Crucifix - Crossbow + Orb PvE Build

Overview

Class: Crucifix

Weapons: Orb and Crossbow

Designed for: PvE

Focused on: DPS and Ranged

Difficulty:

Hard

Strengths

High Burst Damage
High Sustained Single Target DPS
Good AOE

Weaknesses

High Skill Floor & Skill Ceiling
Squishy
Mana Intensive

This build is up to date for the September 23, 2025 patch.

Overview

The Crucifix is possible one of the highest APM classes in Throne and Liberty, being very intensive to play as it requires a lot of button presses, with short ability cooldowns that can challenge even veteran players that are looking to play something that takes a bit more effort than other classes.

Attributes

PRIMARY

Dexterity

+

Perception

SECONDARY

Strength

+

Wisdom

Why are there no exact stats?

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.

Prioritize Dexterity and Perception for maximum DPS, as they boost your damage the most. Add a bit of Wisdom for mana regeneration if needed, but keep damage as your main focus. Lastly, invest at least 30 points into Strength for a reliable health boost.

Skills

Mortal Mark

Starcalling

Temporal Leap

Mother Nature's Protest

Stellar Dash

Mana Exchange

Summon Satellite

Selfless Diffusion

Distortion Veil

Quick Fire

Summon Constellation

Void Slash

Passives

Defense

Guardian

Food

Purification Stone

The Crucifix main power comes from its low cooldown abilities like the Quick Fire coupled with Summon Satellite and of course Stellar Dash while buffing damage with Distortion Veil to bring the damage to ridiculous levels, capable of bursting down targets in seconds.

As if made for eachother, the crossbow and orb passives sync very nicely Stellar Echo offering extra damage as you use more abilities, launching projectiles from both yourself and the orbs nearby. This damage is further boosted thanks to Rift Fracture as the Crucifix is more than capable of dealing a lot of Critical Hits in a short rotation. This is further boosted by the Crossbow passives like Eagle Vision and Ambidexterity.

Equipment

Tier 2

Tier 3 (Work in progress)

Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit Chance

Hit Chance

Primary

Shadowy Sphere

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit Chance

Hit Chance

Dread Admiral's Bicorne

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Cooldown Speed

Steadfast Commander's Cape

Max Health

Debuff Duration

Skill Damage Resistance

Forgotten Lotus Garb

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Dread Admiral's Gloves

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Hit Chance

Forgotten Lotus Pants

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Max Health

Violent Demonic Beast's Fur Boots

Ranged Evasion

Magic Evasion

Movement Speed

Death Knell Gorget

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Bracelet of the Violent Undertow

Mana Regen

Skill Damage Resistance

Debuff Duration

Solitare of Purity

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Symbol of Nature's Advance

Skill Damage Boost

Buff Duration

Max Health

Hero's Legacy Warbelt

Max Health

Debuff Duration

Skill Damage Resistance

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

Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed

Primary

Nerzatum's Orb of Reaping

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit Chance

Hit Chance

Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed

Blood Hunter Hood

Magic Evasion

Cooldown Speed

Mana Cost Efficiceny

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Calanthia's Confession

Max Mana

Skill Damage Resistance

Debuff Duration

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Blood Hunter Garb

Max Health

Buff Duration

Debuff Duration

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Blood Hunter Hand Guards

Max Health

Hit Chance

Range

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Blood Hunter Leg Guards

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Imperial Seeker's Boots

Max Stamina

Magic Evasion

Movement Speed

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Teardrops of Fortunate Omens

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 Infernal Loops

Max Health

Skill Damage Resistance

Weaken Resistance

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Coil of Seething Venom

Skill Damage Boost

Heavy Attack Damage Resistance

Buff Duration

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Eternal Promise

Skill Damage Boost

Buff Duration

Max Health

Belt of the Dying Spark

Max Mana

Skill Damage Resistance

Debuff Duration

Resonance Effect: Max Health

Weapon Masteries

Crossbow

Orb

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: 10

Heavy Attack Chance

Magic Critical Hit Chance

Magic Heavy Attack Chance

Chaos Harbinger Solarstone

Weaken Chance

Silence Chance

Weaken Chance

CC Chance

Chaos Harbinger Talistone III

Max Health: 1750

Max Mana

Mana Regen

CC Resistance

Chaos Harbinger Talistone II

Defense: 200

Ranged Endurance

Endurance

Heavy Attack Evasion

Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone

Weaken Resistance

Collision Resistance

Weaken Resistance

CC Resistances

Chaos Harbinger Talistone IV

Max Health: 1750

Critical Hit Chance

Magic Heavy Attack Chance

Magic Critical Hit Chance

Rotations

PVE Rotation ↴

Start by buffing yourself with Distortion Veil, Summon Satellite on a party member and Mother Nature's Protest before using Selfless Diffusion.

Begin the damaging rotation with Mortal Mark followed by Quick Fire before using Starcalling to summon orbs. Keep spamming Starcalling until you have put down 3 orbs while using Quick Fire as it comes off cooldown. Once you have 3 orbs down, use Stellar Dash repeatedly with its low cooldown alongside Quick Fire as they come off cooldown.

Use Summon Constellation on top of the enemy/boss then use Void Slash. Carry on using Quick Fire and Stellar Dash as they come off cooldown alongside Void Slash while maintaining Mortal Mark up as much as possible alongside the Distortion Veil & Summon Satellite (on a DPS) buffs up. Once Selfless Diffusion along with your other skills, use Temporal Leap to get them back and reset the rotation.

The rotation takes some time to get used to and relies on high APM to press all buttons quick enough as they come off cooldown, but it can also be freestyled quite a bit, be creative.

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. However, you can also use Shade Revenant Stheno or Geen Ranger Elowen if you are looking to deal extra damage or root enemies if you are in a party that has to burst down enemies quickly or lock down groups.

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