To reach 900M Combat Power (CP) and push toward 1B in Sword x Staff, concentrate upgrade materials on primary damage-dealing relics, adjust talent trees toward penetration and critical hit stats, and complete daily dungeons that reward upgrade stones and skill vouchers. Avoid spending rare currencies on minor gear upgrades until you begin refining specific end-game gear sub-stats.
Upgrading Relics for CP Spikes
Relic leveling is the primary driver of Combat Power once mid-game progression slows down. Distributing enhancement materials evenly across all items reduces overall efficiency; primary attack relics yield higher performance returns when leveled aggressively.
- Prioritize Flat Attack: Invest enhancement items into main damage relics that provide flat increases to primary attack attributes.
- Hoard Upgrade Materials: Hold enhancement items until you have enough to push a primary relic into a new tier, securing an immediate power spike.
- Align Class Passives: Match relic set bonuses with active class passives to ensure percentage-based multipliers apply to your highest base attributes.
Daily Resource Routines
Maintaining a consistent daily schedule provides the materials necessary to transition from 900M to 1B CP. Missing daily high-yield activities creates progression delays due to scaling character upgrade requirements.
- Complete Daily Clears: Clear all daily missions, event dungeons, and boss raids every day to maintain steady material income.
- Target Guaranteed Drops: Focus dungeon runs on instances that drop upgrade stones and skill vouchers, which deliver direct, deterministic power increases.
- Avoid Speculative Spending: Save currencies for guaranteed attribute increases rather than gambling on secondary gear upgrades with uncertain outcomes.
Skill Rotations and Talent Allocation
At higher CP thresholds, active skill timing and talent point distribution determine performance against end-game boss defense mechanics.
- Stat Focus: Reallocate talent tree points into penetration and critical hit chance to bypass late-game enemy defense thresholds.
- Survival Adjustments: If your character fails to survive long boss encounters, temporarily shift talent points from raw damage into sustain or defensive utility.
- Buff Alignment: Trigger high-cooldown active skills while temporary stat buffs from companion abilities are active.
- Debuff Sequencing: Cast debuff-applying skills immediately before high-damage abilities to maximize vulnerability windows.
Refining Gear to Break 1B CP
Pushing past 900M CP toward the 1B threshold requires target-farming and refining gear affixes rather than simply equipping higher-rarity items.
Identify equipment pieces carrying suboptimal sub-stats and replace them through targeted dungeon farming or specialized crafting. Reserve your rarest currencies exclusively for gear slots that possess high-tier stat potential. Focusing on gear refinement ensures upgrade materials directly translate into the marginal stat gains needed to break through late-game power ceilings.
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The explanation is clear, especially for beginners.
I wish I had read this before upgrading the wrong thing.