Crusader

Overview

Crusaders are knights of holy Virtue. Aiming to purge the realm of demons, undead, and darkness alike. Crusaders on timelines have received quite a few Quality of Life changes so that they can operate/function similar to their Paladin counterpart. With changes to Providence, Holy Cross, and skill requirements. The once Job hungry Crusader is now living the good life, able to afford the skills they need to compete.

Job Change

The Crusader job change is unchanged and a guide can be found here. However, the job 50 reward has been updated to be a Zombie Card.

Equipment Related Changes

• Most level 3 and 4 spears now drop slotted or have had slots added. Adding variety to your weapon pool. A variety of level 1 and 2 weapons have also had their slot amount updated, adding further variety.

Skill Changes

Crusaders that go down the Grand Cross tree now have easy access to Providence and can cast it on themselves. Allowing them to gain even more resist when undergeared, and reduce damage further when properly geared. Holy cross now grants the user Aspersio for a short period of time after casting it, allowing for Agi builds to benefit from Holy Weapon when farming without the need for a priest. Devotion was left mostly untouched and still has to choose between max reflect and defending aura. However, Devotion is required now more than ever without Assumptio being easily accessible.

Crusader	Original Version	Timelines Version
Holy Cross	No endow effect	Endows weapon with holy element for 2 * skill level seconds. This endow is similar to Aspersio and will overwrite existing endows.
Providence	Cast a buff on non-crusader allies to grant a 5% * skill level resistance to demon and undead race enemies and holy element attacks.	Cast a buff on yourself or allies to grant a 5% * skill level resistance to demon, undead, and angel race enemies. Also grants a passive 1% * skill level resistance to demon, undead, and angel race enemies.
Spear Mastery	4 Weapon Mastery damage per skill level with spears, +1 weapon mastery damage per skill level with spears when mounted	12 Weapon Mastery damage per skill level with spears, 3 weapon mastery damage per skill level with spears when mounted
Demon Bane	3 Weapon Mastery damage per skill level against demon and undead race	Merged into Divine Protection
Divine Protection	3 Soft Defense per skill level against demon and undead	Demonbane has been merged with Divine Protection. Damage bonus increased to +9 per skill level.
Heal	Requires demon bane level 5	Requires divine protection level 8

Other Notes

Grand Cross does apply Mastery damage here at the end of its calculation, adding value to Sword Mastery and Divine Protection. Hunter Fly Card and similar effects also work with Grand Cross.