This build is up to date for the March 14, 2025 patch.
Overview
The Staff and Spear PvE build excels in delivering quick bursts of close-range damage, with abilities like 
Abyssal Cleave & 
Tempest Strike serving as excellent setup tools before executing your full DPS rotation on crowd-controlled targets.
This build is also effective at range, capable of dealing significant damage to opponents who don't engage you directly. This versatility allows it to perform exceptionally well in Dominion Events, Small-Scale Guild PvP, and Nighttime PvP, standing strong against other popular builds like Greatsword Dagger.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Dexterity
+
Perception
SECONDARY
Strength
+
Wisdom
With the unique stats and attributes system in Throne and Liberty, it can be difficult to determine exactly where to invest your attribute points at each stage of the game. This is because gear pieces provide attributes just like leveling up does, meaning everyone will have a different number of attribute points depending on what gear they are wearing at the time.
Given this variation, it's best to reset your attributes regularly to adjust to the new gear you acquire. Aim to reach the achievement effects, which provide extra benefits at milestones like 30, 50, and 70 points.
For this Spear Staff build, focus on Perception and Dexterity to maximize your damage output. These are your key stats early on, as they enhance critical hit rate, accuracy, and overall damage. Keep focusing on them as you upgrade your gear to maintain strong performance.
Next, consider Strength and Wisdom as secondary stats. Strength boosts your max HP, which is helpful for tougher PvE encounters, while Wisdom supports mana regeneration. It’s often recommended to allocate 50 points into Strength—not only for survivability but also to increase your heavy attack chance, a valuable and typically expensive stat to acquire.
Skills
With this build utilizing Spear skills for its melee component, prioritize upgrading these first when using skill books. Key CC skills to upgrade early are Abyssal Cleave and Tempest Strike, as their upgraded versions significantly increase CC durations, giving you a strong advantage in controlling fights.
Other essential skills like 
Cyclonic Fury, 
Culling Arc and 
Rising Slash serve as your primary melee DPS abilities. These offer exceptional damage in melee combat, whether you're peeling for yourself or bursting down opponents in close range.
Passives play a crucial role in enhancing your performance. Upgrade 
Retaliatory Strike and 
Death Knell first, as they provide critical damage boosts. 
Mortal Wrath is another must-have, adding bonus damage to low-health targets, helping secure kills efficiently.
For the Staff, prioritize impactful passives. 
Forbidden Sanctuary boosts skill damage, which is otherwise costly to enhance via gear. 
Flame Condensation increases heavy attack rate against burning targets, making your overall damage more potent. 
Echoic Barrier offers invaluable protection against silence effects like 
Shadow Strike, ensuring uninterrupted casting and often preventing critical shutdowns.
Among Staff active skills, 
Judgment Lightning and 
Serial Fire Bombs deliver reliable damage, with Serial Fire Bombs also reducing enemy healing—a valuable utility for PvP. 
Chain Lightning synergizes effectively with burn stacks on enemies, amplifying its damage and making it a strong addition to your rotation.
Equipment
Halberd of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Staff of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Mask of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Deadeye's Cloak
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Armor of the Resistance
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Gauntlets of the Resistance
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Trousers of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Necklace of Clarity
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Bracelet of Conquest
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Violent Signet
Max Health
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Ring of Precision
Max Health
Skill Damage Boost
Belt of Deftness
Skill Damage Resistance
Max Health
These are the first items you should strive for through the leveling period as they are very easy to get and upgrade or trait as needed. However, you shouldn't try to trait these items too much as you won't be spending too much time playing with this setup before you start changing pieces into the Midgame. The green accessories however are very easy to trait as you can craft many of them quickly in order to get the correct traits so you should consider traiting them until you change into purples. The same goes for the blue ring as you keep it for a long time.
Heroic Polearm of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Staff of the Umbramancer
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Elusive Hexweaver Hat
Cooldown Speed
Magic Endurance
Melee Endurance
Blessed Templar Cloak
Debuff Duration
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Armor of the Resistance
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Gauntlets of the Field General
Ranged Endurance
Melee Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Ruthless Enforcer Leggings
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Mana
Sabatons of the Field General
Movement Speed
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Clasp of the Conqueror
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Bracers of the Primal King
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Amber Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Violent Signet
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Butcher's Belt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
This is the gear you should transition to once you're leveled to 50 and start grinding gear. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by completing Litographs, they are relatively easy to trait up and you will spend most of the time wearing this set before advancing into the late game so traiting these items is very important and should be your main focus.
Shaikal's Mindveil Harpoon
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Talus's Crystalline Staff
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Shadow Harvester Mask
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Forsaken Embrace
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Swirling Essence Robe
Buff Duration
Melee Endurance
Magic Endurance
Gauntlets of the Field General
Ranged Endurance
Melee Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Sabatons of the Field General
Movement Speed
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Thunderstorm Necklace
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Eternal Champion Bindings
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Amber Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Band of Universal Power
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Mana Regen
Belt of Bloodlust
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
While runes can be applied to different types of gear, you should make sure that you invest into the gear pieces that you plan on using for a long time. However, if the build you are using uses the same items between Mid Game and End Game, you can invest into adding runes to them as early as you get the items.
This is the current endgame gear you should aim for, and while it isn't easy to acquire, it offers great power without the need of acquiring archboss gear pieces. However, items like 
Tevent's Fangs of Fury or other archboss weapons are superior but difficult to acquire for the majority of players. If you do manage to get the archboss weapons for your build, feel free to use them over the weapons shown here.
Shaikal's Mindveil Harpoon
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Talus's Crystalline Staff
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Shadow Harvester Mask
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Forsaken Embrace
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Swirling Essence Robe
Buff Duration
Melee Endurance
Magic Endurance
Gauntlets of the Field General
Ranged Endurance
Melee Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Sabatons of the Field General
Movement Speed
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Thunderstorm Necklace
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Eternal Champion Bindings
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Amber Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Band of Universal Power
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Mana Regen
Belt of Bloodlust
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Daigon's Charred Emberstaff
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Crimson Hellskewer
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Mana Cost Efficiency
Cloak of Victorious Destiny
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Transcendent Tempest's Armor
Debuff Duration
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Spectral Overseer's Handguards
Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Range
Spectral Overseer's Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Transcendent Tempest's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Primal Golden Cuffs
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Ring of Eternal Flames
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Weapon Masteries
Spear
Staff
You should be aiming to reach and unlock masteries (the corner nodes) as soon as possible as they usually make the largest impact in the build. While minor nodes shouldn't be forgotten, make sure to unlock masteries as fast as possible before spreading out and spending into less important nodes.
Rotations
- Use this rotation to deal heavy damage and also anti-heal the players you hit with Serial Fire Bombs and also deal very high burst damage capable of blowing up targets with ease.
- Start the rotation with
High Focus & 
Unyielding Sentinel to boost hit rate and heavy attack chance before using Serial Fire Bombs to hit your target at full charge for extra damage before you continue the rotation with Chain Lightning and Judgment Lightning quickly after that to finish off the targeted player.
- This Melee rotation is intended for dealing with single targets you catch or to burst down enemies that are harassing you. Catch an enemy with
Gale Rush and stick to them before you can manage a proper moment to use Abyssal Cleave and make sure to jump so it applies Prone.
- Applying Prone is important as it cannot be cleared it off with the Purification Stone and you can follow up with Cyclonic Fury and Culling Arc to deal damage but also further debuff the target so you can setup Rising Slash to blow them up.
Icebound Tomb: Use this to control enemies and break up enemy rotations by freezing them as they do it. However, keep in mind that you can also use this on yourself to freeze yourself and avoid damage entirely!
