Scorpion - Crossbow + Dagger PvE Build
- High Single Target DPS
- Low Cooldowns
- Great at events
- Squishy
- High Skill Ceiling
- High APM
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
Dexterity
Perception
Strength
WisdomFocus 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
These are the first items you should strive for through the leveling period as they are very easy to get and upgrade or trait as needed. However, you shouldn't try to trait these items too much as you won't be spending too much time playing with this setup before you start changing pieces into the Midgame. The green accessories however are very easy to trait as you can craft many of them quickly in order to get the correct traits so you should consider traiting them until you change into purples. The same goes for the blue ring as you keep it for a long time.
This is the gear you should transition to once you're leveled to 50 and start grinding gear. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by completing Litographs, they are relatively easy to trait up and you will spend most of the time wearing this set before advancing into the late game so traiting these items is very important and should be your main focus.
This is the current endgame gear you should aim for, and while it isn't easy to acquire, it offers great power without the need of acquiring archboss gear pieces. However, items like 
Tevent's Fangs of Fury or other archboss weapons are superior but difficult to acquire for the majority of players. If you do manage to get the archboss weapons for your build, feel free to use them over the weapons shown here.
Weapon Masteries
| Regen | Health Regen |
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Magic Defense |
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Dynamic Duo |
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Max Health |
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Magic Endurance |
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Ultimate Healing |
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Debuff Duration |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Refined Touch |
| Move | Ranged Hit Chance |
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Mana Regen |
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Calm Aim |
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Weaken Chance |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Cold Vision |
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Magic Defense |
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Ranged Crit Hit Chance |
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Quick Steps |
| Chain Fire | Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Cold Rage |
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Damage |
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Buff Duration |
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Rapid-Fire |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Mana Regen |
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Brutal Wound |
| Disguise | Ranged Defense |
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Health Regen |
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Debuff Immunity |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Master of Evasion |
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Buff Duration |
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Ranged Defense |
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Strong Will |
| Poison | Melee Hit Chance |
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Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance |
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Enfeebling Terror |
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Mana Regen |
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Buff Duration |
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Sorrowful Silence |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Melee Hit Chance |
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Shrewd Judgment |
| Assassination | Melee Critical Hit Chance |
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Damage |
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Ambidexterity |
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Melee Critical Hit |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Deep Grudge |
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Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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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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