Crossbow + Dagger PvP Assassin Build
- High Burst
- 1vsX potential
- Excellent Solo Class
- High Skill Ceiling
- Squishy
- Underwhelming in group PVP
Overview
This Crossbow & Dagger build boasts the highest damage potential in the game, offering remarkable damage output and lethal capabilities. It enables you to triumph in 1vsX encounters, adeptly maneuvering in and out of combat to dispatch foes before swiftly moving on to the next target.
Attributes
Focus on leveling Dexterity as your primary stat until it reaches 30, then shift attention to Perception, aiming for it to also reach 30. Any remaining points should be allocated to Wisdom. Although Wisdom primarily aids in mana regeneration and doesn't significantly boost damage, it still offers a slight damage increase and helps mitigate the mana-intensive nature of the build.
Skills
Skill Priority
Your top priority for upgrading should be 
Quick Fire and 
Mortal Mark, as they are fundamental to your combo, alongside 
Knife Throwing. Subsequently, focus on enhancing 
Shadow Strike, 
Brutal Incision, and 
Inject Venom in that order.
Passives Priority
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.
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 |
| Disguise | Ranged Defense |
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Health Regen |
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Debuff Immunity |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Master of Evasion |
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Buff Duration |
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Ranged Defense |
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Strong Will |
| Poison | Melee Hit |
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Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance |
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Enfeebling Terror |
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Mana Regen |
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Buff Duration |
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Sorrowful Silence |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Melee Hit |
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Shrewd Judgment |
| Assassination | Melee Critical Hit |
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Base Damage |
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Ambidexterity |
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Melee Critical Hit |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Deep Grudge |
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Base Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Maddening Excitement |
Crossbow: Invest 9 points into Incapacitate to increase stun duration and improve your stun chance. Once you've maxed out Incapacitate, allocate the remaining points into Face Off to boost your damage further.
Dagger: Choosing Assassination for your Dagger is essential as it provides a significant damage boost. Allocate the remaining 4 points into Poison for some weakening chance and additional damage.
Rotations
- This rotation serves as your primary kill sequence. While you can start from within
Camouflage Cloak, it's better used for escaping and resetting the fight. The rotation is straightforward: begin with Inject Venom and 
DaVinci's Courage as your pre-buffs, then swiftly execute Shadow Strike, immediately followed by 
Stunning Blow to unleash your damage on the target.
- This rotation is ideal for delivering high damage rapidly, especially when your main skills are on cooldown. It's a shorter and simpler combo to execute, yet it still inflicts significant damage, mainly due to
Guillotine Blade. However, due to the casting time of Stunning Blow, ensure that your target is stunned before using it.
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!
Ambush Stance: This is the key ability that distinguishes between skilled Greatsword and Dagger users and less skilled ones. You can employ this ability to quickly enter stealth and evade damage. Additionally, you should aim to use the ability to capitalize on the damage boost you receive with the first skill used after exiting stealth.
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!
- For gear you want to get the Reaper Set as its currently Best in Slot armor set for DPS but it also gives you a lot of dexterity and perception.
Tevent's Despair Blade is the greatsword you want as it creates an AoE explosion on targets you stun, adding a lot of damage every time you use Stunning Blow. 
Morokai's Corrupt Sword and 
Magnaduke's Berserk Blade are also decent choices but your goal should remain Tevent's Despair Blade. 
Lequirus's Thorny Edge is relatively easy to get and gives you extra damage after using Shadow Strike, with 
Kowazan's Twilight Blade being a decent option for the extra damage during night. 
Rex Chimaerus's Fang would be a good choice as well as it gives 8 dexterity which is quite a lot of extra damage.
Comments
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