Best Staff / Sword and Shield Build (PvE)

This is a guide on the Staff and Sword 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!

Staff / Sword Build Overview

Build Summary

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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.

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

Skills and Specialization

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Shield Strike				Piercing Attack
Counter Barrier				Cooldown ▼
Strategic Rush				-
Stalwart Bastion				-
Annihilating Slash				Range ▲ Consecutive Use
A Shot at Victory				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				Cooldown ▼ Fireball Frenzy
High Focus				Base Damage Boost
Judgement Lightning				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 pontential.

Best Weapons

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Primary Weapon
Karnix's Netherblade	・Max Health ・Health Regen ・Heavy Attack Chance Max Mana

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 ・Mana Regen ・Heavy Attack Chance Max Health

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.

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.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

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.

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 / Staff Build
Mob Clearing Skill Rotation Single Target Burst/Boss Fight Skill Rotation

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)▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ (Piercing Attack) ▶ 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.

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