Outrider - Crossbow + Greatsword Large Scale PvP Build
- High Burst Damage
- High Kill Potential
- Squishy
- Difficult to pull off
Overview
This Greatsword and Crossbow build for large-scale PvP has a similar playstyle to small-scale or solo play and it fits perfectly for people that are more experienced playing solo or in small group content and just now want to get involved with large scale PvP. The main thing you have to offer when playing this build is incredible kill potential and peeling for your backline while moving into the frontline of your zerg to help with pressure from time to time. The combo of using 
Devastating Smash and 
Merciless Barrage shouldn't be underestimated though as it can be used to quickly kill a group of enemies and create an opening.
Attributes
Dexterity
Perception
Strength
WisdomFor this build, focus on increasing Perception and Dexterity to maximize your damage. These should be your primary stats, especially in the early stages. As you level up and upgrade your gear, keep investing in them to boost your critical hit rate, accuracy, and range. Strength and Wisdom should be secondary priorities. Strength will help increase your health and make you more durable so reaching 30 points is great to do, while Wisdom will aid in mana regeneration. Although these stats are less important, they still play a role in improving your overall survivability as you advance while also making use of 
Vital Force.
Skills
Focus on upgrading 
Quick Fire and 
Mortal Mark as soon as possible, as they significantly enhance your damage output. Quick Fire is one of your main damaging abilities while Mortal Mark can mark a target and deal a percentage of the damage you've done to that target once the mark ends. This makes Mortal Mark pair perfectly with any rotation. Additionally, consider upgrading 
Selfless Diffusion for added survivability, especially in challenging situations where you need to get out of a 
Ensnaring Arrow bind.
Upgrade 
Ascending Slash and 
Stunning Blow are your main CC skills that allow you to catch enemies quickly and kill them just as quickly by CC chaining them. Meanwhile, 
Precision Dash is a great movement skill that will also allow you to CC and catch enemies just like Devastating Smash
As far as passives go, you should focus on improving both 
Cold Warrior & Vital Force first as they pair well and grant you a lot of hit rate and heavy attack.
Don't disregard 
Ambidexterity and 
Nature's Power either though as they boost your damage quite a bit. You will mostly be using the Greatsword as your primary weapon and Ambidexterity pairs perfectly with the high chance of activating off-hand weapon the Crossbow has.
Equipment
These are the first items you should strive for after leveling 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. 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.
This is the gear you should be wearing during the midgame. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by grinding contracts, 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.
THIS PART OF THE GEARING WINDOW IS RESERVED FOR END GAME (TIER 2 ITEMS) THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE YET IN THE WESTERN VERSION OF THE GAME AND ARE STILL BEING RELEASED IN KOREA. THAT FOR, IT REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU CAN SAFELY IGNORE THIS PART UNTIL WESTERN RELEASE OF TIER 2.
This is the the best in slot gear and the most difficult to acquire. It is comprised of gear you won't get easily, requiring large amounts of Lucent to buy off the auction house or requiring you to be part of a dominating guild on your server. Some of the pieces come from tier 2 dungeons and are difficult to acquire and trait up.
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 |
| Charge | Ranged Defense |
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Melee Evasion |
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Passionate Cheer |
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Max Health |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Overcome Snare |
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Buff Duration |
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Skill Damage Resistance |
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Bold Steps |
| Incapacitate | Mana Regen |
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Melee Hit |
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Ultimate Impact |
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Base Damage |
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Mana Regen |
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Complete Stun |
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Melee Hit |
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Stun Chance |
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Firm Resolution |
| Face Off | Melee Hit |
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Base Damage |
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Rough and Wild |
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Melee Critical Hit |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Fierce Attack |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Melee Hit |
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Fierce Glare |
Crossbow:
Allocate 9 points into Chain Fire to boost your raw damage output and improve your ability to secure kills. Invest the remaining 6 points into Move to increase your ranged damage and heavy attack chance further.
Greatsword:
Invest 9 points in Face off to improve damage and heavy attack chance while 6 points should go into Incapacitate to further boost your stuns!
Rotations
- This is your bread and butter rotation in Large Scale PVP. Start by buffing yourself with activating
Mother Nature's Protest before beginning to look for an opportunity to catch multiple enemies stacked together. Once you spotted such an opportunity, use 
DaVinci's Courage to increase your HP to improve your chance of survival.
- Use Devastating Smash stun the group of enemies and follow up with a quick
Nimble Leap to increase range before using Merciless Barrage to wipe out the group you caught.
- This rotation is designed for delivering a quick burst damage to a single target before they can react. Make sure you have Mother Nature's Protest active before catching your target and using Mortal Mark to prepare for the following burst damage.
- Begin damaging with Quick Fire followed by Nimble Leap to reset and use Quick Fire again before continuing with your Greatsword combo. Use Precision Dash two times to bind your target before CC-ing them with Ascending Slash and finishing them off with
Guillotine Blade
Selfless Diffusion: This is your main defensive ability that will stop you from getting pinned down, useful when you're bound by abilities like Ensnaring Arrow or targeted by upgraded 
Shadow Strike.
Useful Information
- Select Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it offers essential protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only aids in mitigating damage but also accelerates your cooldown speed, allowing you to use your abilities more frequently.
Comments
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