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Crossbowman class guide

The Crossbowman is a Ranged burst class in Crystal Idle (weapon: Crossbow). One bolt, one corpse. Stable, predictable, and lethal. Rewards patience - every second without taking a hit makes the next shot hit harder.

Role: Ranged burstWeapon: Crossbow

Active abilities

Armor Piercer (cooldown 20-30s, 26-35 MP)
A guaranteed critical hit that completely ignores the target's armor.
Reload (cooldown 20-30s, 22-30 MP)
Take 1.5s to reload, reducing your threat by 50% - then fire your next shot for 200% bonus damage.
Suppressing Fire (cooldown 30-45s, 25-35 MP)
Unleash a hail of bolts on all enemies (70-110% phys dmg), suppressing their attack speed by 20-35% for 6-12s.
Weak Point (cooldown 22-35s, 20-28 MP)
Find a weak point in the target's armor: it takes +12-18% damage from all sources for 15-25s.

Passive tree

Nodes unlock as the class levels up (max class level 200).

Lv 1Crossbow Mastery
Crossbow damage scales with class level (+1% at lv.1 > +8% at lv.200).
Lv 10Precision
+12% accuracy.
Lv 20Heavy Bolt
+10% damage.
Lv 30Armor Cracker
Auto-attacks ignore 20% of the target's effective armor on every hit.
Lv 40Steady Aim
+2% damage for each second without receiving damage (max +20%). Resets when hit.
Lv 50Sniper's Focus
+6% damage against targets above 50% HP.
Lv 60Explosive Bolt
10% chance: auto-attack hits all living enemies.
Lv 70Cold Eye
+4% critical hit chance.
Lv 80Ballistic Mastery
All ability cooldowns reduced by 15%.
Lv 90Deadeye
Every 10th successful auto-attack hit deals 250% of normal post-mitigation damage.

Combos with vocations

A vocation next to this class adds a bonus that grows in three ranks; the table shows rank 3.

Vocation	Combo at rank 3
Blacksmith	Kills in regular zones: 6% chance of ore of the zone's tier
Huntsman	Master Bowstring: the effect is 50% stronger
Runeweaver	Double gathering chance +3% (Weaving)
Innkeeper	Double gathering chance +3% (Fishing)
Arcanist	Double disenchant chance +5%
Rogue	In combat: +3% gold from monsters