This build is up to date for the September 23, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Off-meta Longbow and Crossbow build is perfect for small-scale PvP perfect for both lone wolves and players that enjoy small scale PvP and are trying to play something different than what is considered the meta choices. This combination offers good DPS and kill potential while remaining at long range and capable of dealing good AOE burst damage thanks to 
Merciless Barrage. It excels in 1v1 encounters, capable of quickly bursting down targets with ease while controlling range and healing itself.
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.
To maximize your damage potential, focus primarily on Dexterity and Perception, prioritizing them as they significantly boost hit rate and critical hit rate. Since both Crossbows and Longbows are primarily DPS weapons, investing in Wisdom is unnecessary. However, Strength can still provide a solid increase in damage and a slight HP boost, which can be very helpful. You should definitely consider 30 points into Strength to help increase your survivability.
Skills
Prioritize upgrading 
Quick Fire, 
Zephyr's Nock, 
Decisive Sniping, and 
Ensnaring Arrow as they are your main DPS abilities and your main way of scoring kills. 
Strafing, is one of your earliest abilities and a powerful skill that gets used a lot and only gets better when upgraded so don't forget it either.
Selfless Diffusion is a fantastic skill for lowering your cooldowns and is often used as the first skill in a rotation, using it every chance you have to lower CDs. Your other buff is 
Mother Nature's Protest as it deals extra damage whenever you attack with your skills, acting as a fantastic addition to the kit.
This build's only healing comes from 
Healing Touch coupled with 
Earth's Blessing and you should always try to stack up the buffs throughout a fight or use it to get HP back before going back into a fight without having to wait for a healer.
As far as passives go, the main goal is to improve your defense potential with passives like 
Distorted Sanctuary and 
Devoted Shield as they offer some defensive capabilities, especially as Devoted Shield provides excellent effective HP (EHP) by granting you a massive shield when your health drops below 30%, giving you a protective barrier with 6500 HP. 
Sniper's Sense and 
Eagle Vision increases your damage based on how far away you are from your target while your off-hand attacks are boosted with 
Ambidexterity.
Equipment
Tier 3 (Work in progress)
Arc of Lunar Radiance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Primary
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Ranged Endurance
Cloak of Victorious Destiny
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Transcendent Tempest's Armor
Debuff Duration
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Resonance Effect: Ranged Endurance
Spectral Overseer's Handguards
Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Range
Resonance Effect: Ranged Endurance
Spectral Overseer's Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Ranged Endurance
Transcendent Tempest's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Ranged Endurance
Earrings of Forlorn Elegance
Front Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Front Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Primal Golden Cuffs
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Ring of Eternal Flames
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Info
Equipment is being updated, if tier 3 items are in the tier 3 tab, it means the equipment on this build was updated.
Calanthia's Repeaters of Ruin
Hit Chance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Primary
Velentra's Arc of Obsession
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Heavy Attack Chance
Blood Hunter Hood
Magic Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Mana Cost Efficiceny
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Calanthia's Confession
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Garb
Max Health
Buff Duration
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Hand Guards
Max Health
Hit Chance
Range
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Leg Guards
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Max Stamina
Magic Evasion
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Teardrops of Fortunate Omens
Back Hit Chance
Back Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Collar of the New Moon
Skill Damage Boost
Max Mana
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Bracelet of Infernal Loops
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Weaken Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Coil of Seething Venom
Skill Damage Boost
Heavy Attack Damage Resistance
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Eternal Promise
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Belt of the Dying Spark
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
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
Chaos Harbinger Talistone I
Damage: 9
Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Silence Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone III
Max Health: 1600
Max Mana
Mana Regen
CC Resistance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone II
Defense: 160
Ranged Endurance
Endurance
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Collision Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Chaos Harbinger Talistone IV
Max Health: 1600
Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Rotations
- This is your main burst rotation that can be used to take down enemies from range thanks to Ensnaring Arrow holding them down for you to help get the kill. Make sure to start the rotation with Selfless Diffusion to lower your cooldowns, however, you can also do the rotation without it.
- Once you've used Ensnaring Arrow and
Mortal Mark, you should follow up with Strafing and Zephyr's Nock to lower its cooldown after hitting the same target you hit with Strafing. Transition into your crossbow rotation with Quick Fire and 
Nimble Leap before finishing off the rotation with your second cast of Zephyr's Nock.
Merciless Barrage: Your main AOE DPS ability, you should use this after you've activated Mother Nature's Protest to increase damage done through Gale explosions.
Flash Arrow: Use this to catch enemies out of stealth, casting it on top of a player that is in stealth will reveal and stun them and is currently one of the only ways to take someone out of stealth.
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