Scorpion - Crossbow + Dagger PvP Small Scale Build
- High Burst
- 1vsX potential
- Excellent Solo Class
- High Skill Ceiling
- Squishy
- Underwhelming in group PVP
Overview
Crossbow and Dagger PvP build with the highest damage potential in the game, offering remarkable damage output and lethal capabilities. The combo of dealing quick high damage and its mobility makes the Crossbow Dagger build perfect as a duelist, adeptly maneuvering in and out of combat to dispatch foes before swiftly moving on to the next target.
Attributes
Dexterity
Perception
Strength
WisdomTo maximize damage with this build, prioritize Dexterity and Perception. Investing in these stats will significantly boost your damage, ensuring you can consistently deal high damage in every fight. While adding some points to Wisdom for mana regeneration can help with sustain, your main focus should remain on Dexterity and Perception for damage. Additionally, be sure to allocate 30 points into Strength, as the extra health it provides is particularly valuable in the late game when the Crossbow becomes less effective.
Skills
As this build focuses on small scale PVP and dueling, being one of the strongest duelists in the game. You should definitely focus on upgrading your main damage skills. Your top priority is 
Quick Fire and 
Mortal Mark, as they are fundamental to your combo, alongside 
Knife Throwing. Subsequently, focus on enhancing 
Shadow Strike, 
Brutal Incision, and 
Cleaving Moonlight in that order as they are also part of the main damage rotation.
For passives, prioritize enhancing 
Ambidexterity, 
Assassin's Instincts, and 
Nature's Power to maximize your damage potential early on. These upgrades offer the most significant damage boosts. 
Shadow Walker can be upgraded later, as the benefits it provides over the blue version of the passive skill are relatively minimal, making it more of a defensive choice.
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
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Crossbow: Focus on damage and mobility by allocating 9 points each into Move and Chain Fire to maximize your offensive potential. Use the last point in Regen for improved health recovery.
Dagger: Spend 9 points in Disguise to enhance your evasion and defensive capabilities, making daggers a formidable choice. Then, allocate 9 points into Assassination for a significant damage boost. The final point goes into Poison to increase weaken chance for added effectiveness.
Rotations
- This rotation is meant to deliver fast burst damage to a single target before they can respond. Ensure that both
Inject Venom and 
Mother Nature's Protest are active before using Shadow Strike to bind and silence your target. Then, use Mortal Mark to set up for the burst damage that follows.
Camouflage Cloak: This serves as your primary defensive ability alongside 
Selfless Diffusion. Employ it when you're under focused fire or need to relocate. It's also effective for resetting a fight and cooldowns after eliminating a target. Additionally, there are myriad other ways to utilize stealth, so don't hesitate to try it out!
Selfless Diffusion: This serves as your secondary defensive ability, boosting your resistance and enabling you to pass through players and mobs. Additionally, it provides extra Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance, enhancing your damage potential and lowering cooldowns. Whenever you press this skill, you also recover 100% of the damage received for the first 1 second, allowing you to make a play quickly.
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