Spear Sword DPS Build TL

Powerful Spear and Sword DPS Build for PVE Gameplay in Throne and Liberty! A sturdy Steelheart DPS TL Build that is focusing on AOE Damage. The Build offers a unique Weapon Combination that relies on fire damage from the Spear and multiple AOE attacks from the Sword. Great to use for AOE farming or to deal with tough Bosses!

Best Stats

The Best Stats for this Spear and Sword DPS Build are Dexterity and Strength. Dexterity increases your overall damage while Strength boosts your Health and survivability. Perception can also assist with more damage.

Best Skills for Spear and Sword DPS Build TL

These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Spear Sword 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.
• Annihilation Blade(A Shot at Victory): Deals AOE Damage and boosts Sword Skill Damage.
• Ascending Cleave(Abyssal Cleave): Stuns and sets enemies to Prone.
• Gale Rush: Dashes to enemies, deals damage, debuffs them and boosts Attack Speed.
• Witty Retort: AOE Damage skill that restores Mana.
• Javelin Inferno(Javelin Surge): Ranged Damage that requires Ember to fire.
• Annihilating Slash: Deals AOE Damage.
• 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.

The Best Defense Skill for the Build is Patient Block, Spear’s Defense Skill.

Best Passive Skills for Spear and Sword 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.
• Malice Surge: Has a chance to increase Heavy Attack Chances when you take damage.
• Skillful Evasion: Boosts Evasion
• Resilient Mind: Restores Mana and Health.
• Impenetrable: Increases defense based on number of enemies.

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 Sword DPS Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Culling Arc: Flaming Arc
• Javelin Surge: Javelin Inferno
• Vicious Fury: Explosive Fury
• Unyielding Sentinel: Unyielding Shield
• Gale Rush: Initiative Blitz
• Abyssal Cleave: Ascending Cleave
• Bloodleech Aura: Effect Boost
• Rising Slash: Slaughtering Slash, Explosive Damage
• Cyclonic Fury: Phoenix Barrage, Critical Aftermath
• Annihilating Slash: Consecutive Use
• Witty Retort: Consecutive Use
• A Shot at Victory: Annihilation Blade, Boost Effects, Effect Duration increase

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

• Gale Rush+Flaming Arc x2+Phoenix Barrage+Explosive Fury x5+Javelin Inferno x5+Slaughtering Slash. Your main Spear combo! Boost Attack Speed and deal massive fire damage with rapid attacks, while applying Ignite.
• Annihilation Blade+Witty Retort x2+Annihilating Slash x2+Phoenix Barrage+Explosive Fury x5+Slaughtering Slash. Massive AOE melee combo that utilizes skills from both weapons!

Best Weapon Mastery for Spear and Sword 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
• Max Health Intensity
• Greater Attack Range Augment
• Skill Damage Boost Expertise

Epic:

• Explosive Force
• Victory Shield

From the Sword and Shield Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Melee Hit Augment
• Weaken and Range Expertise
• Lesser Melee Defense Augment
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Lesser Health Regen Augment
• Base Damage Expertise

Uncommon:

• Melee Critical Hit Augment
• Weaken and Damage Expertise
• Boss Defense Intensity
• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Evasion Augment
• Mana Cost Efficiency Expertise
• Mana Regen Augment
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Heavy Attack Augment
• Attack Speed Intensity
• Melee Defense Expertise
• Damage Increase Expertise

Epic:

• Blade Momentum
• Wisdom’s Path

Best Gear for Spear and Sword 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 Sword 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 Sword 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 Chernobog’s Cauterizing Blade(Sword).

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 Crimson Doomblade(Sword).

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 Karnix’s Netherblade(Sword).

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Spear and Sword 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 Sword 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 Sword DPS Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

Pros	Cons
Great Melee AOE Damage	Limited Ranged Attacks
Good CC(Stun, Prone)	fights close to enemies
Tools to Heal and Protect	Limited Healing
Good Mana Consumption	–
Sturdy DPS Build	–

This Steelheart DPS TL Build offers a great AOE play style, that will let you clear multiple enemies fast and easy! A sturdy Build that can deal good melee and fire based damage in Throne and Liberty. The Build also offers tools to heal and protect yourself but these are rather limited. It only has one Crowd Control ability but you can stun multiple targets with it. This Spear and Sword DPS Build is perfect if you are looking for good damage and defense at the same time!