Best Throne and Liberty: PvP Greatsword and Dagger Build

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

The Greatsword is one of the best Close-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 Greatsword PvP Build including the pros and cons of Greatsword, Best Weapons choice, Best Skills, weapons, Armor, accessories, Beginner leveling equipment, and much more. One must know the best off-hand weapon to equip when using a Greatsword, 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 PvP Greatsword and Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty

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.

Skills in Throne and Liberty are the abilities that you can modify and use based on the weapons you’re currently equipping. Your PvP Build and Skills are decisive in your weapons selection. Weapons can be swapped and you can acquire new skills that you learn during a leveling process in the game. Active, Passive, and Defensive are the three different types of skills in Throne and Liberty.

Greatsword Pros	Greatsword Cons
Defensive Skills	Lacks Range Damage
Versatile Weapon	Lower DPS Output
High Damage	Lack of Mobility
AOE Effect	More Stamina used

Best Weapons Choice

Greatsword in Throne and Liberty can be used as a main-hand Damage-dealing weapon. Due to its powerful damage, the Greatsword is the best melee weapon in Throne and Liberty. Greatsword provides high damage and AOE effects, and it acts like a versatile weapon. However, this weapon lacks mobility, Lower DPS and you need to stay in range of your enemies. While Equipping Greatsword as a Main Hand Weapon, Defensive skills use stamina instead of mana in Throne and Liberty.

The Off-hand Weapon for the Best PvP Greatsword Build is a Dagger. Dagger in Throne and Liberty can be used as a main-hand Damage-dealing weapon. Dagger 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 other weapon that works well with the Greatsword is the crossbow. Crossbow give you access to Mobility mostly in the form of movement speed including a bind and movement speed reduction cleanse. This weapon also has built-in cooldown reduction mechanics further enhancing the overall speed and damage it can output. Crossbows are fast and deal a lot of damage but you’re squishy and you need to do it up close. Despite being considered a ranged weapon, Crossbow plays much more like a melee class than a ranged one. Crossbows have weak AOE damage.

Best Skills

Stunning Blow and Shadow Strike (Active Skills) are the best skills along with the Cold Warrior and Shadow Walker (Passive Skills), including Block Blade (Defensive Skill).

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

Active Skills

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

1. Precision Dash (Greatsword)- Gap closer that does damage based on distance traveled and buffs damage on hit for seconds following.
2. Stunning Blow (Greatsword)- Crowd control skill to stun targets.
3. Guillotine Blade (Greatsword)- A growth skill that deals high damage with bonus damage against Prone or Shocked targets.
4. Brutal Incision (Dagger)- Your main burst single target damage skill which you want to use sub 50% health on enemies.
5. Devastating Tornado (Greatsword)- a togglable skill that spins doing more damage and increasing damage on each enemy hit.
6. Ascending Slash (Greatsword)- Deals damage equal to 320% of Base Damage + 126. Applies Collision: Prone with an 80% chance against Bound, Sleeping, or Stunned targets, or those using Static Defense, for 2.5s.
7. DaVinci’s Courage (Greatsword)- For party members within a 15m range, Max Health 1000, Health Regen 250, and Attack Speed 15% for 12s.
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. Shadow Strike (Dagger)- This skill acts as your gap closer and binds a target in place. You can use this as an opener.
10. Death Blow (Greatsword)- A powerful single-target attack that deals bonus damage against Bound, Sleeping, Shocked, or Stunned targets.
11. 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.
12. Cleaving Moonlight (Dagger)- Charges to a target 3 meters away and attacks every enemy within 1.5 meters 3 times.

Passive Skills

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

1. Raging Frenzy (Greatsword)- two or more enemies, you gain a damage boost, so play in a crowd when possible.
2. Cold Warrior (Greatsword)- Increases Heavy Attack Chances and Critical Hit against Stunned targets.
3. Robust Constitution (Greatsword)- Increase overall health and healing with crystals.
4. Vital Force (Greatsword)- increase damage and stun chance based on how much health you have.
5. Assassin’s Instincts (Dagger)- passively increases critical hit chance.
6. Wrathful Edge (Dagger)- passively boosts critical damage.
7. Shadow Walker (Dagger)- Increased Damage Reduction and Magic and Ranged Evasion after casting a Mobility or movement skill.
8. Assassin’s Step (Dagger)- Increase mana Regen and move speed after killing a target.

Defense Skills

Block Blade

Block Blade is the best defense skill for the Best PvP Greatsword build 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:

• Camouflage Cloak Uncommon to Rare
• Stunning Blow Uncommon to Rare
• Stunning Blow Rare to Epic
• Precision Dash Uncommon to Rare
• Camouflage Cloak Rare to Epic
• Precision Dash Rare to Epic
• Ascending Slash Uncommon to Rare
• Devastating Tornado Uncommon to Rare
• Devastating Tornado Rare to Epic
• Cleaving Moonlight Uncommon to Rare

Passive Skill Upgrades

The best recommended passive skills upgrade in order:

• Cold Warrior Uncommon to Rare
• Vital Force Uncommon to Rare
• Robust Constitution Uncommon to Rare
• Robust Constitution Rare to Epic
• Cold Warrior Rare to Epic
• Raging Frenzy Uncommon to Rare
• Vital Force Rare to Epic
• Raging Frenzy Rare to Epic
• Shadow Walker Uncommon to Rare
• Wrathful Edge Uncommon to Rare

Skill Specialization

Below is the recommended 100-point skill specialization for the Best PvP Greatsword build upon reaching level 50:

• Precision Dash
  • Bind
• Guillotine Blade
  • Charges Damage
  • AoE Damage
• Devastating Tornado
  • Resistance Increase
• DaVinci’s Courage
  • Instant Healing
• Shadow Strike
  • Skill Distance Increased
  • Effect Duration Increase
• Inject Venom
  • Mana Cost Reduced
  • Cooldown Reduction
• Stunning Blow
  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Damaged Increased
  • Effect Duration Increase
• Brutal Incision
  • Damage Increase
• Ascending Slash
  • Damaged Increased
  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Effect Duration Increase
• Camouflage Cloak
  • CC Immunity
  • Cooldown Reduction
• Death Blow
  • Cooldown Reduction
• Cleaving Moonlight
  • Attack Speed Increase

Adjust skills and improve your PvP 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.

PvP Gameplay and Skill Rotation

Use the Greatsword and Dagger in different ways to gain more kills in the PvP version of the game. Use the listed abilities in an order for different combos in Throne and Liberty.

Single Target Inclined Combo

• Ascending Slash
• Guillotine Blade
• Precision Dash
• Shadow Strike
• Brutal Incision

Single Target Stun Combo

• Cruel Smite
• Death Blow
• Shadow Strike
• Stunning Blow

AOE Stun Engage

• Frost Cleaving
• Guillotine Blade
• DaVinci’s Courage
• Devastating Smash

Weapon Mastery

The best weapon mastery tree for the PvP Greatsword Build is Charge from Greatsword and Poison from Dagger.

Below are the best weapon mastery selections in Throne and Liberty using the Greatsword PvP Build.

• Greatsword- Use 9 points on the Charge to gain a stun chance and then switch to the Face Off tree because it helps with damage
• Dagger- Consume 9 points on the Poison and then switch to Assassination

Weapon Mastery is a system that gives you experience for your weapon that is equipped proportional to the experience earned. Weapon Mastery points are limited at the beginning of the game but you gain more mastery points as you progress in the game. While your off-hand weapon gains less weapon mastery, your main-hand weapon gets all the mastery points.

Best Stat Points

The most important stat for the Best PvP Greatsword Build is Perception and then Strength.

Below is the best recommended Stat Point:

• 37 Strength: affects defense, maximum health, maximum damage, and minimum damage.
• 30 Dexterity: affects critical attack, evasion, and maximum damage.
• 18 Wisdom: affects maximum mana and mana regeneration, skill cooldown, and maximum damage.
• 60 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

Green Ranger Elowen is the best Guardian for a PvP Greatsword build because it binds targets and increases damage to them. This is helpful to keep enemies at range and burst them down.

An Alternate to Green Ranger Elowen is Lady Knight Kamarshea because of the shield and cooldown reductions she provides. Lady Knight is 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 PvP 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 PvP Greatsword and Dagger 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 PvP Build will be the most effective way to increase your power.

Beginner: Leveling Equipment

Below are the best PvP Greatsword and Dagger Build Beginner Weapons, Armor, and Accessories in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Guardian Warblade	Hit Chance
Off Hand Weapon	Bloodletter Dagger	Barbarian Bonus Damage
Head	Prayer Hood	Max Health
Cloak	Cloak of Accuracy	Sleep Resistance
Chest	Incantation Garb	Magic Evasion
Hands	Acolyte Gloves	Health Regen
Legs	Fortune Telling Shoes	Max Mana
Feet	Fortune Telling Pants	Magic Evasion
Necklace	Necklace of Endurance	Bind Chance
Bracelet	Bracelet of Conquest	Sleep Resistance
Ring 1	Ring of Willpower	Weaken Chance
Ring 2	Ring of Robustness	Buff Duration
Belt	Belt of Meditation	Skill Damage Resistance

End-Game: Best in Slot Equipment

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

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Adentus’s Gargantuan Greatsword	Heavy Attack Chance
Off Hand Weapon	Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns	Hit Chance
Head	Helm of the Field General	Melee Endurance
Cloak	Nightslayer’s Mantle	Bind Resistance
Chest	Heroic Armor of the Resistance	Health Regen
Hands	Gauntlets of the Field General	Ranged Endurance
Legs	Ebon Roar Greaves	Melee Evasion
Feet	Ebon Roar Sabatons	Movement Speed
Necklace	Collar of Decimation	Health Regen
Bracelet	Bracers of the Primal King	Debuff Duration
Ring 1	Amber Dimensional Band	Buff Duration
Ring 2	Etched Alabaster Band	Stun Chance
Belt	Belt of Combat Prowess	Skill Damage Prowess

Build Summary – Throne and Liberty: Best PvP Greatsword and Dagger Build

FAQs About PvP Greatsword and Dagger Build in Throne and Liberty

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

You should select the Greatsword because it provides High damage, AOE Effects, and is a versatile Weapon.

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

A dagger is the best Off-hand weapon to equip when using a Greatsword because it is a melee weapon that provides high burst damage.

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