Crusader

Crusader

Job Base(s):

Swordman

Job Type:

2-2

Changes At:

Prontera Castle

Number of Skills:

18

Total Skill Points:

132

Total Quest Skills:

Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK
+7
+2
+7 +6 +3
+5
Contents
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1 Overview

2 Job Change Guide

3 Builds

4 Tactics

5 Equipment

6 Class Data

7 See Also

8 External Links

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 ATKand 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: 80-99 (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. Sacrificeshould
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.

Passive

Cure

Cures the target

from Silence, Chaos and Blind status
effects.

Supportive

Defending Aura

Reduce incoming ranged damage;

protects party members via Sacrifice.

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 Holyproperty 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

10

Offensive

Holy Cross

Summon a holy cross that

inflicts Holy damage on a target, blinding it

Skill

Description

Levels

Type

by chance.

Peco Peco Ride

Enables Knights or Crusaders to ride a

Peco Peco.

Passive

Resistant Souls

Temporarily increase resistance

against Demon race and Holy property
attacks.

Supportive

Sacrifice

Protects a party member by taking all of

the damage inflicted on said party member.

Supportive

Shield Boomerang

Throw your shield at an enemy, dealing

damage based on ATK and the shield's
properties.

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.

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
Quest
Requirement

Adds a chance to knock back

opponents when you successfully
block an attack with Guard.

Shrink

Active

None

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

ASPD
Equip

Bare Handed

Attack Speed From Swordman Usable ASPD Potions

156

-5

Concentration
Awakening

Shield

Berserk
Dagger

-8

-1

Sword

-3

+4

Shrink
Quest

Two-H Sword

-15

-1

Axe

-10

+5

Axe (Two-Handed)

-15

+5

Mace

-5

+5

Spear

-13

+4

Spear (Two-Handed)

-12

+13