Wand / Staff PvP Build Guide

Gear Sources

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• Note: You do not need to update your gear to match the small changes made for optimization with the addition of the Rune system.
• Excavator or Lequirius?: Both wands are exceptional and provide unique benefits in PvP. Excavator's Mysterious Scepter helps you achieve the 70 Strength Attribute bonus and provides you a powerful Healing Overtime ability that can reach over 20,000 in healing output with your healing bonuses. Lequirus's Coveted Tome makes you more difficult to kill, allowing you to escape near-death situations without pressing a button. What you use depends on your playstyle and personal preference.
• If you have Daybreak Shore Feast, use it.
• This build is stronger in small scale fights where it is easier for melee to focus you such as Arena, Dominion Events, and war zones with difficult choke points.
• Although this build is stronger in small scale fights, it is still viable in large scale fights as long you have proper positioning to avoid getting singled out by melee players.
• The amount of Melee Evasion you want to aim for is 1,800, which allows you to counter the average amount of 900 to 1,300 Hit Greatsword users achieve in T1 gear.
• Ranged players tend to average around 1,000 Hit or more making it difficult to run a proper amount of Ranged Evasion and Melee Evasion simultaneously.

Alternatives

Use gear here before obtaining the ones that drop from Bosses.

1. Ebon Roar Sabatons
   • Tyrant's Isle Co-Op Dungeon

• Why Talus?: Talus's Crystalline Staff provides you a counter to Stun, which is especially helpful against Greatsword players who commonly target you during PvP. While the skill from Talus's Crystalline Staff is active, any damage you receive will also be nullified.
• If you have Daybreak Shore Feast, use it.
• This build is stronger in small scale fights where it is easier for melee to focus you such as Arena, Dominion Events, and war zones with difficult choke points.
• Although this build is stronger in small scale fights, it is still viable in large scale fights as long you have proper positioning to avoid getting singled out by melee players.
• The amount of Melee Evasion you want to aim for is 1,800, which allows you to counter the average amount of 900 to 1,300 Hit greatsword users achieve in T1 gear. Equip Ebon Roar Sabatons if you require higher Melee Evasion.
• Ranged players tend to average around 1,000 Hit or more making it difficult to run a proper amount of Ranged Evasion and Melee Evasion simultaneously.

• If you have Daybreak Shore Feast, use it.
• This build is strong in large scale fights such as Wars, Siege, Tax Cart, and Battlegrounds where it's easier to position yourself away from melee players and rely more on your raid for protection.
• In large scale fights, majority of your damage is primarily received from Longbow and Staff players casting long-ranged abilities, with crossbow divers secondary. Since these damage types are Magic and Range, a Magic and Ranged defensive build is stronger in large scale combat.
• The amount of Magic Evasion you want to aim for is 1,800, which allows you to counter the average amount of 900 to 1,100 Hit DPS Staff players achieve in T1 gear, especially against those not running Victorious Energy.
• Properly built ranged players will have more than 1,000 Hit making it difficult to run a proper Magic and Ranged Evasion build without Shadow Walker from Daggers.

Alternatives

Use gear here before obtaining the ones that drop from Bosses.

1. Etched Alabaster Band
   • Syleus's Abyss from Demonhoof Tracker
   • With 40 Abyss Currency, craft Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss.

• Use High Focus with Expand Targets and Expand Targets Specializations to provide Cooldown Speed, Movement Speed, and Max Damage buffs to your entire party. If you're being focused by Ranged and Magic users, run the Victorious Energy Specialization instead and remove the other two.

Passive Skills

• No changes from the previous tab.

Utility Skills

• Cast Icebound Tomb to lock Melee users in place for your allies to nuke while also reducing the Evasion of all enemies caught by 415.
• Use Cursed Nightmare to sleep enemy Staff users running Mana Burn.
• Use Victorious Energy to increase your Evasion and Hit by 400 each. This buff becomes necessary at End Game to make it difficult for Ranged and Magic users to land their abilities on you. It also helps you land your CC and Damage abilities against players stacking Magic Evasion.
• Use Inner Peace to recover Mana. Time its use with Nature's Blessing to recover your entire Mana bar.