Ravager PvP Build Guide
Last Updated:June 8, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Ravager PvP Build Guide! If you played Archeage this is the Darkrunner of Throne and Liberty! Ravager at first glance may seem like just another Bruiser archetype however, thanks to passive skills like Vital Force and Cold Warrior its damage output is high even while stacking large amounts of HP.
With the ability to engage from over 24m and having access to 2 Binds, 2 Stuns, and 1 Prone, there's nobody you can't lockdown and kill, making for the perfect Melee Assassin.
End Game Ravager PvP Build
If you're interested in PvE, check out our Ravager PvE Build Guide!
Gear Progression
Should the opportunity arise to get Tevent's Massacre Blade, get them! These are the strongest Daggers for Ravager in PvP.
- There is no "Best Build", Talandre Gear allows for a wide variety of builds leading to different metas depending on your Server.
- Use the builds as a base, and swap different pieces around to fit the stats needed to combat your Server's meta.
- With the introduction of earrings, use Brilliant Regal Earrings for Endurance builds or Back Attack Stats.
- Use Earrings of Forlorn Elegance for Evasion builds or Front Attack Stats.
- Depending on which works best for your Attribute stat distribution, eventually use either Earrings of Glimmering Dew or Gilded Granite Teardrops for Endurance builds, or Earrings of Primal Foresight or Bloodright Earrings for Evasion builds.
Set Effect Options
- 2 Pieces of Abyssal Beast for Hit Chance and Wildlands Protector for Evasion helps to reach the two important stats for many Gladiators.
- 4 Pieces of Wildlands Protector grants added survivability for some of the glass cannon users that are specifically building to counter your Evasions.
- Alternatively, getting 4 pieces of Chaos Harbinger helps to increase your Critical Hits and Critical Damage to really push the damage output as high as possible.
Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.
- Melee
- Fully built Sword and Shield users reach 1500+ base Endurance.
- The amount varies depending on Trait Resonances and Runes.
- With the Palace Guard's Plate Armor item set, they will take even less damage. If you are targeting Sword and Shields, use the Shield Block Penetration Chance Rune Synergy.
- Greatswords can reach 2500+ base Melee Hit Chance fully geared without sacrificing damage.
- Spears can reach 2000+ base Melee Hit Chance before buffs.
- Fully built Sword and Shield users reach 1500+ base Endurance.
- Ranged
- Ranged Classes can reach 2000+ base Ranged and Magic Evasion or 1700+ Endurance pre-buffed without sacrificing damage. The specific numbers depend on the Runes the player slots and the Trait Resonance they use.
- Support
- If Bow / Wands follow the builds on this site, they can reach 2000+ Ranged and Magic Endurance with 500+ Heavy Attack Evasion. As mentioned above, these numbers differ depending on the Runes and Trait Resonance.
Considering the above, it's hard to find a one-size-fits-all solution. How you gear will entirely depend on the meta of your server.
- Is your server full of high Evasion users? Do you usually target those players? If so, build more Hit Chance.
- The new Greatsword Mastery, Vigorous Barrier helps to further increase your Melee Hit.
- Is your server more Endurance-focused? Are you trying to kill those Endurance users? If so, build more Critical Hit Chance. Lightning Infusion will help against opponents Endurance as well.
- Blood Fighter is an incredible new mastery, however it only works if you're landing your Critical Hits so stacking higher Critical Hit is integral on servers where Endurance becomes the meta.
All of these builds can be used with Tevent's Warblade of Despair and / or Tevent's Fangs of Fury at the sacrifice of around 150 Hit. There are additional items listed below that can be used as alternative options to regain the loss in Hit.
Why not Wraith Knight Set?
Mainly just because that set was added BEFORE Talandre and only has 3 stat lines. All "Post-Talandre" T2 items have 4 stat lines which means there's many other options to gain the set effects from Wraith Knight Set while gaining even more stats.
T2 All Evasion Build
- This build is a great "All Around" type of build that maintains high defensive and offensive stats to ensure performance across all types of content regardless of the meta.
- Potential Evasion Stats:
- 3300+ Melee Evasion lowers the chances of getting peeled off an opponent when going in and attacking priority targets.
- 3100+ Ranged/Magic Evasion lowers the amount of splash damage from all the AoE damage on the field while engaging on priority targets as well!
T2 Ranged / Magic Evasion Build
- This build sacrifices Melee Evasion for added Offensive Stats along with increased Ranged / Magic Evasion.
- Potential Evasion Stats:
- 3200+ Ranged Evasion
- 3600+ Magic Evasion
- Offensive Stats:
- 2400+ Hit
- 1800+ Critical Hit
- 35% - 57% Critical Damage
- 820 Base Heavy Attack Chance
- This increases to over 1000 against Stunned/Bound Targets
Alternatives + Other Common Weapons / Armors
- Hit Alternatives
- Nether Overwatcher's Leather Pants
- Nether Overwatcher's Leather Gloves
- Great Tree Sap Necklace
- This can be obtained from Material Transformation as well as Precious Blessing Pouch: Nebula which drops from regular Nebula Island Monsters making it very obtainable
- Ogre King's Horned Helm
- Admiral's Combat Hat
- Elite Resistance Fighting Spirit Gloves
- Elite Resistance Bone Bandana
- Evasion Alternatives
- Elite Resistance Fighting Spirit Armor
- Nether Overwatcher's Leather Gloves
- Red Demonic Eye Bracelet
- Offensive Stats Alternatives
- Admiral's Directive Gloves
- Tree King's Ring
- Ogre King's Horned Helm
- Master Assassin's Belt
- Violent Demonic Beast's Fur Boots
- All T2 items in this build are available without attending a single field boss.
- Most items here come from Dungeon Drops, and Material Transmutation.
- These builds aren't as strong as the Recommended T2 Epic Builds, however as a solo player these may be easier to obtain.
Early T2 Melee / Ranged Evasion
- All pieces of the Wraith Knight Set come from 2 Star Dungeons.
- Elite Resistance Fighting Spirit Armor is from finishing the Talandre Quest Line.
- Edit Greatsword Mastery and use Vital Conversion Mastery to sacrifice Hit for more Evasion.
Early T2 Ranged / Magic Evasion
- Elite Resistance Bone Boots can be obtained by completing the Talandre Quest Line.
- The Dawn Mist Set drops from the same Open World Talandre Mobs, and from Level 50 Field Bosses.
- Void Stalker's Overcoat is from 2 Star Dungeons along with Open World Talandre Mobs.
- The T2 accessories added in this build are common T2 accessories found in most builds, one dropping from a 3-Star Dungeon, and another from a commonly farmed, Open World Dungeon.
Fresh Level 50 T2 Rare Gear
- Realistically, it's not worth wasting additional Lucent to for T1 Epic items past what's recommended.
- Use this gear as you continue with the Talandre Main Story Quest and unlock free T2 Epic Gear.
Post Talandre MSQ T2 Epic Gear
- This consists of all free gear obtained through the Talandre MSQ.
- Use this gear to work towards the recommended T2 PvP Builds.
Skill Builds, Rotations, and Mastery
Ravager has multiple different ways of securing kills. Your playstyle doesn't change too much between Large Scale and Small Scale PvP. In Large Scale your positioning is key! Getting caught out alone or before your guild engages can be very detrimental. As a potential engage, you can take advantage of the chaos and land AoE stun with Devastating Smash which can result in your group getting a big push towards winning the fight. In Small Scale PvP it's easier to spot the animation for the AoE Stun, these single target combos tend to be more successful.
Tips
- Mad Sword Dance is a great alternative damage skill when focusing on single target kills!
- Combine skills from both combos to prevent being stuck waiting for cooldowns.
- Use DaVinci's Courage and Camouflage Cloak at your own discretion. Only you can determine when to use it offensively or defensively.
- Camouflage Cloak can still be used offensively, but be careful not to get yourself in a precarious situation when it's not up.
Ranged AOE Stun Engage
- DaVinci's Courage
- Devastating Smash
- Frost Cleaving
- Skip if this isn't slotted.
- Normally once players start to reach higher gear, their defenses are higher, and this falls off in damage until T2 Weapons.
- Skip if this isn't slotted.
- Guillotine Blade
- Increase your engage distance to over 24m+ away!
- First use Precision Dash to jump to the enemy frontline.
- Then use Devastating Smash to jump into the backline.
Single Target Combo
- Precision Dash or Shadow Strike
- Ascending Slash
- Can use Stunning Blow as well here.
- Guillotine Blade
- Death Blow
- This is an execution skill meaning it does more damage once they're below a certain health threshold.
- Stunning Blow can be used in place of Ascending Slash
- Prone is the strongest CC possible as most users cannot break it with a trinket compared to Stun.
Extended Combo
- Precision Dash or Shadow Strike
- Ascending Slash
- Guillotine Blade
- Stunning Blow
- Cruel Smite
- Death Blow
- This is an execution skill meaning it does more damage once they're below a certain health threshold.
- Making use of the additional CC to continue the combo, this ensures the target is below 30% HP before using Death Blow to get that added execute damage.
Weapon Mastery Prioritization
Use this as a framework for the first 130 levels of Weapon Mastery. Ultimately, it's a preference thing, as some players opt for more Defensive Masteries as they're reaching higher levels, while others prefer more Offensive Masteries.
Greatsword
Daggers
Guardians
Guardians are special transformations that add offensive or defensive buffs or attacks to your character for 30 seconds. You'll have a few options for Guardians when it comes to PVE.
- Lady Knight Kamarshea - This guardian lowers your cooldown while also giving you a damage shield equal to 50% of your maximum Mana. This is a strong defensive guardian whenever you find yourself struggling to survive.
- Pale Nemesis Hartach - This guardian allows you to go stealth after killing somebody within 5 seconds. This can be incredibly useful before you receive your Tevent's Massacre Blade to avoid aggro.
Summary
- Ravager allows you to play like a Bruiser and/or a Melee Assassin in Throne and Liberty!
- Greatsword's skills allow you to stack high amounts of Heavy Attack Chance, Hit, and Skill Damage Boost!
- Dagger's Passives allow you to have a high amount of Critical Hit and Critical Hit Damage.
Credits
Written by Bloo
Reviewed by Dredscythe