Best Disciple Staff / Sword and Shield (SnS) Build (PvE)

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

Disciple Staff / Sword Build Overview

Build Summary

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Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Build Summary
Staff and Sword	Focus: Mobbing, PvE Stat Priority: Strength, Wisdom
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
Versatile playstyle High Damage Fast Cooldowns	No healing Mana heavy

This build makes use of Staff and Sword weapons to create a high-damage Melee and Magic build. It's effective against groups of enemies, allowing for faster farming and leveling.

Stat Allocation

Stat	Total	Points From Lvl.	Points From Gear
Strength	60	22	28
Dextexity	17	0	7
Wisdom	54	18	26
Perception	30	7	13

Note: Base stats are always 10!

Prioritize improving Strength first, then Wisdom. Strength provides the durability needed to take on groups of enemies while Wisdom keeps up with the build's high demand for mana.

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Skills and Specialization

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Summary	Skills	Weapons	Equipment
Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Active Skills
Shield Strike ▼ Piercing Attack				Piercing Attack
Counter Barrier				Cooldown ▼
Strategic Rush				-
Stalwart Bastion				-
Annihilating Slash				Range ▲ Consecutive Use
A Shot at Victory ▼ Annihilation Blade				Boost Effects Annihilation Blade
Serial Fire Bombs				Instant Activation Range ▲ Able to Move
Inferno Wave				Burning Consecutive Use Cooldown ▼
Chain Lightning				Chain Damage Guaranteed Damage Transfer
Fireball Barrage ▼ Fireball Frenzy				Cooldown ▼ Fireball Frenzy
High Focus				Base Damage Boost
Judgement Lightning ▼ Guaranteed Consecutive Use				Chain Damage Guaranteed Damage Transfer Guaranteed Consecutive Use
Passive Skills
Resilient Mind		Aegis Shield		Impenetrable		Morale Boost
Manaball Eruption		Mana Amp		Asceticism		Forbidden Sanctuary
Defensive Skill
Shield Survival Technique

Active Skills Explantion

Shield Strike (Piercing Attack), Annihilating Slash, A Shot at Victory (Annihilation Blade), and Inferno Wave all deal area damage. On the other hand, Serial Fire Bombs, Chain Lightning, and Judgement Lightning can bounce to multiple targets thanks to their specializations.

Counter Barrier with the help from Aegis Shield and Stalwart Bastion provides some durability, especially while mobbing. Meanwhile, Strategic Rush with help from Morale Boost and High Focus allow for faster cooldowns.

Focus on leveling up Serial Fire Bombs, Inferno Wave, and Chain Lightning first since they serve as the build's main mobbing skills. The rest can be prioritized based on preference.

Passive Skills Explanation

Resilient Mind, Aegis Shield, Impenetrable provide durability and survivability, especially when clearing waves. Mana Amp gives a nice amount of health and mana needed for the build while Asceticism grants mana regen.

Morale Boost is directly linked to Strategic Rush since it's the only active skill that can trigger the passive skill, allowing for faster cooldowns, especially while mobbing.

Manaball Eruption improves the build's damage output when attacking with the Staff and using projectile-based Staff skills while Forbidden Sanctuary gives Skill Damage Boost for even more damage and also decreases the mana cost of skills.

Focus on leveling up Resilient Mind, Impenetrable, Mana Amp, and Forbidden Sanctuary first to improve the build's mobbing potential.

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Best Weapons

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Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Primary Weapon
Karnix's Netherblade	・Max Health +600 ・Health Regen +60 ・Heavy Attack Chance +80

Karnix's Netherbalde provides Strength and a ton of Max Health that suits the build's needs. It also increases the build's damage against Humanoid targets.

The traits primarily focuses on durability via HP with a bit of Heavy Attack Chance for the skills. Taking Max Mana for its resonance helps keep up with the build's high mana demand.

Secondary Weapon
Staff of Lucid Light	・Max Mana +600 ・Mana Regen +60 ・Heavy Attack Chance +80

Staff of Lucid Light along with the selected traits provides Wisdom, Max Mana, Mana Regen, and Mana Cost Efficiency, which are all important stats for the build. Taking Max Health for its resonance improves the build's durability.

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Best Armors and Accessories

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Shock Commander Visor and Shock Commander Plate Armor together provide Strength, Damage Reduction, and Cooldown Speed, which are perfect for mobbing.

Supreme Devotion gives Mana Regen and Cooldown Speed, which suits the build, with a bit of Critical Hit just as a bonus.

Ascended Guardian Gloves and Ascended Guardian Pants together grants Wisdom, Damage Reduction, and Mana Cost Efficiency, which are needed for the build, with Perception and Collision Resistance as bonuses.

Divine Justiciar Shoes gives a nice amount of Wisdom and Move Speed. The accessories selected and their traits and resonance balances the build's need for durability and mana.

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Best Weapon Mastery

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Summary	Skills	Weapons	Equipment
Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Sword	・Provoke & Counter (9 Pts) ・Boss (6 Pts)
Staff	・Mana (9 Pts) ・Destroy (6 Pts)

For Sword, putting 9 points to Provoke & Counter and 6 points to Boss provides more durability and survivability with a little buff duration.

For Staff, putting 9 points to Mana improves mana management with some durability and evasion. Meanwhile, having 6 points to Destroy improves damage.

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Best Guardian

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Best Guardian
Shade Revenant Stheno	Launches 5 projectiles at random enemies within a 10m range every second. A single enemy may be hit with multiple projectiles at the same time. Each projectile deals 52% of Base Damage.

Shade Revenant Stheno's ability is great for dealing area and single-target damage, improving the build's damage potential.

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Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Sword and Shield / Staff Build
Mob Clearing Skill Rotation Single Target Burst/Boss Fight Skill Rotation

Note: If the skills icons are confusing, some of the skill icons indicated here are using their specialized variants.

Mob Clearing Skill Rotation

▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ x2

This acts as the build's main mob clearing or farming combo. High Focus should always be used first before casting other skills for the bonus damage and the Cooldown Speed buffs.

Serial Fire Bombs will deal the initial damage and apply Burning to targets. Inferno Wave and Chain Lightning will deal increased damage to targets inflicted with Burning.

Lightning Judgement's Guaranteed Damage Transfer skill specialization allows it to hit two enemies at once while its Guaranteed Consecutive Use enables the skill to be used twice in a row.

Single Target Burst/Boss Fight Skill Rotation

▶ (Optional)▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ x2 ▶ x2

This combo utilizes the skills from both weapons. High Focus should always be used first before casting other skills for the bonus damage and the Cooldown Speed buffs. Stalwart Bastion is completely optional. It's there to give a defensive boost when fightning against strong enemies, especially bosses.

Serial Fire Bombs will deal the initial damage and apply Burning to the target. Fireball Barrage's Fireball Frenzy specialization allows it fire additional projectiles against the target that's inflicted with Burning while Inferno Wave will deal increased damage to the Burned target.

Counter Barrier will increase Shield Strike's Melee Heavy Attack Chance when it's used. A Shot at Victory will deal high burst damage to the target and increase Shield Strike and Annihilating Slash's damage when they're used.

Lightning Judgement's Guaranteed Consecutive Use enables the skill to be used twice in a row for the final blow.

Stats

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Offensive Defensive Body Crowd Control Miscellaneous Item Set

Offensive Stats

Stat	Value
Melee Hit	270
Ranged Hit	250
Magic Hit	310
Melee Crit. Hit	85
Ranged Crit. Hit	85
Magic Crit. Hit	145
Skill Damage Boost	280
Buff Duration	16%

Defensive Stats

Stat	Value
Melee Defense	1,889
Ranged Defense	1,702
Magic Defense	1,350
Melee Evasion	834
Ranged Evasion	344
Magic Evasion	514
Damage Reduction	52
Debuff Duration	-24%

Body Stats

Stat	Value
Max Health	16,340
Max Mana	12,805
Mana Cost Efficiency	43%
Max Stamina	100
Move Speed	600 | 10.6%
Health Regen	516
Mana Regen	1,117.35
Cooldown Speed	27.9%
Attack Speed	1.096

Crowd Control Stats

Stat	Value
Weaken Chance	225
Stun Chance	150
Petrification Chance	150
Sleep Chance	150
Silence Chance	150
Terror Chance	150
Bind Chance	150
Collision Chance	150
Stun Resistance	173
Collision Resistance	97

Miscellaneous Stats

Stat	Value
Shiled Block Chance	35%
Reduce Damage: Shield	40%
All Evasion	80
Range ▲	6.2%
Critical Hit	95
Heavy Attack Chance	160
Boss Endurance	120

Item Set Stats

Stat	Value
Shock Commander Set	Damage Reduction 18 ▲
Ascended Guardian Set	Cooldown Speed 7.5% ▲

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