Crossbow + Staff PvE Build
- High DPS
- Easy to play
- Low Movement
Overview
Crossbow and Staff PvE build that prioritizes high sustained DPS, achieving one of the highest sustained DPS in the game. Although the crossbow is notorious for its high mana consumption because of its low cooldowns, the staff effectively mitigates this issue, enabling you to maintain DPS for prolonged periods during boss fights. With this setup, you'll effortlessly burn down bosses!
Attributes
Maximizing damage output is paramount for this build, with Dexterity and Perception being the key attributes to prioritize. By investing points into these stats, you can greatly boost your damage potential, allowing you to swiftly dispatch targets on the battlefield. Additionally, putting points into Wisdom for increased mana regeneration can aid in sustaining your abilities during longer engagements. However, the primary emphasis should always be on maximizing damage through Dexterity and Perception.
Skills
Skill Priority
Start by upgrading 
Quick Fire and 
Mortal Mark to enhance your damage potential, as these abilities play a significant role in your damage output. Quick Fire remains your main damaging ability due to it's low cooldown, while Mortal Mark amplifies your damage capabilities as it debuffs targets. 
Chain Lightning and 
Inferno Wave are your filler abilities but they are still very capable of delivering good damage but they shouldn't be prioritized over the rest.
Inner Peace is the last ability you want to upgrade but it's still a worthwhile upgrade as it considerably lowers the cooldown of the ability and alongside 
Mana Exchange removes your mana issues entirely if used correctly.
Passives Priority
As far as passives go, 
Ambidexterity and 
Eagle Vision provide respectable damage bonuses. Meanwhile, upgrading 
Asceticism will not only improve your mana regeneration and help with the mana hunger but also grant you extra ranged heavy attack chance when you stand still during boss fights. 
Mana Amp offers you extra HP that can often save you from boss mechanics while 
Opportunist helps you by decreasing your skill cooldowns and pairs well with 
High Locus. Because bosses normally always have some sort of Weaken debuff, this passive will be in use at all times!
Equipment
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 |
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Mana Regen |
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Plains Shooter |
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Enfeeble 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 |
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Quick Steps |
| Chain Fire | Base Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Cold Rage |
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Base 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 |
| Mana | Melee Defense |
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Mana Regen |
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Spell Flexibility |
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Magic Hit |
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All Evasion |
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Mana Blessing |
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Mana Regen |
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Melee Defense |
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Reverberation Shield |
| Destroy | Base Damage |
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Magic Hit |
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Fatal Incantation |
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Base Damage |
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Mana Regen |
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Mana Intensification |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Damage Bonus |
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Strange Spacetime |
| Attribute | Mana Regen |
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Enfeeble Chance |
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Flame Wound |
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Max Mana |
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Magic Hit |
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Ignition Booster |
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Enfeeble Chance |
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Wisdom |
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Vast Destruction |
Crossbow:
Allocate 9 points into Chain Fire to boost your raw damage output and improve your ability to deliver sustained damage. Invest the remaining 3 points into Regen to increase Amitoi Heal amount by an additional 6%.
Staff:
To maximize your damage output, allocate 9 points into Destroy to significantly increase skill damage through Weapon Masteries. Then, invest 3 points into Mana to further help with your mana management.
Rotations
- Begin your rotation by activating High Locus to reduce the cooldown time of all your abilities. Follow up with
Weak Point Shot to debuff the target, increasing critical damage for both you and your party members. Then, buff yourself with 
Thorn Gale and use Quick Fire. Transition smoothly into a buffed version of 
Merciless Barrage, empowered by Thorn Gale. Follow with another Quick Fire before transitioning to your staff skills, starting with Inferno Wave to apply the burn debuff. This not only increases Chain Lightning damage but also offers a chance for 
Judgment Lightning to be cast again. Utilize Mana Exchange and Inner Peace to restore lost mana before resuming your DPS.
Selfless Diffusion: This remains your sole defensive active ability, ideal for situations where you get immobilized by boss mechanics. It can also be used for it's offensive extra off-hand weapon attack chance whenever you are fighting an enemy that cannot bind you.
Asceticism: Because of this passive increasing your mana regen and also improving your heavy attack chance, you want to remain stationary as much as possible and not move around the boss if you don't have to!
Useful Information
- Select Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides essential protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only aids in mitigating damage but also increases your cooldown speed in order to let you heal more often.
Comments
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