Best Throne and Liberty: Spellblade Build

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

The Dagger is one of the best Short-range weapons you can equip in the game, and it is a solid choice for most players in Throne and Liberty. We’ll discuss everything about Spellblade Dagger Build including the pros and cons of Dagger, Best Weapons choice, Best Skills, weapons, Armor, and accessories, Beginner Spellblade equipment, and much more. One must know the best off-hand weapon to equip when using a Dagger, so don’t worry we got you covered.

This guide has been created for the current launch of Throne and Liberty in the Western Hemisphere.

Everything About Best Spellblade Build in Throne and Liberty

Dagger in Throne and Liberty excels in close-quarter combat, but be mindful of your positioning. A dagger is a single-target weapon that can eliminate enemies below 50% health with a single critical hit. Dagger is a melee weapon that provides Burst damage, Critical hit damage, and Crowd Control. Dagger deals bonus damage to stunned enemies, so using status effects will greatly improve your damage output.

In Throne and Liberty, skills are abilities you can use and change depending on your equipped weapons. Unlike other MMORPGs, your weapon choices determine your skills and build.  You can swap weapons and gain a new set of skills that you learn throughout the leveling process.  Moreover, skills come in three forms: active, passive, and defensive.

Spellblade Build Pros	Spellblade Build Cons
Crowd Control & Poison	Lack of Range
Critical Hit Damage	No AOE Damage
Mobility and Stealth	Low Defense
Burst Damage

Best Weapons Choice

Dagger in Throne and Liberty is a melee weapon that provides high burst damage, making it the perfect choice for players looking to create an assassin type of character in the game. The Dagger Playstyle revolves around increasing critical chance. Positioning the weapon to the side or rear of the target for additional damage and delivering multiple hits in rapid succession. Daggers can be great for quickly deadly strikes in close combat. Being a melee weapon, Dagger offers close-range burst potential and mobility.

The Off-hand Weapon for the Dagger in the Spellblade Build is Staff. Staff is the best weapon to pick if your playstyle revolves around Damage Over Time (DoT). It has a long range and you can damage enemies hovering at long distances in combat. The Staff damage is based on the Weather conditions. The interactive nature allows the Staff to provide a significant damage increase. However, this weapon also has a few drawbacks, as the Staff spells require time to cast and the cooldown takes much time. The staff has lower DPS for the ranged weapon.

The other weapon that works well with the Dagger is Greatsword. Greatsword in Throne and Liberty is a melee weapon specializing in single-target lockdown in the form of a big burst and stuns. Greatsword is a bit slower than other weapons, but it’s a great two-handed weapon with a huge range and high damage. Despite providing High damage and more defensive skills, this weapon Lacks Mobility. While equipping a Greatsword, you can charge into combat, stun enemies, and do massive AOE damage.

Best Skills

Inject Venom and Inner Peace (Active Skills) are the best skills to use along with the Destructive Fang and Frost Master (Passive Skills) including Block Blade.

Below are the best skills for the Best Spellblade Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty:

Active Skills

Below are examples of active skills and how to use them:

1. Shadow Strike (Dagger)- this skill acts as your gap closer and binds a target in place. You can use this as an opener.
2. Inject Venom (Dagger)- Your skill to apply before combat to grant poison attacks passively.
3. Knife Throwing (Dagger)- Throws five daggers in a direction. These daggers can lower the target’s movement speed and Incoming Healing effects.
4. Serial Fire Bombs (Staff)- Ranged area of effect attack that can apply Weaken: Burning.
5. Inferno Wave (Staff)- large fire-based damage at an 11-meter range if enemies are hit with heavy attacks. Can also apply stacks of weakening burning.
6. Frost Smokescreen (Staff)- mobility skill that also debuffs targets by weakening and lowering movement speed in a 4-meter area.
7. Inner Peace (Staff)- This mana skill increases regeneration, but you must stay stationary. 
8. Camouflage Cloak (Dagger)- Your cloak or stealth plus it guarantees a critical on the next attack. Use it as a burst tool or escape combat.
9. Ankle Strike (Dagger)- A hard-hitting attack that can make Bound, Sleeping, or Stunned Targets get knocked Prone.
10. High Focus (Staff)- lowers cooldowns of skills, which should be used for an opening rotation.
11. Judgement Lightning (Staff)- Deals a massive amount of damage, dealing bonus damage to Wet or Frosted enemies.
12. Chain Lightning (Staff)- A high damage skill that will chain to another target if the initial target is affected by Wet or Frost.

Passive Skills

Below is a list of the best passive skills for the Spellblade Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty and how to use them:

• Assassin’s Instincts (Dagger)- passively increases critical hit chance.
• Destructive Fang (Dagger)- lowers defense when attacking a target with poison or thunderclouds.
• Wrathful Edge (Dagger)- passively boosts critical damage.
• Manaball Eruption (Staff)- triggers additional projectiles randomly and applies to burn.
• Asceticism (Staff)- increase mana regeneration and this is aided by staying still.
• Flame Condensation (Staff)- Increases burning damage.
• Frost Master (Staff)- Increases the effectiveness of Move Speed Reduction effects.
• Forbidden Sanctuary (Staff)- Decreases all Mana Cost Efficiency and Increases Skill Damage Boost.

Defense Skills

Block Blade

The best defense skill for the Best Spellblade Dagger build is Block Blade because of the 852 Mana regeneration against enemies with Fury Attack. You can make yourself unable to be targeted and Stealth. Becomes Stealthed for 3s to make yourself unable to be targeted and enhance Mana Regen by 2130 after defending against Fury or Wrath Attack. Block Blade changes to Poison Dagger.

Defensive skills are skills that allow you to defend against attacks. Enemies will have a “Fury Attack,” a purple circle drawing down to a central point. You can defend against the Fury Attack by using your defensive skill at the precious moment for a perfect defense. Each weapon has its defensive skill, which consumes stamina instead of mana, shown on the left of your User Interface when used. Special effects occur when you successfully defend against a Fury Attack; timing is vital for maximizing your build’s potential.

Skill Upgrade Progression 

Below are the recommended active and passive skill upgrade progression:

Upgrading Skills in Throne and Liberty is a long process requiring crafting materials but increases the effectiveness of your skills. Moreover, you can increase your skill after reaching level five to gain a rare or epic bonus. These bonuses significantly impact the effectiveness of your skills, but you’ll only have so many materials, thus requiring a priority in skill progression. Below are the recommended active and passive skill upgrade progression.

Active Skill Upgrade

The best recommended active skills upgrade in order:

• Block Blade Uncommon to Rare
• Inject Venom Uncommon to Rare
• Judgement Lightning Uncommon to Rare
• Judgement Lightning Rare to Epic
• Inject Venom Rare to Epic
• Block Blade Rare to Epic
• Fireball Barrage Uncommon to Rare
• Fireball Barrage Rare to Epic
• High Focus Uncommon to Rare
• Chain Lightning Uncommon to Rare

Passive Skill Upgrades

The best recommended passive skills upgrade in order:

• Destructive Fang Uncommon to Rare
• Forbidden Sanctuary Uncommon to Rare
• Flame Condensation Uncommon to Rare
• Flame Condensation Rare to Epic
• Destructive Fang Rare to Epic
• Manaball Eruption Uncommon to Rare
• Manaball Eruption Rare to Epic
• Frost Master Uncommon to Rare
• Frost Master Rare to Epic
• Wrathful Edge Uncommon to Rare

Skill Specialization

Below is the recommended 100-point skill specialization for the Spellblade Dagger build upon reaching level 50:

• Shadow Strike
  • Shadow Escape
  • Effect Accumulation
• Knife Throwing
  • Lightning Throw
• Inferno Wave
  • Consecutive Use
  • Burning
• Inner Peace
  • Thunder Blessing
  • Immune to CC
• Ankle Strike
  • Expand Conditions
  • Off-Hand Weapon Activation
• Judgement Lightning
  • Damage Transfer Based on Wet or Frost Conditions
  • No Damage reduction upon Transfer
• Inject Venom
  • Lightning Infusion
  • Effect Duration Increase
• Serial Fire Bombs
  • Projectile Speed Increased
  • Instant Casting
• Frost Smokescreen
  • Add Casting Time
• Camouflage Cloak
  • Cooldown Reduction
• Chain Lightning
  • Chain Thunder
  • Damage Transfer

Adjust skills and improve your Spellblade Build to its Apex capability by utilizing a system in Throne and Liberty known as Skill Specializations. This system in Throne and Liberty not only provides crowd control and debuff but also grants you a buff range and completely modifies the working of skills.

Weapon Mastery

The best weapon mastery tree for the Spellblade Dagger Build is Assassination from Dagger and Mana from Staff.

Below are the best weapon mastery selections in Throne and Liberty using the Spellblade Dagger Build.

• Dagger- Use 9 points on Assassination and then 3 points on the Poison.

• Staff- Use 9 points into Mana to gain Reverberation Shield and then switch to Destroy to gain Strange Spacetime.

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.

Best Stat Points

The most important stat for the Spellblade Dagger build is Dexterity and then Perception.

Below is the best recommended Stat Point:

• 27 Strength: affects defense, maximum health, maximum damage, and minimum damage.
• 50 Dexterity: affects critical attack, evasion, and maximum damage.
• 20 Wisdom: affects maximum mana and mana regeneration, skill cooldown, and maximum damage.
• 49 Perception: effect accuracy of attacks, Crowd Control effects, enhancing time boost ability, maximum damage, and minimum damage.

In Throne and Liberty, stat points are earned while leveling and increasing your effectiveness.  When you spend a stat point, you increase the effectiveness of that related attribute. However, after a certain number of points, you reach diminishing returns, and two points are required to increase a stat rather than one. Moreover, once stats reach a certain level spent (30 or greater), you gain unique bonuses.

Guardian

The best Guardian for the Best Spellblade Dagger and Staff Build is Lady Knight Kamarshea because of the Eternal Barrier skill that creates a 50% max mana shield and speeds up your cooldowns. If you have enough survivability, look to Masked Warlock Dantalux and the skill Abyssal Sanctuary for increased burst damage.

The best Guardian for the Best Spellblade Dagger and Staff Build is the following:

• Masked Warlock Dantalux (Abyssal Sanctuary) – an offensive ability that increases bonus damage when consuming mana to use a skill.
• Eternal Barrier (Lady Knight Kamarshea) – a defensive shield that helps survivability.

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 Greatsword Solo 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

Below is the recommended equipment for a Spellblade build including 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 Spellblade build will be the most effective way to increase your power. Certain equipment provides specific bosses that can be tackled with a Dagger and Staff as there are no proficiency requirements.

Beginner: Leveling Equipment

Below are the best Spellblade Dagger and Staff Build beginner Weapons, Armor, and Accessories in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Bloodletter Dagger	Heavy Attack Chance
Off Hand Weapon	Arcane Staff	Attack Speed
Head	Mask of the Resistance	Ranged Evasion
Cloak	Deadeye’s Cloak	Max Mana
Chest	Coat of the Executioner	Ranged Evasion
Hands	Ascended Guardian Gloves	Added Attack Speed
Legs	Fortune Telling Pants	Max Health
Feet	Acolyte Shoes	Melee Defense
Necklace	Blessed Templar Choker	Weaken Chance
Bracelet	Bracelet of Conquest	Sleep Resistance
Ring 1	Ring of Willpower	Max Mana
Ring 2	Ring of Robustness	Stun Chance
Belt	Belt of Vigor	Bind Resistance

End-Game: Best in Slot Equipment

Below are the best Spellblade Dagger and Staff Build end-game Weapons, Armor, and Accessories in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns	Critical Hit Chance
Off Hand Weapon	Talus’s Crystalline Staff	Construct Bonus Damage
Head	Phantom Wolf Mask	Ranged Evasion
Cloak	Ancient Tapestry Mantle	Health Regen
Chest	Phantom Wolf Tunic	Buff Duration
Hands	Shadow Harvester Grips	Mana Regen
Legs	Shadow Harvester Trousers	Magic Endurance
Feet	Swirling Essence Shoes	Movement Speed
Necklace	Clasp of the Conqueror	Bind Chance
Bracelet	Bracers of the Primal King	Skill Damage Resistance
Ring 1	Amber Dimensional Band	Collision Chance
Ring 2	Band of Universal Power	Buff Duration
Belt	Belt of Bloodlust	Debuff Duration

Build Summary – Throne and Liberty: Best Spellblade Build

FAQs About Spellblade Build in Throne and Liberty

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

You should select the Dagger in Throne and Liberty because it is a melee weapon that provides high burst damage.

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

The Staff is the best Off-hand weapon to equip when using a Dagger because it provides AoE Damage and Damage over time in combat.

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