Crusader
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| Job Base(s): | Swordman | |||||||||||||
| Job Type: | 2-2 | |||||||||||||
| Job Level: | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Race: | Human | |||||||||||||
| Changes At: | Prontera Castle | |||||||||||||
| Number of Skills: | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Total Skill Points: | 132 | |||||||||||||
| Total Quest Skills: | 1 | |||||||||||||
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Overview
Crusaders are a fine blend of physical strength and faith-driven magic prowess, making them a versatile class. They are capable of melee combat with a spear or a sword and shield, of playing a supportive role in parties with beneficial magic skills, and of sacrificing their health to wield powerful holy magic. Knowing this, they can be built more like a mage than a warrior, or a classic favorite is to play the crusader like a tank. What makes this class so popular is the versatility, it's natural aim towards fighting the undead, and its centralization around having high VIT and defense.
Job Change Guide
See Crusader Job Change Guide for detailed information.
Changing into a Crusader from a Swordman requires the player to complete a number of tasks:
- Item Collection
- Endurance Test
- Written Test
- Battle Test
After completing these tests, the player will be transformed into a Crusader. Most of this takes place inside of the Prontera Castle.
Builds
There are a few primary builds of Crusaders, although there are enough skill points to become a mix of the builds:
- Grand Cross, which deals Holy physical and magic damage to the enemy.
- Holy Cross, which will use the Holy Cross skill repeatedly for high single target damage.
- AGI-Spear, which deals rapid melee / CRIT damage at close range,
- Sacrifice, which allows the crusader to take damage in place of an ally.
- Shield, which deals ranged damage from afar.
Grand Cross
Stat Build:
Skill Build:
- Increase HP Recovery 10 (higher recovery from potions)
- Magnum Break 10 (this is the primary leveling skill of most until GC is learned)
- Provoke 9-10
- Bash 5-10 (will be replaced by Holy Cross later on anyways)
- Endure 5-10 (raising the skill level does not raise the amount of hits ignored, only the length of the skill)
- Sword Mastery Optional 10
(Crusader)
- Faith 10
- Holy Cross 6-10 (High single target damage, cheap SP cost)
- Grand Cross 10 (Can adjust to a lower level within hotkeys if already one-shotting monsters)
- Peco Peco Ride 1 (Faster movement)
- Cavalier Mastery Optional 3-5
Grand Cross, which is often abbreviated GC, is a skill that relies on both the Crusader's ATK and MATK to deal damamge to the enemy. Getting both STR and INT is recommended for higher ATK and MATK, which also helps with Weight Limit as well as SP Regeneration. VIT is important for mobbing multiple monsters to level. DEX is important to a Grand Cross Crusader because it reduces cast time.
Holy Cross
Stat Build:
Skill Build:
- Increase HP Recovery 10 (higher recovery from potions)
- Magnum Break 10 (primary AoE leveling skill during the Swordsman phase)
- Provoke 9-10
- Bash 5-10 (will be replaced by Holy Cross later on anyways)
- Endure 5-10 (raising the skill level does not raise the amount of hits ignored, only the length of the skill)
- Sword Mastery Optional 10
(Crusader)
- Holy Cross 10 (High single target damage, cheap SP cost)
- Faith 10
- Grand Cross 6-10 (Still a useful AoE)
- Peco Peco Ride 1 (Faster movement)
- Cavalier Mastery Optional 3-5
Holy Cross is a powerful single target skill with a low SP cost. Two handed spears are recommended for leveling with this skill for double damage.
AGI-Spear Crusader
Stat Build:
- STR: 70-90
- AGI: 80-90 (for ASPD bonus)
- INT: 1-40
- VIT: 60-80
- DEX: 30-50 (high DEX is not needed if near 100% CRIT rate)
- LUK: 20-60
Skill Build:
- Increase HP Recovery 10
- Bash 10
- Provoke 10
- Magnum Break 9-10
- Endure 9-10
(Crusader)
- Faith 10
- Holy Cross 10
- Spear Mastery 10
- Spear Quicken 10
- Peco Peco Ride 1
- Cavalier Mastery 5
- Sacrifice Optional 1-5 (For party situations)
A popular build for newer players without as much funds. The AGI sader focuses on single target meleeing, as opposed to the other builds that focus either on AoE mob training, single target skill spamming, or party support. This means that fewer HP / SP Healing Items would need to be used. The AGI in this build also applies to a Crusader's 3rd job role: the Royal Guard, which takes advantage of the ASPD for a powerful single target skill, Vanishing Point. Players can choose to use CRIT gear to bring out more damage in this build, as it benefits greatly due to its attack-speed boosts.
Equipment Recommendations:
The player can also choose to use the Pantie / Undershirt combo or the Fricco's Shoes / Odin Blessing / Falcon Muffler combo, if the player cannot afford a Morrigane's Manteau.
Sacrifice
Stat Build
- STR: 40-80 (for solo leveling at least in the early stages, or Weight Limit)
- AGI: 1-40
- VIT: 70-90
- INT: 1-40
- DEX: 40-60
- LUK: 10-30
Skill Build:
- Increase HP Recovery 10
- Bash 10
- Provoke 10
- Magnum Break 9-10
- Endure 9-10
(Crusader)
- Faith 10
- Holy Cross 6+
- Grand Cross 4+
- Guard 8-10
- Smite 3
- Shield Boomerang 3
- Shield Reflect 5+
- Sacrifice 5
There are end-game Royal Guard builds that are built as pure Sacrifice, but for a Crusader, this is more used as a very helpful utility skill for protecting the squishy classes in the party. Sacrifice should not be seen as a "build" but just another skill for Crusader class characters to acquire (it is actually so helpful to parties that every Crusader / Paladin / Royal Guard should invest at least one point in it). Crusaders are more concerned with leveling as quickly as possible, so it is recommended to utilize one of the leveling builds that are able to solo or kill monsters on their own. However, Sacrifice is very useful in party situations and any offensive build is able to fit this into their skill build. High VIT is recommended for a higher HP pool to take more damage.
Shield
Stat Build:
Skill Build:
- Increase HP Recovery 10
- Bash 10
- Magnum Break 9-10
- Provoke 10
- Endure 9-10
(Crusader)
- Faith 10
- Guard 5+
- Smite 3
- Shield Boomerang 5
- Shield Reflect 10
- Defending Aura 5
- Peco Peco Ride 1
- Cavalier Mastery 5
- Sacrifice Optional 1-5 (For party situations)
For a crusader that will level using a Soul-Link and Shield Boomerang, it may be possible to forgo high DEX in favor of other stats, as Shield Boomerang never misses when under the influence of a Soul-Link.
In order to gain the best DPS with a Soul-Link, 182 attack speed is the ideal. This has to do with the animation delay of the skill. Nothing more than 182 attack speed will help when using Linked Shield Boomerang.
Also remember to use heavier shields to achieve more DPS using Smite and Shield Boomerang; it adds to the damage when using those skills. The weight does add to the total damage.
Tactics
Recovering HP or Healing Items
When mobbing or tanking groups of monsters, especially for AoE leveling, Healing Items WILL need to be consumed and often even spammed. One popular healing item is Fresh Fish due to its cheap cost and low weight. It can be purchased from NPCs off the Chef's Assistant at the docks of Alberta (167, 134) as well as other locations for only 250z each (190z with max Discount).
For a list of Healing Items, a comparison, and a list of a couple popular Healing Items, please see the main article: Healing Items.
Equipment
Eden Group Equipments Quests
- Main article: Eden Group Equipments Quests
Eden Group Equipment is free and a great place to start for gear to use. The Spear is a good weapon and generally a good choice for a Crusader and their future classes' use.
General Equipment Recommendations
- Main article: Equipment
The Equipment article lists some general all purpose equipment that is useful through the PVM phase and also for endgame use as well.
Third Class Compatible Equipment
- Main article: Royal Guard Equipment
It is recommended to look at the Equipment recommendations for the Third Class job to see what equipment to strive for, rather than to spend a lot of money on a piece of equipment that will not be used in the future as a third class. However, some equipment may have a high level requirement, or are transcendent only.
Weapons
After considering what requirement skills have (some skills can only be used with certain weapon types), the Weapon Search tool within the iRO Wiki DB site is very helpful. Generally, for physical classes (both melee and ranged), something with high ATK is best. For magic classes, something with high MATK is best.
Link to the iRO Wiki DB Weapon Search: http://db.irowiki.org/db/weapon-search/
Class Data
Skills
See Swordsman Skills for first class skills.
| Skill | Description | Levels | Type | ||
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Reduces the 50% ASPD penalty when riding a PecoPeco. | 5 | Passive | ||
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Cures the target from Silence, Chaos and Blind status effects. | 1 | Supportive | ||
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Reduce incoming ranged damage; protects party members via Sacrifice. | 5 | Supportive | ||
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Increases attack against against Demons and Undead monsters by up to 30. | 10 | Passive | ||
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Increases VIT defense against Demons and Undead monsters by up to 30. | 10 | Passive | ||
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Increases Max HP and resistance to Holy-property attacks. | 10 | Passive | ||
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Summons a Grand Cross around the caster, damaging the enemies with Holy property waves. | 10 | Offensive | ||
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Blocks physical attacks with a Shield by chance for 300 seconds. | 10 | Supportive | ||
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Restore a target's HP, or damage Undead targets. | 10 | Supportive | ||
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Summon a holy cross that inflicts Holy damage on a target, blinding it by chance. | 10 | Offensive | ||
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Enables Knights or Crusaders to ride a Peco Peco. | 1 | Passive | ||
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Temporarily increase resistance against Demon race and Holy property attacks. | 5 | Supportive | ||
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Protects a party member by taking all of the damage inflicted on said party member. | 5 | Supportive | ||
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Throw your shield at an enemy, dealing damage based on ATK and the shield's properties. | 5 | Offensive | ||
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Reflect a fraction of the damage received back at an enemy. | 10 | Supportive | ||
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Hurl your shield at an enemy, dealing damage based on ATK and knocking them back. | 5 | Offensive | ||
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Adds +4 ATK (+5 while on a PecoPeco) per skill level to Spear weapons. | 10 | Passive | ||
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Temporarily increase Attack Speed, CRIT, and FLEE when using a Spear. | 10 | Supportive |
Quest Skills
| Skill | Description | Levels | Type | Job Level Requirement |
Quest | ||
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Adds a chance to knock back opponents when you successfully block an attack with Guard. | 1 | Active | None | Shrink Quest |
Soul Link
See Crusader Spirit.
Job Bonuses
| Stat Bonus | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +8 | +9 | +10 | +11 | +12 |
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| STR | 7 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| AGI | 30 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VIT | 12 | 15 | 22 | 40 | 41 | 46 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| INT | 9 | 20 | 21 | 35 | 38 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DEX | 14 | 28 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LUK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ASPD
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External Links
- GC Damage Calculator - compares base Grand Cross damage amongst different weapons