Best Throne and Liberty Dagger Build

Unlock the ultimate power in Throne and Liberty with our guide to crafting the best Dagger build, explaining gear, stat points, and rotation.

In Throne and Liberty, builds are created based on your weapon choices, stats, skills, specializations, mastery tree, guardians and gear. With so many choices, we hope to give you a clear path on how to play the Dagger weapon and build in PvE. We walk through the various elements of the build, explaining how skills, weapons, and gear all synergize together to make a powerful character in Throne and Liberty.

This guide has been updated for the official global release on October 1, 2024.

Everything About Best dagger Build in Throne and Liberty

The Dagger build is unique in Throne and Liberty because it grants an invisibility skill, a passive critical bonus, and some of the highest damage in the game. For this PvE Build, we recommend using a Dagger with a Staff for a combination of damage types. The Dagger does great for single-target, especially when enemies are below 50% health. Meanwhile, the Staff excels at area damage (AOE), emphasizing status effects. Combining these two together allows for not only flexible damage application, but range as well.

The downside to the Staff + Dagger build is lower survivability. This PvE DPS rotation is dependent on status effects and triggering secondary attacks. Therefore, it can be somewhat complex to play. However, if you love flexible damage and builds, this is great choice.

Weapons Choice

The main-hand weapon choice for this build is the Dagger due to its burst damage, criticality, and ability to stealth. While the Dagger is a melee weapon, the passives are helpful for any build, making the Dagger useful in the main or off-hand with any weapon combination.

The off-hand weapon is the Staff because of its range and area damage potential. With Dagger + Staff, you gain range, AOE damage, single target pressure, and debuffs.

Another setup is to run the Greatsword in the main-hand and Dagger in the off-hand. This will have a lower range but greater survivability.

Stat Points

Dexterity is the best stat point to focus on for a PvE Dagger build because it influences critical, attack evasion, and max damage. The secondary stat to increase is Perception, which helps with accuracy, crowd control, and overall damage. Lastly, Wisdom is helpful for mana regeneration and continual casting skills. If you feel low survivability, use Strength instead of Wisdom to increase health and defense.

Below is the best recommended Stat Point:

• 10 Strength – increase defense, max health, max damage, and minimum damage. 
• 30 Dexterity – affects critical attacks, evasion, and maximum damage. 
• 19 Wisdom – determines maximum mana regeneration, skill cooldown, and maximum damage. 
• 30 Perception – affects accuracy, crowd control effects, time boost ability, maximum damage, and minimum damage.

Active Skills

Below is a list of the recommended active skills for the Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty and how to use them:

1. Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger) – this is your low cost, low cooldown, main filler damage ability for the Dagger. Use this mostly off-cooldown when needing damage.
2. Inject Venom (Dagger) – Your skill to apply before combat to grant poison attacks passively. You want to maintain high up time for poison damage and build stacks.
3. Shadow Strike (Dagger) – this skill acts as your gap closer and binds a target in place. You can use this as an opener.
4. Brutal Incision (Dagger) – Your main burst single target damage skill which you want to use sub 50% health on enemies.
5. Vampiric Strike (Dagger) – A good damage skill that returns some health to you.
6. Camouflage Cloak (Dagger) – Your cloak or stealth plus it guarentees a critical on next attack. Use it as a burst tool or escaping combat.
7. Serial Fire Bombs (Staff) – This is your main spammable skill for the Staff that can be used repeatedly. Use this skill to trigger burning.
8. Inferno Wave (Staff) – Once burn has been applied, use Inferno Wave to do AOE damage in 3 meters.
9. Icebound Tomb (Staff) – Your crowd control CC that triggers Frost status effect.
10. Ice Spear (Staff) – A damage skill that applies Frost and slows down targets.
11. Judgment Lighting (Staff) – Use this skill after you’ve applied Frost for 5 meters of AOE damage.
12. High Focus (Staff) – Reduces cooldowns for you and party members near you, resulting in more damage.

Passive Skills

Below is a list of the best passive skills for the Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty:

1. Assassination Stance (Dagger) – lowers the cooldown on Cloak when you avoid an attack.
2. Wrathful Edge (Dagger) – passively boost critical damage.
3. Destructive Fang (Dagger) – lowers defense when attacking target with poison or thunderclouds.
4. Assassin’s Instincts (Dagger) – passively increases critical hit chance.
5. Assassin’s Step (Dagger) – increase mana regen and move speed after killing a target.
6. Asceticism (Staff) – passively boost mana recovery.
7. Flame Condensation (Staff) – increase burning damage.
8. Mana Amp (Staff) – increases max health and max mana.

Defense Skills

The best defense skill for the Dagger build is Block Blade because you can make yourself unable to be targeted and stealth.

Block Blade: Defends against attacks. On defending against a Fury Attack while stationary, 852 Mana regenerates. On defending against a Fury Attack within 0.5s, Block Blade changes to Poison Dagger for 3s. Wrath Attacks can’t be defended.
Use with the directional buttons to defend against attacks while moving 4m to the designated direction for 0.5s. Becomes Stealthed for 3s to make yourself unable to be targeted and increase Mana Regen by 2130 after defending against Fury or Wrath Attack. Block Blade changes to Poison Dagger. The first attack while Stealthed is a Critical Hit. Stealth ends when you attack or morph.

Poison Dagger: Throws up to 5 daggers at enemies within a 5m radius, dealing 100% damage and applying Weaken: Poison. Distributes the attack if there are multiple enemies within range.

Rotation

The main premise behind your rotation is to pre-buff with Inject Venom, which helps apply poison and boost damage via passives. Next, you can use Shadow Strike to close the distance and appear behind a target. Your main two dagger damage skills are Cleaving Moonlight and Vampiric Strike. Cleaving is good due to low cooldown and Vampiric when you need health. Save Brutal Incision when an enemy is below 50% for optimal damage. Use a Camouflage Cloak when you want to open with a critical or need to flee combat.

For the Staff, your main rotation is using Serial Fire Bombs to trigger Burn and then Inferno Wave to do AOE damage. The same sort of rotation applies with Frost, using Ice Spear or Icebound Tomb then Judgment Lighting for AOE.

For survivability, use Icebound Tomb to control a target, Camouflage Cloak to stealth away, and High Locus to refresh cooldowns.

Active Skills Upgrade Progression

The most important active skills to upgrade are Cleaving Moonlight, Inject Venom, and Shadow Strike. Cleaving Moonlight is your main spammable skill with a low cooldown, while Inject Venom is your pre-buff before attacking. Shadow Strike is your mobility tool, and all three skills work together in synergy: Inject Venom, Shadow Strike, and Cleaving Moonlight.

Below are recommended active skill upgrades in priority order:

1. Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger) uncommon to rare
2. Inject Venom (Dagger) uncommon to rare
3. Shadow Strike (Dagger) uncommon to rare
4. Serial Fire Bombs (Staff) uncommon to rare
5. Inferno Wave (Staff) uncommon to rare
6. Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger) rare to epic
7. Inject Venom (Dagger) rare to epic
8. Shadow Strike (Dagger) rare to epic
9. Serial Fire Bombs (Staff) rare to epic
10. Inferno Wave (Staff) rare to epic

Passive Skills Upgrade Progression

Below are recommended passive skill upgrades in priority order:

1. Assassination Stance (Dagger)
2. Assassin’s Instincts (Dagger)
3. Assassin’s Step (Dagger)
4. Asceticism (Staff)
5. Flame Condensation (Staff)

Skill Specialization

Below are the best Skill Specialization for a Dagger build in Throne and Liberty:

• Shadow Strike
  • Range
  • Effect Accumulation
• Chain Lighting
  • Guaranteed Damage Transfer
  • No damage mitigation
• High Focus
  • Base damage boost
  • Victorious energy
• Inject Venom
  • Cooldown
  • Duration
• Inferno Wave
  • Cooldown
  • Consecutive Use
  • Burning
• Judgement Lighting
  • Consecutive Use
  • Chain Damage
• Camouflage Cloak
  • Immune to CC
  • Duration
  • Cooldown
• Serial Fire Bombs
  • Focused fire bombs
  • Able to Move
  • Range
• Ice Spear
  • Ice Spear Bombardment
  • Bind
  • Damage

Weapon Mastery

The best Weapon Mastery is Assassination for the dagger because it increases the most damage. The final perk, Maddening Excitement, increases attack speed, allowing for more skills thus, more DPS. Below are the recommended weapon mastery points:

• Assassination (Dagger): 9 points
• Poison (Dagger): 3 points
• Destroy (Staff): 9 points
• Attribute (Staff): 3 points

Weapon Mastery is a system that gives you experience for your weapon that is equipped proportional to the experience earned.  Thus, at the start of the game, Weapon Mastery points are limited, but you will start earning more as your experience per kill and quest increase with level and zones.  Your main hand weapon gains increased weapon mastery, while off-hand still gains some, just not as much. 

Guardian

The best Guardian for the Dagger build is Lady Knight Kamarshea because of the Eternal Barrier skill that creates a shield based on your max mana and reduces cooldowns. This Guardian acts as a defensive and offensive tool that can be used every 10 minutes. If you have enough survivability, look to Masked Warlock Dantalux and the skill Abyssal Sanctuary for increased burst damage.

Guardians act as a short-term ultimate or super ability with powerful effects and a long cooldown.  Ideally, you want to select a Guardian that either enhances a strength or covers up a weakness.  You obtain Guardians after level 25 and completing Chapter 25. From that point, you can find how to obtain additional Guardians to enhance your Wand Build further. Moreover, these skills can only be used infrequently, as in 10 minutes, so save them for critical situations.

Best Weapons, Armor, and Accessories

Equipment such as weapons, armor, and accessories can be found throughout Throne and Liberty questing or combat.  However, crafting specific equipment that grants bonuses to your build will be the most effective way to increase your power.  There are no light, medium, or heavy proficiency requirements, but specific equipment grants unique bonuses suited to a longbow or tome user, not a Greatsword wielder. 

Therefore, it’s important that you craft the correct equipment early in Throne and Liberty.  Then, you can upgrade to higher quality throughout your playthrough and end at the max level of 50 with a properly balanced set of gear specifically designed for your Dagger build.

Beginner: Weapons

Below are the beginner recommended weapons from levels 1 to 50 using a Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Main Hand Weapon	Elite Resistance Knife	Critical Hit	Chapter 5 Sacred Pledge of Blood or Crafted
Off Hand Weapon	Elite Resistance Staff	Max Mana	Chapter 5 Sacred Pledge of Blood or Crafted

Beginner: Armor

Below are the beginner recommended armor from levels 1 to 50 using a Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Head	Elite Resistance Hood	Evasion	Chapter 7 Standstorm Overlord or Crafted
Cloak	Elite Resistance Cloak	Debuff Duration	Precious Blessing Container or Crafted
Chest	Elite Resistance Plate Armor	Max Health	Armadillo drop or Crafted
Hands	Elite Resistance Assault Gloves	Mana Regen	Chapter 7 Standstorm Overlord or Crafted
Legs	Elite Resistance Leather Pants	Max Health	Hermit Crab drop or Crafted
Feet	Elite Resistance Leather Boots	Max Health	Precious Blessing Container or Crafted

Beginner: Accessories

Below are the beginner recommended Accessories from levels 1 to 50 using a Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Necklace	Crude Wind Necklace	Stun Chance	Drop from Orc Fighter or Crafted
Bracelet	Crude Conquest Bracelet	Max Health	Uncommon Accessory Chest or Crafted
Ring 1	Crude Stone Band	Stun Chance	Uncommon Accessory Chest or Crafted
Ring 2	Crude Flame Band	Skill Damage Boost	Uncommon Accessory Chest or Crafted
Belt	Crude Vitality Belt	Max Health	Uncommon Accessory Chest or Crafted

End-Game: Weapons

Below are the end-game level 50 recommended Weapons in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Main Hand Weapon	Minezerok’s Dagger	Minezerok’s Bridle	Drops in Shadowed Crypt or Minezerok raid
Off Hand Weapon	Queen Bellandir’s Domination Wand	Queen Bellandir’s Explosive Insect	Drops Queen Bellandir

End-Game: Armor

Below are the end-game level 50 recommended Armor in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Head	Reaper’s Black Mask	Death Set Bonus	Drops from Ruins of Turayne or Adentus Raid
Cloak	Commandan’ts Granduer	Commandants Granduer	Drops from Sanctum of Desire Strongard or Junobote Raid
Chest	Grim Judicator’s Armor	Max Health	Commandants Grandeur
Hands	Reaper’s Hand of Death	Death Set Bonus	Drops from Ruins of Turayne or Adentus Raid
Legs	Repeaer’s Interring Pants	Death Set Bonus	Drops from Ruins of Turayne or Adentus Raid
Feet	Reaper’s Footsteps	Death Set Bonus	Drops from Ruins of Turayne or Adentus Raid

End-Game: Accessories

Below are the end-game level 50 Accessories Armor in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect	Found
Necklace	Destroyer’s Choker	Critical Hit	Drops from Nirma in Syleus’s Abyss or Nirma Raid
Bracelet	Beast King’s Gilded Bracers	Perception +4	Obtained from Chest rewards, Lequirus’s or Conquest.
Ring 1	Deadeye Band	Attack Speed	Drops from Deluzhona or Conquest Reward
Ring 2	Abyssal Crystal Ring	Attack Speed	Drop from level 55 mobs
Belt	Butcher’s Belt	Damage Reduction	Obtained from Chest rewards, Duke Magna’s or Conquest.

Build Summary – Throne and Liberty: Best Dagger Build

FAQs About Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty

Q1: Why Should you choose the Dagger weapon in Throne and Liberty?

Answer: Choose the Daggers weapon in Throne and Liberty if you are looking to play a high single-target DPS build that has great critical damage potential and is especially strong against low health enemies.

Q2: What is the best off-hand weapon to equip when using a Dagger?

Answer: A Staff is the best off-hand weapon to equip with a Daggers main hand in Throne and Liberty. Using the Staff gives you the option of switching to ranged damage if the situation calls for it. Moreover, a Staff is effective against enemies with elemental debuffs and provides great AoE.

Q3: What is the best end-game Dagger for Throne and Liberty?

Answer: The best end-game Dagger weapon for Throne and Liberty is the Minezerok’s Dagger. You can get it from the Level 50 Minezerok boss in the Shadowed Crypt or Guild Raid.

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