Gladiator PvP

You do not need a second set for PvP. Put the gear you already wear on its own preset, reroll the armour towards shrugging off stuns, and move a few skill points: Aerial Snare and Survival Willpower go to 10, and Crushing Wave and Sword Aura Rampage, which only hits staggered monsters, drop to 1.

Get in with Leaping Slam or Rush Strike, then wait for them to burn their crowd-control break before you throw Mocking Blade. It grabs and knocks down every time it lands on someone who is not immune, and Overhead Slam only hits a target that is already on the floor. Aerial Snare keeps them in the air a little longer. When their burst comes, Tenaciousness makes you untouchable for three seconds.

On a healer or anyone running away, open with Blade Toss instead. It cuts their healing and their defence for ten seconds.

Every armour piece carries Status Effect Resist and HP, with Accuracy or Critical Hit Resist beside them and one passive line; you want to get out of their stuns fast and not miss your own. The greatsword and the guard roll Status Effect Chance, Accuracy and Combat Speed. The Fierce Battle Amulet adds 20% PvP damage, the Abyssal manastones carry PvP Attack, PvP Critical Hit, PvP Critical Hit Resist and PvP Defence, and Heladrir's Chains on the weapon can root someone who tries to run. Brawler Wings and Saint of Ereshkigal round it off.

The PvP board opens at 45 and fills from its own crystals, 36 from Ereshkigal's Monolith and 110 from the Abyss Shop over the season. The board here holds its first nodes; the rest goes into PvP damage, PvP defence and then Status Effect Resist. None of it counts in PvE, which is why the PvE build leaves it closed.