Best Sword and Shield (SnS) / Dagger Build (PvP)

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

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Berserker 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.

Stat Allocation

Stat	Total	Points From Lvl.	Points From Gear
Strength	53	20	23
Dexterity	40	11	19
Wisdom	30	6	14
Perception	41	12	19

Note: Base stats are always 10!

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	Stats

Active Skills
Shield Strike ▼ Piercing Attack				Piercing Attack
Counter Barrier				Additional Damage Boost Cooldown ▼
Strategic Rush				Effects Target ▲ Range ▲
Chain Hook				Rear Chain Hook Range ▲
Stalwart Bastion ▼ Great Fury				Great Fury
Cleaving Moonlight				Attack Speed ▲ Effect Accumulation Consecutive Use
Shadow Strike ▼ Shadow Escape				Shadow Escape
Inject Venom ▼ Lightning Infusion				Lightning Infusion
Brutal Incision ▼ Thunderclouds Bombing				Thunderclouds Bombing
Camouflage Cloak				-
Phantom Smokescreen				-
Frenzied Sword Dance ▼ Mad 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.

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Best Weapons

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Primary Weapon
Karnix's Netherblade	・Max Health +600 ・Hit +80 ・Critical Hit +80

Note: All of the traits shown here are of max value!

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 +600 ・Hit +80 ・Critical Hit +80
Weapon Effect
Lequirus's Gale Blade	Base Damage 50 ▲ for 3s upon using Dagger Mobility Skills.

Note: All of the traits shown here are of max value!

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.

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Best Armors and Accessories

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Note: All of the traits shown here are of max value!

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.

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Best Weapon Mastery

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Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Sword	・Provoke and Counter (9 Pts) ・Collision (6 Pts)
Dagger	・Assassination (9 Pts) ・Disguise (6 Pts)

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.

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Best Guardian

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Mastery	Guardian	Rotations	Stats

Best Guardian
Green Ranger Elowen	On Summoning, has an 80% chance to Bind all enemies in a 4m radius for 5s. While Summoned, attacking any targets affected by Bind and Movement Speed Reduction will increase Magic, Melee, and Ranged Critical Hit Chance by 500.

As this build particularly focuses on single-target CC and bursting them down, having a means to bind a cluster of enemies sneakily is a great tool to have in PVP.

After using Shadow Escape to get yourself into the thick of combat, utilize Green Ranger Elowen's 4m radius wide bind for your team to follow up on. Furthermore, you can burst down a single target after doing so since you will gain a 500 increase to your criticals!

You can also opt to change into Lady Knight Kamarshea as a panic button alternative to enemy comps that answer your 1v1 capabilities and possess a high volume of CC.

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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

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

Assassination Skill Rotation

▶ ▶ ▶ (Second Activation)▶ x2▶ x2▶ ▶ (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

▶ ▶ (Optional)▶ ▶

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.

Stats

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Offensive Defensive Body Crowd Control Miscellaneous Item Set

Offensive Stats

Stat	Value
Melee Hit	325
Ranged Hit	305
Magic Hit	305
Melee Crit. Hit	360
Ranged Crit. Hit	300
Magic Crit. Hit	300
Skill Damage Boost	270
Critical Damage	6%
Buff Duration	45%

Defensive Stats

Stat	Value
Melee Defense	1,708
Ranged Defense	1,681
Magic Defense	1,350
Melee Evasion	384
Ranged Evasion	1,014
Magic Evasion	1,030
Debuff Duration	-6%
Skill Damage Resistance	240
Damage Reduction	47

Body Stats

Stat	Value
Max Health	14,640
Max Mana	9,825
Max Stamina	100
Mana Cost Efficiency	4%
Move Speed	600 | 23.200%
Health Regen	204
Mana Regen	535.15
Cooldown Speed	25.8%
Added Attack Speed	11.4%

Crowd Control Stats

Stat	Value
Weaken Chance	328
Stun Chance	205
Petrification Chance	205
Sleep Chance	205
Silence Chance	205
Terror Chance	205
Bind Chance	282
Collision Chance	280
Stun Resistancee	125
Collision Resistance	100

Miscellaneous Stats

Stat	Value
All Evasion	145
Humanoid Bonus Damage	27
Hit	245
Critical Hit	555
Shield Block Chance	35%
Reduce Damage: Shield	35%
Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance	6%

Item Set Stats

Stat	Value
Death Set	Critical Damage increases by 14%, but it cannot be applied while other set critical damage effect is being applied.
Ghost Wolf Set	Bonus Damage 18

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