Generally avoid damage, armor and speed passives because if you're using a pet with damage buff (which you should be), the game only counts the highest buff (so if you were using Grimm, damage and speed passives would be wasted skill points). If you're only looking to PvE, start with passives after L20. Below is the priority tree for the optimal PvE build up to L20:
5/5 Aimed Shot,
5/5 Noxious Bolt,
1/5 Shadow Piercer (just unlock it),
5/5 STR,
4/5 INT
Then later on:
(max out INT),
5/5 DEX,
5/5 crit,
Shadow Veil or Razor Shield or Entangling Traps or a combination of two, at L40.
STR first to avoid deaths and make your HP potions more effective (since they always heal a set %, the more HP you have, the more health you get from each). If you're looking to level up fast, I'd suggest Kraag Tombs IV. Charging up your nox and spamming normal attack will save you a lot of mana potions and only slightly slow down the run. You may want to try out daggers for leveling up since Tombs is one of the few places where they're more efficient that bows.
If you're looking to PvP, you'll need a different build of course.
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