Staff and Crossbow PVP Build TL

Powerful Staff and Crossbow PVP Build for Throne and Liberty! A fast paced Battleweaver TL PVP Build that deals massive Elemental Damage. The Staff and the Crossbow create a powerful Weapon Combination in Throne and Liberty, that can devastate your enemies in no time. The Build is designed for Open World PVP but also instanced areas like the Arena. For Battleweaver PVE, you can take a look at my Staff and Crossbow DPS Build!

Best Stats

The Best Stats for this Staff and Crossbow PVP Build are Perception, Strength and Wisdom. Perception increases your Hit Chance and overall damage while Strength boosts your Maximum Health and survivability. Wisdom assists with better Mana Regen.

Best Skills for Staff and Crossbow PVP Build TL

These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Staff Crossbow PVP 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
• Judgment Lightning: Powerful Lightning Skill that can hit multiple times.
• Detonation Mark(Mortal Mark): Damages and Weakens enemies.
• Quick Fire: Burst damage skill that deals more damage to weakened enemies.
• Frost Smokescreen: Frost Mobility skill that also deals damage.
• Inferno Wave: Fire AOE damage skill that applies Burning.
• Annihilation Barrage Shot(Merciless Barrage): Massive AOE damage to all enemies around you.
• Mother Nature’s Protest: Fires lightning based projectiles.
• Fireball Barrage: Fires multiple fireballs and allows you to use other skills.
• Victorious Energy(High Focus): Boosts Critical Hit Chance and Evasion.
• Inner Peace: Increases Mana Regeneration.

Other skills you can use include Nimble Leap, Selfless Diffusion, High Focus without the Victorious Energy Specialization and Mana Exchange with the Remove CC Specialization! The Best Defense Skill for the Staff and Crossbow PVP Build is Mystic Shield, Staff’s Defense Skill.

Best Passive Skills for Staff and Crossbow Build TL

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.

• Mana Amp: Increases Max Mana and Max Health.
• Flame Condensation: Increases Burning Damage and Heavy Attack Chance.
• Echoic Barrier: Increases CC Resistances.
• Forbidden Sanctuary: Increases Skill Damage Boost at the cost of reduced Mana Cost Efficiency.
• Nature’s Power: Increases your damage when using a mobility skill.
• Ambidexterity: Increases Off-Hand Weapon Damage.
• Bloodlust: Boosts Skill Damage Boost and Critical Damage.
• Detection: Has a chance to boost Movement Speed and Evasion when you are under attack.

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 Crossbow PVP Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Serial Fire Bombs: Mobility, Projectile Speed increase, Instant Casting
• Ice Spear: Ice Spear Bombardment, Bind, Damage Increase
• High Focus: Victorious Energy
• Inferno Wave: Consecutive Use, Burning
• Fireball Barrage: Fireball Frenzy, Mana Burn, Cooldown reduction
• Quick Fire: Min Chain fire increase, Damage increase
• Mortal Mark: Detonation Mark, Stamina Stagnation
• Mother Nature’s Protest: Lightning Arrow
• Merciless Barrage: Annihilation Barrage Shot

Best Skills Combinations for Staff and Crossbow PVP 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 Crossbow PVP Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Ice Spear Bombardment+Serial Fire Bombs x3+Inferno Wave x2+Fireball Barrage+Judgment Lightning. Massive Elemental Damage from distance.
• Ice Spear Bombardment+Detonation Mark+Quick Fire+Annihilation Barrage Shot. Bind your target and deal strong damage in closer range.
• Ice Spear Bombardment+Serial Fire Bombs x3+Inferno Wave x2+Fireball Barrage+Detonation Mark+Quick Fire+Judgment Lightning+Annihilation Barrage Shot. A massive damage combination of all your skills, that will however drain your Mana fast.

Always activate Mother Nature’s Protest before you attack for extra Lightning and AOE Damage. Likewise cast Victorious Energy when it is ready to boost your damage and Evasion. Finally use Inner Peace to restore your Mana.

Best Weapon Mastery for Staff and Crossbow PVP 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
• Magic Heavy Attack Evasion Expertise
• Lesser Evasion Augment
• Lesser Mana Regen Augment
• Heavy Attack Expertise

Uncommon:

• Burning Damage Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise
• Burning Augment
• Attack Range Expertise
• Melee Defense Augment
• Silence Resistance Augment
• Magic Critical Hit Expertise

Rare:

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

Epic:

• Power Surge
• Mana Shield

From the Crossbow Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Attack Speed Augment
• Attack Speed Expertise
• Lesser Weaken Augment
• Mana Regen Intensity
• Base Damage Expertise

Uncommon:

• Ranged Critical Hit Augment
• Max Damage Expertise
• Off-Hand Double Attack Expertise
• Critical Damage Resistance Augment
• Cooldown Speed Expertise
• Ranged Heavy Attack Expertise

Rare:

• Greater Ranged Hit Augment
• Skill Damage Boost Intensity
• Attack Range Expertise
• Greater Evasion Augment
• Damage Resistance Expertise
• Greater Mana Regen Augment
• Ranged Heavy Attack Expertise

Epic:

• Annihilator
• Mirage Dancer

Best Gear for Staff and Crossbow PVP 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 Crossbow PVP Build is:

• Calanthia’s Spire of Torment(Weapon)
• Calanthia’s Confession(Armor)
• Shackled Twilight(Accessory)

T3 Gear

The Best T3 Gear for the Staff and Crossbow PVP 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 or the Astromancer Set. For Weapons you can combine the Salient Staff of the Abyss(Staff) with the Kowazan’s Crossbows of the Eclipse(Crossbow).

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 Daigon’s Charred Emberstaff(Staff) with the Bercant’s Spineflower Crossbows(Crossbow).

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 Talus’s Crystalline Staff(Staff) with the Rex Chimaerus’s Crossbows(Crossbow).

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Staff and Crossbow PVP 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 Crossbow PVP Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Main Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Perception, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Secondary Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Perception, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Necklace: Max Health, Dexterity
• Rings: Shield Block Penetration Chance, Perception or Cooldown Speed, Perception
• Earrings: Damage Reduction, Hit Chance
• Bracelet: Bonus Damage, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Belt: Move Speed, Max Health or Damage Reduction, Max Health

Best Artifact Set

The Best Artifact Set for the Build is Deathless One! A set that increases your Damage and Shield Block Penetration Chance!

Staff and Crossbow PVP Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

Pros	Cons
Massive Elemental Burst Damage	Very High Mana Consumption
Great AOE and Single Target damage	Limited CC(Bind)
Mobile and Flexible	No Healing Skill
Strong Execute-Burst Damage	Vulnerable to immobilizations, Stuns

This Battleweaver TL PVP Build relies on massive Burst Damage to destroy your targets fast. Its skills can deal amazing Burst Damage but they will drain your Mana fast. Thankfully you have tools to restore Mana, as long as you are careful when to use them. Thanks to the Lightning Arrow Specialization from Mother Nature’s Protest but also the Annihilation Barrage Shot skill, you can also deal great AOE damage and hurt multiple enemies at the same time with this Staff and Crossbow PVP Build in Throne and Liberty!