Wand / Dagger PvP Build Guide

Stats and Gearing Logic

• This build is best used when your server has lots of Spear, Greatsword, and Sword and Shield users.
  • The Healer build trades off Weaken Chance, Hit and other DPS stats to stack Melee Evasion as high as possible, keeping you protected from Dive.
  • The DPS build trades off Melee Evasion in favor of more DPS stats and higher Weaken Chance.
• The Hit is increased as much can be fit to increase the chance of landing CC.
  • You also stack Weaken Chance for the same reason.
  • DPS Build stacks Weaken Chance to increase the chance of Curses hitting, making damage more reliable.
• The rest of the stats come together to provide good Buff Duration, Cooldown Speed, and Skill Heal while keeping your Defense and Offense at a good balance.
• For the DPS build, you lose access to your Healing abilities thanks to Disciple's Rage. You run no Skill heal in favor of other Offensive or Defensive stats.
• 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.

• In the DPS build, consider swapping 2-Piece Elder for 2-Piece Sacred. This trades some Melee Evasion and Buff Duration for Hit Chance.
• For the Healer build, consider swapping in King Khanzaizin's Valor Song as your Wand. While losing the passive of Overture of Eternal Salvation makes upkeeing stacks of Selfless Soul, it more than makes up for it with massively increased Mana Cost Efficiency. The weapon effect also boosts Invincible Wall into being a top tier skill.
  • Also swap in Ring of Eternal Flames over Manor Sunset Ring to maintain proper Stats.

Good Archboss Choices

• Tevent's Grasp of Withering
  • Great for DPS build. Will make a night and day difference in your damage potential.
• Tevent's Fangs of Fury
  • Has niche uses in DPS builds. Can be taken to play as a single target Assassin.
• Giant Cordy's Spore Hand
  • BIS Wand for Healers. Making your entire party CC immune is invaluable.
• Deluzhnoa's Ice Slash
  • Has niche uses in both playstyles as an extra Defensive tool.
• Stone Cold Heart Cloak
  • Great for DPS builds, but comes at the cost of less Melee and Magic Evasion.

These are Rune Builds for when Runes come out on December 5th; these builds assume you will eventually reach the full blue Rune Synergy effect for Weapons and Accessories.
For non-rune builds, visit the dropdown at the bottom.

Fully trait your blue gear before transferring over to purple gear. A fully traited blue piece will give you 960 Blessings for you to use.

For end-game, this gear takes a LONG time to get. Don't be discouraged by this though, just take your time. The goal is to stack as much Ranged Evasion and Magic Evasion as possible while reaching the 60 Strength breakpoint, making you incredibly durable to the majority of DPS builds.

• When combined with Shadow Walker, you reach 2100 Ranged Evasion and 2100 Magic Evasion on average.

Even without the aid of Shadow Walker the build can maintain relative safety by using Phantom Smokescreen to evade key melee skills you otherwise can't deal with such as Chain Hook and Devastating Smash alongside near-immunity to Ranged and Magic projectiles.

Note that the difference between Insightful Ring of Dimension and Eternal Ring of Dimension come down to preference. Both rings allow you to hit your important Stat breakpoints while offering their own special benefit to the build.

• If you value the Movespeed provided by Eternal Ring of Dimension over the increased Range from Insightful Ring of Dimension it is a completely viable alternative.

You have the option of slotting in new accesory options such as Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant and Band of the Chosen One. Due to the the necklace Necklace of Cold Strength being introduced, it is considered to be the new best-in-slot option but going for Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant is a valid option if you want to min-max your Magic Evasion.

When transitioning to this build from your mid game build be mindful of your Hit. Items like Lequirus's Thorny Edge, Hermit's Shroud and Insightful Ring of Dimension provide amazing benefits to the build but sacrifice the Hit from Elite Resistance Knife, Elite Sharpshooter's Cloak and Crude Wind Band.

Alternatives

Both of the above builds are viable placeholders while you work towards the harder-to-aqcuire items from the end game build. The main difference between the two is about +2k Health, -250 Hit, -12% Buff Duration, and +100 Heavy Attack Chance for the Darkslayer Daggers. The choice is entirely preference, so weigh the options carefully and pick what works best for your server.

Non-Rune Builds (Click Me!)

These are Rune Builds for when Runes come out on December 5th; these builds assume you will eventually reach the full blue Rune Synergy effect for Weapons and Accessories.
For non-rune builds, visit the dropdown at the bottom.

Fully trait your blue gear before transferring over to purple gear. A fully traited blue piece will give you 960 Blessings for you to use.

Alternatives

The Solo Self Found build aims to ease the pain of acquiring gear locked behind world boss drops while still maintaining it's identity. A consideration to be made is going for Clasp of the Conqueror over Collar of Decimation as it requires no RNG to obtain and meets the same Stat breakpoints required.

The Lequirus's Thorny Edge variant of the build offers the same Stat breakpoints but sacrifices Max Health in favor of more Base Damage and higher Crit Rate. You also get access to more Wisdom to improve your Cooldown Speed and Mana Regen. Both the Lequirus's Thorny Edge variant and the Darkslayer Daggers variant are viable as a main build. The choice comes down to your preference.

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Unlike previous builds, it is necessary to run Insightful Ring of Dimension to hit your stat breakpoints. If you still wish to run Amber Dimensional Band you also need to fit in Band of Universal Power to make the stats work again, making the build considerably more expensive.

• If you value the Movespeed provided by Eternal Ring of Dimension over the increased Range from Insightful Ring of Dimension it is a completely viable alternative, just much more expensive.

Alternatives

Single Target Curse Bomb

Single Target Dagger Combo

Heal Cut Skills

1. Fatal Stigma
2. Knife Throwing

Sustain Options

1. Blessed Barrier is best saved for when you expect yourself or an ally to take massive damage.
2. Invincible Wall can be a great tool for pre-engage defenses.
3. Judgment Lightning
4. Fountain of Life is a fantastic option if you need to heal mutiple allies at once, and is great to drop down in addition to other healing options.
5. Clay's Salvation and Swift Healing are great for burst healing in a pinch.

Tips

• Always try to save your Cursed Nightmare for enemy Healers. With proper coordination with your team, this will buy you enough time to take out another person while the Healer is Asleep.
• Coordinate with your team when using Fatal Stigma to ensure the target you debuff dies, giving you a cooldown reset.