Greatsword Crossbow Leveling Build Guide

Introduction

Welcome to our Greatsword Crossbow Leveling build guide. In this guide, we’ll go over the process of leveling with this weapon combination and the best way to utilize it. This includes quest rewards. Greatsword Crossbow is an off-meta class that utilizes melee sturdiness, and ranged assassination.

Skill Prioritization

Below is our go-to for Skill Prioritization with Greatsword Crossbow during leveling:

A large amount of your core Skills begin the journey with you at Level 1. This includes:

Quick Fire
Nimble Leap
Mortal Mark
Valiant Brawl
Precision Dash
Stunning Blow
Death Blow

You can use any filler Skill you wish, however, begin to fit & replace higher level Skills as you continue. For example, Gaia Crash at level 15 and Willbreaker at level 24. Passives for this build line-up pretty well and often do not need to be replaced.

Skill Specialization Priority

At Level 15, you’ll unlock Skill Specialization. This system awards you with 10 starting points to allocate and empower your existing Skills. You’ll earn 2 additional points per level up until level 31, where you then start to earn 3 additional points per level. We recommend the following set-up:

The most important ordering priority in the Skill Specializations is to Boost up Quick Fire and Nimble Leap as soon as you unlock the points for it. These two Skills allow for quick single-target bursts with fairly low cooldown. Finally, power up some smaller cooldown skills such as Valiant Brawl and Gaia Crash.

Skill Upgrade Priority

Every Skill in Throne and Liberty starts at “Uncommon Level 1“. By using Active and Passive Skill Growth Books obtained from the MSQ and Side Quests or crafting them with Marind Ores of different rarities – you can level up each Skill until Epic Level 5. Below is our recommended upgrading priority for your Skills while leveling:

Once you have upgraded these Skills to Rare and then Epic, upgrade the rest as you see fit.

Stat Allocation

While leveling 1-50 with the Greatsword Crossbow leveling build guide, we recommend the following stat allocation:

Strength – 14 Points
Dexterity – 20 Points
Perception – 15 Point

Greatsword provides great Hit on its own. As a result, you can pump as much points into Strength and Dexterity to gain sturdiness and damage.

Weapon Mastery

Weapon Mastery in Throne and Liberty takes some time to grind up to the maximum level. For the sake of the Greatsword Crossbow leveling build guide, we’ve set our goal as Level 7 Mastery. For leveling, follow the Mastery lines below:

These are generally the best masteries to push for while leveling to help you get started.

Gearing and MSQ Rewards

Early on in leveling, crafted Uncommon gear is something you’ll only have to worry about upgrading, rather than looking for specific pieces. Around Chapter 4 of the MSQ, you’ll have enough materials and Lithographs to craft a full Uncommon set of gear. We recommend crafting gear with Melee Evasion or Mana Regen if you’re struggling. Melee Evasion gear (especially the Accessories) can be quite powerful early on in PVP too – so consider crafting them for this reason too!

If you craft the Charger Broadsword early on, you can use it later in the Lithograph Book for a free Elite Resistance Broadsword!

MSQ Reward Selection

While the large majority of gear you’ll receive from the MSQ is Rare, we do not recommend moving straight over to them until you’re at least Level 50. Ultimately, this gear will be replaced with BIS Epic Tier 1 gear, but for now – we recommend the following rewards:

Chapter 1 – Legionnaire Greatsword
Chapter 2 – Quality Marind Ore (only real option)
Chapter 3 – Rare Marind Ore
Chapter 4 – Any of the rings (this is the least important)
Chapter 5 – Crossbow of the Resistance
Chapter 6 – Visor of the Resistance or Mask of the Resistance
Chapter 7 – Handguards of the Resistance or Glade Stalker Gloves
Chapter 8 – Trousers of the Resistance
Chapter 9 – Glade Stalker Boots OR Sabatons of the Resistance
Chapter 10 – Heroic Armor of the Resistance

How to Play The Greatsword Crossbow Leveling Build

The Greatsword Crossbow build is heavily focused around using the sturdiness and Crowd Control of a melee player, while cleaning up and bursting with assassin-like combos while leveling and in general. The build has a great amount of mobility and decent crowd control Skills. As a result, this particular build can level 1-50 pretty fast.

Skill Rotation

A very simple rotation to get you started is the following:

DaVinci’s Courage
Stunning Blow
Precision Dash
Mortal Mark
Quick Fire
Nimble Leap
Quick Fire
Valiant Brawl
Death Blow

Popping your buffs first is a no-brainer to assist the rest of your rotation. Try to use Valiant Brawl between rotations as it’s a short cooldown and deals some damage.

Leveling Tips

Finally, a few additional leveling tips to keep in mind on your 1-50 journey:

Check out our general Leveling guide for more information
Focus on the MSQ as much as you can, however, make sure to do a couple of Side Quests in each area to avoid any leveling walls.
Do not skip on crafting Uncommon gear, it’ll be important to put into your Rare gear or the Lithograph book.
During the Resistance Contracts quest from the MSQ, try to pick out any Accessory or Weapon Lithograph rewards. These can help you massively in getting good early game gear.
Crossbow can be very mana-hungry. As a result, if you’re struggling with mana issues, try putting more points into Wisdom.