Best Dagger / Staff Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Dagger and Staff build for PvE in Throne and Liberty (TL). This guide shows how to effectively use the Dagger and Staff to deal high magic damage, 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 / Staff Build Overview

Build Summary

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Build Summary
Dagger and Staff	Focus: PvE, DPS Stat Priority: Wisdom, Perception
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
High Damage Low Cooldowns	Low Health and Defense Mana Inefficient

The Staff and Dagger build serves as the primary magic damage dealer in most comps. This build focuses on dealing damage through Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning, with the damage being boosted by Burning and Frost stacks. This is supplemented with Thunderclouds from the Dagger skill path.

For stat allocation, invest until Wisdom and Perception reach 50. This is to make use of stat breakpoints that increase mana, reduce cooldowns, and increase range.

Skills and Specialization

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Active Skills
Shadow Strike				Effect Accumulation Shadow Escape
Inject Venom				Effect Duration ▲ Lightning Infusion
Knife Throwing				Lightning Throw
Serial Fire Bombs				Instant Activation
Inferno Wave				Burning Consecutive Use
Frost Smokescreen				-
Chain Lightning				Chain Damage Guaranteed Damage Transfer
Inner Peace				Immune to CC Thunder Blessing
Fireball Barrage				Fireball Frenzy
Ice Spear				Damage ▲ Ice Spear Bombardment
High Focus				-
Judgement Lightning				Chain Damage Guaranteed Damage Transfer
Passive Skills
Assassin's Instincts		Destructive Fang		Wrathful Edge		Manaball Eruption
Asceticism		Flame Condensation		Frost Master		Forbidden Sanctuary
Defensive Skill
Block Blade

Active Skills

Inject Venom is the only buff in this build that players need to activate before engaging. Taking Lightning Infusion under Inject Venom is a non-negotiable, as it is with any other skill specialization under that allows the player to apply Thunderclouds.

The main sources of damage will be Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning. These skills gain properties depending on whether the target has Burning or Frost stacks.

Serial Firebombs, Inferno Wave, and Fireball Barrage are attacks that apply Burning on enemies. When using Lightning skills, these gain bonus damage based on Burning stacks.

Frost Smokescreen and Ice Spear are attacks that apply Frost on opponents. They are useful for proccing AOE effects on Lightning skills.

Inner Peace and High Focus is used to to alleviate mana problems, and should be used when needed.

Prioritize Serial Firebombs, Ice Spear, and Judgment Lightning when levelling skills, as these will be the main source of damage.

Passive Skills

Murderous Energy and Destructive Fang synergize with Thunderclouds applications, shredding defenses and making the debuff last longer.

Forbidden Sanctuary, Assassin's Instincts, and Manaball Eruption both provide extra damage from stats or simply more damage instances.

Flame Condensation and Frost Master increase the effectivity of both Burning and Move Speed Reduction.

Asceticism allows for more mana regen when standing still.

Prioritize levelling Manaball Eruption, Flame Condensation, Forbidden Sanctuary, and Destructive Fang to significantly boost the damage and synergy of this kit.

Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Lequirus's Wicked Thorns	・Heavy Attack Chance ・Critical Hit ・Attack Speed ・Heavy Attack Chance
Lequirus's Gale Blade	Base Damage 50 ▲ for 3s upon using Dagger Mobility Skills.

Lequirus's Wicked Thorns provides a solid damage boost when using mobility skills, and a boost to the Wisdom stat. This can be used in conjunction with Shadow Strike and Shadow Escape to boost damage inbetween Skill rotations. Take traits and resonances that give Heavy Attack Chance, and Attack Speed, as the Staff benefits from having a high Heavy Attack Chance.

Secondary Weapon
Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff	・Heavy Attack Chance ・Critical Hit ・Cooldown Speed ・Heavy Attack Chance
Weapon Effect
Toublek's Boost	Magic, Melee, and Ranged Critical Hiy 30 ▲ per 1m of distance between you and the target

Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff gives a simple yet significant damage boost based on the player's distance, and is relatively easy to acquire early-on into the endgame. Its passive is generally good, and it provides a small boost to Dexterity as well. Take traits and resonances that give Heavy Attack Chance, and Cooldown Speed, to further bolster this build's Heavy Attack Chance.

Best Armors and Accessories

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The Mother Nature set bonus increases the Weaken Duration for skills that apply Weaken, and furthermore increases the effective range of this build, making it best in slot. For this build, focus on building Max Mana and Mana Regen first, and taking offensive traits such as Cooldown Speed and Buff Duration when available.

For accessories, Blessed Templar Choker helps with this build's mana problems, while Ancient Saurodoma Bracers, Sapphire Dimensional Bandm, Abyssal Grace Band, and Girdle of Spectral Skulls help the build reach its stat breakpoints in Dexterity, with extra stats to mitigate mana problems.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Dagger	・Disguise (6 Pts) ・Poison (9 Pts)
Staff	・Destroy (9 Pts) ・Attribute (6 Pts)

This mastery loadout prioritizes skill uptime, and increasing debuff applications. Max Poison and Destroy under the Dagger and Staff skill sets to maximize damage, while investing in Attribute to increase hit rate and Disguise for its Cooldown Speed and Mana Cost Efficiency.

Best Guardian

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Currently under construction, so please stay tuned!

Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Dagger / Staff Build
Thunder Blessing Combo Burn Combo Mobbing/AOE Clearing

Thunder Blessing Combo

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This combo will allow players to maximize the Thunder Blessing AOE effect and apply AOE Frost in one rotation. Activate Inject Venom, then blink in range with Shadow Strike before casting Inner Peace. After that, reposition with Frost Smokescreen to apply AOE Frost.

Lightning Infusion under Inject Venom is a non-negotiable. This applies Thunderclouds, which reduces the Magic Endurance of enemies.

Mobbing Skill Rotation

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This will be the main skill rotation for clearing mobs and dealing AOE damage. First, activate Inject Venom. Then, inflict Frost with Ice Spear, before using Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning to deal AOE damage.

For this rotation, take Ice Spear Bombardment under Ice Spear to boost your damage, as well as Chain Damage and Guaranteed Damage Transfer under Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning to increase its spread and prevent damage fall-off.

Bossing Skill Rotation

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This skill rotation is centered around inflicting Burning to deal high single target damage. First, activate Lightning Infusion before starting off your rotation. Then, activate Serial Firebombs, Inferno Wave, and Fireball Barrage. While Fireball Barrage is active, cast Judgment Lightning and Chain Lightning.

To improve overall DPS, Instant Activation is recommended for Serial Fire Bombs, as well as Burning and Consecutive Use for Inferno Wave. Lastly, take Fireball Frenzy under Fireball Barrage as it increases the amount of fireballs fired per stack of Burning.

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