Best Throne and Liberty: Scorpion Build

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

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

The Dagger is one of the best Short-range weapons that you can equip in the game, and it is a solid choice for most players in Throne and Liberty. Scorpion is a DPS Character Build in Throne and Liberty. We will discuss everything about this Build including the pros and cons of Dagger, the Best Weapons choice, the Best Skills, weapons, Armor, and accessories, Beginner’s Best 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.

Everything About Best Scorpion 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.

Skills in Throne and Liberty are the abilities that you can modify and use based on the weapons you’re currently equipping. Your 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.

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

Best Weapons Choice

Dagger in Throne and Liberty can be used as a main-hand Damage-dealing weapon. It 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 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. It can be great for quickly deadly strikes in close combat. Being a melee weapon, this weapon offers close-range burst potential and mobility.

The Off-hand Weapon for this Build is the Crossbow. A type of weapon that allows you to fight in style with fast movement and unrelenting attack speed. You can leave marks and unleash Merciless Barrage on the weak enemies. The Crossbow is known for its high single-target damage and debuff potential, making it a popular choice among players who prefer a weapon with a more precise and tactical approach. It plays much more like a melee class than a ranged one and has weak AOE damage.

Greatsword is the other weapon that works well with the Dagger.  Due to its powerful damage, this is the best melee weapon in Throne and Liberty. It provides serious damage and AEO 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 it as a Main Hand Weapon, Defensive skills use stamina instead of mana in Throne and Liberty.

Best Skills

Shadow Strike and Merciless Barrage (Active Skills) are the best Skills to utilize along with the Assassination Stance and Corrupt Nail (Passive) including Block Blade.

Below are the best skills for the best Scorpion 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. You want to maintain high up time for poison damage and Build stacks.
3. Camouflage (Dagger)- Your cloak or stealth plus it guarantees a critical on the next attack. Use it as a burst tool or escape combat.
4. Knife Throwing (Dagger)- Throws five daggers in a direction. These daggers can lower the target’s movement speed and Incoming Healing effects.
5. Nimble Leap (Crossbow)- Move 5 meters toward the target direction, increasing Attack Speed, Range, and Critical Damage.
6. Mortal Mark (Crossbow)- Acts as a delayed damage tool that soaks up and explodes with a chance to weaken.
7. Merciless Barrage (Crossbow)- A ranged AOE attack that deals increasing damage every time it hits the target.
8. Quick Fire (Crossbow)- A quick burst damage attack that increases damage if the target is weakened, used after Mortal Mark.
9. Frenzied Sword Dance (Dagger)- A mobility skill used within 3 meters with seven attacks in quick succession.
10. Mana Exchange (Crossbow)- Sacrifices health for mana, which allows you to continue to use skills only if health is high and pressure low.
11. Vampiric Strike (Dagger)- A good damage skill that returns some health to you.
12. Phantom Smokescreen (Dagger)- Creates a 3m radius zone that lasts for 3s. Party members within the area always evade all Magic and Ranged projectiles.

Passive Skills

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

1. Assassin’s Step (Dagger)- Increase mana Regen and move speed after killing a target.
2. Murderous Energy (Dagger)- Increases Poison and Thunderclouds duration and Poison damage.
3. Assassination Stance (Dagger)- Lowers the cooldown on Cloak when you avoid an attack.
4. Destructive Fang (Dagger)- Lowers defense when attacking a target with poison or thunderclouds.
5. Corrupt Nail (Crossbow)- Increases Weaken Chance.
6. Eagle Vision (Crossbow)- Increases Hit rate every time you hit a target.
7. Bloodlust (Crossbow)- On Attack Skill Hit, Skill Damage increases by 5 for 3s. Against other players, adds an additional stack.
8. Wrathful Edge (Dagger)- Passively boosts critical damage.

Defense Skills

Block Blade

Block Blade is the best defense skill for the Scorpion 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 in Throne and Liberty allow you to defend against attacks. Enemies will have a “Fury Attack” a purple circle drawing down to a central point. Use the defensive skill perfectly to defend against the Fury Attack. Each defensive skill in Throne and Liberty uses stamina, which is visible on the left side of your UI when utilized. When you perfectly defend against a fury attack in a combat then a unique effect happens. To increase your Build’s potential, timing is the only key. 

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
• Merciless Barrage Uncommon to Rare
• Shadow Strike Uncommon to Rare
• Shadow Strike Rare to Epic
• Mana Exchange Uncommon to Rare
• Mana Exchange Rare to Epic
• Camouflage Cloak Uncommon to Rare
• Quick Fire Uncommon to Rare
• Camouflage Cloak Rare to Epic
• Quick Fire Rare to Epic

Passive Skill Upgrades

The best recommended passive skills upgrade in order:

• Murderous Energy Uncommon to Rare
• Wrathful Edge Uncommon to Rare
• Murderous Energy Rare to Epic
• Corrupt Nail Uncommon to Rare
• Destructive Fang Uncommon to Rare
• Corrupt Nail Rare to Epic
• Destructive Fang Rare to Epic
• Assassination Stance Uncommon to Rare
• Assassin’s Step Uncommon to Rare
• Assassination Stance Rare to Epic

Skill Specialization

Below is the recommended 100-point skill specialization for the Scorpion Build upon reaching level 50:

• Shadow Strike
  • Skill Distance Increase
  • Effect Duration Increase
• Camouflage Cloak
  • CC immunity
• Nimble Leap
  • Cooldown Reset
  • Immune
• Merciless Barrage
  • Wild Barrage
• Frenzied Sword Dance
  • Effect Accumulation
• Vampiric Strike
  • Additional Hit
  • Skill Effect Enhanced
• Inject Venom
  • Lightning Infusion
  • Cooldown Reduction
• Knife Throwing
  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Additional Hit
• Mortal Mark
  • Detonation Mark
• Quick Fire
  • Damage Increased
• Mana Exchange
  • Skill Effect Enhanced
  • Stamina Recovery
• Phantom Smokescreen
  • Duration Increased

The Skill Specializations is a system in Throne and Liberty that allows you to adjust skills and how they function to optimize your Build to its highest potential. These Skill Specializations can buff range, damage, crowd control, add debuff, or even change how a skill works entirely.

Weapon Mastery

The best weapon mastery tree for the Scorpion Build is Assassination from Dagger and Move from Crossbow.

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

• Dagger– Use 9 points on the Assassination and then switch to Poison.
• Crossbow- Consume 9 points into Chain Fire and then swap to Move Tree.

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 stats for the Scorpion Build are Dexterity and Wisdom.

Below is the best recommended Stat Point:

• 30 Strength: affects defense, maximum health, maximum damage, and minimum damage.
• 50 Dexterity: affects critical attack, evasion, and maximum damage.
• 49 Wisdom: affects maximum mana and mana regeneration, skill cooldown, and maximum damage.
• 29 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

Shade Revenant Stheno is the best Guardian for Scorpion Build because it boosts DPS. Five different projectiles are launched at the enemies that are available within a 10m radius. Multiple projectiles can hit a single target at once. An Alternate to Shade Revenant Stheno is Green Ranger Elowen. It binds targets and increases damage to them. This is helpful to keep enemies at range and burst them down

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 the Scorpion 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 Build will be the most effective way to increase your power. Certain equipment provides specific bosses that can be tackled with a Dagger and Crossbow as there are no proficiency requirements.

Beginner: Leveling Equipment

Below are the Scorpion Build beginner Weapons, Armor, and Accessories in Throne and Liberty:

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Bloodletter Dagger	Barbarian Bonus Damage
Off Hand Weapon	Pathfinder Crossbow	Critical Hit Chance
Head	Prayer Hood	Max Health
Cloak	Cloak of Accuracy	Sleep Resistance
Chest	Incantation Garb	Magic Evasion
Hands	Acolyte Gloves	Health Regen
Legs	Attendant Pants	Max Health
Feet	Fortune Telling Shoes	Melee Evasion
Necklace	Necklace of Endurance	Skill Damage Boost
Bracelet	Bracelet of Conquest	Weaken Resistance
Ring 1	Ring of precision	Buff Duration
Ring 2	Ring of Robustness	Petrification Chance
Belt	Belt of Vigor	Debuff Duration

End-Game: Best in Slot Equipment

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

Gear Slot	Best Gear Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns	Heavy Attack Chance
Off Hand Weapon	Rex Chimaerus’s Crossbows	Critical Hit Chance
Head	Shadow Harvester Mask	Ranged Evasion
Cloak	Supreme Devotion	Stun Resistance
Chest	Phantom Wolf Tunic	Magic Endurance
Hands	Shadow Harvester Grips	Mana Regen
Legs	Breeches of the Executioner	Magic Evasion
Feet	Phantom Wolf Boots	Magic Evasion
Necklace	Clasp of the Overload	Collision Chance
Bracelet	Bracers of the Primal King	Health Regen
Ring 1	Abyssal Grace Band	Sleep Chance
Ring 2	Band of Universal Power	Weaken Chance
Belt	Girdle of Spectral Skulls	Skill Damage Resistance

Build Summary – Throne and Liberty: Best Scorpion Build

FAQs About Scorpion 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?

Crossbow is the best off-hand weapon to use when equipping Dagger because it allows you to fight in style with fast movement and unrelenting attack speed.

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