Staff and Dagger DPS Build TL

Powerful Staff and Dagger DPS TL Build for Throne and Liberty! A Spellblade Build, that combines the strong Elemental Damage of the Staff with Poison Effects from the Dagger. Two very different Weapons in Throne and Liberty that combine well together to create a fearsome Mage Build! The core gameplay of this DPS Build is to use your fire attacks to apply Burning Stacks to your target, then fire your Shock skills for massive Damage. This Guide will help you choose the right skills and gear, in order to create a powerful DPS Build in Throne and Liberty! For Spellblade PVP, you can check my Staff and Dagger PVP Build!

Best Stats

The Best Stats for this Staff and Dagger DPS Build are Dexterity and Wisdom. Dexterity increases your Critical damage and will help you reach higher numbers while Wisdom can assist with better Mana Regen. Strength can also help with better Health and survivability.

Best Skills for Staff and Dagger DPS Build TL

These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Staff Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty.

Best Active and Defense Skills

These are the Best Active and Defense Skills for the Build.

• Ice Spear Bombardment(Ice Spear): Deals Frost Damage and Binds enemies.
• Serial Fire Bombs: Fire Damage skill that applies Burning
• Chaining Bolt(Chain Lightning): Deals more damage to Burning enemies and creates a shock AOE.
• Judgment Lightning: Powerful Lightning Skill that can hit multiple times.
• Inject Venom: Applies poison to your Attacks.
• Hellfire Rain(Infernal Meteor): Massive AOE Fire Damage Skill.
• Knife Throwing: Deals damage and slows down enemies.
• Inferno Wave: Fire AOE damage skill that applies Burning.
• Fatal Stigma: Deals extra damage based on Poison stacks.
• Fireball Barrage: Fires multiple fireballs and allows you to use other skills.
• High Focus: Increases Cooldown Speed and Move Speed.
• Thunder’s Blessing(Inner Peace): Increases Mana Regeneration and deals Shock AOE damage.

The Best Defense Skill for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build is Mystic Shield, Staff’s Defense Skill.

Best Passive Skills for Staff and Dagger DPS Build TL

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.

• Asceticism: Increases Mana Regen and damage.
• Mana Amp: Increases Max Mana and Max Health.
• Flame Condensation: Increases Burning Damage and Heavy Attack Chance.
• Forbidden Sanctuary: Increases Skill Damage Boost at the cost of reduced Mana Cost Efficiency.
• Assassin’s Instincts: Increases Critical Hit
• Murderous Energy: Increases Thunderclouds Duration.
• Destructive Fang: Reduces target defense.
• Wrathful Edge: Increases Critical Damage.

Best Skill Specializations

The Skill Specialization System allows you to enhance your favorite skills and make them more effective! These are the Best Skill Specializations for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Serial Fire Bombs: Mobility, Projectile Speed increased, Instant Casting
• Inner Peace: Thunder’s Blessing
• Ice Spear: Ice Spear Bombardment, Damage Increase, Bind
• High Focus: Base Damage Boost
• Inferno Wave: Burning
• Chain Lightning: Chaining Bolt, Damage Transfer, Damage Transfer
• Fireball Barrage: Fireball Frenzy
• Judgment Lightning: Consecutive Use, Damage Transfer, Damage Transfer
• Infernal Meteor: Hellfire Rain
• Inject Venom: Mana Cost Reduced
• Knife Throwing: Additional Hit
• Fatal Stigma: Cooldown Reset, Damage Increase

Best Skills Combinations for Staff and Dagger DPS Build TL

Combining your chosen skills is the best way to get the most out of their effects and maximize your potential. Some of the Best Skills Combos for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Ice Spear Bombardment+Serial Fire Bombs x3+Inferno Wave+Hellfire Rain+Fireball Barrage+Chaining Bolt+Judgment Lightning: Your main Elemental Damage combo!
• Ice Spear Bombardment+Knife Throwing+Serial Fire Bombs x3+Fatal Stigma+Inferno Wave+Hellfire Rain+Fireball Barrage+Chaining Bolt+Judgment Lightning. A strong combination of both weapon skills.

Always activate Inject Venom and High Focus before you attack! You can use Inject Venom a second time to perform a melee attack as well.

Best Weapon Mastery for Staff and Dagger DPS Build Throne and Liberty

Weapon Mastery allows you to unlock additional passive effects for the Weapons you are using. From the Staff Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Max Damage Augment
• Magic Hit Expertise
• Max Mana Intensity
• Magic Heavy Attack Evasion Expertise
• Melee Evasion Expertise
• Lesser Mana Regen Augment
• Heavy Attack Expertise

Uncommon:

• Burning Damage Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise
• Burning Augment
• Magic Critical Hit Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Bonus Damage Augment
• Skill Damage Boost Intensity
• Critical Hit Expertise
• Greater Max Health Augment
• Mana Efficiency Intensity
• Greater Cooldown Speed Augment
• Base Damage Expertise

Epic:

• Mana Spring
• Burning Ripple

From the Dagger Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Attack Speed Augment
• Weaken Chance Offensive
• Lesser Magic Heavy Attack Evasion Augment
• Lesser Buff Duration Augment
• Movement Speed Expertise

Uncommon:

• Critical Hit Augment
• Bonus Damage Expertise
• Attack Range Augment
• Ranged Evasion Expertise
• Evasion Augment
• Cooldown Speed Expertise
• Off Hand Weapon Augment
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Hit Augment
• Critical Damage Intensity
• Skill Damage Boost Expertise
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Critical Damage Expertise

Epic:

• Merciless Form
• Dexterous Power

Best Gear for Staff and Dagger DPS Build Throne and Liberty

Below you can find the Best Gear Sets for the Build, depending on the Gear Tier.

Heroic Hear

The Best Heroic Gear for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build is:

• Calanthia’s Spire of Torment(Weapon)
• Calanthia’s Visage or Calanthia’s Touch(Armor)
• Eternal Promise(Accessory)

T3 Gear

The Best T3 Gear for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build is a full Blood Knights Set, that boosts Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Salient Staff of the Abyss(Staff) with the Minezerok’s Daggers of Flaying(Dagger).

T2 Gear

The Best T2 Gear for the Build is a full Wing Gale Set, that boosts Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Daigon’s Charred Emberstaff(Staff) with the Bercant’s Whispering Daggers(Dagger).

T1 Gear

The Best T1 Gear for the Build is a combination of Transcended One and Death Sets, that boosts Cooldown Speed and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Toublek’s Shattering Quarterstaff(Staff) with the Rex Chimaerus’s Fangs(Dagger).

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Staff and Dagger DPS Build you should focus on your favorite from Max Health, Buff or Debuff Duration, Evasion or Endurance, Cooldown Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency, Mana Regen, Attack Speed. As for Weapons you can use the usual Hit, Critical Hit, Heavy Attack Chance trio or add Attack Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency where possible.

Best Runes

By applying Runes to your Weapons and Accessories you can create synergies that offer extra bonuses! These are the Best Runes for the Staff Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Main Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Bonus Damage, Boss Bonus Damage
• Secondary Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Bonus Damage, Boss Bonus Damage
• Necklace: Max Health, Dexterity or Max Health, Wisdom
• Rings: Cooldown Speed, Perception
• Earrings: Critical Hit Chance, Hit Chance
• Bracelet: Attack Speed, Max Health
• Belt: Move Speed, Max Health

Best Artifact Set

The Best Artifact Set for the Build is Chaos Harbinger! A set that increases your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage!

Staff and Dagger DPS Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

Pros	Cons
Massive Elemental Damage from Range	High Mana Consumption
Great against Single Targets and Groups of Enemies	Limited CC(Bind)
Burning, Poison, Shock and Frost Damage	No Self Heal

This Staff and Dagger DPS TL Build offers amazing Damage when fighting from Range and you are standing still. You can deal with single targets or AOE farm multiple enemies with it. If you are moving around a lot, you lose potential damage however. With its skills you can debuff, Bind and slow down enemies but that is also its only form of Crowd Control. The Mana Consumption of this Spellblade TL Build can be high if you are spamming skills but you can deal with it by standing still(better Mana Regen thanks to Asceticism Passive) or by restoring Mana with Thunder’s Blessing!