Throne and Liberty: Best Greatsword and Crossbows Builds

The Outrider class, equipped with Greatsword and Crossbows, offers a high degree of flexibility when it comes to playing the DPS role in all sorts of content in Throne and Liberty. It covers both melee and ranged combat, and players can easily tweak a few of its available skills to adapt to either PvE or PvP scenarios.

The following Greatsword and Crossbows build focuses on dealing single-target damage for burning through high-health enemies. It works extremely well in dungeons like Death's Abyss in Throne and Liberty, and you can expect it to be just as effective whenever you're in need of a build with burst damage and crowd control. Here's how to set it up.

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Throne and Liberty Outrider Build Overview and Stats

Guillotine Blade in Throne and Liberty — Throne and Liberty Guillotine Blade charging

This is a bruiser build that combines damage with survivability, giving players the ability to tank more damage than the usual glass cannon character while still dealing respectable DPS in both solo and group content.

Crossbows will be our main-hand weapon for this build since they have better basic attacks than the Greatsword, but we'll still be fighting at melee or close-to-melee range so we can make use of our entire skill bar.

Pros	Cons
High burst damage Good at ranged and melee combat Flexible build paths High mana sustain	Long cooldowns Gear dependent Somewhat weak in solo PvP Few defensive skills

Stat Allocation

As for stat allocation, aim for 30 in Strength, Dexterity, and Perception. This will significantly increase your damage

Outrider Active Skills for Throne and Liberty

Guillotine Blade's specializations in Throne and Liberty — Throne and Liberty Guillotine Blade specializations

This build capitalizes on the Greatsword's CC and high burst potential to deal massive damage to targets during key windows of opportunity. Due to the long cooldowns of these Greatsword skills, we'll be using the Crossbows to deal good sustained damage while waiting for the rest of the abilities to go back online.

Greatsword Skills
Skill Name	Specialization
Valiant Brawl	None
Stunning Blow	Damaged Increased (Stunning Blow)
Death Blow	Charges Damage (Death Blow) Cooldown Reduction (Death Blow) Damage Increase (Death Blow)
Devastating Smash	Chance Increased (Devastating Smash)
Ascending Slash	Damaged Increased (Ascending Slash) Cooldown Reduction (Ascending Slash)
Guillotine Blade	Cooldown Reduction (Guillotine Blade) Charges Damage (Guillotine Blade)
Crossbow Skills
Skill Name	Specialization
Quick Fire	Min Chain Fire ▲ (Quick Fire) Damage Increased (Quick Fire) Cooldown ▼ (Quick Fire)
Nimble Leap	Consecutive Use (Nimble Leap) Cooldown Reset (Nimble Leap)
Mortal Mark	Detonation Mark (Mortal Mark)
Selfless Diffusion	None
Merciless Barrage	Annihilation Barrage Shot (Merciless Barrage)
Mother Nature's Protest	Lightning Arrow (Mother Nature's Protest)

When it comes to upgrading skills in Throne and Liberty, prioritize your damage skills over the rest, and try to get everything to at least Rare lvl. 1. For non-DPS skills, Stunning Blow takes priority over the others as its stun duration increases with every level, giving you more time to hit fully-charged Death Blows and Guillotine Blades.

Attacks and Combos

Valiant Brawl and Quick Fire are your primary DPS skills. Use Nimble Leap to reset Quickfire's cooldown and get into range for Valiant Brawl. Use these whenever they're off-cooldown.

Do not forget to toggle Mother Nature's Protest. This ability will reset every time you die or enter a new instance.

There are a number of combos you can use with this build, and they mostly revolve around applying either Stun or Prone to maximize damage. These combos under the same basic principle as when using a Greatsword and Dagger build — stun the enemy, then use your hardest-hitting skills:

Stunning Blow → Ascending Slash → Guillotine Blade
Stunning Blow → Death Blow
Devastating Smash → Ascending Slash → Guillotine Blade
Detonating Mark → Guillotine Blade (half-charge)

You usually won't have enough time to hit a Stunned or Prone enemy with a fully-charged Death Blow or Guillotine Blade, so releasing them at half the normal charge level is fine. Fully-charging these abilities is best used when a target isn't crowd-controlled.

PvP Build Variant

If you're fighting other players, replace Valiant Brawl with Precision Dash, then unlock its Bind (Precision Dash) specialization. This will give you an extra means of triggering Prone with Ascending Slash, and it's an excellent movement/engage ability overall. For your Crossbows, free up some Specialization Points and unlock Remove CC for Selfless Diffusion. Use this whenever you get hit by enemy CC.

The rest of the build can stay the same, though you can always change some things if you find that some parts aren't working as well as you'd like. For example, swapping Lightning Arrow for Gale Arrow in Mother Nature's Protest's Specializations can give you some extra burst damage with your Crossbows.

Best Greatsword and Crossbow Passive Skills in Throne and Liberty

Outrider skill build in Throne and Liberty — Throne and Liberty Outrider skills

We'll be continuing the bruiser path by taking several defensive Greatsword passives along with those that increase our damage. We won't be as tanky as a dedicated Crusader in Throne and Liberty, but we'll be durable enough to survive a few stray boss hits or a sustained assault from lesser monsters.

Robust Constitution
Vital Force
Cold Warrior
Victor's Morale
Indomitable Armor
Ambidexterity
Piercing Strike
Bloodlust

Best Gear for Greatsword and Crossbow Build in Throne and Liberty

Outrider gear set in Throne and Liberty — Throne and Liberty Outrider gear

Getting good gear is arguably the hardest part of the game. There's a myriad of items to choose from, but not all of them will be available to you. Still, the stats are what matters most, and if you're having trouble getting good blue or purple gear, you can settle for anything that has the following stats in the meantime:

Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Skill Damage
Hit Chance
Stun Chance
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Max Health
Melee Evasion
Ranged Evasion

You can get pieces of the Resistance armor set just by completing the main story quest. If you want to farm for gear, you can try your luck at getting Ruthless Enforcer or Gloom Guard pieces from co-op dungeons. Specter's Abyss in Throne and Liberty has some nice drops for players who want to grind it out.

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As for purple items, keep an eye out for the following:

Adentus's Gargantuan Greatsword
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Visage of the Executioner
Coat of the Executioner
Grip of the Executioner
Sabatons of the Field General
Greaves of the Field General
Clasp of the Overlord
Bracers of the Primal King
Etched Alabaster Band
Abyssal Grace Band
Belt of Endless Slaughter
Eldritch Whispers

Greatsword and Crossbow Weapon Masteries

The Crossbow Weapon mastery trees in Throne and Liberty — Throne and Liberty Crossbows Weapon Masteries

As a DPS class, you'll want to spend your Weapon Mastery points on perks that further increase your damage output. It will take a while before you get enough Training Dew in Throne and Liberty to max out your masteries, but as you're leveling them up, put points into the bottom trees of your weapons.

The Greatsword's Face Off tree increases your raw damage output, Hit Chance, and Heavy Attack Chance. Meanwhile, the Crossbows' Chain Fire tree gives bonus attack speed, cooldown reduction, buff duration, and off-hand weapon activation chance on top of a couple of damage buffs.

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