Raxx's 0.5.5 Grenade Gemling Legionnaire Leveling Build Guide

Early Game Gear

We solve all of our problems with damage. We need a very good crossbow, with flat damages on our rings and gloves. An amulet with +1 to Projectile Skills helps a lot too, but is very rare to find. See the crossbow section below on how we prioritize our currency in crafting them.

For defense, just equip whatever yellows you find that have Life and Resistances on them.

Offensive Stats

• A High Damage Crossbow
• Flat Damages on Rings and Gloves
• + Projectile Skill Levels
• Attack Speed

Defensive Stats

• Life
• Resistances
• Movement Speed

Crossbows

Note: Any crossbow not listed is not worth your time.

HINT: If you cannot find these weapons in wild, check the vendors with this regex: "!(uiv)" "cross|mov|ile s|[egdl] da.* to a"

Act 1

• Level 1 Makeshift Crossbow On your starting crossbow throw a Transmute and an Augment on it to try to get flat damage or % Physical damage on the prefix.
• Level 4 Tense Crossbow When you enter the Red Vale open all Refined Arms to find this upgraded Crossbow. Again slam a Transmute and an Augment to get damage on the prefix. Save any juicy currency like Alchemys, Regals and Exalts for later.
• Level 10 Sturdy Crossbow Around level 10 you start finding these crossbows. This is the first time you invest some real currency into your weapon. First hit it with a Transmute and an Augment to see if you hit a very nice flat damage or % Physical damage roll. If you do, Regal it then spam Exalts on it until the prefixes are full (prefixes are the damage rolls). If your initial Transmute and Augment don't go well, instead throw an Alchemy on it to make it rare with 4 new affixes to effectively "reroll" what you originally tried. This doesn't need to be the ultimate greatest crossbow ever, but a good one can last you a very long time.

Act 2

• Level 16 Varnished Crossbow This is a much better base than the Sturdy Crossbow we crafted on at level 10, but you won't have infinite currency. If your Sturdy Crossbow is already murdering for you, I would advise just skipping this tier. Conversely if your crossbow sucks, building this one up is worth it.
• • HINT: A level 16 crossbow can now roll T7 affixes, aka more damage!
• Level 26 Alloy Crossbow Although this crossbow can be much better than what you currently have, the next crossbow at level 33 is what we really want. I'd advise saving your currency for that one if your current crossbow is working.

Act 3

• Level 33 Bombard Crossbow Finally we have reached the beloved grenade crossbow. Keep using the regex at vendors and craft on every one you find (the same way as with the Sturdy Crossbow above) until you hit excellent damage prefixes. Slap two Articifer Orbs into this and socket them with Greater Storm Rune. This crossbow can be used for a long time!
• Level 38 Construct Crossbow A nice boost in damage, but no implicit. I'd just stick with your Bombard Crossbow unless you find a godly one of these in the wild.

Act 4+

• Levels 45-56 Blackfire CrossbowRobust Crossbow Painted Crossbow Dedalian Crossbow Could play with any of these as we wait for Cannonade, but don't spend too much currency.
• Level 59 Cannonade Crossbow This is the goat crossbow for our campaign leveling build; spend your currency on this one!