Best Sword and Shield / Crossbow Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Sword and Crossbow build for PvE in Throne and Liberty (TL). Read on to learn how to use the Sword and Wand build, including the best gears to equip, skill rotations, runes, traits, and more.

Attention!	This build is based on the Korean version of the game with some adjustments to match the features available in Global. We’re working on updating our builds to be fully accurate for the Global release. Thank you for your patience!

Sword / Wand Build Overview

Build Summary

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Build Summary
Sword and Crossbow	Focus: DPS, PvE Stat Priority: Strength, Dexterity
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
High DPS High evasion	Gear dependent No healing Lacks AOE

This build makes use of Sword and Crossbow weapons to create a high-DPS build. It's effective in taking out single targets but lacks any area damage for faster farming.

Prioritize improving Dexterity first, then Strength. Dexterity provides damage and critical hits, which are important for the build, while Strength provides durability.

Skills and Specialization

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Shield Strike				Piercing Attack
Counter Barrier				Cooldown ▼
Provoking Roar				Cooldown ▼ Effect Duration ▲
Shield Throw				-
Annihilating Slash				Range ▲ Consecutive Use Movespeed Reduction
A Shot at Victory				Boost Effects Annihilation Blade
Quick Fire				Cooldown ▼ Damage ▲ Min Chain Fire ▲
Mortal Mark				Detonation Mark
Selfless Diffusion				-
Mother Nature's Protest				Lightning Arrow
Merciless Barrage				Annihilation Barrage Shot
Weak Point Shot				Cooldown ▼
Passive Skills
Skillful Evasion		Resilient Mind		Aegis Shield		Spectrum of Agony
Impenetrable		Ambidexterity		Piercing Strike		Detection
Defensive Skill
Shield Survival Technique

Active Skills Explantion

All the Sword skills are the build's mobbing skills since they deal area damage with Counter Barrier acting as the build's only defensive skill.

All the Crossbow skills serve as the primary DPS source since they deal a ton of damage. However, they're effective only on single targets and solo boss fights.

Focus on leveling up Quick Fire and Mother Nature's Protest first since they're the build's primary sources of damage, then go for Shield Strike. The rest can be prioritized based on preference.

Passive Skills Explanation

Skillful Evasion, Resilient Mind, Aegis Shield, Detection, and Impenetrable all work together in providing durability and survivability, especially when mobbing.

Spectrum of Agony indirectly turns Provoking Roar into a damage skill since it deals damage to enemies inflicted with Provoke.

Ambidexterity and Piercing Strike gives a decent amount of damage.

Focus on leveling up Spectrum of Agony, Ambidexterity, and Piercing Strike first to maximize the build's damage output. The rest can be prioritized based on preference.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Karnix's Netherblade	・Hit ・Critical Hit ・Max Health Critical Hit

Karnix's Netherblade also provides Strength and Max Health with bonus damage against Humanoid enemies.

Traits and resonance all focus on improving damage with a bit of HP for durability.

Secondary Weapon
Stormbringer Crossbows	・Hit ・Critical Hit ・Weaken Chance Critical Hit

Stormbringer Crossbows provide Dexterity, Critical Hit, and Weaken Chance, which perfectly suits the build's needs.

Traits and resonance all focus on improving damage.

Best Armors and Accessories

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Shadow Harvester Mask and Shadow Harvester Boots together boosts all primary stats. But the major reason for having them together is their set's Critical Damage effect.

Phantom Wolf Tunic and Phantom Wolf Gloves together provide Strength, Dexterity, Weaken Chance, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion, and Attack Speed, which are all important for the build. Having two (2) Phantom Wolf set items also give Bonus Damage.

Supreme Devotion, Heroic Trousers of the Resistance, and all the accessories give nice improvements to other stats to balance things out.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Sword	・Provoke and Counter (9 Pts) ・Boss (6 Pts)
Crossbow	・Chain Fire (9 Pts) ・Move (6 Pts)

For Sword, putting 9 points to Provoke & Counter provides more durability and survivability with a little buff duration. Meanwhile, having 6 points to Boss gives a decent mix of offense and defense.

For Crossbow, putting 9 points to Chain Fire improves damage. Meanwhile, having 6 points to Move gives a variety of small improvements.

Best Guardian

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Currently under construction, so please stay tuned!

Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Sword and Shield / Crossbow Build
Mob Clearing Skill Rotation Ranged DPS Skill Rotation

Mob Clearing Skill Rotation

▶ ▶ (Annihilation Blade)▶ ▶ ▶ x2▶ (Annnihilation Barrage Shot)

This acts as the build's main mob clearing or farming combo. Counter Barrier will give a bit of durability via Aegis Shield and perform counterattacks when evading attacks, using Shield Block, or blocking with a Defensive skill against attackers. Provoking Roar will deal the initial burst damage via Spectrum of Agony.

A Shot at Victory's Annihilation Blade skill specialization will deal another burst damage and increase the damage of all Sword skills. Shield Throw, Shield Strike (Piercing Attack), and Annihilating Slash will deal increased damage thanks to A Shot at Victory's effect.

Merciless Barrage's Annnihilation Barrage Shot skill specialization allows the skill to hit enemies in a circle rather than in a line, making it a great mobbing tool. Make sure that Mother Nature's Protest is activated when using Merciless Barrage

Ranged DPS Skill Rotation

(Active)▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ (Annihilation Barrage Shot)

This serves as the build's main DPS skill rotation that can be used for farming and solo boss fights. Before doing the skill rotation, always make sure that Mother Nature's Protest is activate as it will add a ton of damage. Also make sure to use Selfless Diffusion before using the damage skills to allow for faster cooldowns whenever Weaken is inflicted on an enemy.

Mortal Mark deals the first burst damage and also Weaken the target. Following it up with Quick Fire and Weak Point Shot deals another burst damage. Merciless Barrage (Annihilation Barrage Shot) will finish off the target.

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