear Sets for the Build, depending on the Gear Tier.

Heroic Hear

The Best Heroic Gear for the Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build is:

• Calanthia’s Repeaters of Ruin(Weapon)
• Calanthia’s Visage or Calanthia’s Touch(Armor)
• Eternal Promise(Accessory)

T3 Gear

The Best T3 Gear for the Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build is a full Demonic Beast Hunter Set, that increases Attack Speed, Cooldown and grants Bonus Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Abyssal Hunter’s Soulchaser Crossbows(Crossbow) with the Minezerok’s Daggers of Flaying(Dagger).

T2 Gear

The Best T2 Gear for the Build is a full Abyss Slayer Set, that boosts Max Damage, Critical Hit Chance and restores Health on Critical Hit. For Weapons you can combine the Bercant’s Spineflower Crossbows(Crossbow) with the Bercant’s Whispering Daggers(Dagger).

T1 Gear

The Best T1 Gear for the Build is a full Ghost Wolf Set, that grants Bonus Damage and increases Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance. For Weapons you can combine the Rex Chimaerus’s Crossbows(Crossbow) with the Minezerok’s Daggers of Crippling(Dagger).

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build you should focus on your favorite from Max Health, Buff or Debuff Duration, Evasion or Endurance, Cooldown Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency, Mana Regen, Attack Speed. As for Weapons you can use the usual Hit, Critical Hit, Heavy Attack Chance trio or add Attack Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency where possible.

Best Runes

By applying Runes to your Weapons and Accessories you can create synergies that offer extra bonuses! These are the Best Runes for the Crossbow Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Main Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Bonus Damage, Boss Bonus Damage
• Secondary Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Bonus Damage, Boss Bonus Damage
• Necklace: Max Health, Dexterity or Max Health, Wisdom
• Rings: Cooldown Speed, Perception
• Earrings: Critical Hit Chance, Hit Chance
• Bracelet: Attack Speed, Max Health
• Belt: Move Speed, Max Health

Best Artifact Set

The Best Artifact Set for the Build is Chaos Harbinger! A set that increases your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage!

Crossbow and Dagger DPS Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

Pros	Cons
High Mobility	High Mana Consumption
Massive Burst Damage	Limited CC(Bind, Silence)
Shock and Poison Effects	No Self Healing
–	Limited AOE
–	Fights in Melee range
–	Requires good reflexes

This is a great Scorpion TL Build if you enjoy fast paced combat, high mobility and deadly effects! The Build relies on speed and attack speed to destroy enemies fast. All your Skill combos focus on boosting your damage with mobility skills and poisoning your targets. Like this you can move around and melt enemies faster. This Crossbow and Dagger DPS TL Build has a high Mana consumption, so you need to keep an eye on your resources and restore with potions and Mana Exchange. To deliver your damage reliably you will have to stay relatively closer to your target, which might expose you to danger.