Liberator - Longbow + Staff Large Scale PvP Build
- High burst AOE Burst
- Long range
- Good mana sustain
- Stationary gameplay
- Long cooldowns
- Very weak 1vs1
Overview
This Bow & Staff build focuses on large scale PVP. It is one of the top choices for Guilds vs Guild PVP, world bosses and archboss fights, performing well as a mostly stationary DPS making use of the high AOE damage offered by 
Flash Arrow coupled with the utility of 
Arrow Vortex, allowing you to stop entire enemy pushes with one well placed ability.
Attributes
Dexterity
Perception
Strength
WisdomFor this build, prioritize boosting Perception and Dexterity to maximize your damage output. These should be your main focus early on. As you progress and improve your gear, continue investing in these stats to enhance your critical hit rate and improve your hit and range. Strength and Wisdom should be secondary stats. Strength is valuable for increasing your health and overall durability, while Wisdom can help with mana regeneration. Though they aren’t the top priority, they will still contribute to your survivability as you level up.
Skills
Your main AOE DPS will come from the Flash Arrow, dealing high AOE damage directly in front of your character with Arrow Vortex used for setting up the damage. 
Decisive Sniping is also a strong damaging skill and should also be upgraded as soon as possible. 
Judgment Lightning and 
Brutal Arrow also provide good AOE damage without a channel time, being worth upgrading as they both deal high damage while remaining on the move.
Ensnaring Arrow is a great CC for single targets that try to engage on you, allowing the follow-up with 
Strafing, 
Zephyr's Nock and 
Chain Lightning as quick single target burst so you can force enemies off yourself and remain safe.
Equipment
These are the first items you should strive for after leveling 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. 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.
This is the gear you should be wearing during the midgame. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by grinding contracts, 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.
THIS PART OF THE GEARING WINDOW IS RESERVED FOR END GAME (TIER 2 ITEMS) THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE YET IN THE WESTERN VERSION OF THE GAME AND ARE STILL BEING RELEASED IN KOREA. THAT FOR, IT REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU CAN SAFELY IGNORE THIS PART UNTIL WESTERN RELEASE OF TIER 2.
This is the the best in slot gear and the most difficult to acquire. It is comprised of gear you won't get easily, requiring large amounts of Lucent to buy off the auction house or requiring you to be part of a dominating guild on your server. Some of the pieces come from tier 2 dungeons and are difficult to acquire and trait up.
Weapon Masteries
| Mana | Melee Defense |
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Mana Regen |
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Spell Flexibility |
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Magic Hit |
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All Evasion |
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Mana Blessing |
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Mana Regen |
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Melee Defense |
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Reverberation Shield |
| Destroy | Base Damage |
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Magic Hit |
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Fatal Incantation |
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Base Damage |
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Mana Regen |
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Mana Intensification |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Damage Bonus |
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Strange Spacetime |
| Attribute | Mana Regen |
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Enfeeble Chance |
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Flame Wound |
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Max Mana |
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Magic Hit |
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Ignition Booster |
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Enfeeble Chance |
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Wisdom |
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Vast Destruction |
| Support | Max Health |
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Magic Defense |
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Vitality of Dew |
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Move Speed |
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Buff Duration |
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Anti-magic Arts |
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Magic Evasion |
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Perception |
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Grace Song |
| Check | Ranged Hit |
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Move Speed |
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Wedge of Oppression |
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Max Mana |
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Mana Regen |
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Gale Arrowhead |
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Range ↑ |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Phantom Snare |
| Sniping | Ranged Hit +20 |
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Ranged Crit Hit |
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Pointy Throns |
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Damage Bonus |
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Base Damage |
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Critical Nock |
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Attack Speed |
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Ranged Crit Hit |
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Brutal Shooter |
Staff:
To maximize your damage output, allocate 9 points into Destroy to significantly increase skill damage through Weapon Masteries. Then, invest 6 points into Attribute to increase Burning Damage by 10% and Burning Chance by 5%.
Longbow:
Spend 9 points into Sniping to greatly increase your raw damage and critical hit damage while 6 points should be invested into Check to improve your bind chance for your Ensnaring Arrow but also increase your cooldown speed by 4%.
Rotations
- This rotation is used to both CC and deal high AOE damage in quick succession while the enemy zerg is caught by your Arrow Vortex. Buff yourself up with
High Locus, improving your hit rate and your evasion chance. Continue through with your frontline then use Arrow Vortex to throw enemies into the air before you channel Flash Arrow to deliver high AOE damage to those you caught. Follow up with quick casts of Judgment Lightning and Chain Lightning.
If you manage to push through the enemy zerg with this and they are backing off, make sure to use Decisive Sniping, aiming to hit as many stacked enemies as possible.
- Use this rotation to eliminate single targets caught out of position. Start by using Ensnaring Arrow to bind them in place before following up with Strafing that deals high damage and also applies the Target debuff that increases your Zephyr's Nock damage. Continu with both Judgment Lightning and Chain Lightning to finish off the target.
Blitz: As this ability resets your last used ability, you want to make use of this to reset your most important skills like Arrow Vortex or Flash Arrow.
Frost Smokescreen: This is your only mobility skill, allowing you to escape fights and slow down enemies left behind. Use it with a directional key to teleport in that direction and leave behind a slowing smoke at the starting location.
Useful Information
- Select Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides essential protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only aids in mitigating damage but also increases your cooldown speed in order to let you heal more often.
Comments
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