Longbow + Dagger PvE DPS Build for Throne and Liberty - Metabattle (2024)

Overview

This Longbow and Dagger PvE build is perfect for players looking to deal high damage or prefer to play solo. It performs exceptionally well in PvE events, Field Bosses, Dungeons and general Open World PvE. The build is very straightforward and easy to pickup by both beginners and veteran players due to its easy to memorize rotations.

Attributes

Focus primarily on investing points into Dexterity and Perception to increase your damage potential. Aim to reach level 30 in each of these attributes. Avoid investing additional points beyond level 30, as it becomes less cost-effective. Allocate any remaining points into Wisdom to boost your mana and mana regeneration slightly as strength doesn't have much to offer you besides max HP.

Skills

Skill Priority

Zephyr's Nock, Ensnaring Arrow and Decisive Sniping are all part of your main rotation and the skills you will use the most. Once Inject Venom is upgraded to rare, it allows for the venom to stack to 20 which improves your damage considerably, especially if you can get multiple Strafing procs.

Shadow Strike is your only mobility skill that can also be used for closing the distance to your target followed by Brutal Incision and Predatory Strike for a short burst of damage. These should be the first skills to upgrade when you start upgrading your dagger skills. Nature's Blessing is your last priority for upgrading but shouldn't be discarded as it provides valuable health and mana regen when upgraded.

Passives Priority

You want to start upgrading Steady Aim as soon as possible because of how well it pairs with Ensnaring Arrow and Decisive Sniping. You want to stack as much critical hit as possible to proc extra Decisive Sniping and reuse the ability 2 more times. Rapidfire Stance is a great passive to increase your flat damage. While it makes you stationary, the buff isn't lost when you use mobility skills. Assassin's Instincts and Sniper's Sense also greatly improve your critical hit and further aid with proccing Decisive Sniping and Strafing.

Equipment

Weapon Masteries

Support

Max Health

Magic Defense

Vitality of Dew

Move Speed

Buff Duration

Anti-magic Arts

Magic Evasion

Perception

Grace Song

Check

Ranged Hit

Move Speed

Wedge of Oppression

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Gale Arrowhead

Range ↑

Mana Cost Efficiency

Phantom Snare

Sniping

Ranged Hit +20

Ranged Crit Hit

Pointy Throns

Damage Bonus

Base Damage

Critical Nock

Attack Speed

Ranged Crit Hit

Brutal Shooter

Disguise

Ranged Defense

Health Regen

Debuff Immunity

Mana Cost Efficiency

Cooldown Speed

Master of Evasion

Buff Duration

Ranged Defense

Strong Will

Poison

Melee Hit

Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance

Enfeebling Terror

Mana Regen

Buff Duration

Sorrowful Silence

Mana Cost Efficiency

Melee Hit

Shrewd Judgment

Assassination

Melee Critical Hit

Base Damage

Ambidexterity

Melee Critical Hit

Cooldown Speed

Deep Grudge

Base Damage

Skill Damage Boost

Maddening Excitement

Longbow:Allocate 9 points into Sniping to significantly increase your damage and critical damage. Then, invest 3 points into Check to enhance the Bind Chance of your Ensnaring Arrow skill.

Dagger:Invest 9 points in Assassination for extra crit damage, off-hand weapon activation rate and attack speed. The remaining 3 points can be added into Poison for more base damage and off-hand chance.

Rotations

• Start by using Inject Venom so all your following attacks apply poison. File:Deady Marker.webpDeady Marker is then used to increase critical rate against the target for you and your party. Use Ensnaring Arrow to root the target (doesn't work on all targets such as field bosses, etc but the damage is still applied). Then use Zephyr's Nock to deal increased damage. Reset the Zephyr's Nock cooldown with Blitz before following up with Decisive Sniping and Strafing, recast as many times they proc before starting your melee rotation.

• Start by using Inject Venom to apply poison and Shadow Strike to root the target in place followed by Zephyr's Nock as it deals higher damage on rooted targets. Use Knife Throwing to apply more poison stacks followed by Predatory Strike as it applies dot damage on poisoned enenies. Finish off your target with Brutal Incision!

Useful Information

• Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides vital protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only helps reduce incoming damage but also speeds up your cooldowns, enabling you to use your abilities more frequently.

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