Dagger and Orb DPS Build TL
Powerful Dagger and Orb DPS Build for PVE Gameplay in Throne and Liberty! A fun Lunarch TL Build that combines strong melee and Poison attacks with Orb effects! The Build utilizes melee attacks and can devastate enemies in close range, which makes it an asset for every group.
Best Stats
The Best Stats for this Dagger and Orb DPS Build are Dexterity and Wisdom. Dexterity increases your damage while Wisdom offers better Mana Regen. Strength and Perception can also assist with better Health and Damage.
Best Skills for Dagger and Orb DPS Build
These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Dagger Orb DPS Build in Throne and Liberty.
Best Active and Defense Skills
These are the Best Active and Defense Skills for the Build.
- Cleaving Moonlight: Melee AOE Damage Skill.
- Starcalling: Summons Orbs that deal damage and synergize with other Orb skills.
- Stellar Dash: Fires projectiles to enemies.
- Inject Venom: Adds Poison to your Attacks and can melee attack nearby enemies.
- Interstellar Explosion: Deals AOE Damage.
- Fatal Stigma: Deals extra damage based on Poison stacks.
- Summon Constellation: Summons Orbs.
- Brutal Incision: Deals great damage against low Health enemies.
- Knife Throwing: Deals Damage and slows down enemies.
- Summon Satellite: Boosts basic attacks and other Orb Skills.
- Supernova Collapse: “Consumes” Orbs to deal massive damage.
- Void Slash: Deals massive AOE damage.
The Best Defense Skill for the Build is Block Blade, the Dagger’s Defense Skill.
Best Passive Skills for Orb and Staff DPS Build
These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.
- Assassin’s Instincts: Increases Critical Hit.
- Murderous Energy: Increases Poison Duration and Damage.
- Destructive Fang: Reduces target Defense.
- Wrathful Edge: Increases Critical Damage.
- Stellar Echo: Basic Attacks fire extra projectiles.
- Astral Overseer: Increases Critical Hit Chance and reduces cooldowns.
- Rift Fracture: Deals extra damage.
- Stellar Cycle: Restores Mana when Orb collapse.

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 Dagger and Orb DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:
- Cleaving Moonlight: Consecutive Use, Attack Speed increase, Additional Damage
- Inject Venom: Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduced, Effect Duration Increase
- Knife Throwing: Additional Hit
- Brutal Incision: Damage increase
- Fatal Stigma: Cooldown Reset, Skill Range increase, Damage increase
- Starcalling: Cooldown Reduction, Reduce Resource Cost
- Void Slash: Reactivate
- Summon Satellite: Increase Effect Duration
- Stellar Dash: Damage Boost, Additional Use
- Supernova Collapse: Improve Link Effect

Best Skills Combinations for Dagger and Orb 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 Dagger and Orb DPS Build in Throne and Liberty are:
- Poison Injection x2+Cleaving Moonlight x2+Fatal Stigma+Knife Throwing+Brutal Incision. Your main Dagger, melee combo.
- Starcalling x3 or Summon Constellation+Stellar Dash x3+Interstellar Explosion.
- Starcalling x3 or Summon Constellation+Stellar Dash x3+Void Slash.
- Starcalling x3 or Summon Constellation+Supernova Collapse. Massive AOE Damage.
Always activate Inject Venom and Summon Satellite for Poison Damage and extra projectiles!
Best Weapon Mastery for Dagger and Orb DPS Build Throne and Liberty
Weapon Mastery allows you to unlock additional passive effects for the Weapons you are using. From the Dagger Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:
Common:
- Lesser Attack Speed Augment
- Weaken Chance Offensive
- Lesser Magic Heavy Attack Evasion Augment
- Ranged Defense Expertise
- Movement Speed Expertise
Uncommon:
- Critical Hit Augment
- Bonus Damage Expertise
- Attack Range Augment
- Ranged Evasion Expertise
- Cooldown Speed Expertise
- Off Hand Weapon Augment
- Max Damage Expertise
Rare:
- Greater Hit Augment
- Critical Damage Intensity
- Skill Damage Boost Expertise
- Bind Chance Defense
- Magic Defense Expertise
- Critical Damage Expertise
Epic:
- Merciless Form
- Dexterous Power
From the Orb Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:
Common:
- Orb Max Damage Increase
- Attack Speed Concentration
- Enhance Skill Damage
- Max Health Expertise
- Melee Defense Augment
- Mana Regen Augment
- Relentless Mana Cost Efficiency
Uncommon:
- Increase Attack Range
- Magic Heavy Attack Concentration
- Damage Reduction Expertise
- Debuff Duration Expertise
- Mana Efficiency Concentration
- Max Mana Mastery
Rare:
- Magic Critical Hit Chance Concentration
- Skill Damage Expertise
- Relentless All Species Damage
- Max Health Augment
- Regen Augment
- Relentless Mana Regen
Epic:
- Light of Annihilation
Best Gear for Dagger and Orb 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 Dagger and Orb DPS Build is:
- Calanthia’s Cleavers of Carnage(Weapon)
- Calanthia’s Visage or Calanthia’s Touch(Armor)
- Eternal Promise(Accessory)
T3 Gear
The Best T3 Gear for the Dagger and Orb DPS Build is a combination of Demonic Beast Hunter and Blood Knights Set, that increases Attack Speed, Cooldown and Critical Hit Chance. Alternatively, you can use a full Blood Knights Set for a boost to Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Deviant Daggers of the Abyss(Dagger) with the Nerzatum’s Orb of Reaping or Onslaught Orb of the Abyss(Orb).
T2 Gear
The Best T2 Gear for the Build is a full Wing Gale Set for a boost to Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Bercant’s Whispering Daggers(Dagger) with the Greyeye’s Sinister Sphere(Orb).
T1 Gear
The Best T1 Gear for the Build is a full Death Set, that boosts Critical Damage and Attack Speed. For Weapons you can combine the Minezerok’s Daggers of Crippling(Dagger) with the Heroic Orb of the Resistance(Orb).
Best Traits
For the Best Traits for the Dagger and Orb 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 Dagger Orb 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!
Dagger and Orb DPS Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty
These are the Pros and Cons of the Build:
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Fast Paced Attacks and Play style | No Self Heal |
| Strong melee and Poison damage | No Skill to Restore Mana |
| Great Single target and massive AOE damage | Fights in melee range |
| Good Mana consumption | – |
This Dagger and Orb DPS Build offers a fun and fast play style, that will help you clear any PVE content in Throne and Liberty! A Lunarch TL Build that combines melee, poison and Orb AOE effects to devastate enemies and help you progress. The Build fights in melee range which makes it more vulnerable to tougher enemies but has great mobility and good Mana consumption!

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