Crystal of Atlan stands out from other MMOs due to its incredibly fluid and intense combat system. To help support this system, you can choose from a variety of different classes. You can also modify each class however you want using skills, gears and so on. In this way, you can cater each class according to your preferences. In this guide, we will be looking at the Scytheguard class and how you can make the most of it. We’ll go over different builds you can try out alongside tech so you can become the Ultimate Scytheguard! With that said, let’s dive in!
Ultimate Scytheguard Guide
In this guide, our main focus will be on the different skills, abilities and other setups that you can utilize for the Scytheguard in Crystal of Atlan. We’ll also look at different builds for PvP and PvE, alongside different roles in each of them.
We won’t focus too much on the equipment you can get. For that, we recommend checking out our equipment guide for level 55-60.
Scytheguard Skill Builds
There are three main skill builds that we’ll be going over for the Scytheguard in Crystal of Atlan. These are the following:
PvE DPS Skill Build
Here are the skills you’ll want to use for the PvE DPS Scytheguard:
- Waltz
- Low cooldown
- Covers a large AoE, useful for mobs
- Can be used twice in a short time with the Curtain Call passive
- Scythe Swipe
- Low cooldown
- Single target ability which is useful against bosses
- Curtain Call
- Used to enhance Waltz
- Heavy Armor Master
- Gain bonus attributes for wearing Heavy or Flex Armor
- All legendary armor is flex armor, so you’ll benefit greatly from this passive
- Prosthetic Modification
- Automatically active but you should try to max it out
- Charged BATK
- To enable Upward and Downward Slash
- Special Quick Recovery
- For efficient energy usage
- Extreme Dodge
- Gives you a dash
- Mistmoon Technique
- Provides damage increase and healing
- The effect you get depends on whether you used New Moon or Full Moon Marks
- New Moon Marks: DMG Bonus
- Full Moon Marks: HP Recovery
- Dual Moons: Both effects after 6 stacks of new and full moon marks
- Whirlwind Scythe + Scythe – Scatter
- Both skills allow you to use three scythes at the same time
- Deals very high damage and AoE
- Dazzling Reflection
- Enhances the effects of Dual Moons triggered by 6 stacks
- Photon Blast + Photon – Concentration
- Provides a large damage boost
- Concentration adds 2 Full Moon Marks which can help with HP Recovery
- Ancient Echoes
- Gives 1 Full Moon Mark or New Moon Mark depending on the form you choose
- Whirling Leap
- Offers great damage alongside 1 New Moon Mark
- Be careful with large mobs of enemies as it pulls in enemies
- Gift Of Ancient Judgement
- Helps max out your Ultimate
- Moon Gathering + Moon Blade
- Normally, Moon Gathering allows Mistmoon Technique effects to work on teammates
- However, using Moon Blade you allow those effects to work on yourself
- Additionally, the effect of the passives is increased by 120%
- Gives a huge increase to healing and DPS
- Soul Link
- Link multiple enemies that get hit so they share damage
- Also gives 1 Full Moon Mark and 1 New Moon Mark
- Arclight Cross
- Deals a lot of damage, covering a large AoE
- Also grants 1 Full Moon Mark
- Mistmoon Calling
- Adds a buff to to effects of Moon Blade, further increasing damage
- Drops orbs that you can use for your stacks
Additionally, you’ll also want to use the following configurations for the DPS build:
PvE Support Skills Build
For the PvE Support build, we will only be outlining the changes you need to make for the PvE DPS build. Besides these changes, all the skills will remain the same.
Here is a breakdown of the skills for the Scytheguard PvE Support Build:
- Remove Scythe Swipe
- It is only suitable for damaging single targets, so we will be removing it
- Instead, you should replace it with Runic Barrier
- Runic Barrier + Magic Barrier
- Provides a lot of Damage Resistance
- Magic Barrier greatly increases the size of Runic Barrier, at the cost of no longer dealing damage and effects
- The increased AoE will greatly benefit your teammates
- Remove Moon Blade
- Moon Blade makes the effects only apply to yourself
- As a Support, you will want to heal and increase your teammates DPS.
Besides these main changes, you can keep the other skills from the PvE DPS build, or change them out according to your preferences.
If you’re a big fan of DPS classes and want to try something else, you might want to check out our best solo dps classes guide.
Additionally, you’ll also want to use the following configurations for the Support build:
PvP Skills Build
Here is a breakdown of the skills you’ll want to use for the Scythebuild PvP build:
- Projection + Practice Makes Perfect
- Useful for grappling onto enemies and dealing damage
- The passive skill helps reduce the cooldown
- Also provides Weak Armor Break
- Moonlit: Ultimate Blossoming
- As you ultimate, this does a lot of damage
- Also can be used for Medium Armor Break
- Whirlwind Scythe + Scythe – Scatter
- Both skills allow you to use three scythes at the same time
- Can be used both offensively and defensively to keep your opponents back
- Deals very high damage and AoE
- Mistmoon Technique
- Provides damage increase and healing
- The effect you get depends on whether you used New Moon or Full Moon Marks
- New Moon Marks: DMG Bonus
- Full Moon Marks: HP Recovery
- Dual Moons: Both effects after 6 stacks of new and full moon marks
- Flurry
- Most powerful Scytheguard ability for PvP
- Can be used to counter enemies who try to engage you
- Offers both Medium SA and Medium Shield Break
- Dazzling Reflection
- Enhances the effects of Dual Moons triggered by 6 stacks
- Photon Blast
- Provides a large damage boost
- Incredible useful in PvP for shooting down opponents when they are in the air
- Using the Concentration skill to enhance this is completely up to you
- Ancient Echoes
- Covers a lot of AoE with 90% damage and 10% healing
- Useful if you are out of stamina and want to get distance from opponents
- Whirling Leap
- Offers great damage alongside 1 New Moon Mark
- Has a long duration which can help you create room against opponents
- Gift Of Ancient Judgement
- Super SA + Medium Armor Break
- Great for finishing opponents off as your ult
- Soul Link
- Link opponents together so they share damage
- Has a very fast animation which you can use to knock down opponents instantly in PvP
- Arclight Cross
- Offers really good damage at long range
- Moon Blade
- Since you’re playing solo, you will want to activate this skill
- It will boost your damage and healing by 120% from Mistmoon Technique
Additionally, you’ll also want to use the following configurations for the PvP build:
PvE Techniques
Now that you have an idea of the different PvE builds, it’s time to utilize your skill set. This is especially crucial if you’re playing the DPS build, since you’ll only be relying on yourself to dish out damage
Starting off, you need to understand how the Full Moon and New Moon marks work. At the bottom of the screen, you should see 6 marks with 3 Full Moon Marks on the left and 3 Full Moon Marks on the right.
There are three ways in which you can use this marks for the Scytheguard:
- Full Moon Descent – Using three full moon marks
- Provides healing
- Dark Moon Descent – Using three new moon marks
- Provides a damage buff
- Dual Moon Descent – Using six stack of new and full moon marks
- Provides a combination of damage and healing.
The level of healing and damage bonus will depend on if you activate the Moon Blade skill or not. Using Moon Blade, will only give you this bonus effects while disabling it will allow your teammates to enjoy them as well.
However, in both cases, going for Dual Moon Descent is always the best way to use the Scytheguard. This is because you get a 4% bonus to both the bonus effects.
So, from a min max point of view, you’ll be able to do more when you use all stacks. Of course, you won’t always be able to do this as different scenarios will require you to do differen
Additionally, we also recommend that you use the Soul Link skill in combat. During dungeons, you’ll more than likely spam this ability but using it properly is crucial
When you use Soul Link, any players that take damage will have an icon pop on their head. All enemies with this icon will be linked to each other. So, even if you deal damage to one of the enemies, the damage will be shared among them all.
This is very useful in PvE when you have to use skills that are single target and not AoE based. You’ll be able to use all types of abilities on mobs if they are linked.
PvP Mechanics Explained
One crucial mechanic that you need to understand for PvP is related to energy costs. Compared to PvE, your match ups with other opponents will be quite difficult.
This is because there are energy costs related to each skill that you use. So, you’ll want to be as efficient as possible with the energy you have.
Interestingly, even if you have 10 Energy left, you are still able to use moves that have Energy Costs of 60. In fact, having even a bare amount of energy allows you to use any skill before the energy runs out.
This is why we recommend that you use your Ults and Healing skills as your final skill before energy runs out. These skills have the most Energy Costs, so you’ll be able to make the most out of them.
If you do not like how the Scytheguard plays in PvP, you could check out our best pvp classes guide for other options.
How To Juggle
Learning to juggle is crucial in Crystal of Atlan with any class, especially in PvP where you need to make your openings count. There are various ways to juggle your opponent with abilities, which we’ll look at later in the combo section.
You can juggle your opponents by using basic attacks. However, you will only be able to juggle them for two rotations of basic attacks. After that, they will fall to the ground.
To help increase your juggles, you need to add an ability in the middle that allows you to extend the juggle. By using a skill, the rotations are reset and you can exceed the two rotation limit.
However, there is also an HP limit for juggling. After a certain amount of HP is lost by the opponent during a juggle, they will fall to the ground. So, keep in mind that you cannot juggle infinitely.
Otherwise, you will be punished!
Engages And Skill Combos
Starting off, let’s take a look at the different engages and skill combos you can do to start combat with the Scytheguard in Crystal of Atlan:
- Soul Link + Dash (optional) + Double Basic Rotation
- Do this if Soul Crossing is enabled
- Use Dash only if you are far away
- Soul Link + Dash (optional) + Whirling Leap + Double Basic Rotation
- Use this if Soul Crossing is disabled
- Disabling Soul Crossing gives you more energy for more skills
- Recommended if you’re confident without extra healing
- This combo can help you hit the first HP threshold for juggling
- Projection + Whirling Leap
- Projection + Whirlwind Scythe + Ancient Echoes (optional)
- Ancient Echoes can be used to discourage opponents in case you hit the HP threshold
- Flurry + Whirling Leap
- Flurry can actually be held in PvP but it drains stamina for the amount of time it is held
- You can use it defensively against opponents who engage you to counter them
That’s everything you need to know for the Ultimate Scytheguard class in Crystal of Atlan. Now you’ll know how to use this character for different roles and scenarios. Make sure to practice the different combos that you can do so that you can maximize the damage out in PvE and PvP!
