Greatsword + Longbow Small Scale PvP Build: Difference between revisions

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Overview

Weapons: Greatsword and Longbow

Designed for: PvP (small-scale)

Focused on: DPS

Difficulty:

Easy

Strengths

High Burst Damage
High Single Target DPS
Self-healing

Weaknesses

High Skill Ceiling

Overview

This Longbow and Greatsword build for small-scale PvP revolves around delivering rapid bursts of damage, making it highly effective in both duels and single-target assassinations during PvP encounters while also being capable of self-healing through the use of Healing Touch. The Longbow is a fantasic weapon to compliment the Greatsword damage damage potential. This build focuses on close-quarters combat rather than fighting from range and kiting, as commonly seen in builds utilizing the Longbow. Here, you'll leverage the Greatsword's high burst damage while using skills like Blitz to remain versatile.

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 and Mana Amp. The health increase from high strength stat which is important for 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 rate.

Skills

Precision Dash

Stunning Blow

Devastating Smash

Guillotine Blade

Healing Touch

DaVinci's Courage

Gaia Crash

Ascending Slash

Death Blow

Blitz

Strafing

Ensnaring Arrow

Passives

Defense

If your build relies heavily on Greatsword skills, you should prioritize upgrading them. Skills like Death Blow, Gaia Crash, and Devastating Smash are key. Don't forget about the passives either, as they significantly boost your damage. The combo of Robust Constitution and Vital Force works especially well together, adding extra damage and health. Cold Warrior is also essential, as it increases your critical hit rate and Heavy Attack Chance, which are crucial for this build.

While your Longbow aren't as important to upgrade and remain secondary, both Ensnaring Arrow and Strafing remain useful for filler damage and as a secondary root. Meanwhile, Blitz is an incredibly versatile skill that can reset your other abilities. The most useful skill however is the Healing Touch as it allows you to heal between fights or even during a fight and outlasting your enemies.

Do not forget the Longbow passives either as Devoted Shield is a fantastic defensive passive while Earth's Blessing considerably boosts your healing.

Equipment

Magnaduke's Berserk Blade

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Karnix's Hell Bow

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

Longbow

Greatsword

Support

Max Health

Magic Defense

Vitality of Dew

Move Speed

Buff Duration

Anti-magic Arts

Magic Evasion

Perception

Grace Song

Check

Ranged Hit

Move Speed

Wedge of Oppression

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Gale Arrowhead

Range ↑

Mana Cost Efficiency

Phantom Snare

Sniping

Ranged Hit +20

Ranged Crit Hit

Pointy Throns

Damage Bonus

Base Damage

Critical Nock

Attack Speed

Ranged Crit Hit

Brutal Shooter

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

Longbow: To maximize your damage output, invest 9 points into Sniping to significantly increase skill damage and critical damage! The rest of 6 points should go into Check for extra cooldown speed and bind chance.

Greatsword: The 9 points should go into Face Off to increase your damage and heavy attack chance. Afterwards, allocate 6 points into Incapacitate to increase stun duration and enhance your stun chance.

Rotations

Single Target Burst Damage ↴

Begin the rotation with Precision Dash used two times to bind your target. If your bind succeeds, use Ascending Slash to trip (Prone) your target before using Strafing for some extra damage. Follow up with Gaia Crash and another cast of Strafing. Continue with Stunning Blow and Death Blow before finishing them off with Strafing.

Secondary Single Target Rotation ↴

This is a backup, shorter combo for when your main abilities are on cooldown or have been used to chase enemies. Start by using Ensnaring Arrow to bind your target. Follow up with Ascending Slash to knock them down after they're bound.

Next, use Guillotine Blade for heavy burst damage, stun them again with Devastating Smash. Finish them off with Death Blow and Strafing.

Blitz: Use this skill to reset the cooldown of important skills like Guillotine Blade or Devastating Smash. Because of how versatile the skill is, this skill is highly situational. You can easily stun-lock someone using Stunning Blow then following up with another Stunning Blow once you've used Blitz to reset the skill. Be creative!

High Locus: Use this ability to consistently to increase your hit rate and evasion rate. It allows you to bypass a lot of enemy defenses as most Dagger players build high evasion.

Healing Touch: Aim to always have at least one stack of Healing Touch active on yourself at all times in order to constantly heal and prevent damage throughout a PVP session. Stacking the skill 3 times during a fight is ideal!

DaVinci's Courage: Use this skill as often as possible to boost your max health and improve your overall damage thanks to your passives.

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.

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 | mode = PvP (small-scale)
 | focus = DPS
-| strengths = High Sustained DPS, Versatile
+| strengths = High Burst Damage, High Single Target DPS, Self-healing
-| weaknesses = Low Mobility, Low Sustain
+| weaknesses = High Skill Ceiling,
+| difficulty = 1
 }}
 ==Overview==
-Greatsword and Longbow build for small-scale PvP which is capable of quickly bursting down targets with initial close-quarters damage from the Greatsword, while the Longbow aids in dealing with ranged opponents attempting to evade or finish off targets at a distance. {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} proves invaluable for immobilizing enemies, enabling you to close the gap and sustain DPS.
+This Longbow and Greatsword build for small-scale PvP revolves around delivering rapid bursts of damage, making it highly effective in both duels and single-target assassinations during PvP encounters while also being capable of self-healing through the use of {{Skill|Healing Touch|active}}. The Longbow is a fantasic weapon to compliment the Greatsword damage damage potential. This build focuses on close-quarters combat rather than fighting from range and kiting, as commonly seen in builds utilizing the Longbow. Here, you'll leverage the Greatsword's high burst damage while using skills like {{Skill|Blitz|active}} to remain versatile.
 ==Attributes==
 {{Attributes
-| strength = 19
+| strength = 70
-| dexterity = 30
+| dexterity = 70
 | wisdom = 10
 | perception = 30
 }}
-Prioritize allocating points into Dexterity and Perception as they offer the most substantial increase in damage output. This is generally the route you wanna take with any DPS focused build. Aim to reach level 30 in each stat to fully maximize your damage potential, as this is the core strength of the build. Allocate the remaining points into Strength to bolster your health pool and capitalize on the additional damage provided by the {{Skill|Vital Force|passive}}.
+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 {{Skill|Vital Force|passive}} and {{Skill|Mana Amp|passive}}. The health increase from high strength stat which is important for 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 rate.
 ==Skills==
 {{Skill bar
-| defense = Iron Point Parry
+| defense = Overtaker
 | active 1 = Precision Dash
+| active 1 traits = 1, 2, 3
 | active 2 = Stunning Blow
-| active 3 = Willbreaker
+| active 2 traits = 1, 2
+| active 3 = Devastating Smash
 | active 4 = Guillotine Blade
-| active 5 = Blitz
+| active 4 traits = 2
-| active 6 = Decisive Sniping
+| active 5 = Healing Touch
-| active 7 = Strafing
+| active 5 traits = 2
-| active 8 = Ensnaring Arrow
+| active 6 = DaVinci's Courage
+| active 7 = Gaia Crash
+| active 7 traits = 1, 3
+| active 8 = Ascending Slash
+| active 8 traits = 1, 2, 3
 | active 9 = Death Blow
-| active 10 = Deadly Marker
+| active 9 traits = 1, 2, 3
-| active 11 = Ascending Slash
+| active 10 = Blitz
-| active 12 = Valiant Brawl
+| active 11 = Strafing
-| passive 1 = Devoted Shield
+| active 11 traits = 3
-| passive 2 = Distorted Sanctuary
+| active 12 = Ensnaring Arrow
-| passive 3 = Steady Aim
+| passive 1 = Steady Aim
-| passive 4 = Indomitable Armor
+| passive 2 = Devoted Shield
+| passive 3 = Raging Frenzy
+| passive 4 = Earth's Blessing
 | passive 5 = Robust Constitution
 | passive 6 = Vital Force
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-==Skill Priority==
+If your build relies heavily on Greatsword skills, you should prioritize upgrading them. Skills like {{Skill|Death Blow|active}}, {{Skill|Gaia Crash|active}}, and {{Skill|Devastating Smash|active}} are key. Don't forget about the passives either, as they significantly boost your damage. The combo of {{Skill|Robust Constitution|passive}} and {{Skill|Vital Force|passive}} works especially well together, adding extra damage and health. {{Skill|Cold Warrior|passive}} is also essential, as it increases your critical hit rate and Heavy Attack Chance, which are crucial for this build.
-{{Priority|
-{{Priority active|Valiant Brawl|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Precision Dash|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Stunning Blow|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Ensnaring Arrow|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Decisive Sniping|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Strafing|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Valiant Brawl|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Precision Dash|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Death Blow|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Decisive Sniping|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Stunning Blow|Epic}}
-}}
-Since we don't heavily rely on Longbow skills in this build, upgrading them remains relatively inexpensive. Prioritize upgrading {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}}, {{Skill|Decisive Sniping|active}}, and {{Skill|Strafing|active}} to enhance your damage output. {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} should take precedence as the increased bind duration allows for better control over your target and facilitates the integration of {{Skill|Ascending Slash|active}} into your rotation.
+While your Longbow aren't as important to upgrade and remain secondary, both {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} and {{Skill|Strafing|active}} remain useful for filler damage and as a secondary root. Meanwhile, {{Skill|Blitz|active}} is an incredibly versatile skill that can reset your other abilities. The most useful skill however is the {{Skill|Healing Touch|active}} as it allows you to heal between fights or even during a fight and outlasting your enemies.
-For the Greatsword, prioritize upgrading {{Skill|Valiant Brawl|active}} and {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} to rare quality as they are crucial in your initial engagement rotation alongside {{Skill|Willbreaker|active}}. Since {{Skill|Willbreaker|active}} starts as an epic skill, you don't need to prioritize its upgrade initially. However, upgrading {{Skill|Death Blow|active}} to epic provides a significant damage boost.
-==Passives Priority==
-{{Priority|
-{{Priority passive|Steady Aim|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Robust Constitution|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Vital Force|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Cold Warrior|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Distorted Sanctuary|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Vital Force|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Steady Aim|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Robust Constitution|Epic}}
-}}
-Thankfully as we make use of high level passive skills, we don't need to spend too many books on passives which allows us to focus more on the active skills. {{Skill|Steady Aim|passive}} provides you with high Critical Hit against bound targets and pairs perfectly with {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}}, improving your initial damage when engaging a target. Up next in your priority list should be upgrading {{Skill|Robust Constitution|passive}} and {{Skill|Vital Force|passive}} as they complement each other, providing extra damage and health. {{Skill|Cold Warrior|passive}} offers increased critical hit chance and heavy attack chance after using {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}}, which shouldn't be ignored as it significantly boosts your heavy attack chance when used alongside {{Skill|Precision Dash|active}} in your rotation.
+Do not forget the Longbow passives either as {{Skill|Devoted Shield|passive}} is a fantastic defensive passive while {{Skill|Earth's Blessing|passive}} considerably boosts your healing.
 ==Equipment==
 {{Gear
-| weapon 1 = Tevent's Screaming Bow
+| weapon 1 = Magnaduke's Berserk Blade
 | weapon 1 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
-| weapon 2 = Tevent's Despair Blade
+| weapon 2 = Karnix's Hell Bow
 | weapon 2 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
-| head = Reaper's Black Mask
+| head = Dawn Mist's Killing Hood
-| head traits = Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Magic Endurance
+| head traits = Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Cooldown Speed
 | cloak = Hermit's Shroud
-| cloak traits = Max Health, Health Regen, Skill Damage Resistance
+| cloak traits = Max Health, Silence Resistance, Skill Damage Resistance
-| chest = Abyss Slayer's Insanity Armor
+| chest = Wraith Knight's Execution Armor
-| chest traits = Max Health, Ranged Evasion, Magic Evasion
+| chest traits = Magic Evasion, Max Health, Ranged Evasion
-| gloves = Reaper's Hand of Death
+| gloves = Wraith Knight's Judgment Gloves
-| gloves traits = Max Mana, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion
+| gloves traits = Melee Evasion, Hit, Magic Evasion
-| legs = Special Resistance Ancient Dragon Pants
+| legs = Wraith Knight's Invincibility Gaiters
-| legs traits = Max Health, Ranged Evasion, Magic Evasion
+| legs traits = Max Health, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion
-| feet = Abyss Slayer's Berserk Boots
+| feet = Wraith Knight's Punishment Boots
-| feet traits = Move Speed, Ranged Evasion, Magic Evasion
+| feet traits = Max Health, Magic Evasion, Move Speed
-| necklace = Holy Warrior's Choker
+| necklace = Thunder Cleaver Necklace
-| necklace traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
+| necklace traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Silence Chance
 | bracelet = Beast King's Gilded Bracers
-| bracelet traits = Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Health Regen
+| bracelet traits = Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Silence Resistance
-| ring 1 = Insightful Ring of Dimension
+| ring 1 = Eternal Ring of Dimension
-| ring 1 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Health Regen
+| ring 1 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
-| ring 2 = Eternal Ring of Dimension
+| ring 2 = Transcendent Magic Ring
-| ring 2 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Health Regen
+| ring 2 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
-| belt = Duke Magna's Belt
+| belt = Tycan's Bloodlust Belt
-| belt traits = Max Health, Health Regen, Skill Damage Resistance
+| belt traits = Max Health, Silence Resistance, Skill Damage Resistance
 }}
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 | weapon 1 = Longbow
 | weapon 2 = Greatsword
-| mastery 1 = {{ Mastery | weapon = longbow | row 1 = 0 | row 2 = 3 | row 3 = 9 }}
+| mastery 1 = {{ Mastery | weapon = longbow | row 1 = 6 | row 2 = 9 | row 3 = 0 }}
-| mastery 2 = {{ Mastery | weapon = greatsword | row 1 = 0 | row 2 = 9 | row 3 = 3 }}
+| mastery 2 = {{ Mastery | weapon = greatsword | row 1 = 0 | row 2 = 6 | row 3 = 9 }}
 }}
 '''Longbow:'''
-Allocate 9 points into Sniping for the significant increase in damage it provides. Then, invest the remaining 3 points into Check for additional damage and bind chance, which will assist with your {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}}, making it easier to initiate your rotation.
+To maximize your damage output, invest 9 points into Sniping to significantly increase skill damage and critical damage! The rest of 6 points should go into Check for extra cooldown speed and bind chance.
 '''Greatsword:'''
-Allocate 9 points into Incapacitate to increase stun duration and enhance your stun chance. Once you've maxed out Incapacitate, allocate the remaining points into Face Off to further boost your damage output.
+The 9 points should go into Face Off to increase your damage and heavy attack chance. Afterwards, allocate 6 points into Incapacitate to increase stun duration and enhance your stun chance.
 ==Rotations==
-{{Rotation|Main Engage Rotation|Deadly Marker, Ensnaring Arrow, Precision Dash, Stunning Blow, Willbreaker, Death Blow, Valiant Brawl, Strafing}}
+{{Rotation|Single Target Burst Damage|Precision Dash, Precision Dash, Ascending Slash, Strafing, Gaia Crash, Strafing, Stunning Blow, Death Blow, Strafing}}
-*Initiate the fight by casting {{Skill|Deadly Marker|active}} to debuff your target, then follow up with {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} to immobilize them. Push in with {{Skill|Precision Dash|active}} to begin your Greatsword rotation, using {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} next to apply another debuff with {{Skill|Willbreaker|active}}. Burst down the target with {{Skill|Death Blow|active}} and {{Skill|Valiant Brawl|active}}. Afterward, disengage from the target, using {{Skill|Strafing|active}} to kite away while waiting for your {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} cooldown to reset.
+* Begin the rotation with {{Skill|Precision Dash|active}} used two times to bind your target. If your bind succeeds, use {{Skill|Ascending Slash|active}} to trip (Prone) your target before using {{Skill|Strafing|active}} for some extra damage. Follow up with {{Skill|Gaia Crash|active}} and another cast of {{Skill|Strafing|active}}. Continue with {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} and {{Skill|Death Blow|active}} before finishing them off with {{Skill|Strafing|active}}.
+{{Rotation|Secondary Single Target Rotation|Ensnaring Arrow, Ascending Slash, Guillotine Blade, Devastating Smash, Death Blow, Strafing}}
+* This is a backup, shorter combo for when your main abilities are on cooldown or have been used to chase enemies. Start by using {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} to bind your target. Follow up with {{Skill|Ascending Slash|active}} to knock them down after they're bound.
+* Next, use {{Skill|Guillotine Blade|active}} for heavy burst damage, stun them again with {{Skill|Devastating Smash|active}}. Finish them off with {{Skill|Death Blow|active}} and {{Skill|Strafing|active}}.
+{{Skill|Blitz|active}}: Use this skill to reset the cooldown of important skills like {{Skill|Guillotine Blade|active}} or {{Skill|Devastating Smash|active}}. Because of how versatile the skill is, this skill is highly situational. You can easily stun-lock someone using {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} then following up with another {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} once you've used {{Skill|Blitz|active}} to reset the skill. Be creative!
+{{Skill|High Locus|Active}}: Use this ability to consistently to increase your hit rate and evasion rate. It allows you to bypass a lot of enemy defenses as most Dagger players build high evasion.
-{{Rotation|Range DPS|Deadly Marker, Ensnaring Arrow, Strafing, Decisive Sniping, Blitz, Decisive Sniping}}
+{{Skill|Healing Touch|Active}}: Aim to always have at least one stack of {{Skill|Healing Touch|Active}} active on yourself at all times in order to constantly heal and prevent damage throughout a PVP session. Stacking the skill 3 times during a fight is ideal!
-*While your Ranged DPS isn't anything to write home about, it can still deliver sustained damage and you can prove to be quite annoying using your longbow from range, taunting your enemies to push closer and engage you so you can flip the fight in your favour.
-{{Skill|Guillotine Blade|Active}}: This ability can only be used when coupled with {{Skill|Stunning Blow|active}} or even {{Skill|Ensnaring Arrow|active}} because of it's cast time and while it offers high damage, using it on its own will likely get you killed.
+{{Skill|DaVinci's Courage|Active}}: Use this skill as often as possible to boost your max health and improve your overall damage thanks to your passives.
 ==Useful Information==
-* Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it offers vital defense with its shield, capable of absorbing damage up to 50% of your mana. This not only assists in reducing incoming damage but also accelerates your cooldown rate, enabling more frequent use of your abilities.
+* 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.
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