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Throne And Liberty: The Best Dagger & Staff Build (Gear, Skills, & Weapons)

October 27, 2024

With nearly 30 different weapon combos available to players in Throne and Liberty, there are plenty of different build options to suit every playstyle. Early in the game, players choose a primary and secondary weapon which determines the skills their character will have access to. While there are several builds that have become quite popular in the game, one of the more unique and exciting builds is the Dagger & Staff Build, known in-game as the Spellblade.

The strongest versions of this build, like this one from TheGamer, combine the Burning (Staff) and Poison (Dagger) status effects to achieve a high damage output for both single-target and AoE attacks. While it will take a lot of time to find the gear you need and max out your levels and skills, it will be well worth it when you are able to challenge even the most difficult dungeons and bosses with this powerful Dagger & Staff Build.

Best Weapons For A Dagger & Staff Build

Unlock Dagger & Staff Weapon Mastery Skills

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Before chasing down specific gear, you’ll want to focus on unlocking the Weapon Mastery skills that you’ll need. Allocate Weapon Mastery Points to unlock skill nodes in the middle and bottom branches of the Staff Weapon Mastery Skill Tree. After investing a point in Radiant Composure, unlock the Damage, Magic Hit Chance, Fatal Incantation, Damage, Mana Regen, and Mana Intensification skill nodes from the middle branch, and all the skill nodes in the bottom branch.

The best dagger Weapon Mastery skills for the Dagger and Staff Build in Throne and Liberty. — Image Source: paulvanasse_73374/questlog.gg

For your Daggers, you’ll also focus on skills from the middle and top branches. First, unlock Silent Dash, followed by the following skills from the top skill branch: Ranged Defense, Health Regen, Debuff Immunity, Mana Cost Efficiency, Cooldown Speed, and Master of Evasion. To complete the build, unlock all the skills from the bottom skill branch.

Best Weapon Set & Weapon Traits

Weapon_Stat_Blocks-2Stat blocks showing the best weapons to use for a Dagger and Staff Build in Throne and Liberty. — Image Source: questlog.gg

For this Dagger & Staff build, there are two specific weapons to hunt down: the Staff of the Umbramancer, and Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns. This combo will get you through to the endgame, but you’ll need to level them all the way up and unlock the right weapon traits for each.

Weapon Mastery effects only apply to the active skills of that specific weapon type (Staff specializations apply to staff skills and dagger specializations apply to dagger skills).
In PvP modes, always hold the weapon that provides the best defensive buffs
from its Mastery effects, which is the dagger in this build. Actively switch to your staff when you want to use ranged auto-attack.
This doesn’t matter as much in PvE,
so go for the convenience of having your staff equipped for the ranged auto-attack.

Once you have your weapons and max out their levels, you’ll next need to focus on Weapon Traits. For both your staff and daggers, unlock the following three traits: Hit Chance, Heavy Hit Chance, and Critical Hit Chance. If you are lucky, one of those traits will be the one unlocked when you first find or craft your weapon.

To unlock a specific trait on any item
,
you’ll need to find or craft a duplicate of the item that already has that trait unlocked.
For example, to unlock three specific traits for Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns, you’ll need to find three different copies of the daggers, each with one of the traits you’d like unlocked. Use the
“Equipment Enchanting: Trait”
menu to manage and unlock the traits of your items.

Once you have managed to unlock all the correct traits, upgrade the traits to their highest level. Upgrading a trait requires you to find an item of the same type and with the same trait you want to upgrade. Once you have, you can enhance the trait from the “Equipment Enchanting” menu.

Best Gear For A Dagger & Staff Build

Start Grinding For Epic Gear

To max out the Dagger and Staff Build, you’ll need to get gear that boosts your stats and increases your chances of dealing heavy amounts of damage. There are a few methods outlined by DPJ on YouTube to obtain all the gear you’ll eventually need. In addition to clearing Lv. 50 dungeons or as random drops from defeating bosses and enemies, you’ll also be able to get epic gear from Precious Epic Chests, Precious Blessing Pouches, and the Auction House.

As with your staff and dagger, you’ll also need to unlock and upgrade the best traits for each gear item. You’ll be doing a lot of running around and exploring to find all the gear pieces, so don’t neglect upgrading your morphs to make exploration easier. Here are all the gear items you’ll need, the corresponding traits to unlock for each piece, and where they can be found:

Spellblade Gear Set
Slot	Item Name	Traits to Unlock	Where to Find
Primary Weapon	Staff of the Umbramancer	Hit Chance, Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit Chance	Drop (Avolos Geomancer, Frenzied Avolos Geomancer, Avolos Umbramancer), Reward from Precious Equipment Chest: Desire / Precious Blessing Pouch: Desire / Morokai’s Dimensional Circle Special Gold Chest.
Secondary Weapon	Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns	Hit Chance, Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit Chance	Cave of Destruction, Reward from Lv. 3 Paola’s Dimension Chest / Precious Weapon Selection Chest: 1-Star
Headgear	Heroic Hood of the Resistance	Max Health, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion	Drop (Black Boar), Reward from Precious Blessing Pouch / Special Resistance Enchanted Headgear Selection Chest.
Cloak	Supreme Devotion	Mana Regen, Skill Damage Resistance, Debuff Duration	Cave of Destruction, Reward from Lequirus’s Equipment Selection Chest
Top	Plate of the Field General	Melee Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Buff Duration	Death’s Abyss, Reward from Kertaki’s Armor Selection Chest / Armor Chest-Imperator / Precious Epic Equipment Selection Chest: Salvation
Gloves	Shadow Harvester Grips	Mana Regen, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion	Temple of Slaughter, Precious Epic Equipment Selection Chest: Salvation / Shakarux’s Armor Selection Chest / Armor Chest-Death
Legs	Shadow Harvester Trousers	Mana Regen, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion	Drop (Junobote), Junobote Guild Dungeon Reward, Reward from Kaligras’s Armor Selection Chest / Armor Chest-Death,
Shoes	Sabatons of the Field General	Melee Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Movement Speed	Shadowed Crypt, Drop (Dark Wizard, Berserk Dark Enforcer)
Necklace	Clasp of the Conqueror	Max Health, Skill Damage Boost, Buff Duration	Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss, Epic Armor Chest (Imperator, Chief Commander, Death, Ghost Wolf, Transcended One, Mother Nature)
Bracelet	Bracers of the Primal King	Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Debuff Duration	Cave of Destruction, Reward from Lequirus’s Equipment Selection Chest / Precious Accessories and Cloack Selection Chest: 1-Star
Ring I	Band of Universal Power	Mana Regen, Skill Damage Boost, Buff Duration	Drop (Queen Bellandir), Reward from Epic Armor Chest (Imperator, Chief Commander, Death, Ghost Wolf, Transcended One, Mother Nature)
Ring II	Sapphire Dimensional Band	Max Health, Skill Damage Boost, Buff Duration	Precious Epic Accessory Selection Chest / Epic Armor Chest (Ghost Wolf, Transcended One, Mother Nature)
Belt	Belt of Bloodlust	Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Debuff Duration	Drop (Adrius), Reward from Epic Armor Chest (Imperator, Chief Commander, Death) / Precious Blessing Pouch: Tyrant

Best Active Skills For A Dagger & Staff Build

Poison and Burning: Damage Over Time

A list of the active skills and specializations for the Dagger and Staff build from Throne and Liberty. — Image: paulvanasse_73374/questlog.gg

The main mechanic for this build revolves around inflicting your enemies with Poison and Burning, which will create a large damage-over-time (DoT) effect that will bring down even the toughest enemies. Select skills and specializations that boost skill damage for opponents affected by Burning or Poison, further increasing your overall DPS output.

For your defensive skill, equip the dagger’s Block Blade, which will change to Poison Dagger when you properly time your blocks against Fury Attacks. You’ll need to level up your active skills to their max if you want to get the highest damage output. For each skill, choose specializations that will further enhance Burning or Poison effects and increase damage against Burning and Poisoned targets. These are the skills and specializations you’ll need for the Staff and Dagger build:

Skill	Role	Description & Specializations
Inject Venom (Dagger)	Poison Effect, Debuff	Inflicts Poison, stacks up to 20 times.
Inject Venom (Dagger)	Poison Effect, Debuff	Effect Duration Increase (5)
High Focus (Staff)	Buff	Increases Cooldown Speed for all skills and increases movement speed for duration.
High Focus (Staff)	Buff	Base Damage Boost (5), Victorious Energy (5)
Serial Fire Bombs (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Burning Effect	Throw Fire Bombs inflicting damage and Burning.
Serial Fire Bombs (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Burning Effect	Focused Fire Bombs(7), Mobility (3), Radius Increased (5), Projectile Speed Increased (3).
Inferno Wave (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Burning Effect, Bonus Damage to Burning	Create a fiery explosion, inflicting damage with the chance to inflict Burning, and dealing increased damage to Burning targets.
Inferno Wave (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Burning Effect, Bonus Damage to Burning	Consecutive Use (5), Burning (3)
Judgment Lightning (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Burning	Inflict lightning damage on target and up to five other nearby foes. Deals increased damage to Burning targets. Landing Heavy Attacks decreases cooldown.
Judgment Lightning (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Burning	Damage Transfer (5), Damage Transfer (3)
Chain Lightning (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Burning	Inflict lightning damage on target and up to three other nearby foes. Deals increased damage to Burning targets.
Chain Lightning (Staff)	Ranged AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Burning	Damage Transfer (5), Damage Transfer (3)
Shadow Strike (Dagger)	Close-Gap, Debuff, Escape	Moves behind target, dealing damage and inflicts Bind, and Silence: Poison.
Shadow Strike (Dagger)	Close-Gap, Debuff, Escape	Shadow Escape (10)
Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger)	AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Poison	Deals AoE damage in a 1.5 m radius 3 times, increased damage to Poisoned targets.
Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger)	AoE Damage, Bonus Damage to Poison	Consecutive Use (10), Additional Damage (5)
Brutal Incision (Dagger)	Damage, Buff, Bonus Damage to Poison	Deals damage to target, increase Critical Hit Chance by 20% (or 600% if target health is below 50%), increased damage to Poisoned targets.
Brutal Incision (Dagger)	Damage, Buff, Bonus Damage to Poison	Damage Increase (5)
Umbral Spirit (Dagger)	Buff, Bonus Damage to Poison	Increased damage done on critical hits, deals additional damage to Poisoned targets.
Umbral Spirit (Dagger)	Buff, Bonus Damage to Poison	Damage Increase (5)
Frost Smokescreen (Staff)	AoE Debuff, Burning, Escape	Teleports the user 8m in a chosen direction, leaving behind a 4m wide zone which inflicts Burning and decreased movement speed on affected targets.
Frost Smokescreen (Staff)	AoE Debuff, Burning, Escape	Burning Smokescreen (5)
Camouflage Cloak (Dagger)	Escape	Enters stealth, releasing user from Bind and decreased Movement Speed effects. The first attack made from stealth will be a critical hit.
Camouflage Cloak (Dagger)	Escape	Cooldown Reduction (3)

Best Passive Skills & Attributes For Dagger & Staff Build

Boosting Your Offense & Defense

Attribute Breakdown for the Dagger and Staff Build in Throne and Liberty. The green numbers are the attribute points spent on that attribute and the purple numbers represent the bonuses from equipped gear and items. — Image Source: paulvanasse_73374/questlog.gg

Once you have maxed out your Epic gear and allocated all 49 of your attribute points, your total scores should be: Strength 55, Dexterity 30, Wisdom 30, and Perception 64. When allocating points to your base attributes, here’s where you’ll need to put them:

Strength: 13 points
Dexterity: 12 points
Wisdom: 5 points
Perception: 19 points

The passive skills that best work with this Dagger and Staff build are those that increase mana, increase damage, enhance Burning/Poison effectiveness, and boost defense. Here are the eight passives that work best with this build:

Passive Skill	Description
Assassin’s Instincts (Dagger)	Increase Critical Hit chance.
Wrathful Edge (Dagger)	Increase critical damage.
Murderous Energy (Dagger)	Increase Poison duration and damage.
Shadow Walker (Dagger)	Increase Damage Reduction and Ranged/Magic Evasion on use of a Mobility/Movement skill.
Destructive Fang (Dagger)	When attacking, it adds the chance to decrease defense of a Poisoned target.
Manaball Eruption (Staff)	Chance to fire an additional projectile/bomb when using a Staff.
Mana Amp (Staff)	Greatly increase max mana and health.
Flame Condensation (Staff)	Increase Burning damage and heavy attack chance against Burning targets.

The only passive skill that you’ll need to worry about triggering is Shadow Walker. To trigger this skill, use any of your three movement actives: Block Blade, Shadow Strike, and Frost (Burning) Smokescreen. Now that you have all the skills and specializations equipped, it’s time to put them all to use.

Skill Rotations For a Dagger & Staff Build

Start Off Ranged, Then Move In Close

The skill rotation for the Dagger and Staff Build in Throne and Liberty.

When entering combat, start off at a distance with your staff. Activate High Focus and follow up with a salvo of Focused Fire Bombs and Inferno Wave, adding stacks of Burning to your target and anyone nearby. Finish off your ranged rotation with Judgment Lightning followed by Chain Lightning, deal bonus damage to burning enemies, then get ready to move in close.

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Use Inject Venom, Umbral Spirit, and then teleport in behind your target using Shadow Strike, dealing 200% damage and inflicting Bind and Poison. Now that you’re in range, lay on the damage using Cleaving Moonlight (two times) and with Brutal Incision. End with a Burning Smokescreen to re-ignite your targets and move yourself back to where you started. You can now begin the rotation again from the top. Keep up the rotation, applying Burning and Poison your enemies until there are none left standing.

If you happen to find yourself in over your head and need to get away fast, you have a few options available to you:

Use Burning Smokescreen to move out of range in any direction while leaving your enemies with a large decrease in movement speed.
Re-activate Shadow Strike (within 6 seconds of first using it) to return to your original position when you first cast it.
Use Camouflage to break any bind/movement debuffs and go invisible for 10 seconds so you can get away. The next attack you make from stealth will automatically be a critical hit.

Remember to re-activate High Focus as soon as you can to keep its powerful buffs active. Once you have mastered this build, you’ll be able to take on the hardest challenges Throne and Liberty has to offer.

Source: TheGamer, Video Credit: DPJ/YouTube