Longbow / Staff PvP Build Guide
Last Updated:April 11, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Liberator Longbow / Staff PvP Build Guide! In PvP, your role is to deal huge AoE damage at long range. Typically, in MMOs, this type of playstyle resembles a "Glass Cannon," where you're extremely squishy, and any mistake in positioning can lead to your doom. In Throne and Liberty, bad positioning definitely gets you killed, but Longbow / Staff users stack a good amount of survivability with Endurance and Distorted Sanctuary. This makes you much more sturdy, even if you do get caught.
Longbow / Staff players build for as much Range as possible to maximize their Passive Buff from Sniper's Sense. In T2, there are so many sources of Range like Attack Range Intensity from Masteries that you can easily get above 25% without Archboss weapons.
In addition to all the AoE abilities you get from Staff, Longbow users have access to Flash Wave and Limit Break, allowing you to do even more AoE damage. This makes Longbow / Staff particularly strong in Castle Sieges.
If you're interested in PvE, check out our Longbow / Staff PvE Build Guide!
PvP Gear Progression
Acquiring Gear pieces and upgrading them is incredibly expensive and time-consuming. If you enjoy both PvE and PvP content, use these sets for PvE.
If you're interested in PvE Gear Progression, check out our Longbow / Staff PvE Build Guide here!
- Critical Damage Reduction, Attack Speed or Shield Block Chance Pierce
- Critical Damage Reduction counters the Critical Damage Increase from Death Set and other sources.
- Shield Block Chance Pierce counters Sword and Shield Block Chance.
- Attack Speed is self-explanatory.
Going Shield Block Chance Pierce is best if you want more overall damage to players, including tanks. Use the Attack Speed Rune Synergy if you want more overall damage to everyone who is not a tank. Critical Damage Reduction will reduce the damage taken when an enemy Crits. This is great for defense. You can go for any Rune Synergy that best fits your situation. EVERY SERVER META IS DIFFERENT.
- STR, PER, DEX, or WIS
- + PER should also help you hit 70 Perception if you desire.
- + DEX is purely an offensive Rune Synergy effect.
- + STR is helpful to hit 50 Strength or 60 Strength if needed.
Consider the defensive and offensive breakpoints other classes can reach when building your gear.
- Melee
- Fully built Sword and Shield users reach 3000+ base Ranged and Magic Endurance.
- The amount varies depending on Trait Resonances and Runes.
- If you are targeting Sword and Shields, use the Shield Block Penetration Chance Rune Synergy.
- Fully built Sword and Shield users reach 3000+ base Ranged and Magic Endurance.
- Ranged
- Bow / Daggers and Staff / Daggers can reach 2000+ 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 2500+ 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 your server's meta.
- Is your server entirely 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.
- Victorious Energy with Hit Chance focus helps as well.
- 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.
Active Skill Choices
- Greedseeker Solarstone is used to break certain CCs, which is crucial to your survival.
Passive Skill Choices
- Greedy Mind's Eye: Lunar Stone is in my opinion the best Artifact Passive. Increasing your Skill Damage Resistance by up to 210 when you're CC'd is invaluable.
- Hateful Demonic Beast: Lunar Stone is an alternative.
Artifact Set Choices
- The 2-piece Greedy Mind's Eye is used only for extra Endurance. There is no point in going higher than that.
- The 2-piece Hateful Demonic Beast offers more Hit Chance. This is mainly used when fighting Evasion users.
- You can use up to 2 or 4 Pieces from the Murderous Chaos set. You can drop Hateful Demonic Beast for the 4-Piece.
- The 2-Piece Ancient King's Armor is an uncommon option if you genuinely need extra Max Health.
Important
- The ideal build to choose is heavily dependent on your server meta.
- Talandre Gear offers many different gear pieces from which you can choose.
- Use these builds as a base and swap different pieces depending on your need.
T2 End Game
4-Pc Vanguard
4-Pc Vanguard
T2 End Game
4-Pc Transcendent
4-Pc Transcendent
T2 End Game
2-Pc Spectral
2-Pc Spectral
T2 End Game
Castle Siege + GvG
Castle Siege + GvG
T2 End Game
Arch + Nebula
Arch + Nebula
T1 End Game
Archived Builds
Archived Builds
Triple Endurance V1 Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Triple Endurance V2 Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Stats and Gearing Logic
- The 4-Pc Vanguard Leader Set set sacrifices offensive stats for high defensive stats in the form of triple Endurance.
- With 50 Fortitude and Distorted Sanctuary, you reach 2000+ Melee, Ranged Endurance, and 1800+ Magic Endurance.
- No one will be able to Crit against you without first buffing themselves or debuffing you.
- With Blessed Barrier, you will have even more Endurance.
- Gentle Breeze helps to buff your Melee Endurance.
- Depending on your Trait Resonance and Rune choices, these values can be higher or lower. Constantly adjust these based on your server.
- Bercant's Steelstring Bow offers more damage but has lower Range than Arc of Lunar Radiance.
- With the 4-Piece Vanguard Leader Set item set effect, you reach 600+ Max Damage on Longbow before Quality Stellarite.
- You rely on raw damage output with Blessing of the Waves, Omniscience, and Tidal Fury.
- Triple stacking Healing Touch and Nature's Blessing gives you incredible sustain, especially when Devoted Shield gets popped.
- To increase your survivability, you use Nature's Blessing and Inner Peace to increase your Defense with Mana Shield. This will increase your Defense to 5000+.
- Your Mana Regen is supplemented with Mana Spring.
- Swap pieces in and out to match the server meta you are playing against.
Gear Sources
Co-Op Dungeons
- Arc of Lunar Radiance (200 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Bercant's Steelstring Bow (Unavailable)
- Crowned Skull of Victory (Rancorwood) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Starlight Fur Cloak (Doomrot Grove) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Primal Golden Cuffs (Chapel of Madness) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Ring of Eternal Flames (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Hero's Legacy Warbelt (Twisted Laboratory) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Bangle of the Clearest Night (Twisted Laboratory) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Open World Dungeons
- Auric Vanguard's Full Plate (Crimson Mansion)
- Auric Vanguard's Gauntlets (Crimson Mansion)
- Auric Vanguard's Gaiters (Crimson Mansion)
- Auric Vanguards Plate Boots (Temple of Truth - Guardian Golem)
- Cloak of Victorious Destiny (Bercant Estate - Hooded Arbalest) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Solitare of Purity (Bercant Manor - Stalker + Blade) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Field Bosses
- Daigon's Charred Emberstaff (Daigon)
- Collar of Nature's Wrath (Giant Cordy) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Symbol of Nature's Advance (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Band of Ancestor's Blood (Leviathan) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Runed Band of the Black Anvil (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
High Hit Chance Longbow / Staff PvP Build
High Heavy Attack Longbow / Staff PvP Build
No Field Boss Longbow / Staff PvP Build
- All pieces here do not require Field Boss drops.
Stats and Gearing Logic
- These two builds focus on being a long-range glass cannon with 4-Piece Wing Gale Set.
- This build offers virtually no Endurance, reaching ~1500 Ranged and Magic Endurance when accounting for Distorted Sanctuary.
- You must always have Blessed Barrier or Blood Devotion from your teammates to survive.
- To increase your survivability, you HAVE to use Nature's Blessing and Inner Peace to increase your Defense with Mana Shield. This will increase your Defense to 5000+.
- Your Mana Regen is supplemented with Mana Spring.
- The high Hit Chance build aims to counter high Evasion builds with 2000+ Hit Chance.
- The high Heavy Attack build features much higher Attack Speed and 200 more Heavy Attack Chance.
- Bind Chance traits are taken for Binding Hand.
- Swap pieces in and out to match the server meta you are playing against.
Gear Alternatives
The great thing about Tier 2 gear is that you can swap many pieces depending on your wants.
- Attack Speed
- Bloody Shadow Contract's Gloves (let's you hit 70 PER easily)
- Hit Chance
- Big Leaf Tree's Ring
- Pure Light Elemental Spirit Ring
- Challenging Champion's Cloak
- Critical Hit Chance
- Ring of Eternal Flames
- Range
- Spineflower Royal Guards Cloak
- Ancient's Blood Ring
- Endurance
- Song of the Night Sky Bracelet
- Lord's Necklace
- Ice Queen's Bracelet (Archboss)
- Archboss Items
- Stone Cold Heart Cloak
- Fell Tree Belt
Gear Sources
Co-Op Dungeons
- Arc of Lunar Radiance (200 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Ebon Soulwind Archstaff (200 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Transcendent Tempest's Cowl (Chapel of Madness) or (160 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Transcendent Tempest's Armor (Twisted Laboratory) or (160 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Transcendent Tempest's Touch (Halls of Tragedy) or (160 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Transcendent Tempest's Pants (Rancorwood) or (160 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Starlight Fur Cloak (Doomrot Grove) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Primal Golden Cuffs (Chapel of Madness) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Ring of Eternal Flames (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Hero's Legacy Warbelt (Twisted Laboratory) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Open World Dungeons
- Cloak of Victorious Destiny (Bercant Estate - Hooded Arbalest) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Violent Demonic Beast's Fur Boots (Temple of Truth - Stone Golem Debris) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Noble Birthright Brooch (Crimson Mansion)
- Solitare of Purity (Bercant Manor - Stalker + Blade) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Field Bosses
- Daigon's Charred Emberstaff (Daigon)
- Imperial Seeker's Boots (Manticus)
- Collar of Nature's Wrath (Giant Cordy) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Symbol of Nature's Advance (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Band of Ancestor's Blood (Leviathan) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Runed Band of the Black Anvil (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
High Heavy Attack Longbow / Staff PvP Build
High Endurance Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Stats and Gearing Logic
- These two builds also focus on being a long-range glass cannon with 2-Piece Spectral Overseer Set instead of 4-Piece Wing Gale Set.
- The high Heavy Attack build aims to reach 1000+ Heavy Attack Chance, which translates to 50%+ proc chance, assuming your enemy does not build any Heavy Attack Evasion.
- The high Endurance build features the 2-Piece Vanguard Leader Set, which grants 45 extra Endurance for every 10 Perception you have. With Distorted Sanctuary, you reach as high as 1800 Ranged and Magic Endurance.
- To increase your survivability, you HAVE to use Nature's Blessing and Inner Peace to increase your Defense with Mana Shield. This will increase your Defense to 5000+.
- Your Mana Regen is supplemented with Mana Spring.
- Bind Chance traits are taken for Binding Hand.
- Swap pieces in and out to match the server meta you are playing against.
Transcendent vs Nether
Critical Hit Damage
- The 4-Pc Wing Gale Set gives you unconditional 40% Critical Hit Damage at 25-meter range, whereas the 2-Pc Spectral Overseer Set maxes out at 25% Critical Hit Damage. But the Spectral Overseer 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.
- Many players prefer 2-Pc Spectral Overseer Set when they can play safely from Range and because they can equip other 2-Pc set effects.
Heavy Attack Chance
- With Runes, the 2-Pc Spectral Overseer Set can reach ~1000 Heavy Attack Chance, translating to ~50% Heavy Attack Chance.
- In contrast, the 4-Pc Wing Gale Set can reach around ~730 Heavy Attack Chance, which is ~42%.
- Both statements above go on the assumption that the enemy doesn't have any Heavy Attack Evasion.
Endurance
- The 2-Pc Spectral Overseer Set allows you to use the 2-Pc Vanguard Leader Set for more Endurance. You gain 45 Endurance for every 10 Perception.
Gear Alternatives
- Read the section in the 4-Pc Transcendent tab.
- Sacred Repose Gloves can replace your gloves, but is expensive.
- Florification Curse Uniform is a possible chest replacement for 2-Pc Vanguard Leader Set only.
Gear Sources
Co-Op Dungeons
- Arc of Lunar Radiance (200 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Bercant's Steelstring Bow (Unavailable)
- Crowned Skull of Victory (Rancorwood) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Starlight Fur Cloak (Doomrot Grove) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Primal Golden Cuffs (Chapel of Madness) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Ring of Eternal Flames (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Hero's Legacy Warbelt (Twisted Laboratory) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
- Bangle of the Clearest Night (Twisted Laboratory) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Open World Dungeons
- Auric Vanguard's Gauntlets (Crimson Mansion)
- Auric Vanguards Plate Boots (Temple of Truth - Guardian Golem)
- Cloak of Victorious Destiny (Bercant Estate - Hooded Arbalest) or (320 Adventure Coin: Loyalty)
Field Bosses
- Daigon's Charred Emberstaff (Daigon)
- Collar of Nature's Wrath (Giant Cordy) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Symbol of Nature's Advance (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Band of Ancestor's Blood (Leviathan) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Runed Band of the Black Anvil (Pakilo Naru) or Material Transmutation (Probably April 17th?)
- Spectral Overseer's Tunic (Pakilo Naru)
- Spectral Overseer's Trousers (Daigon)
- Spectral Overseer's Boots (Manticus)
Ebonwind Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Stats and Gearing Logic
- This build uses Ebon Soulwind Archstaff with the Apply Designated Ground Targeting Specialization on Frost Smokescreen. The mass Bind effectively locks down chokes in conjunction with other users. It's especially effective on Sandworm Lair Boonstone and Castle Sieges.
- You can use whatever build you want with Ebon Soulwind Archstaff.
4Pc Transcendent Longbow / Staff PvP Build
4Pc Vanguard Longbow / Staff PvP Build
4Pc Evasion Longbow / Staff PvP Build
2Pc Evasion Longbow / Staff PvP Build
4Pc Endurance Longbow / Staff PvP Build
2Pc Endurance Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Arena Longbow / Staff PvP Build
Skill Builds and Rotation
Masteries
- Click the 200/200 icon for Masteries or go to the section below skill builds.
Large Scale PvP
Dominion
Arena PvP
Mana Shield 8000+ Triple Defense Build
Lv. 5 Limit Break Freeze
Bellandir Burning Smokescreen
- When Nature's Blessing and Inner Peace are used together in conjunction with Mana Shield, you gain an incredible amount of Melee, Ranged, and Magic Defense.
- This combo is best used when Devoted Shield and Life Ward are popped.
- Combined with Mana Spring, it can go even higher.
- At Level 5 with the Cooldown â–¼ Specialization, Limit Break's Cooldown becomes 45 seconds. This matches Flash Wave's Cooldown.
- If your Limit Break is not Level 5, just put points elsewhere instead of using it on Cooldown â–¼.
- Consider using Infernal Meteor with the Heal Cut Specialization for more coordinated GvGs with setup.
- For example, if you have a SnS with Queen Bellandir's Languishing Blade to clump targets for you.
- Tornado and Icebound Tomb are interchangeable.
- Icebound Tomb without its Specializations, can be used as a hard Freeze on key targets to interrupt cappers or remove healers from the fight.
- Replace a skill for this for smaller scale fights.
- Flame Condensation is a required Passive now, for the Flame Detonation mastery, especially with Wave Boost Formula.
- This makes Burning Smokescreen somewhat viable without requiring you to have Queen Bellandir's Hivemind Staff.
- You can consider using Master of Thunder instead of Master of Thunder for masteries.
- Remember to replace Roxie's Arrowhead with Frost Master.
- This assumes you use Icebound Tomb too.
Defensive Combo
This combo should be used when you're getting focused. Your bonus Defense from Mana Shield will skyrocket to 8000+ depending on your base Mana Regen.
- Nature's Blessing
- This combo is best used when Devoted Shield and Life Ward are popped.
- Inner Peace
Healing Touch Upkeep
- Constantly use Healing Touch to upkeep the Max Damage buff from Blessing of the Waves, Omniscience, and Tidal Fury.
Instant Cast AoE Skills
Sometimes, getting instant damage out as fast as possible is better than casting Flash Wave.
- Icebound Tomb
- Chain Lightning
- Judgment Lightning
Flash Wave Combo
This is your bread-and-butter combo.
- High Focus
- Flash Wave
- Limit Break
- Flash Wave
Freeze into Burning
This combo roots players in place.
- Icebound Tomb
- Burning Smokescreen
Heal Cut Skills
- Focused Fire Bombs
Utility Skills
- Tornado (Alternative)
- Tornado can be used to peel off Melee or as an engage tool.
- Icebound Tomb can be used to mass root enemy players prior to using Burning Smokescreen.
- Victorious Energy or High Focus
- If using Victorious Energy, always pre-buff before an engagement.
- Consider using Blitz for this skill if you expect a prolonged fight.
- With High Focus, make sure you use your longer Cooldown skills before the buff is over.
Tips
- 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.
- Use the Large Scale PvP builds for Dominion if there are massive amounts of players.
- This build focuses on your ability to skirmish with single-target skills while using excellent AoE tools.
- This build uses Healing Touch and Nature's Blessing for self-sustain.
- Limit Break can be replaced for another sill if needed.
Defensive Combo
This combo should be used when you're getting focused. Your bonus Defense from Mana Shield will skyrocket to 8000+ depending on your base Mana Regen.
- Nature's Blessing
- Inner Peace
Longbow Single Target Combo
- Strafing 3x
- Zephyr's Nock
- Simple bread and butter single target combo.
Self-Sustain
- Healing Touch
- Nature's Blessing
- This combo gives you great sustain in the absence of a Healer.
- Healing Touch alone grants you great sustain.
Tips
- 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.
- Flash Wave is a great tool to damage enemies and heal your teammates.
Longbow Single Target Combo
Always use Ensnaring Arrow with Strafing because they have similar Cooldowns.
- Ensnaring Arrow
- Nature's Blessing (Optional)
- Allows you to stack double the Gale stacks.
- Strafing 3x
- Stacks 24 Gale stacks assuming no misses.
- Zephyr's Nock
- Consumes all stacks for massive damage.
Heal Cut
- Always use Focused Fire Bombs on targets you want to die for the Heal Cut.
Bind Burst
- Ice Spear Bombardment
- Zephyr's Nock
- Judgment Lightning
Self-Sustain Combo
The Vitality Specialization makes this combo a potent healing tool.
- Healing Touch
- Nature's Blessing
Tips
- Always have your Longbow as your main hand weapon so that [tal-weapon-mastery-node id=963747767]Anti-magic Arts[/tal-weapon-mastery-node] 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.
Mastery Specializations
- Your priority is to get 130 Mastery for each.
- Your priority unlock is Mana Shield.
- This is key to your survivability as a Liberator.
- Your 2nd priority is Strategic Compromise.
- The rest is just taking more damage.
- Your priority unlock is Omniscience.
- This is key for extra damage.
- Your 2nd priority is Archer's Surge.
- The rest is just taking more damage.
Guardians
Guardians are special transformations that add offensive or defensive buffs or attacks to your character for 30 seconds. These are the recommended Guardians for this class in both PvE and PvP situations.
- Soundless Mage Taliesia is a great defensive tool.
- Wild Enchanter Dreadal is a more offensive option.
- Lady Knight Kamarshea is a useful Guardian for defense.
Summary
- If you prefer a long-range playstyle that bombards enemies with skills, Longbow / Staff is the weapon combination for you.
- Depending on the situation, you have multiple options to customize your skill build.
- With skills like Judgment Lightning and Flash Wave, Longbow / Staff is the king of AoE.
Credits
Written by Yaen
Reviewed by Tenkiei and Nymphellas