Steelheart PvE Build Guide
Last Updated:June 14, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Steelheart PvE Build Guide. This is the big brawler Tank in Throne and Liberty. The build leverages the strengths of both weapons for a ton of Attack Speed and Heavy Attack Chance.
Steelheart has some of the best AoE farming potential in the game due to passives like Spectrum of Agony and active skills that can cleave off each other such as Phoenix Barrage and Javelin Inferno.
For bossing, Spear provides a very strong offensive buff Sentinel's Bastion which provides tons of Heavy Attack to your party.
T2 End Game Steelheart PvE Build
- If you're interested in PvP, check out our Steelheart PvP Build Guide!
PvE Gear Progression
- There is no "Best Build", Talandre Gear allows for a wide variety of builds allowing you to choose your preference.
- Use the builds as a base, and swap different pieces around to fit your needs.
- If you plan on PvPing in the future, just use the PvP gear shown in our Steelheart PvP Guide for PvE. For higher tiers of Challenge Dungeons, you want a full PvE set.
- With the introduction of earrings to the game, use whichever provides you the most Dexterity or Wisdom to increase your overall DPS in PvE. If given an option, prioritize earrings with Wisdom.
Range/Magic Evasion
Level 55 Steelheart Transition Build
- Obtain your gear through Adventure Coin: Fighting Spirit, 2-star and 3-star Dungeons and Material Transmutation.
T2 End Game Steelheart PvE Build
Stats and Gearing Logic
- This build is has high Attack Speed, Base Damage and Heavy Attack.
- This build is running ~70% Attack Speed which will help sustain aggro and provide great sustain damage.
- You reach 1200+ Heavy Attack Chance for 50%+ proc rate.
- You will have ~1400 Critical Hit which synergizes with the T2 weapon Crimson Hellskewer.
- With the 4-Piece Vanguard item set effect, you reach 600+ Max Damage on Greatsword before Quality Stellarite.
Skill Builds and Rotation
General
Mobbing
Dungeon PvE Build
- This is a general bossing build. It has very fast attacks and tons of multi hitting abilities.
- This is a Mana intensive build when you are fighting against mobs. Once you encounter bosses you will not have any mana issues if you're blocking attacks.
Global Cooldown Priority
- Sentinel's Bastion
- Gale Rush
- Make sure to use this on cooldown on boss encounters as it gives max attack speed stacks with Intiative Blitz.
- Abyssal Cleave
- Always make sure to use this to give yourself the crit buff.
- Provoking Roar
- This will give you additional damage and hold aggro, you most likely will not need to re apply unless the boss does a mechanic. Make sure this is on the boss always.
- Phoenix Barrage
- Slaughtering Slash
Damage Rotation
- Sentinel's Bastion
- Gale Rush
- Provoking Roar
- Piercing Strike
- Abyssal Cleave
- Phoenix Barrage
- Slaughtering Slash
- Explosive Fury x5
- Flaming Arc x2.
- This is your general-purpose AoE PvE clearing for the SNS Spear PvE build. Spear has one of the best AOE clearing abilities in the game: Javelin Inferno. With proper grouping and the right buffs, you single-handedly delete entire groups of mobs.
Best AOE Combo
This is your bread-and-butter AoE clearing rotation.
- Great Fury
- Provoking Roar
- Sentinel's Bastion
- Explosive Fury x5
- Javelin Inferno x5
If anything is left alive after this combo, finish up with Flaming Arc x2 into Slaughtering Slash.
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.
- Shade Revenant Stheno is THE DPS Guardian in PvE. No other explanation is required.
- Lady Knight Kamarshea is a useful Guardian while you learn new dungeons. It helps in dangerous situations as an emergency button to survive mechanics that deal a significant amount of damage. Not many other situations arise where this is necessary.
Summary
- Both Sword and Shield and Spear have passives that complement each other perfectly making for a highly effective PvE tank build.
- The bossing build revolves around buffing your team with Sentinel's Bastion provide high amounts of Heavy Attack while also dealing punishing single target damage with your multi hit skills.
- The AoE farming capabilities of this combo are extremely high. With a very high attack speed and a great ability kit, open-world farming will be a breeze.
Credits
Written by Tweekz
Reviewed by Nymphellas