Crusader

Crusader
Job Base(s):	Swordman
Job Type:	2-2
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Prontera Castle
Number of Skills:	18
Total Skill Points:	132
Total Quest Skills:	1
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +7 +2 +7 +6 +3 +5

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:

• STR: 60-80
• AGI: 1
• VIT: 60-80
• INT: 60-80
• DEX: 40-60
• LUK: 10-30

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)

• Sacrifice Optional 1-5 (For party situations)
• Guard Optional 6-8 (Tanking for parties)

• 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:

• STR: 80-99
• AGI: 1-40
• VIT: 60-80
• INT: 40-60
• DEX: 40-60
• LUK: 10-30

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)

• Sacrifice Optional 1-5 (For party situations)
• Guard Optional 6-8 (Tanking for parties)

• 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:

• Crescent Scythe
• Morrigane's Belt
• Morrigane's Pendant
• Morrigane's Helm

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:

• STR: 70-90
• AGI: 1-40
• VIT: 70-90
• INT: 1-40
• DEX: 40-60
• LUK: 10-30

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).

Fresh Fish

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
Cavalier Mastery	Reduces the 50% ASPD penalty when riding a PecoPeco.	5	Passive
Cure	Cures the target from Silence, Chaos and Blind status effects.	1	Supportive
Defending Aura	Reduce incoming ranged damage; protects party members via Sacrifice.	5	Supportive
Demon Bane	Increases attack against against Demons and Undead monsters by up to 30.	10	Passive
Divine Protection	Increases VIT defense against Demons and Undead monsters by up to 30.	10	Passive
Faith	Increases Max HP and resistance to Holy-property attacks.	10	Passive
Grand Cross	Summons a Grand Cross around the caster, damaging the caster and enemies with Holy property waves.	10	Offensive
Guard	Blocks physical attacks with a Shield by chance for 300 seconds.	10	Supportive
Heal	Restore a target's HP, or damage Undead targets.	10	Supportive
Holy Cross	Summon a holy cross that inflicts Holy damage on a target, blinding it by chance.	10	Offensive
Peco Peco Ride	Enables Knights or Crusaders to ride a Peco Peco.	1	Passive
Resistant Souls	Temporarily increase resistance against Demon race and Holy property attacks.	5	Supportive
Sacrifice	Protects a party member by taking all of the damage inflicted on said party member.	5	Supportive
Shield Boomerang	Throw your shield at an enemy, dealing damage based on ATK and the shield's properties.	5	Offensive
Shield Reflect	Reflect a fraction of the damage received back at an enemy.	10	Supportive
Smite	Hurl your shield at an enemy, dealing damage based on ATK and knocking them back.	5	Offensive
Spear Mastery	Adds +4 ATK (+5 while on a PecoPeco) per skill level to Spear weapons.	10	Passive
Spear Quicken	Temporarily increase Attack Speed, CRIT, and FLEE when using a Spear.	10	Supportive

Quest Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type	Job Level Requirement	Quest
Shrink	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
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

Equip Attack Speed From Swordman Bare Handed 156 0 Shield -5 0 Dagger -8 −1 Sword (One Handed) -3 +4 Sword (Two Handed) -15 −1 Axe (One Handed) -10 +5 Axe (Two Handed) -15 +5 Mace -5 +5 Spear (One Handed) -13 +4 Spear (Two Handed) -12 +13

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔

External Links

• GC Damage Calculator - compares base Grand Cross damage amongst different weapons