Best Sword and Shield / Dagger Build (PvP)

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

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Sword and Shield / Dagger Build Overview

Build Summary

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Build Summary
Sword and Shield / Dagger	Focus: Damage, Mobility, Small/Large Scale PvP Stat Priority: Strength, Dexterity
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
High mobility Lots of buffs High durability and survivability	Low DPS

This build combines the utility from Sword and Shield with the damage from the Dagger. It primarily involves hit-and-run tactics to eliminate targets quickly while getting out with minimal to no damage.

Prioritize improving Dexterity first to maximize damage, then Strength for durability and some more damage.

Skills and Specialization

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Shield Strike				Piercing Attack
Counter Barrier				Additional Damage Boost Cooldown ▼
Strategic Rush				Effects Target ▲ Range ▲
Chain Hook				Rear Chain Hook Range ▲
Stalwart Bastion				Great Fury
Cleaving Moonlight				Attack Speed ▲ Effect Accumulation Consecutive Use
Shadow Strike				Shadow Escape
Inject Venom				Lightning Infusion
Brutal Incision				Thunderclouds Bombing
Camouflage Cloak				-
Phantom Smokescreen				-
Frenzied Sword Dance				Mad Sword Dance
Passive Skills
Skillful Evasion		Resilient Mind		Aegis Shield		Impenetrable
Destructive Fang		Assassination Stance		Assassin's Instincts		Wrathful Edge
Defensive Skill
Block Blade

Active Skills Explantion

Cleaving Moonlight, Shadow Strike, Frenzied Sword Dance, and Shield Strike are the build's primary sources of damage with the help from Inject Venom's Lightning Infusion and Brutal Incision's Thunderclouds Bombing specializations.

Chain Hook and Strategic Rush provides a bit of crowd control for the party and also a way to set up other skills.

Camouflage Cloak, Phantom Smokescreen, Counter Barrier, and Stalwart Bastion are the build's utility skills. Camouflage Cloak provides a quick-escape tool when things go bad. Phantom Smokescreen can protect the party for a while by giving them 100% evasion.

Meanwhile, Stalwart Bastion can either provide a defensive buff via Damage Reduction or an offensive buff via the Great Fury specialization. Lastly, Counter Barrier is an indirect source of damage since it performs a counterattack upon evasion against attackers.

Focus on leveling up Inject Venom and Frenzied Sword Dance since they'll be responsible for most of the damage. The rest can be prioritized based on preference.

Passive Skills Explanation

Destructive Fang, Assassin's Instincts, and Warthful Edge improves the build's damage via Defense reductions, Critical Hit, and Critical Damage.

Aegis Shield and Impenetrable provides some durability to the build via Defense boosts. Meanwhile, Skillful Evasion, Assassination Stance, and Resilient Mind go well together since Skillful Evasion increases Evasion while Resilient Mind restores Mana and Health and Assassination Stance decreases Camouflage Cloak's cooldown upon evading attacks.

Focus on leveling up Destructive Fang and Impenetrable first as they provide a good balance of damage and durability. The rest can be prioritized based on preference.

Best Weapons

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

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

Karnix's Netherblade provides Strength and Max Health for more durability.

Traits and resonance mainly focus on improving damage.

Secondary Weapon
Lequirus's Wicked Thorns	・Max Mana ・Hit ・Critical Hit Critical Hit
Weapon Effect
Lequirus's Gale Blade	Base Damage 50 ▲ for 3s upon using Dagger Mobility Skills.

Lequirus's Wicked Thorns works nicely with the build's skill selection since its weapon effect increases Base Damage whenever Dagger Mobility skills are used, which will be used frequently.

Traits and resonance all focus on further improving damage.

Best Armors and Accessories

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Armors
Shadow Harvester Mask	・Cooldown Speed ・Ranged Evasion ・Magic Evasion ・Max Health
Supreme Devotion	・Mana Regen ・Max Mana ・Skill Damage Resistance ・Max Health
Arcane Shadow Robes	・Max Mana ・Magic Evasion ・Melee Evasion ・Max Health
Phantom Wolf Gloves	・Max Health ・Ranged Evasion ・Magic Evasion ・Melee Evasion
Phantom Wolf Breeches	・Max Health ・Ranged Evasion ・Magic Evasion ・Melee Evasion
Shadow Harvester Boots	・Ranged Evasion ・Magic Evasion ・Move Speed ・Melee Evasion
Accessories
Clasp of the Overlord	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Boost ・Buff Duration ・Max Health
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers	・Max Mana ・Skill Damage Resistance ・Debuff Duration ・Max Health
Amber Dimensional Band	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Boost ・Buff duration ・Max Mana
Band of Universal Power	・Max Mana ・Skill Damage Boost ・Buff duration ・Max Health
Belt of Bloodlust	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Resistance ・Debuff Duration ・Max Health

The armors and accessories selected focus mainly on increasing strength, dexterity, and damage while their traits and resonance lean more towards a mix of durability and evasion.

In particular, having Shadow Harvester Mask and Shadow Harvester Boots together gives increased Critical Damage as a bonus. In addition, having Phantom Wolf Gloves and Phantom Wolf Breeches in the build provides Bonus Damage, improving the build's damage further.

Best Weapon Mastery

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For Sword, putting 9 points to Provoke & Counter provides more durability and survivability with a little buff duration. Meanwhile, having 6 points to Collision further adds durability.

For Daggers, putting 9 points to Assassination provides mainly damage. Meanwhile, having 6 points to Disguise adds durability and survivability.

Best Guardian

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Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Sword and Shield / Dagger Build
Assassination Skill Rotation Thunderclouds Spread Skill Rotation

Assassination Skill Rotation

(Great Fury)▶ (Lightning Infusion) ▶ ▶ (Second Activation)▶ x2▶ (Mad Sword Dance) x2▶ (Thunderclouds Bombing)▶ (Second Activation)

This is the build's primary damage skill rotation.

Stalwart Bastion's Great Fury specialization and Inject Venom's Lightning Infusion are used to set up the combo before actually striking, increasing Skill Damage and allowing attacks to inflict Thunderclouds, respectively.

Shadow Strike officially initiates the combo, teleporting behind the target and striking it. Upon teleporting, using Lightning Infusion's second activation, and Cleaving Moonlight and Mad Sword Dance twice in quick succession will deal a ton of damage. Afterwards, Brutal Incision's Thunderclouds Bombing consumes all the Thundercloud stacks and deals the final blow.

Lastly, using Shadow Strike's Shadow Escape specialization allows for a quick escape.

Thunderclouds Spread Skill Rotation

▶ (Lightning Infusion)▶ (Optional)▶ ▶ (Piercing Attack)

This skill rotation uses crowd control and area attacks to inflict multiple enemies with Thundercloud.

Camouflage Cloak gives ample time to find a good position to initiate the combo. After finding a spot, Chain Hook allows for one more target to get caught in the combo, although, it's entirely optional. Strategic Rush pushes bunched-up enemies towards a spot or a wall, controlling their movement and setting them up for Piercing Attack.

All targets hit by Chain Hook, Strategic Rush, and Piercing Attack gets inflicted with Thunderclouds.

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