This build is up to date for the March 14, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Longbow and Crossbow build works well for all PvE content in Throne and Liberty and remains one of the strongest builds performing well in both single target DPS and AOE DPS thanks to 
Merciless Barrage. This cookie-cutter build is perfect for anyone that wants to grind PvE events, Contracts, run dungeons or do PvE challenges. The build pairs two weapons with incredible damage output perfectly and remains very easy to play for new players.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Dexterity
+
Strength
SECONDARY
Wisdom
+
Perception
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.
Strength and Dexterity are key for this build. Focus on them early to boost your damage. As you improve gear, keep putting points into them for better crit rate, heavy attacks, and HP. Try for 50 Strength and stack rest into Dexterity. Perception and Wisdom are secondary but still useful.
Skills
Depending on which Dungeon/Dimensional Trial you might run, consider using
Rare Roaring Steak,
Rare Thrilling Papillote, and even
Rare Scorpion Tail Fritters to make it easier and also deal a lot more damage.
Mortal Mark pairs perfectly as a starter for all your combos because it adds extra damage simply by doing damage to the marked enemy. This should be your first priority to improve your max DPS. Follow up by upgrading 
Quick Fire, 
Zephyr's Nock, 
Decisive Sniping, and Merciless Barrage as they are all part of your main DPS rotations. 
Strafing, is one of your most useful skills and one of your hardest hitting skills but also lowers the cooldown of your Zephyr's Nock if used before it.
Mother Nature's Protest is a fantastic almost passive skill that you should always have toggled on if you are constantly fighting but mind the mana, that's why the build also uses 
Mana Exchange to offset some of the mana issues you might encounter.
Rapidfire Stance is an incredible damage boosting passive and should take priority when upgrading alongside 
Devoted Shield as it offers incredible defense with the shield activating when you go below 30% HP. 
Sniper's Sense and 
Eagle Vision work in a similar way, improving your DPS based on how far away you are from your target. 
Bloodlust is another fantastic DPS passive as it increases your skill damage whenever you hit enemies using your skills.
Equipment
Longbow of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Crossbows 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.
Toublek's Deathmark Longbow
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Elusive Hexweaver Hat
Cooldown Speed
Magic Endurance
Melee Endurance
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
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
Sapphire 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.
Toublek's Deathmark Longbow
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Phantom Wolf Mask
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
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
Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Sapphire 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.
Toublek's Deathmark Longbow
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Phantom Wolf Mask
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
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
Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Sapphire 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
Arc of Lunar Radiance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Mana Cost Efficiency
Opulent Noble's Mantle
Max Mana
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
Crossbow
Longbow
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 DPS rotation for high HP mobs/bosses, try to be as stationary as possible when using this to make use of Rapidfire Stance. Make sure that you have Mother Nature's Protest active before doing anything else.
- Start the rotation with
Deadly Marker to improve your critical rate on the target before applying Mortal Mark to stack damage on the boss. Use 
Selfless Diffusion to increase your off-hand attack chance and lower skill cooldowns.
- Follow up with Quick Fire and Strafing followed by Zephyr's Nock before continuing with Merciless Barrage and resetting its cooldown with
Blitz. Fill in with Quick Fire before transitioning into a second Merciless Barrage.
- Finish the rotation with
Nature's Blessing to give yourself the Whirlpool buff so Decisive Sniping channels faster. Use Zephyr's Nock once more as your final skill.
Nature's Blessing: If possible, make sure you call out whenever you use Nature's Blessing so the mage/s in your group can use 
Inner Peace and refill their entire mana with that.
Useful Information
- Another good guardian is Lady Knight Kamarshea; 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 cast your abilities more often.
