Best Dagger / Greatsword Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Dagger and Greatsword build for PvE in Throne and Liberty (TL). This guide shows how to effectively use the Dagger and Greatsword to deal damage while sustaining HP, 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!

Dagger / Greatsword Build Overview

Build Summary

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Build Summary
Dagger and Greatsword	Focus: PvE, Sustain, Crowd Control Stat Priority: Strength, Dexterity
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
High Damage High Sustain	Mana Inefficient High Cooldowns

The Dagger and Greatsword build functions as a bruiser, being able to dish out damage while sustaining itself in the middle of combat. This build focuses on applying Thunderclouds and Frost debuffs to enhance the damage of the Greatsword's skills.

For stat point allocations, prioritize reaching 50 Strength as the bonus for reaching these stat breakpoints are Max Health, Damage Reduction, and Heavy Attack Chance. also try to reach at least 30 Dexterity, and 40 Perception as these give Critical Hit, and Hit rate and Buff Duration increases respectively.

Skills and Specialization

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Shadow Strike				Effect Accumulation
Inject Venom				Cooldown ▼ Lightning Infusion
Brutal Incision				Thunderclouds Bombing
Umbral Spirit				Thunder Spirit
Stunning Blow				Cooldown ▼ Additional Damage Boost
DaVinci's Courage				DaVinci’s Chill
Gaia Crash				Attack Speed ▲ Frost Cleaving
Devastating Tornado				Bonus Damage Resistance ▲ Ice Tornado
Willbreaker				Damage Area Change
Ascending Slash				Additional Damage Boost Cooldown ▼
Devastating Smash				Effects Chance ▲
Guillotine Blade				-
Passive Skills
Assassin's Step		Destructive Fang		Shadow Walker		Assassin's Instincts
Robust Constitution		Vital Force		Cold Warrior		Indomitable Armor
Defensive Skill
Block Blade

Active Skills

Shadow Strike and Devastating Smash function as engagement tools and gap closers, Binding or Stunning enemies.

Inject Venom and Umbral Spirit serve to buff damage, and should be used before combo rotations if available. Taking their respective Lightning skill specializations allows the user to inflict Thunderclouds, and are a necessity in these builds.

Stunning Blow and Ascending Slash are the main CC inflicting tools, and are used in conjunction with Shadow Strike or Devastating Smash to chain crowd control on an enemy.

Gaia Crash, Devastating Tornado, and Davinci's Courage, when taking their respective skill specializations, inflict AOE Frost on enemies, increasing their damage taken and lowering their movespeed.

Guillotine Blade, Willbreaker, and Brutal Incision are skills used to follow up on CC'd enemies.

When levelling skills, prioritize Stunning Blow, Gaia Crash, and Devastating Tornado to maximize damage.

Passive Skills

Assassin's Instincts, Destructive Fang, Vital Force, and Cold Warrior are offensive passive skills that boost damage upon meeting certain conditions.

Assassin's Step, Shadow Walker, Robust Constitution, and Indomitable Armor are defensive and supportive passive skills that help the player sustain mana and health in combat.

Prioritize Vital Force and Cold Warrior when levelling passives, as these give significant boosts to overall hit rate and heavy attack chance.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Darkslayer Daggers	・Attack Speed ・Critical Hit ・Hit ・Critical Hit

Take Darkslayer Daggers as it provides a boost to the Strength stat. This will help reach stat breakpoints. For traits and resonance, take Critical Hit, Hit, and Attack Speed as these stats improve the overall hit rate and damage of the build.

Secondary Weapon
Tevent's Warblade of Despair	・Critical Hit ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Hit ・Critical Hit
Weapon Effect
Tevent's Despair Trap	Upon applying Collision, Shock, or Stun with Greatsword Skills, creates an area with a 1.5m radius around the target will be created that explodes in 1.5s, dealing 325% of Base Damage.

Tevent's Warblade of Despair provides an additional instance of damage to the enemies upon inflicting Crowd Control. Furthermore, this Greatsword provides stat bonuses to Dexterity and Strength, as well as Attack Speed and Stun Chance, making it extremely viable with the Dagger.

Best Armors and Accessories

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The Imperator provides valuable bonuses when its four-piece set is active. With this, mobility skills get an increase and range while heavy attack chance increases as well.

Always take accessories that provide Strength bonuses, such as Clasp of the Conqueror, and Etched Alabaster Band. Bracers of the Primal King adds Perception to this build, but also allows the use of Max Health and Health Regen traits. Embossed Granite Band provides Health Regen to your build, while Belt of the Butcherer provides Damage Reduction and Max Health.

Prioritize Max Health in this loadout, with Stun Chance and Skill Damage taken as offensive traits. Endurance should always be taken over Evasion as the latter requires high investment in the endgame to be viable.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Dagger	・Disguise (6 Pts) ・Assassination (9 Pts)
Greatsword	・Incapacitate (6 Pts) ・Face-off (9 Pts)

This Mastery loadout prioritizes damage from the Face-off and Assassination skill path, while taking bonuses to crowd control skills from Incapacitate, as well as more sustain from the Disguise path.

Best Guardian

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Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Dagger / Greatsword Build
Mobbing and Thunderclouds Rotation Bossing Skill Rotation

Mobbing and Thunderclouds Rotation

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This rotation will serve as the bread and butter for mobbing and applying Thunderclouds. Activate Inject Venom and Umbral Spirit, before casting DaVinci's Courage. Then, cast Devastating Tornado before Gaia Crash.

Taking the elemental skill specializations of these skills is required to maximize damage and AOE. Lightning Infusion and Lightning Spirit apply Thunderclouds, shredding the target's defenses. Meanwhile, Ice Tornado inflicts Icebound which synergizes with Frost Cleaving, as it deals bonus damage to Icebound enemies.

Bossing Skill Rotation

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This skill rotation is designed around inflicting Shocked to bosses to gain the max damage of Guillotine Blade. Before your rotation, cast Inject Venom and Umbral Spirit for your attacks to apply Thunderclouds. Blink into range with Shadow Escape to Bind the target. Follow up with Ascending Slash to chain crowd control before casting Davinci's Courage. Cast Stunning Blow before Guillotine Blade to ensure that the target has Shock or Stun to deal bonus damage from Guillotine Blade.

After this rotation, Brutal Incision with the Thunderclouds Bombing skill specialization can be activated for bonus damage before using the Mobbing and Thunderclouds rotation to reapply Thunderclouds.

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