This build is up to date for the March 14, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Crossbow and Wand large-scale PvP build is perfect for DPS players that are also looking to support their teams and heal themselves between fights, acting as a support player whenever they aren't blasting everyone with high AOE burst damage. The use of 
Merciless Barrage allows you to pick up kills on unsuspecting enemies while your strong healing abilities allow you to heal your teammates during the times when you aren't actively fighting. Even though this is an off-meta build, it is very capable as the access to 
Cursed Nightmare offers great engage and play potential for both yourself and your team.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Perception
+
Dexterity
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 build, focus on Perception and Dexterity as your main stats to maximize damage output. These attributes are key early on and should continue to be prioritized as you improve your gear, boosting critical hit rate, accuracy, and range. Strength and Wisdom are secondary but still useful: Strength increases health for added durability and is preferred to reach at least 30 points for extra HP. Wisdom supports mana regeneration but its less important.
Skills
The combination of 
Quick Fire & 
Mortal Mark is well known for it's damage potential and should be the upgraded quickly alongside Merciless Barrage as they are your main source of DPS. 
Nimble Leap is another good upgrade to keep in mind as it increases your critical hit damage (not rate) and also lowers its cooldown, pairing even better by resetting the Quick Fire cooldown whenever Nimble Leap is used. Make sure to upgrade 
Selfless Diffusion for the extra off-hand weapon attack chance while 
Mother Nature's Protest should always be active when you are actively PVPing as it adds passive extra damage.
Once you are done upgrading the main DPS skills to epic, start focusing on your healing and support skills: 
Clay's Salvation & 
Fountain of Life are great for healing yourself and your team while 
Invincible Wall is fantastic when used before taking high burst damage.
Your main DPS passives that you should also prioritize are: 
Ambidexterity & 
Eagle Vision but also 
Nature's Power and 
Piercing Strike. Leveling up these passives early will help a great deal when advancing your character to max level. The healing passives shouldn't be ignored though! Both 
Devotion and Emptiness and 
Noble Revival greatly increase your healing capabilities.
Equipment
Crossbows of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Scepter 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 Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
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.
Crossbows of Infinite Steel
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Lequirus's Coveted Tome
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 Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Nature's End Gloves
Max Health
Melee Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Ruthless Enforcer Leggings
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Mana
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic 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.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Primary
Lequirus's Coveted Tome
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Phantom Wolf 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
Phantom Wolf Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Shadow Harvester Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Move Speed
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.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Primary
Lequirus's Coveted Tome
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Phantom Wolf 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
Phantom Wolf Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Shadow Harvester Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Move Speed
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
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Codex of Deep Secrets
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
First Light's Halo
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Steadfast Commander's Cape
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Imperial Seeker's Tunic
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Forgotten Lotus Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Forgotten Lotus Pants
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Bracelet of the Violent Undertow
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Solitare of Purity
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
Crossbow
Wand
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.
Artifacts
Abyssal Beast Talistone I
Damage: 10
Ranged Hit Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Bonus Damage
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Bind Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Abyssal Beast Talistone III
Max Health: 1750
Max Stamina
Stamina Regen
Amitoi Healing
Wildlands Protector Talistone II
Defense: 200
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Bind Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Wildlands Protector Talistone IV
Bonus Damage: 12
Heavy Attack Evasion
Ranged Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Rotations
- This is your main damage rotation in Large Scale PVP. Start by making sure you have Mother Nature's Protest active before beginning to look for an opportunity to catch multiple enemies stacked together. You can use the AOE Sleep rotation to catch enemies but you can also just walk up and use this combo on its own!
- Make sure you use a quick Nimble Leap to increase range before using Merciless Barrage to wipe out the group you caught.
- This combo is easy to perform but depends on staying close to enemies. Look for grouped-up enemies during a clash between your own zerg and your enemies. Pick a target in the crowd, use Cursed Nightmare to put them to sleep, then activate
Karmic Haze to spread the sleep effect to nearby enemies, creating an opening for your team or yourself.
Selfless Diffusion: This is your main escape tool for when you want to get away from someone but it also helps with lowering your cooldowns so make sure to use it before major damage rotations as much as possible or as emergency escape.
Mana Exchange: Due to the many healing abilities and Mother Nature's Protest being a core part of this build, Mana Exchange should be used very frequently. Make sure to use this when your mana is around 50% and always try to stay above 20% mana. However, there is a secondary use for this build and that is to clear CCs, letting you move out of CC whenever you cast this skill.
