Spear Dagger DPS Build TL

Powerful Spear and Dagger DPS Build for PVE Gameplay in Throne and Liberty! A fast paced Shadowdancer TL Build with massive Melee damage and fun gameplay. The Spear and the Dagger create an amazing Weapon Combination, that can devastate strong single targets or multiple enemies with Ignite and Poison effects! For Shadowdancer PVP, you can take a look at my Spear and Dagger PVP Build!

Best Stats

The Best Stats for this Spear and Dagger DPS Build are Dexterity and Strength. Dexterity increases your overall damage while Strength boosts your Health and survivability. Wisdom can also assist with better Mana Regen.

Best Skills for Spear and Dagger DPS Build TL

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

Best Active and Defense Skills

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

• Flaming Arc(Culling Arc): Deals strong damage and applies Ignite.
• Phoenix Barrage(Cyclonic Fury): Deals damage and applies Ignite.
• Explosive Fury(Vicious Fury): Attacks multiple times and applies Ignite.
• Inject Venom: Adds Poison to your Attacks.
• Ascending Cleave(Abyssal Cleave): Stuns and sets enemies to Prone.
• Gale Rush: Dashes to enemies, deals damage, debuffs them and boosts Attack Speed.
• Cleaving Moonlight: AOE Damage skill.
• Javelin Inferno(Javelin Surge): Ranged Damage that requires Ember to fire.
• Brutal Incision: Deals massive damage to low Health and Poisoned enemies.
• Slaughtering Slash: Dashes to the target and deals massive damage.
• Bloodleech Aura: Deals AOE damage and Heals you.
• Unyielding Sentinel: Buffs you and provides a Shield.

You can also use Camouflage Cloak as an alternative, if you wish to move around stealthy. The Best Defense Skill for the Build is Patient Block, Spear’s Defense Skill.

Best Passive Skills for Spear and Dagger DPS Build TL

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.

• Imposing Form: Boosts Skill Damage when you deal damage with a Spear, Staff, Longbow or Greatsword skill.
• Fatal Precision: Increases Attack Speed every time you apply Weaken.
• Mortal Wrath: Deals extra damage when you land a critical hit on a low Health target.
• Retaliatory Strike: Dealing damage 3 times with an active skill increases the Critical Hit chance of the next active skill.
• Assassin’s Instincts: Increases Critical Hit.
• Murderous Energy: Increases Poison Duration and Damage.
• 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 Spear Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Culling Arc: Flaming Arc, Cooldown reduction
• Javelin Surge: Javelin Inferno
• Vicious Fury: Explosive Fury
• Unyielding Sentinel: Unyielding Shield
• Abyssal Cleave: Ascending Cleave, Effect Duration increase
• Rising Slash: Slaughtering Slash
• Cyclonic Fury: Phoenix Barrage, Conditional Damage, Critical Aftermath
• Cleaving Moonlight: Consecutive Use, Additional Damage
• Inject Venom: Cooldown Reduction, Effect Duration Increase
• Brutal Incision: Damage Increase

Best Skills Combinations for Spear 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 Spear Dagger DPS Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Inject Venom+Gale Rush+Flaming Arc x2+Phoenix Barrage+Explosive Fury x5+Javelin Inferno x5+Slaughtering Slash. Your main Spear combo! Boost your Attack Speed and deal massive fire damage with rapid attacks, while applying Ignite.
• Inject Venom+Gale Rush+Flaming Arc x2+Phoenix Barrage+Explosive Fury x5+Javelin Inferno x5+Slaughtering Slash+Cleaving Moonlight x2+Brutal Incision+Inject Venom melee attack. Add dagger abilities to your Spear combo for a massive attack that can destroy Bosses and multiple targets.

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

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

Common:

• Lesser Melee Hit Augment
• Movement Speed Expertise
• Ranged Evasion Expertise
• Cooldown Speed Expertise
• Lesser Mana Regen Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise

Uncommon:

• Ignite Damage Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise
• Magic Evasion Expertise
• Evasion Augment
• Cooldown Speed Augment
• Melee Critical Hit Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Bonus Damage Augment
• Melee Heavy Attack Intensity
• Melee Critical Hit Expertise
• Magic Heavy Attack Response
• Greater Attack Range Augment
• Skill Damage Boost Expertise

Epic:

• Explosive Force
• Victory Shield

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
• Lesser Buff Duration Augment
• Movement Speed Expertise

Uncommon:

• Critical Hit Augment
• Bonus Damage Expertise
• Crowd Control Intensity
• Attack Range Augment
• Ranged Evasion Expertise
• Evasion Augment
• Cooldown Speed Expertise
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

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

Epic:

• Merciless Form
• Dexterous Power

Best Gear for Spear 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 Spear and Dagger DPS Build is:

• Calanthia’s Transfixion of Vengeance(Weapon)
• Calanthia’s Visage or Calanthia’s Touch(Armor)
• Eternal Promise(Accessory)

T3 Gear

The Best T3 Gear for the Spear and Dagger DPS Build is a combination of Demonic Beast Hunter and Blood Knights Sets for a boost to Attack Speed, Cooldown and Critical Hit Chance. Alternatively you can use a full Blood Knights Set, that increases Critical Hit Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Velentra’s Skewer of Rending or Punishing Polearm of the Abyss(Spear) with the Minezerok’s Daggers of Flaying(Dagger).

T2 Gear

The Best T2 Gear for the Build is a combination of Imperial Seeker and Wing Gale Sets, for a boost to Critical Damage and Critical Hit Chance. For Weapons you can combine the Crimson Hellskewer(Spear) with the Bercant’s Whispering Daggers(Dagger).

T1 Gear

The Best T1 Gear for the Build is a combination of Imperator and Death Sets, that boosts Melee Heavy Attack Chance and Critical Damage. For Weapons you can combine the Shaikal’s Mindveil Harpoon(Spear) with the Minezerok’s Daggers of Crippling(Dagger).

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Spear 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 Spear 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!

Spear and Dagger DPS Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

Pros	Cons
Massive Melee Damage	Mana Consumption is High
Great Single Target and AOE Damage	Limited Healing
Good CC(Stun, Prone)	Limited Ranged Attacks
Offers Heals and a Shield	–
Poison and Ignite Status Attacks	–
Fast paced play style	–

This Shadowdancer TL Build offers a fun and efficient play style! You can use it to devastate tough enemies but also farm multiple targets. The Build offers self healing and a shield to protect you but consumes Mana fast, especially if you are farming alone. Its Poison and Ignite Status effects help you clear areas fast and the CC it provides can assist you. It may lack self healing and ranged attacks but this Spear and Dagger DPS Build is perfect for any kind of PVE Gameplay in Throne and Liberty!