Greatsword + Dagger Asassin PvP Build

Overview

Weapons: Greatsword and Dagger

Designed for: PvP (small-scale)

Focused on: Melee and Assassin

Difficulty:

Normal

Strengths

• High Burst
• 1vsX potential
• Best melee assassin

Weaknesses

• High Skill Ceiling
• Requires good positioning
• Gear Dependant

Overview

Greatsword and Dagger build for small-scale PvP which is great for taking out important enemies and winning one-on-one fights. It can deal a lot of damage quickly and has short cooldowns, making it easy to switch between targets. It works well in small PvP battles like Dominion events, arena or open world dungeon PVP during night time.

Attributes

Strength

70

Dexterity

70

Wisdom

10

Perception

30

In this build, focus on investing points into Strength and Dexterity, aiming to improve both to maximize your damage potential and increase heavy attack chance and skill damage thanks to Vital Force. The health increase from high strength stat is particularly important in PVP as it offers great survivability. However, as you progress and your gear improves over time, you will want to aim for 70 points into strength to make use of the extra HP and heavy attack chance. Dexterity should be your secondary focus to improve your critical hit while the rest of your points should go into perception for extra hit.

Skills

Shadow Strike

Precision Dash

Stunning Blow

Ascending Slash

Guillotine Blade

Death Blow

Gaia Crash

Camouflage Cloak

Devastating Smash

DaVinci's Courage

Cleaving Moonlight

Brutal Incision

Passives

Defense

The Greatsword & Dagger build is a great choice for newer players just getting started with PVP as it offers a straightforward playstyle based around CC combos and assassinating enemies quickly, often before they can respond to your attack.

Your main damage skills are Death Blow and Guillotine Blade along with Gaia Crash. However, Devastating Smash and Cleaving Moonlight shouldn't be forgotten either as they provide extra mobility as well as an important stun. Level them to purple as soon as possible! Brutal Incision is also a very good skill to level as you can use it to execute targets below 50% HP.

Precision Dash is one of your important mobility skills alongside Ascending Slash and shouldn't be forgotten as they combine perfectly into each other.

For passives, you should focus on upgrading Robust Constitution for additional health and health regen. Vital Force matches well with Robust Constitution and considerably increases your damage. Assassin's Instincts for extra crit rate. Meanwhile, Shadow Walker as a defensive passive that can be triggered at any time by simply using your Block Blade (you don't have to actually roll to the side to activate this, just pressing your block is enough). It also activates whenever you use Shadow Strike and helps you with sustaining damage during your CC rotation.

Equipment

Chief Executor's Earthquake Blade

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Lequirus's Thorny Edge

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Dawn Mist's Killing Hood

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Cooldown Speed

Hermit's Shroud

Max Health

Silence Resistance

Skill Damage Resistance

Wraith Knight's Execution Armor

Magic Evasion

Max Health

Ranged Evasion

Wraith Knight's Judgment Gloves

Melee Evasion

Hit

Magic Evasion

Wraith Knight's Invincibility Gaiters

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Wraith Knight's Punishment Boots

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Move Speed

Thunder Cleaver Necklace

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Silence Chance

Beast King's Gilded Bracers

Max Health

Skill Damage Resistance

Silence Resistance

Eternal Ring of Dimension

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Transcendent Magic Ring

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Tycan's Bloodlust Belt

Max Health

Silence Resistance

Skill Damage Resistance

Weapon Masteries

Greatsword

Dagger

Charge

Ranged Defense

Melee Evasion

Passionate Cheer

Max Health

Cooldown Speed

Overcome Snare

Buff Duration

Skill Damage Resistance

Bold Steps

Incapacitate

Mana Regen

Melee Hit

Ultimate Impact

Base Damage

Mana Regen

Complete Stun

Melee Hit

Stun Chance

Firm Resolution

Face Off

Melee Hit

Base Damage

Rough and Wild

Melee Critical Hit

Mana Cost Efficiency

Fierce Attack

Skill Damage Boost

Melee Hit

Fierce Glare

Disguise

Ranged Defense

Health Regen

Debuff Immunity

Mana Cost Efficiency

Cooldown Speed

Master of Evasion

Buff Duration

Ranged Defense

Strong Will

Poison

Melee Hit

Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance

Enfeebling Terror

Mana Regen

Buff Duration

Sorrowful Silence

Mana Cost Efficiency

Melee Hit

Shrewd Judgment

Assassination

Melee Critical Hit

Base Damage

Ambidexterity

Melee Critical Hit

Cooldown Speed

Deep Grudge

Base Damage

Skill Damage Boost

Maddening Excitement

Greatsword: Invest 9 points into Face Off to improve your overall damage and some added heavy attack chance, the remaining 6 points should be allocated into Incapacitate for some extra damage and stun duration.

Dagger: Selecting Assassination for your Dagger is crucial as it provides a notable damage boost. Allocate the remaining 6 points into Disguise for extra cooldown speed and defense stats.

Rotations

Main Burst Rotation ↴

• This rotation serves as your primary kill sequence. While you can start from within Camouflage Cloak, the skill is better used for escaping and resetting the fight.

• The rotation is straightforward: begin with Shadow Strike to bind and silence your target. If your bind succeeds, use Ascending Slash to trip (Prone) your target and then use Gaia Crash to deal quick damage while they are on the ground. Continue with Stunning Blow and Death Blow before finishing them off with Cleaving Moonlight.

Secondary Burst CC Rotation ↴

• This is a secondary rotation you can use if your other skills are on cooldown or you are trying to engage on a target far away. Start with Precision Dash in the direction of the target and then cast it again to teleport to them before using Ascending Slash to force Prone on your enemy after they got bound.

• Continue with Guillotine Blade for high damage before stunning again with Devastating Smash. Finish off the target using Death Blow and Brutal Incision.

Camouflage Cloak: This is your get-out-of-jail-free card. Use it when you are getting focused or have to reposition. It can also help reset a fight and cooldowns after taking down a target. There are numerous other ways to use stealth, so feel free to be inventive!

Block Blade: This is the key ability that distinguishes between skilled Greatsword and Dagger users and less skilled ones. You can employ this ability to increase your damage and evasion, helping a lot with your survival. This skill also increases your damage if you are using the Lequirus's Thorny Edge.

DaVinci's Courage: Use this between fights to regain health and boost your health regen and attack speed.

Useful Information

• Select Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides essential protection with its shield, which absorbs damage equal to 50% of your mana. While the shield is active, you also gain a 40% Cooldown Speed boost. Although the shield is valuable, ensure to maintain it for as long as possible to maximize the duration of the increased cooldown speed. Remember, the guardian will be lost if the shield is depleted, so be mindful of that!