Longbow / Staff PvP Build Guide

• This build focuses on your ability to skirmish with single-target skills while using excellent AoE tools.
• You also want Icebound Tomb for a bit more CC for the unexpected as you can't rely on your teammates.
• If Limit Break is Level 5, use your discretion to make changes to the build as referenced in the Large Scale tab.
• Spec Victorious Energy for High Focus if you built Evasion.

Longbow Single Target Combo

Self-Sustain

Tips

• Always have your Longbow as your main hand weapon so that Anti-magic Arts is active.
• Stay at maximum Range of targets. You have no easy escapes, so your positioning on the battlefield is paramount to your survival.
• Pre-buff with Victorious Energy for the extra Hit if you specced High Focus for it.

• This build focuses entirely on Arena PvP.
• Icebound Tomb is a fantastic skill to take one person out of the fight. It can be a game changer.
• Flash Wave is a great tool to damage enemies and heal your teammates.

Mana Burn Combo

This is a fantastic tool to exhaust the Mana of tanks or healers due to Fireball Barrage's Specialization.

1. Serial Fire Bombs
2. Fireball Barrage

Instant Burst Bind Combo

You can always swap Binds used and any DPS skills in any combo. You don't need to be super strict about it.

1. Ice Spear Bombardment
2. Judgment Lightning
3. Zephyr's Nock (Optional)

Longbow Single Target Combo

Always use Ensnaring Arrow with Strafing because they have similar Cooldowns.

1. Ensnaring Arrow
2. Strafing 2x
3. Zephyr's Nock
4. Strafing

Self-Sustain Combo

The Vitality Specialization makes this combo a potent healing tool.

1. Healing Touch
2. Nature's Blessing

Tips

• Always have your Longbow as your main hand weapon so that Anti-magic Arts is active.
• Stay at maximum Range of targets. You have no easy escapes, so your positioning on the battlefield is paramount to your survival.
• Pre-buff with Victorious Energy for the extra Hit if you specced High Focus for it.

Budget Option

Budget Staff / Longbow PvP Build w/ Runes

• This is a decent budget version.

• The 4-piece harvester set allows high Max Damage, Range, and Attack Speed.
• Staff of the Umbramancer allows you to hit 60 Strength and 60 Perception extremely easily.
• See the Gear Alternatives below for more options.

Defensive and Support Runes

You will see that Max Health is taken for most Defensive Runes slotted in these builds. This is interchangeable depending on what you need and your server meta.

• Use Ranged Endurance Runes if your server is heavy on Longbow users.
• Use Magic Endurance Runes if your server is heavy on Staff users.
• Melee Endurance is not as helpful since you don't have a high base already with traits. If you find that there are a lot of greatsword users, use Max Health.

When you get a Rare Chaos Rune: Ring with a good stat, replace the Support Rune in your Rings.

PvP Stats and Traits

• Hit Chance, Critical Hit Chance, Heavy Attack Chance, Skill Damage Resistance, Skill Damage Boost, and Endurance are your most important traits.
• Buff Duration will extend the duration of buffs, the most important of which is High Focus and Victorious Energy.
• You have two options for the 3rd trait of your accessories: Collision Resistance and Debuff Duration.
  • Collision Resistance helps against enemy Collision skills.
  • Use Debuff Duration helps against debuffs.
• 50%+ Buff Duration allows High Focus to last 6+ seconds longer.
• Your high Endurance with Distorted Sanctuary is enough to mitigate most unbuffed Ranged and Magic attacks from being Crits.
• Be careful about your low Mana Regen.
• Unbuffed, you reach ~1000 Hit Chance with full purple gear.
  • If you specced Victorious Energy for Victorious Energy, you will hit 1400+ Hit Chance.
• Your Critical Hit Chance is compensated by Sniper's Sense.

Gear Alternatives (Click Me!)

• You have plenty of options for chest pieces. There is no "best" because, ultimately, it depends on what you're trying to do. You have to make the decision yourself.
  • Swirling Essence Robe offers more damage. 398 versus 320 Heavy Attack Chance is around a 28% vs 24% proc rate. This is great for more DPS.
  • Heroic Garb of the Resistance offers more Max Health. This is great for survivability.
  • Heroic Tunic of the Resistance offers more Hit Chance. Great against Evasion stackers.
• With Shadow Harvester Boots, you have many more options for your gloves. You mainly choose between 3 gloves that all give Attack Speed traits.
  • Swirling Essence Gloves offers more Max Health, Range and Magic Endurance trait.
  • Gauntlets of the Field General offers Max Health and Attack Speed.
  • Feathered Drakeskin Gloves offers Range and Attack Speed.
• I swap between these cloaks depending on what I'm trying to do. Always adapt to what your PvP goals are.
  • Deadeye's Cloak is amazing as no other Purple cloak gives Hit Chance.
  • Forsaken Embrace offers 1.3k more Max Health when fully traited.
  • Relentless Assault offers more Attack Range.

Gear Sources (Click Me!)

Armor Sources

1. Shadow Harvester Boots
   • Carmine Rage Island
   • Avolos Tracker in Sanctum of Desire
2. Reaper's Interring Pants
   • Junobote
   • Torture Chamber of Secrets (Dec. 5)
3. Swirling Essence Robe
   • Island of Terror
4. Special Resistance Hawk Hood
   • Crown Blessed by Moonlight
   • Black Boar in Purelight Hill
   • Precious Blessing Pouch
   • Craft Recipe: Precious Lithograph: Heroic Hood of the Resistance.

Accessory Sources

1. Necklace of Cold Strength
   • Arena Merchant for 9 Arena Coin
2. Etched Alabaster Band
   • Demonhoof Tracker in Syleus's Abyss 5F-6F
   • Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss
3. Belt of Bloodlust
   • Aridus
4. Clasp of the Conqueror is an alternative.
   • Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss

Budget Option

Budget Staff / Longbow PvP Build w/ Runes

• This is a decent budget version.

• Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff and Talus's Crystalline Staff are interchangeable.
• Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff will give you more CDR, whereas Talus's Crystalline Staff is a great defensive option.
• You should run the high Hit Chance build on servers with extremely high Evasion.
• The offensive build is for long-range casting with high CDR for uptime.

Defensive and Support Runes

You will see that Max Health is taken for most Defensive Runes slotted in these builds. This is interchangeable depending on what you need and your server meta.

• Use Ranged Endurance Runes if your server is heavy on Longbow users.
• Use Magic Endurance Runes if your server is heavy on Staff users.
• Melee Endurance is not as helpful since you don't have a high base already with traits. If you find that there are a lot of greatsword users, use Max Health.

When you get a Rare Chaos Rune: Ring with a good stat, replace the Support Rune in your Rings.

PvP Stats and Traits

• Hit Chance, Critical Hit Chance, Heavy Attack Chance, Skill Damage Resistance, Skill Damage Boost, and Endurance are your most important traits.
• Buff Duration will extend the duration of buffs, the most important of which is High Focus and Victorious Energy.
• You have two options for the 3rd trait of your accessories: Collision Resistance and Debuff Duration.
  • Collision Resistance helps against enemy Collision skills.
  • Use Debuff Duration helps against debuffs.
• 50%+ Buff Duration allows High Focus to last 6+ seconds longer.
• Your high Endurance with Distorted Sanctuary is enough to mitigate most unbuffed Ranged and Magic attacks from being Crits.
• Be careful about your low Mana Regen.
• Unbuffed, you reach ~1000 Hit Chance with full purple gear.
  • If you specced Victorious Energy for Victorious Energy, you will hit 1400+ Hit Chance.
• Your Critical Hit Chance is compensated by Sniper's Sense.

Gear Alternatives (Click Me!)

• You have plenty of options for chest pieces. There is no "best" because, ultimately, it depends on what you're trying to do. You have to make the decision yourself.
  • Swirling Essence Robe offers more damage. 398 versus 320 Heavy Attack Chance is around a 28% vs 24% proc rate. This is great for more DPS.
  • Heroic Garb of the Resistance offers more Max Health. This is great for survivability.
  • Heroic Tunic of the Resistance offers more Hit Chance. Great against Evasion stackers.
• With Shadow Harvester Boots, you have many more options for your gloves. You mainly choose between 3 gloves that all give Attack Speed traits.
  • Swirling Essence Gloves offers more Max Health, Range and Magic Endurance trait.
  • Gauntlets of the Field General offers Max Health and Attack Speed.
  • Feathered Drakeskin Gloves offers Range and Attack Speed.
• I swap between these cloaks depending on what I'm trying to do. Always adapt to your PvP goals.
  • Deadeye's Cloak is amazing as no other Purple cloak gives Hit Chance.
  • Forsaken Embrace offers 1.3k more Max Health when fully traited.
  • Relentless Assault offers more Attack Range.

Armor Sources (Click Me!)

Armor Sources

1. Shadow Harvester Boots
   • Carmine Rage Island
   • Avolos Tracker in Sanctum of Desire
2. Reaper's Interring Pants
   • Junobote
   • Torture Chamber of Secrets (Dec. 5)
3. Swirling Essence Robe
   • Island of Terror
4. Special Resistance Hawk Hood
   • Crown Blessed by Moonlight
   • Black Boar in Purelight Hill
   • Precious Blessing Pouch
   • Craft Recipe: Precious Lithograph: Heroic Hood of the Resistance.

Accessory Sources

1. Necklace of Cold Strength
   • Arena Merchant for 9 Arena Coin
2. Etched Alabaster Band
   • Demonhoof Tracker in Syleus's Abyss 5F-6F
   • Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss
3. Belt of Bloodlust
   • Aridus
4. Clasp of the Conqueror is an alternative.
   • Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss

Budget Option

Budget Staff / Longbow PvP Build w/ Runes

• This is a decent budget version.

• It is incredibly tough to play Longbow/Staff in high MMR arena. You are the first target people focus and if you don't have enough Melee Evasion, you are essentially griefing your other 2 teammates.
• You reach 2000+ Melee Evasion with Victorious Energy.
• Then field general pieces are solely for stats and not the set bonus.

• Spec the Burning Smokescreen and Use the Designated Location Specializations for Frost Smokescreen. You can proc Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff Passive effect with it.

T2 Gearing Meta

Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.

• Melee
  • Fully built good Sword and Shield users reach ~1500 to ~2000 base Ranged and Magic 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.
• Ranged
  • Bow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach between 1700 to 2100 base Ranged and Magic Evasion 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 ~1700 base Ranged and Magic Endurance with ~900 Ranged Heavy Attack Evasion and ~400 Magic Heavy Attack Evasion at full build. Like above, these numbers differ depending on the Runes and Trait Resonance.

Considering the above it's hard to find a one size fits all. 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.
  • You might also need to spec Icebound Tomb for Evasion shred.
  • Using Deadly Marker boosts your Hit Chance for single targets and niche situations.
• Is your server more Endurance-focused? Are you trying to kill those Endurance users? If so, build more Critical Hit Chance. Sniper's Sense will help against opponents Endurance as well.

Rune Synergies

• You can go whatever Rune Synergies you want that best fits what you are fighting.
• If you don't need 70 PER and the extra Hit Chance / CC Chance, swap to STR Rune Synergies and hit 70 STR.
• Use the DEX Attack Speed Rune Synergies on your weapons if you want more damage.

Gear Alternatives

The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.

• Spineflower Royal Guards Cloak for more Range.
• Song of the Night Sky Bracelet or Ice Queen's Bracelet for more Endurance.
• Stone Cold Heart Cloak and Fell Tree Belt are two Archboss items you should use if you are ever lucky to acquire them. They both provide insane bonuses.

T2 Gearing Meta

Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.

• Melee
  • Fully built good Sword and Shield users reach ~1500 to ~2000 base Ranged and Magic 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 ~2400 base Melee Hit Chance fully geared without sacrificing damage.
  • Spears can reach a ~1700 base Melee Hit Chance before buffs.
• Ranged
  • Bow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach between 1700 to 2100 base Ranged and Magic Evasion 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 ~1700 base Ranged and Magic Endurance with ~900 Ranged Heavy Attack Evasion and ~400 Magic Heavy Attack Evasion at full build. Like above, these numbers differ depending on the Runes and Trait Resonance.

Considering the above it's hard to find a one size fits all. 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.
  • You might also need to spec Icebound Tomb for Evasion shred.
  • Using Deadly Marker boosts your Hit Chance for single targets and niche situations.
• Is your server more Endurance-focused? Are you trying to kill those Endurance users? If so, build more Critical Hit Chance. Sniper's Sense will help against opponents Endurance as well.

Transcendent vs Nether

Critical Hit Damage

• The 4-piece Transcendent Set gives you unconditional 40% Critical Hit Damage at 25-meter range, whereas the 2-piece Nether Set maxes out at 25% Critical Hit Damage. But the Nether set effect is conditional upon no enemies standing within 5 meters of you.
• In Castle Siege, it can be extremely easy to avoid having an enemy within 5 meters. But it takes good positional awareness not to have an enemy within a 5-meter range of yourself in other forms of PvP.

Heavy Attack Chance

• With Runes, the 2-piece Nether Set can reach 1000 Heavy Attack Chance, translating to 50% Heavy Attack Chance.
• In contrast, the 4-piece Transcendental Set has a Heavy Attack Chance of around 730, which is 42%.

Rune Synergies

• You can go whatever Rune Synergies you want that best fits what you are fighting.
• If you don't need 70 PER and the extra Hit Chance / CC Chance, swap to STR Rune Synergies and hit 70 STR.
• Use the DEX Attack Speed Rune Synergies on your weapons if you want more damage.

Gear Alternatives

The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.

• Challenging Champion's Cloak for more Hit Chance.
• Spineflower Royal Guards Cloak for more Range.
• Pure Light Elemental Spirit Ring for more Hit Chance.
• Ancient's Blood Ring for more Range and Attack Speed.
• Ring of Eternal Flames for more Critical Hit Chance.
• Song of the Night Sky Bracelet or Ice Queen's Bracelet for more Endurance.
• Stone Cold Heart Cloak and Fell Tree Belt are two Archboss items you should use if you are ever lucky to acquire them. They both provide insane bonuses.

Gearing Logic

The below assumes you read the gearing meta in the other T2 build tabs.

• The Melee Evasion set allows you to reach 3400+ Melee Evasion with Victorious Energy. This is good enough to achieve a 50% Evasion rate against the average Greatsword user.
• The Ranged Magic Evasion set will allow you to reach 2300+ Ranged and Magic Evasion.

Gear Alternatives

The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.

• Challenging Champion's Cloak for more Hit Chance.
• Spineflower Royal Guards Cloak for more Range.
• Pure Light Elemental Spirit Ring for more Hit Chance.
• Ancient's Blood Ring for more Range and Attack Speed.
• Ring of Eternal Flames for more Critical Hit Chance.
• Song of the Night Sky Bracelet or Ice Queen's Bracelet for more Endurance.
• Stone Cold Heart Cloak and Fell Tree Belt are two Archboss items you should use if you are ever lucky to acquire them. They both provide insane bonuses.

Nebula Build

Moon Shadow Necklace, Massacring Blood Chain, and Frost Warrior's Belt are hard to acquire accessories from Nebula Island.

• You can run 2-Piece Nether or 4-Piece Transcendent for either of these builds. To see what a 2-Piece Nether set looks like, look at the T2 Crit Focus tab.
• Moon Shadow Necklace is a fantastic item for the added Skill Damage Resistance.
• Stone Cold Heart Cloak and Fell Tree Belt are two Archboss items.

Gear Alternatives

The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.

• Great Tree Sap Necklace for more Hit Chance.
• Challenging Champion's Cloak for more Hit Chance.
• Spineflower Royal Guards Cloak for more Range.
• Pure Light Elemental Spirit Ring for more Hit Chance.
• Song of the Night Sky Bracelet or Ice Queen's Bracelet for more Endurance.