This build is up to date for the September 23, 2025 patch.
Overview
As a Cavalier, your main goal is to drop into a group of unaware enemies before using your incredible AOE burst damage to debuff and kill them quickly. Usually best done with a group of other Crossbow users, the build relies heavily on the use of 
Merciless Barrage and 
Death From Above to move into range before blasting all enemies caught with AOE damage.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Perception
+
Dexterity
SECONDARY
Strength
+
Wisdom
With the unique stats and attributes system in Throne and Liberty, it can be difficult to determine exactly where to invest your attribute points at each stage of the game. This is because gear pieces provide attributes just like leveling up does, meaning everyone will have a different number of attribute points depending on what gear they are wearing at the time.
Given this variation, it's best to reset your attributes regularly to adjust to the new gear you acquire. Aim to reach the achievement effects, which provide extra benefits at milestones like 30, 50, and 70 points.
Focus most of your points on Dexterity and Perception to improve your hit chance, critical hit chance, and overall damage. Since Crossbows and Spears are all about dealing damage, you can skip Wisdom. Adding a few points to Strength is still helpful for extra damage and a bit more HP, aiming to reach at least 30 points in total however you prefer during the early game as it adds extra survivability and can help with surviving certain PVP skirmishes.
Skills
Start skill upgrading with the core Crossbow skills first Merciless Barrage, 
Nimble Leap and 
Mother Nature's Protest as they are all very important skills in your kit. Don't forget the 
Unyielding Sentinel either as the extra shield and heavy attack chance is incredible for both yourself and your party.
Continue by upgrading your Spear skills next, beginning with 
Vicious Fury and 
Javelin Surge as they are used together in a combo to deal damage from mid-range and pick kills that way. Death From Above is your only relevant choice for you when it comes to upgrading Omnipotence skills and its rather important too as it increases the chance of fearing enemies whenever you land on them with Death From Above.
Another strong skill is the 
Cyclonic Fury as it does good damage and debuffs enemies while 
Rising Slash is good for self-peeling and you can use it to stun people so you can move away. Lastly don't forget to upgrade the most important support skill, Unyielding Sentinel.
As far as passives go, 
Ambidexterity and 
Eagle Vision are good passives to upgrade as they increase your overall damage alongside the raw damage increase of 
Piercing Strike and 
Mortal Wrath which is particularly useful for finishing off targets.
Equipment
Tier 3 (Work in progress)
Ranseur of Murderous Glee
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed
Primary
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Mana Cost Efficiency
Melee Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Starlight Fur Cloak
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Imperial Seeker's Tunic
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Devious Hellfire Grips
Hit Chance
Ranged Evasion
Magic Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Feral Prophet's Pants
Buff Duration
Melee Evasion
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Earrings of Forlorn Elegance
Front Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Side Critical Hit
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Pendant of Barbaric Rage
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Mana Regen
Barbed Cuffs of the Tormentor
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Mana Regen
Ring of Spirited Desire
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Mana Regen
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Mana Regen
Undisputed Champion's Belt
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Mana Regen
Info
Equipment is being updated, if tier 3 items are in the tier 3 tab, it means the equipment on this build was updated.
Calanthia's Repeaters of Ruin
Hit Chance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Primary
Deluzhnoa's Serrated Shard
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Heavy Attack Chance
Fallen Dynasty Helmet
Max Health
Cooldown Speed
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Calanthia's Confession
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Fallen Dynasty Plate Armor
Max Health
Buff Duration
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Fallen Dynasty Gauntlets
Max Health
Hit Chance
Range
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Leg Guards
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Fallen Dynasty Sabatons
Max Stamina
Max Mana
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Venelux Scholar's Earrings
Back Hit Chance
Back Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Collar of the New Moon
Skill Damage Boost
Max Mana
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Bracelet of the Evening Tide
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Weaken Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Band of Brutal Agony
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Eternal Promise
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Sash of Rustling Leaves
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Weapon Masteries
Crossbow
Spear
You should be aiming to reach and unlock masteries (the corner nodes) as soon as possible as they usually make the largest impact in the build. While minor nodes shouldn't be forgotten, make sure to unlock masteries as fast as possible before spreading out and spending into less important nodes.
Artifacts
Chaos Harbinger Talistone I
Damage: 9
Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Silence Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone III
Max Health: 1600
Max Mana
Mana Regen
CC Resistance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone II
Defense: 160
Ranged Endurance
Endurance
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Collision Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Chaos Harbinger Talistone IV
Max Health: 1600
Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Rotations
- Start off the rotation by buffing yourself with Unyielding Sentinel. Meanwhile Mother Nature's Protest should also be active at all times but make sure that you have it enabled.
- Start by finding a group of people stacked in a clump before using Death From Above to jump and land on them. Follow up by using Nimble Leap to increase range then using
Bloodleech Aura to gain some health sustain. Use Merciless Barrage to then do heavy damage in the enemy group. If you live through the whole spin, use Cyclonic Fury to finish off low targets.
- Getting out alive usually isn't an option but you can use
Gale Rush to move between targets and get back to your team.
Short Single Target Rotation ↴
- This is your main self-peel rotation to deal high single target damage while also getting the enemy off you. Dash into them with Gale Rush before using
Abyssal Cleave to stun them and transition into Cyclonic Fury so you apply Ignite stacks but also set up for extra damage with Rising Slash.
- Use Vicious Fury to deal some extra damage and build up Ember stacks so you can finish off the target with Javelin Surge.
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