Guillotine Cross (GX)

4th-job from the Assassin path; direct parent of Soul Blade Cross. Most of GX’s kit carries forward to SBC, so SBC rotations still use these skills.

Position in tree

• Tier: 4th Job
• Lineage: Novice → Thief → Assassin → Assassin Cross → Guillotine Cross
• Advances to: Soul Blade Cross (5th-tier soul-themed evolution)

Role

• Melee burst DPS (single-target heavy) + sustained AoE via poison
• Can pivot to katar crit auto-attack or dagger Double Attack
• Stealth used for positioning / approach (no “from-Hide” damage bonus on Cross Impact or Soul Breaker — user-verified 2026-05-02)

Stat priority

Common rule of thumb: STR / AGI / VIT all above 90.

• STR — ATK
• AGI — ASPD + FLEE
• VIT — survivability (especially needed for SBC’s Soul Chain VIT-scaling)
• INT — small but real (Soul Breaker INT × 70 flat add)

Key skills (signature)

Damage

Skill	Multiplier	Notes
Cross Impact	7 hits, 2× Sonic Blow	Premier single-target burst
Cross Ripper Slasher	710% ATK + 20% / counter	Ranged; consumes Rotation Counters
Rolling Cutter	spinning AoE	Builds Rotation Counters (cap 10)
Dance of Charming Ghast	1100% ATK AoE	Forces enemies out of Hide
Sonic Blow	700% ATK, 40% stun	Inherited; still core
Soul Breaker	1320% ATK + INT × 70	Ranged. No “from Hide” damage / stun bonus (user-verified 2026-05-02 — ignore web guides claiming otherwise)
Meteor Assault	AoE	Inherited; scales with WATK + STR + base lvl
Venom Knife	melee poison	Doubles damage vs poisoned
Grimtooth	240% ATK from Hide	Stealth poke

Poison kit

• Poisonous Weapon — apply New Poison; +10% ATK
• Poisonous Smoke — 430% ATK poison cloud, −20 VIT, 50% New Poison apply
• New Poison Research — enhances New Poison application + duration
• Enchant Poison / Enhanced Enchant Poison — +40 ATK from coating; defensive debuffs + HP drain
• Antidote — cures poison; 11s poison immunity
• Virus Diffusion — plague spread to multiple enemies

Mobility / defense

• Dark Illusion — dash; 70% chance to trigger Cross Impact (350% ATK)
• Hallucination Walk — +50% MS, +50 FLEE, +50 Crit Res
• Weapon Blocking — 35% chance to block melee + DEF buff
• Back Sliding — escape: +30 FLEE, 5s Hide

Buffs / utility

• Mind Intimidate — Soul Breaker 45% fear, +30% damage to feared
• Advanced Katar Research — +20% ATK, +10% bonus damage with katar
• Katar Mastery — +30 ATK with katar
• Improve Flee — +30 FLEE, +5% FLEE Rate, +15% MS
• Sonic Acceleration — Sonic Blow +100% damage, +30 HIT
• Assassination Heart — crit hits +60% damage
• Twin Blade Penetration — 25% chance to remove 50% enemy DEF; 10% chance +15% Pen
• Deepen Wound — 60% chance to remove 1 buff on crit / DA
• Enhanced Hiding — skill effects last 21s after Hide exit
• Assassination Halo — party buff: +20 CRIT, +0.1% normal attack per crit point

Aesir Runes (key picks)

Offensive (T2–T3 priority)

• Cross Destruction — Cross Impact + Sonic Blow damage
• Rage Breaker — Soul Breaker hit rate + damage
• Shadowless — Grimtooth damage + SP cost reduction
• Crusading — Cross Ripper Slasher damage + Rotation Counter cap up

Utility / poison

• Refinement — Venom Dart CDR + New Poison apply
• Fierce Armor Breaking — dagger ATK scaling + size-based dmg immunity
• Storm Parry — Weapon Blocking enhancement
• Death Wound — Deepen Wound heal-reduction + res-debuff
• Hurricane — Hallucination Walk status res + crit immunity
• Void Poison — Poison ATK/RES + Antidote CDR
• Soul Paralysis — New Poison applies AS / MS debuffs

Defensive

• Nightmare Combo — Double Attack chance + damage
• Breath Holding — Dark Illusion applies target MS reduction

Recommended gear [VERIFY current best-in-slot for 2026 patch]

• Garment (BiS PVM/MVP): Heroic Backpack [1]
• Katar (BiS): Awakened Old King’s Twin Blade
• Double dagger build: Dancing Knife (main) + Solar Blade (off-hand)
• Headgear: ATK +1% pieces, Assassin Cross Stone variants, Guillotine Cross Stone variants
• Earlier-game katar progression: Agent Katar +6 → Thanatos Katar [1] → Durga [1] / KVM Katar / Crimson Katar [2]

Builds

• Cross Ripper Slasher (CRS) — ranged sustained DPS via Rolling Cutter → CRS
• Cross Impact MVP — burst single-target, 1mil+ damage windows
• Meteor Assault (MA) — AoE farm; scales with WATK/STR/base lvl
• Katar Crit (Agi-Crit) — auto-attack ASPD build with crit stacking
• Double Dagger Crit — DA spam with twin-blade

See also

• Soul Blade Cross — direct evolution
• Assassin Cross, Assassin, Thief
• Class MOC

Backlinks

• soul-blade.md
• classes.md

Sources / verification log

• 2026-05-02 — populated from web research:
  • ROM Handbook — Guillotine Cross
  • ROM Handbook — Blade Soul (skill carry-over)
  • 99porings — CRS build