Liberator - Longbow + Staff PvE Build for Throne and Liberty - Metabattle (2024)

Overview

This Staff & Longbow build focuses on dealing high damage in all PVE content while being a challenge as it requires a relatively high APM compared to other builds. The build can be played well by both new and experienced players, offering a challenge while being enjoyed by all types of players that enjoy the full ranged DPS playstyle.

Attributes

For this build, focus on increasing Perception and Dexterity to maximize your damage output. These stats should be your main priority early on, as they boost your critical hit rate and improve both hit and overall damage. As you progress and upgrade your gear, continue investing in them for better performance. Strength and Wisdom are secondary priorities. Strength boosts your max HP which can help a great deal with certain PVE challenges, while Wisdom helps with mana regeneration. While not as critical, these stats will still support your survivability as you progress in Throne and Liberty.

Skills

With your main DPS rotation being around the gale combo provided by Strafing, Zephyr's Nock and Brutal Arrow, these are the first skills you should level. However, don't forget that Decisive Sniping deals high burst damage. Judgment Lightning and Serial Fire Bombs also provide great AOE and single target DPS alongside Chain Lightning.

Deadly Marker is offers great utility to your party by improving crit rate while Nature's Blessing offers good health and mana regeneration. High Focus is another utility skill for your whole party, increasing cooldown speed for everyone in your party.

Equipment

Weapon Masteries

Mana

Melee Defense

Mana Regen

Spell Flexibility

Magic Hit Chance

All Evasion

Mana Blessing

Mana Regen

Melee Defense

Reverberation Shield

Destroy

Damage

Magic Hit Chance

Fatal Incantation

Damage

Mana Regen

Mana Intensification

Cooldown Speed

Bonus Damage

Strange Spacetime

Attribute

Mana Regen

Weaken Chance

Flame Wound

Max Mana

Magic Hit Chance

Ignition Booster

Weaken Chance

Wisdom

Brutal Destruction

Support

Max Health

Magic Defense

Vitality of Dew

Movement Speed

Buff Duration

Anti-magic Arts

Magic Evasion

Perception

Grace Song

Check

Ranged Hit Chance

Move Speed

Wedge of Oppression

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Gale Arrowhead

Movement Speed

Mana Cost Efficiency

Phantom Snare

Sniping

Ranged Hit Chance +20

Ranged Crit Hit Chance

Pointy Throns

Bonus Damage

Damage

Critical Nock

Added Attack Speed

Ranged Crit Hit Chance

Brutal Shooter

Staff:To maximize your damage output, allocate 9 points into Destroy to significantly increase skill damage through Weapon Masteries. Then, invest 6 points into Mana to help a bit with your mana sustain and also gain extra melee defense.

Longbow:Spend 9 points into Sniping to greatly increase your raw damage and critical hit damage while 5 points should be invested into Support to improve your health regen by a little alongside extra movement speed and buff duration. The last point goes into Check for a bit of extra damage.

Rotations

• Start the rotation by casting Deadly Marker on your target before following up by buffing your party with High Focus and a quick Brutal Arrow onto the target to start stacking up Gale debuffs. Continue with Strafing (as many times as you can depending on procs) to force Gale stack explosions.

• Continue by using Zephyr's Nock to trigger the target debuff applied by your Strafing and deal higher damage while also lowering cooldown then use Chain Lightning and Serial Fire Bombs to put fire stacks and increase the amount of fireballs your Fireball Barrage will do next. Finish the rotation with casting Nature's Blessing to gain Whirlpool and lower the time you need to full channel Decisive Sniping. Lastly, finish with 2 casts of Judgment Lightning.

• Start your rotation with Brutal Arrow, applying Gale to all mobs before using Chain Lightning to deal damage to all mobs and continue with Serial Fire Bombs to damage all mobs. Finish the rotation with 2 Judgment Lightning casts that spreads to all mobs.

Blitz: As this ability resets your last used ability, you want to make use of this to reset your most important skills like Decisive Sniping or Deadly Marker during rotations.

Nature's Blessing: Make sure to let your staff players in the group know when you use this skill as they can use Inner Peace to quickly regain mana. You can also change Chain Lightning for Inner Peace if you have trouble with mana regeneration.

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