Best Liberator Longbow / Staff PvP Build

Decimate opponents with a variety of spells with the Liberator Longbow / Staff build in Throne and Liberty (TL). Learn how to use the Liberator Longbow and Staff build, including the best gears to equip, skill rotations, traits, and more.

Liberator Longbow / Staff Build Overview

Build Summary

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Build Summary
Longbow / Staff	Focus: Damage, Crowd Control, AoE, PvP Stat Priority: Strength, Perception
Skill Setup
Pros	Cons
Excellent Burst and DPS Can Spec for AoE Ranged DPS Flexible Skill Choices Disables Targets	Susceptible to Burst Mana Hungry Low Mobility

With a wide variety of spells, this build is all about dealing damage to single or multiple targets. The build is very flexible in terms of what the player wants to do in combat, whether it is a hit-and-run mid-range play style or staying in the backline and unleashing devastating AoE spells.

For stats, the breakpoints to reach are 50 points in Strength for Health and increased chance of Heavy Attack, and Perception for increased Range and Hit.

Skills and Specialization

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Active Skills
Ice Spear		Damage ▲ Bind Ice Spear Bombardment
Fireball Barrage		Mana Burn Cooldown ▼ Fireball Frenzy
High Focus		Victorious Energy Base Damage Boost
Deadly Marker		Hit ▲ Target
Icebound Tomb		Icy Mire Bind
Serial Fire Bombs		Instant Activation
Nature's Blessing		Whirlpool
Flash Arrow		Flash Wave
Strafing		Consecutive Use
Zephyr's Nock		Cooldown ▼
Frost Smokescreen		-
Judgement Lightning		-
Passive Skills
Steady Aim	Sniper's Sense	Roxie's Arrowhead	Flame Condensation
Mana Amp	Devoted Shield	Distorted Sanctuary	Forbidden Sanctuary
Defensive Skill
Overtaker

Active Skill Explanation

The Longbow / Staff weapon combination is proficient at dealing damage at a distance, able to burst down targets without needing to get close.

Deadly Marker increases the chance to hit the target it inflicts thanks to the Hit ▲ specialization. When used with High Focus, it allows skills to hit reliably.

Flash Arrow with the Flash Wave specialization transforms the skill into a massive AoE wave capable of hitting multiple targets with ease.

The Strafing combo with Zephyr's Nock deals decent damage, and can be used outside of the rotation as a follow up for allies.

Icebound Tomb allows the player to single out targets and unload skills while being buffed by High Focus.

Frost Smokescreen allows the player to create distance from enemies to prevent being overwhelmed.

Nature's Blessing is used for additional regeneration between battles. The Whirlpool specialization increases movement speed, allowing the skill to be used to cover greater distances more quickly.

Serial Fire Bombs, Ice Spear, and Judgement Lightning are safe skills to level up first because they provide significant DPS and are safe to slot into any build.

Alternative Active Skills

Active Skill			Specialization
Strafing	>	Inferno Wave	Burning Consecutive Use Cooldown ▼
Zephyr's Nock	>	Infernal Meteor	Heal ▼ Hellfire Rain
Icebound Tomb	>	Blitz	Cooldown ▼ Limit Break
Deadly Marker	>	Arrow Vortex	Tornado
Fireball Barrage	>	Chain Lightning	Chain Damage Guaranteed Damage Transfer
Frost Smokescreen	>	Frost Smokescreen	Use the Designated Location

This build can forgo single-target skills in favor of more AoE abilities, allowing the player to deal more damage to multiple targets.

Giving up Deadly Marker and Icebound Tomb removes the ability to focus on single targets, but a well-placed Arrow Vortex can catch multiple people off guard, allowing teammates to follow up with their skills.

Keep in mind that the skill choices are flexible, and hybrid single-target/AoE builds can work, so feel free to experiment if other skill combinations are preferred.

Passive Skill Explanation

Devoted Shield and Distorted Sanctuary are passives taken for personal survivability, while the rest of the passives focus on dealing damage.

Flame Condensation and Forbidden Sanctuary are great passives to level first, as they increase damage without requiring any setup.

Best Weapons

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Summary				Skills				Weapons
Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Primary Weapon
Tevent's Arc of Wailing Death	・Added Attack Speed ・Hit ・Heavy Attack
Weapon Effect
Tevent's Bombardment	Shoots a bonus projectile whenever using Strafing, dealing 54% of Base Damage

Tevent's Arc of Wailing Death is an excellent item for this build, as it not only increases Perception and Dexterity, but also provides a significant damage boost to the Strafing combo.

Secondary Weapon
Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff	・Added Attack Speed ・Heavy Attack Chance ・Hit
Weapon Effect
Queen Bellandir's Explosive Insect	Applying Weaken:Burning with Staff Skills creates a 5% chance of applying the Explosive Insect effect. The explosive insect explodes in 3s, dealing 540% of Base Damage to the target and 1080% of Base Damage to all other enemies in a 3m radius.

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff Provides a significant increase to Wisdom and Cooldown Speed, which is much needed since this build prioritizes Strength and Perception. The weapon effect is just the icing on the cake.

Best Armors and Accessories

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Equipment			Mastery			Guardian			Rotations

Armors
Ascended Guardian Hood	・Mana Regen ・Magic Evasion ・Melee Evasion
Supreme Devotion	・Max Regen ・Debuff Duration ・Skill Damage Resistance
Ascended Guardian Raiment	・Max Health ・Magic Evasion ・Melee Evasion
Shadow Harvester Grips	・Magic Evasion ・Ranged Evasion ・Mana Regen
Shadow Harvester Trousers	・Magic Evasion ・Ranged Evasion ・Mana Regen
Sabatons of the Field General	・Move Speed ・Melee Evasion ・Ranged Evasion
Accessories
Clasp of the Conqueror	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Boost ・Buff Duration
Bracers of the Primal King	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Resistance ・Debuff Duration
Sapphire Dimensional Band	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Boost ・Buff duration
Band of Universal Power	・Skill Damage Boost ・Mana Regen ・Buff duration
Belt of Bloodlust	・Max Health ・Skill Damage Resistance ・Debuff Duration

Two pieces of the Ascended Guardian set are used for the Cooldown Speed effect, which is essential for frequent skill usage.

Shadow Harvester pieces are also taken, not necessarily for the two piece effect, which is substantial, but the armor pieces provide range and perception.

The rest of the armor stacks numerous sources of evasion while trying to reach the stat breakpoints.

By maxing out all the pieces, this build is able to reach the important breakpoints of 60 Strength and 50 Perception for increased HP and Heavy Attack chance, as well as additional range.

Best Weapon Mastery

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Phantom Snare is the most important passive to get, as it helps manage cooldowns on all skills. The rest of the points go into the sniping tree, for even more damage.

For the staff, getting the attribute tree will be a priority, as Brutal Destruction increases all magic damage dealt, which increases the build's ability to burst targets faster. The rest are put into the Destroy tree, for more damage.

Best Guardian

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Best Guardian
Lady Knight Kamarshea	Creates a shield for 50% of your Max Mana. Cooldown Speed +40% while the shield is up. Summon ends when the Shield is removed.

Lady Knight Kamarshea is the best option, as not only does she provide a shield that helps keep players stay alive, but she also allows skills to come online faster thanks to her cooldown speed buff.

Whether it is the shield or the duration of the buff, both of these effects greatly benefit this build.

Skill Rotations and Playstyle

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How to Play Longbow / Staff Build
Single Target Burst Rotation AoE Rotation

Single Target Burst Rotation

▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ x2▶ ▶ ▶ ▶

Start the rotation with High Focus first, as the Victorious Energy specialization will increase all hit chance, while also increasing damage dealt thanks to the Base Damage Boost.

Deadly Marker will increase damage dealt to the target, as well as increase the Hit chance of all damage directed towards that target. With High Focus and Deadly Marker both active, this will ensure that Icebound Tomb will disable the target.

Use the rest of the single-target skills, but most targets will have been eliminated before the Strafing combo finishes. Use Frost Smokescreen to disengage while looking for the next target.

AoE Burst

▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ x2▶ ▶

This combo can take down multiple targets, as it deals a lot of AoE damage if the rotation is allowed to finish uncontested.

Arrow Vortex can be used to control multiple targets for a short period of time by launching them into the air. This can also be used as an initiation skill, or as a follow-up to a group-wide disable used by allies. However, this is not nearly enough time to complete the entire rotation, so allies with other forms of Disable are needed to continue the rotation to multiple targets.

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