The best staves in Throne and Liberty (TL) are Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff for PvE and Talus's Crystalline Staff for PvP. See a tier list of all the Epic Staves, the best staves to use, and an explanation for each staff's tier ranking!

Best Staff Tier List

Tier	Weapon
	Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff
	Talus's Crystalline Staff Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff
	Staff of the Umbramancer
	Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff
	Heroic Staff of the Resistance Staff of Lucid Light

Note: The Staffs included in this tier list are only of Epic Rarity to reflect end-game viability. If there are any notable rare staves, please comment down below!

What Are the Best Staffs?

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff for PvE

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff Epic Staff	Damage	68~126
	Atk Spd	0.743s
	Range	19.2m
Weapon Skill	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.
Weapon Stats	・Wisdom 5 ・Critical Hit 52 ・Cooldown Speed +1.3%

The best staff for PvE content is Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff, both for the additional stats and a weapon skill that supports a Burning playstyle!

Given that the Staff thrives when you can cast multiple spells, the exceptional increase in your Wisdom and base Cooldown Speed makes this staff the best in damage. Additionally, the base Critical Hit allows you to reliably get the second cast of Judgement Lightning!

Furthermore, the Burning package of the Staff is currently its best way to deal with consistent DoT (Damage over time), meaning it is often used as filler during your rotations. This means that you will be reliably able to proc its weapon skill, where in conjunction with Flame Condensation, amp up your damage to unprecedented levels!

How to Get Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff

Talus's Crystalline Staff for PvP

Talus's Crystalline Staff Epic Staff	Damage	62~115
	Atk Spd	0.675s
	Range	17.6m
Weapon Skill	Talus's Cold Stone When Stunned, trigger Petrification: Freeze for 1s to protect yourself. Cooldown 60s.
Weapon Stats	・Dexterity 5 ・Critical Hit 124

On the other hand, the best staff to use for PvP content is Talus's Crystalline Staff, specifically due to the high amount of additional Dexterity for Critical consistency, and its self-peeling weapon skill!

Alongside Wisdom, Dexterity is the best stat the Staff scales off of due to the additional Critical and Evasion. Talus's Crystalline Staff, given its Dexterity attribute allocation, allows the player to easily reach 50 Dexterity.

In PvP scenarios, the Staff will often be targeted by Greatsword / Dagger Builds due to their ability to dish out consistently high AoE damage with their spells. Talus's Crystalline Staff's weapon skill, upon getting Stunned, makes the user invulnerable for 1 second, allowing your team to respond when communicated properly!

How to Get Talus's Crystalline Staff

Staff Tier List Explanation

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SS Tier

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Highest Base DPS Highest Range			No Utility

Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff is currently the end-game staff most players will strive to grind as it possesses the highest damage potential of the staves given its stats, range, and affinity to the Burning DoT.

Along with its solid stat increase to Dexterity, the Hivemind Staff enhances burning spells such as Serial Fire Bomb by adding a chance to plant an Explosive Insect that deals 500% of your base damage.

S Tier

Talus's Crystalline Staff

Talus's Crystalline Staff	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Safety Tool w/ Weapon Skill Massive buff to Criticals			No Cooldown Speed
Pros			Cons

Talus's Crystalline Staff is a staff centered around competitive PvP play given that it provides the necessary stat allocation of Dexterity while giving the player agency to push for aggressive plays without being threatened by stun-to-burst builds.

Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff

Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Most Accessible and Versatile Staff Additional Cooldown Speed			Weapon Skill Reliant on Build

When you do not know which staff to use, Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff is always a safe option for PvE and PvP content. This is the case because cooldown speed is a crucial stat for the staff to have seamless skill rotations for optimal DPS.

Furthermore, the staff naturally fights at the farthest range possible, meaning its weapon skill that increases the critical hit rate will always be significant. However, this comes at the cost of being limited to ranged sub-weapons such as the Longbow, Crossbow, and Wand.

A Tier

Staff of the Umbramancer

Staff of the Umbramancer	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Provides needed stats for PvP Additional Cooldown Speed Obtainable w/ Weeklies			No Additional Dexterity

When you are at the point where you are transitioning into the end-game while keeping PvP in mind, the best staff to use would be the Staff of the Umbramancer as you can get it fairly easily while doing your weeklies.

This staff provides the essential Cooldown Speed, while also giving Strength and Perception, which are key stats for PvP. While it does perform pretty well in PvP, there will be better options for PvE that you can easily obtain.

B Tier

Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff

Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Scaling Damage Consistent Burns			Near Obsolete in PvP

If you prefer using spells that require you to channel a certain amount of time such as Infernal Meteor, Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff supports that play by providing a flat base damage increase and adding consistency to the status ailment.

However, despite the Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff having consistent damage output, the fact that it requires the player to be stationary makes it a liability during PvP combat.

C Tier

Heroic Staff of the Resistance

Heroic Staff of the Resistance	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Decent Auxiliary Stats			Low Range No Base Stat Increase

The Heroic Scepter of the Resistance has premier Critical Hit Rate, but it does not hold any bearing towards base stats and range.

While it may work on paper with your Lightning spells, you will have trouble setting up breakpoints due to its lack of stat allocation; hence its position in the C tier.

Staff of Lucid Light

Staff of Lucid Light	Overall Tier Ranking
	PvE				PvP
Pros			Cons
Boost in Wisdom			Boosts in Mana Can be Useless Low Range and Base Damage

If you ever wanted a staff that is efficient Mana-wise, especially with builds such as the Battleweaver who require aid, the Staff of Lucid Light can be a solid option.

However, this only boon does not overshadow its lacking stats. While it may increase base Wisdom, its poor range, low damage, and slow attack speed leave much to be desired.

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Crossbow	Staff
Wand	Spear