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Sword and Shield / Wand PvE Build Guide

Last Updated:March 6, 2025|Changelog

Welcome to the Sword and Shield / Wand PvE build guide. This weapon combination is primarily a tank build that focuses on living as long as possible while keeping allies safe.

This build is on the lower end of the damage spectrum when compared to other melee-focused builds like Sword and Shield/Greatsword or Greatsword/Dagger, but what it lacks in damage, it more than makes up for in durability and utility. Thanks to skills like Counter Barrier, Swift Healing, and Blessed Barrier, you're going to be the first one in the fight and the last one to leave, and your build reflects this goal through and through.

End Game Sword and Shield / Wand PVE Build

When you get access to Tevent's Cuneiform Bone this build becomes monstrously strong in all content, but as it is an Arch Boss weapon I won't equate that to the average user experience.

If you're interested in PvP, check out our Sword and Shield / Wand PvP Build Guide!

Pros
  • Healing
  • High CC
  • High AoE DPS
  • High Durability
  • Low Cooldowns
Cons
  • Gear Reliant
  • Low Damage
  • High Mana Cost

PvE Gear Progression

If you plan on PvPing in the future, just use the PvP gear shown in our Sword and Shield / Wand PvP Build Guideuide for PvE. Unless you're going for record clears, you can use the PvP gear to clear all content.

For New Players
  • All pre-Talandre builds will be revamped once it releases.
  • They will use T2 Blue gear instead.
End Game
End Game
Archboss
T2 End Game
2-Pc Elder 2-Pc Seeker
T2 End Game
4-Pc Elder

End Game Tank Sword and Shield / Wand Build

End Game DPS Sword and Shield / Wand Build

Hover over (PC) or Tap (Mobile) items in the Plannner to see sources for gear pieces.

Before transferring or upgrading your Purple pieces, fully trait and upgrade a Blue gear piece first and use it to transfer over to your Purple piece. A fully traited blue piece will give you 960 Blessings for you to use.

The Sword and Shield/Wand guide's end game set is designed to provide a solid mix of damage, utility, and durability in PVE. The primary focus is on stacking Strength and Dexterity for the Heavy Attack Chance and Crit Hit, Attack Speed, and Max Damage respectively. Getting all of this gear together is going to take a long time so don't be afraid to get other pieces in the meantime to hold you over. It is worth noting that the large Strength investment is not worth it UNTIL you can get to 50 Strength for the Heavy Attack bonus. Until then, your Stat Points are better focused into Wisdom for more overall damage.

Armor Sources

  • Reaper's Black Mask
    • Adentus
    • Valley of Slaughter
  • Archpriest's Devotion
    • Cave of Destruction
  • Shadow Harvester Grips
    • Temple of Slaughter
  • Swirling Essence Robe
    • Island of Terror
  • Shadow Harvester Boots
    • Carmine Rage Island
    • Avolos Tracker in Sanctum of Desire

Accessory Sources

  • Slaughterer's Collar
    • Marienne's Recommended Necklace Collection Lithograph Book entry.
    • Kowazan
  • Specter's Frost Bracers
    • Tyrant's Isle
  • Unshakeable Gold Ring
    • Demonhoof Tracker and Demonhoof Head Shaman in Syleus's Abyss F5-F6
  • Tycan's Bloodlust Belt
    • Aridus

Wand / Dagger PvE Build

Support Build

This gear setup is primarily focused on stacking Mana Regen, Cooldown Speed, and Crit Hit. This is so you can heal as often as possible with the largest heals you can get. Some of these pieces are difficult to both acquire and trait, so use gear from the Mid Game Gear section to hold you over in the meantime.It is worth noting that the large Strength investment is not worth it UNTIL you can get to 50 Strength for the Heavy Attack bonus. Until then, your Stat Points are better focused into Wisdom for more overall damage.

You can also fit Excavator's Mysterious Scepter into this build without sacrificing too much. It offers more Base Damage and a solid bonus to Swift Healing via its passive.

Gear Sources

  • Shadow Harvester Mask
    • Adentus
  • Transcendental Saint Raiment
    • Aridus
  • Transcendental Mystery Gloves
    • Butcher's Canyon
  • Ascended Guardian Shoes
    • Demonhoof Head Shaman in Syleus's Abyss F5-F6

Archboss DPS Sword and Shield / Wand Build End Game Gear

Archboss Tank Sword and Shield / Wand Build

Hover over (PC) or Tap (Mobile) items in the Plannner to see sources for gear pieces.

Both Archboss builds are largely unchanged compared to their regular counterparts. The biggest changes are the addition of the Archboss weapon Tevent's Grasp of Withering and the Archboss ring Band of Universal Power. The weapon Queen Bellandir's Languishing Blade is more suited for PVP, and as such is not included in these builds. Adding Tevent's Grasp of Withering improves the damage of SnS / Wand considerably and is worth taking on any setup.

Armor Sources

  • Reaper's Black Mask
    • Adentus
    • Valley of Slaughter
  • Archpriest's Devotion
    • Cave of Destruction
  • Shadow Harvester Grips
    • Temple of Slaughter
  • Swirling Essence Robe
    • Island of Terror
  • Shadow Harvester Boots
    • Carmine Rage Island
    • Avolos Tracker in Sanctum of Desire

Accessory Sources

  • Slaughterer's Collar
    • Marienne's Recommended Necklace Collection Lithograph Book entry.
    • Kowazan
  • Specter's Frost Bracers
    • Tyrant's Isle
  • Unshakeable Gold Ring
    • Demonhoof Tracker and Demonhoof Head Shaman in Syleus's Abyss F5-F6
  • Tycan's Bloodlust Belt
    • Aridus
Important
  • Certain conditional mastery passives have not been implemented yet.

DPS Sword and Shield / Wand PvE Build

Stats and Gearing Logic

  • The idea behind the gear is taking advantage of massive curse damage thanks to the new Wand Masteries in combination with the 2Pc-Elder Set.
  • The other set, 2-Pc - Imperial Tracker Set, is used in tandem to scale your damage even further.
    • Keep in mind your Curse Damage will increase directly proportional to your Crit Damage assuming you land a crit.
  • This build also features over 1k Heavy Attack Chance, high Attack Speed, Critical Hit, and Critical Damage, and still enough Defenses to survive tough mechanics.

Gear Alternatives

  • Stone Cold Heart Cloak is also slotted if you ever are lucky enough or rich enough to acquire it.

Gear Sources

  • Coming soon. Mouse over the items to see the item drop location.
Important
  • Certain conditional mastery passives have not been implemented yet.
  • Both builds are more than capable of Tanking. Just swap in Aggro Skills.

Healer Sword and Shield / Wand PvE Build

Stats and Gearing Logic

  • The idea behind the gear is taking advantage of massive curse damage thanks to the new Wand Masteries in combination with the 2Pc-Elder Set.
  • This build also features over 1k Heavy Attack Chance, high Attack Speed, Critical Hit, and Critical Damage, and still enough Defenses to survive tough mechanics. On top of this, you have access to 110% Skill Heal to keep your party alive.

Gear Alternatives

  • Stone Cold Heart Cloak is also slotted if you ever are lucky enough or rich enough to acquire it.
  • King Khanzaizin's Valor Song is a viable alternative wand for Healing.

Gear Sources

  • Coming soon. Mouse over the items to see the item drop location.

Skill Builds and Rotation

PvE Bossing
AoE Combo
Solo Dungeon

Sword and Shield / Wand DPS / Tank Setup(requires Disciple's Rage)

Sword and Shield / Wand Healer Setup

Sword and Shield / Wand Caster Tank / DPS Setup

Opening Rotation DPS / Tank

  1. Enchanting Time
  2. Valorous Barrier
  3. Righteous Fury
  4. Provoking Roar
  5. Touch of Despair
  6. Piercing Strike
  7. Shield Throw
  8. Decaying Touch
  9. Touch of Despair
  10. Witching Hour
  11. Curse Explosion
  • This is your opener in boss fights. Focus on using Touch of Despair off CD as much as possible.
  • During downtime, keep up DPS by spamming Touch of Despair, Piercing Strike and Shield Throw. Your full rotation of Buffs should be up on the second Curse Explosion rotation.

Opening Rotation Caster DPS / Tank

  1. Enchanting Time
  2. Valorous Barrier
  3. Righteous Fury
  4. Provoking Roar
  5. Touch of Despair
  6. Fountain of Life
  7. Swift Healing x3
  8. Piercing Strike
  9. Decaying Touch
  10. Touch of Despair
  11. Witching Hour
  12. Curse Explosion
  • This is your opener in boss fights. Focus on using Touch of Despair off CD as much as possible.
  • During downtime, keep up DPS by spamming Touch of Despair, Piercing Strike and Swift Healing x3. Your full rotation of Buffs should be up on the second Curse Explosion rotation.

Healing

  • Blessed Barrier
  • Fountain of Life
  • Clay's Salvation
  • Swift Healing
  • Chaotic Shield
  • Vampiric Contract
  • You may not have all these skills equipped depending on your party role. However, use the order of skills to help you determine how much healing you can provide. This ensures you use the right ability for the right situation to manage resources.
  • When someone is at death's door, use this skillset from top to bottom (except for Vampiric Contract as it's a passive) to fully heal anyone in the game. Lastly, with tools like Fountain of Life and Clay's Salvation you are also more than capable of healing your entire party as well.

Sword and Shield / Wand AOE DPS Setup

Sword and Shield / Wand AOE DPS Rotation

  1. Enchanting Time
  2. Valorous Barrier
  3. Righteous Fury
  4. Provoking Roar
  5. Counter Barrier
  6. Piercing Strike
  7. Shield Throw
  8. Corrupted Magic Circle
  9. Touch of Despair
  10. Curse Explosion
  • The main goal of this DPS rotation is to spread as many of your Curses over as many targets as possible. During downtime, spam Piercing Strike and Touch of Despair to upkeep steady damage while waiting for Curse Explosion.
  • Keep in mind that Counter Barrier gives you cooldown for Piercing Strike, increasing your AOE DPS as more enemies hit you.

Sword and Shield / Wand Solo Dungeon Setup

Sword and Shield / Wand Solo Dungeon Rotation

  1. Enchanting Time
  2. Righteous Fury
  3. Valorous Barrier
  4. Counter Barrier
  5. Touch of Despair
  6. Shield Strike
  7. A Shot at Victory
  8. Witty Retort x2
  9. Shield Throw
  10. Touch of Despair
  11. Decaying Touch
  12. Witching Hour
  13. Curse Explosion
  • This is your opener in boss fights. Focus on using Touch of Despair off CD as much as possible.
  • Enchanting Time you can keep up almost 100% of the time thanks to your Buff Duration. Be sure this and Fighting Spirit Barrier are up before you cast your final set of Touch of Despair into Decaying Touch into Curse Explosion. Keep in mind your Curse damage is snapshot at the time of cast. Using either Enchanting Time or Fighting Spirit Barrier after casting Curses does almost nothing for your damage.

Skill Prioritization

  • Use Quality Marind Ore to craft Quality Passive Skill Growth Book and Quality Active Skill Growth Book
  • Use Rare Marind Ore to craft Rare Passive Skill Growth Book and Rare Active Skill Growth Book.
  • Prioritize getting all these skills to blue first before getting them to purple. These are universal skills you always use.
  • Upgrade the rest of your skills as you play the game.

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 the Sword and Shield / Wand build.

For PvE, use Shade Revenant Stheno as your primary Guardian of choice. It's the best guardian for dealing damage in an AoE and on single target, and for PvE that damage is all that really matters when it comes to guardians.

Summary

  • Sword and Shield / Wand is a self-sustain tank that focuses on staying alive as long as possible.
  • Remember to use Blessed Barrier for emergency defense and healing.
  • Don't move too far away from your healers to stay alive longer in fights.
  • Focus on CC'ing multiple enemies, and locking down high priority targets.
  • Try to focus on durability, Strength, and Dexterity for your gear, with a focus on traits that increase Health, Evasion, Damage, Buff Duration, and Skill Resistance.
  • Performance directly scales with gear level, and the difference between a geared tank and a non geared tank is night and day.

Congratulations on reaching the end of the Sword and Shield / Wand PvE Build Guide, continue the journey with our PvP or Leveling guides!

Credits

Written by Nymphellas
Reviewed by Yaen and Tenkiei

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