Wand + Dagger Support PvP Build: Difference between revisions

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Overview

Weapons: Wand and Dagger

Designed for: PvP (large-scale)

Focused on: DPS

Difficulty:

Normal

Strengths

Great CC
Amazing AOE DPS
Great Utility

Weaknesses

Low Mobility
Squishy if CC'd
Low Mana

Overview

This Wand and Dagger PvP build stands out as a great AOE DPS build for large-scale PvP scenarios. Its strength lies in still being able to shield your team during extensive combat while dishing out AOE sleeps on enemy groups and maintaining the offense with your high AOE DPS.

Attributes

Strength

30

Dexterity

70

Wisdom

10

Perception

70

Your primary focus with this build should be the combination of Dexterity and Perception as you are looking to deal high damage while healing remains secondary in PVP fights. Additionally, spending some points into strength to at least reach 30 points remains valuable as it offers extra staying power with the extra max HP.

Skills

Touch of Despair

Corrupted Magic Circle

Swift Healing

Phantom Smokescreen

Invincile Wall

Cursed Nightmare

Shadow Strike

Karmic Haze

Fountain of Life

Time for Punishment

Camouflage Cloak

Curse Explosion

Passives

Defense

This Wand & Dagger build focuses on helping your team with both offense and defense but its main purpose remains dealing damage which requires investing skill books into the skills that form your main damage combo. Touch of Despair, Karmic Haze, Cursed Nightmare and Corrupted Magic Circle should take priority when you are upgrading skills.

However, you shouldn't forget your support skills as they can help turn the tides of a fight. Blessed Barrier and Invincile Wall are fantastic skills to support your party during pushes or to save those that overextend. Use Fountain of Life as you see fit to help your group or to keep yourself alive while using Swift Healing to heal friendly targets (and also heal yourself thanks to the 50% healing received).

As far as passives go, your priority should remain Assassin's Instincts, Wrathful Edge and Shadow Walker as they provide a fantastic damage boost to all your abilities while also improving your defenses with the use of Shadow Walker which can be triggered by simply using Block Blade to boost your evasion rate.

Equipment

Lequirus's Thorny Edge

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Lequirus's Grip

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Dawn Mist's Killing Hood

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Cooldown Speed

Hermit's Shroud

Max Health

Silence Resistance

Skill Damage Resistance

Winged Wind Storm Armor

Magic Evasion

Magic Endurance

Ranged Evasion

World Tree's Origin Gloves

Melee Evasion

Range

Magic Evasion

Dawn Mist's Mourning Pants

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Winged Wind Gale Boots

Max Health

Magic Evasion

Move Speed

Thunder Cleaver Necklace

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Silence Chance

Beast King's Gilded Bracers

Max Health

Skill Damage Resistance

Silence Resistance

Insightful Ring of Dimension

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Transcendent Magic Ring

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Tycan's Bloodlust Belt

Max Health

Silence Resistance

Skill Damage Resistance

Weapon Masteries

Wand

Dagger

Damage

Base Damage

Damage Bonus

Witch's Contract

Base Damage

Range Up

Regenerative Meditation

Cooldown Speed

Wisdom

Deep Pain

Recovery

Melee Defense

Attack Speed

Redemptive Penance

All Evasion

Range Up

Merciless Wraith

Buff Duration

Mana Regen

Spiritual Locus

Weaken

Mana Regen

Enfeeble Chance

Time of the Curse

Max Mana

Cooldown Speed

Spell of Retribution

Enfeeble Chance

Magic Hit

Spell of Retribution

Disguise

Ranged Defense

Health Regen

Debuff Immunity

Mana Cost Efficiency

Cooldown Speed

Master of Evasion

Buff Duration

Ranged Defense

Strong Will

Poison

Melee Hit

Off-Hand Weapon
Attack Chance

Enfeebling Terror

Mana Regen

Buff Duration

Sorrowful Silence

Mana Cost Efficiency

Melee Hit

Shrewd Judgment

Assassination

Melee Critical Hit

Base Damage

Ambidexterity

Melee Critical Hit

Cooldown Speed

Deep Grudge

Base Damage

Skill Damage Boost

Maddening Excitement

Wand: Allocating 9 points into Weaken is the best strategy as it amplifies your overall damage. The remaining 6 points should be distributed equally between Recovery and Damage.

Dagger: Investing 9 points into Disguise is ideal as it provides passive defensives that will help you stay alive even when under pressure as it boosts your evasion rate to almost ridiculous numbers, being able to shrug off damage entirely. The rest of 6 points should be invested into Assassination for extra crit damage.

Rotations

AOE DPS ↴

This rotation allows you to sleep a group of enemies while also deal good damage to them. Start by using Camouflage Cloak to position yourself (optional). Start your rotation with Cursed Nightmare, Time for Punishment, Corrupted Magic Circle and Touch of Despair to put them asleep and apply dots before you spread them by using Karmic Haze. Finish up your damage with Curse Explosion

Invincile Wall: Use this skill to shield yourself and your party members whenever required, either during defensive positioning or while your group is pushing into the enemy zerg.

Clay's Salvation: This is your AoE healing ability. Try to use it whenever your group mates are close together so the AoE heal can reach all of them.

Fountain of Life: Use this during pushes, placing it on the frontline as they engage into a fight or placing it within your own group or on top of yourself.

Swift Healing: This is your only single target healing ability and you should use it in order to save overextending party members that took too much damage while also healing yourself with the 50% healing you receive when using this skill.

Camouflage Cloak: Camouflage Cloak offers you stealth and a way to disengage whenever you are being focused, taking the heat off yourself.

Phantom Smokescreen: Use this to defend yourself against all attacks for a short while, particularly useful against Greatsword players. However, keep in mind that it doesn't defend you against Gaia Crash and you will have to use your Block Blade.

Useful Information

Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it offers vital 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, allowing you to heal more frequently.

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 {{Build
-| weapon 1 = Wand & Tome
+| weapon 1 = Wand
 | weapon 2 = Dagger
-| mode = PvP
+| mode = PvP (large-scale)
-| focus = Support
+| focus = DPS
-| strengths = Great Healing, Great Debuffs, Great Utility
+| strengths = Great CC, Amazing AOE DPS, Great Utility
-| weaknesses = Low Damage, Low mobility
+| weaknesses = Low Mobility, Squishy if CC'd, Low Mana
+| difficulty = 2
 }}
 ==Overview==
-This Wand & Tome and Dagger PvP build stands out as one of the top support builds for large-scale PvP scenarios. Its strength lies in shielding your team during extensive combat by thwarting enemy advances while bolstering your group's offensive with strong healing capabilities.
+This Wand and Dagger PvP build stands out as a great AOE DPS build for large-scale PvP scenarios. Its strength lies in still being able to shield your team during extensive combat while dishing out AOE sleeps on enemy groups and maintaining the offense with your high AOE DPS.
 ==Attributes==
 {{Attributes
-| strength = 19
+| strength = 30
-| dexterity = 0
+| dexterity = 70
-| wisdom = 30
+| wisdom = 10
-| perception = 30
+| perception = 70
 }}
-Your primary focus with this build should be Wisdom, as it enhances your maximum mana, crucial for sustaining prolonged engagements. Additionally, Wisdom boosts mana regeneration and cooldown speed, essential for maintaining your abilities. After reaching 30 Wisdom, allocate 30 points into Perception to amplify your damage output, thereby increasing the effectiveness of your healing abilities. The remaining 9 points can be invested in Strength to bolster your base HP, enhancing your survivability in PvP encounters and maximizing your maximum HP.
+Your primary focus with this build should be the combination of Dexterity and Perception as you are looking to deal high damage while healing remains secondary in PVP fights. Additionally, spending some points into strength to at least reach 30 points remains valuable as it offers extra staying power with the extra max HP.
 ==Skills==
 {{Skill bar
-| defense = Chaotic Shield
+| defense = Block Blade
 | active 1 = Touch of Despair
+| active 1 traits = 1
 | active 2 = Corrupted Magic Circle
+| active 2 traits = 1
 | active 3 = Swift Healing
-| active 4 = Inject Venom
+| active 3 traits = 1, 2, 3
-| active 5 = Clay's Salvation
+| active 4 = Phantom Smokescreen
+| active 4 traits = 1, 2
+| active 5 = Invincile Wall
+| active 5 traits = 1, 2
 | active 6 = Cursed Nightmare
+| active 6 traits = 1, 2
 | active 7 = Shadow Strike
 | active 8 = Karmic Haze
+| active 8 traits = 2, 3
 | active 9 = Fountain of Life
-| active 10 = Blessed Barrier
+| active 9 traits = 2
+| active 10 = Time for Punishment
+| active 10 traits = 2
 | active 11 = Camouflage Cloak
 | active 12 = Curse Explosion
+| active 12 traits = 2
 | passive 1 = Assassin's Instincts
 | passive 2 = Shadow Walker
 | passive 3 = Wraith's Beckon
-| passive 4 = Noble Revival
+| passive 4 = Full of Corruption
 | passive 5 = Devotion and Emptiness
-| passive 6 = Noble Revival
+| passive 6 = Selfless Soul
 | passive 7 = Wrathful Edge
 | passive 8 = Assassin's Step
 }}
+This Wand & Dagger build focuses on helping your team with both offense and defense but its main purpose remains dealing damage which requires investing skill books into the skills that form your main damage combo. {{Skill|Touch of Despair|active}}, {{Skill|Karmic Haze|active}}, {{Skill|Cursed Nightmare|active}} and {{Skill|Corrupted Magic Circle|active}} should take priority when you are upgrading skills.
-==Skill Priority==
+However, you shouldn't forget your support skills as they can help turn the tides of a fight. {{Skill|Blessed Barrier|active}} and {{Skill|Invincile Wall|active}} are fantastic skills to support your party during pushes or to save those that overextend. Use {{Skill|Fountain of Life|active}} as you see fit to help your group or to keep yourself alive while using {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}} to heal friendly targets (and also heal yourself thanks to the 50% healing received).
-{{Priority|
-{{Priority active|Swift Healing|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Touch of Despair|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Nature's Blessing|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Swift Healing|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Touch of Despair|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Strafing|Epic}}
-}}
-When prioritizing skill upgrades, focus on getting {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}} up to Epic first. Simultaneously, upgrade {{Skill|Touch of Despair|active}} and {{Skill|Nature's Blessing|active}} along with {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}}. Since the build mainly relies on epic high-level skills, you won't have many skills that need to be upgraded before reaching the maximum level.
+As far as passives go, your priority should remain {{Skill|Assassin's Instincts|passive}}, {{Skill|Wrathful Edge|passive}} and {{Skill|Shadow Walker|passive}} as they provide a fantastic damage boost to all your abilities while also improving your defenses with the use of {{Skill|Shadow Walker|passive}} which can be triggered by simply using {{Skill|Block Blade|defense}} to boost your evasion rate.
-==Passives Priority==
+==Equipment==
-{{Priority|
+{{Gear
-{{Priority passive|Devotion and Emptiness|Rare}},
+| weapon 1 = Lequirus's Thorny Edge
-{{Priority passive|Wraith's Beckon|Rare}},
+| weapon 1 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
-{{Priority passive|Distorted Sanctuary|Epic}},
+| weapon 2 = Lequirus's Grip
-{{Priority passive|Vampiric Contract|Epic}},
+| weapon 2 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
-{{Priority passive|Devotion and Emptiness|Epic}},
+| head = Dawn Mist's Killing Hood
-{{Priority passive|Wraith's Beckon|Epic}}
+| head traits = Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Cooldown Speed
+| cloak = Hermit's Shroud
+| cloak traits = Max Health, Silence Resistance, Skill Damage Resistance
+| chest = Winged Wind Storm Armor
+| chest traits = Magic Evasion, Magic Endurance, Ranged Evasion
+| gloves = World Tree's Origin Gloves
+| gloves traits = Melee Evasion, Range, Magic Evasion
+| legs = Dawn Mist's Mourning Pants
+| legs traits = Max Health, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion
+| feet = Winged Wind Gale Boots
+| feet traits = Max Health, Magic Evasion, Move Speed
+| necklace = Thunder Cleaver Necklace
+| necklace traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Silence Chance
+| bracelet = Beast King's Gilded Bracers
+| bracelet traits = Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Silence Resistance
+| ring 1 = Insightful Ring of Dimension
+| ring 1 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
+| ring 2 = Transcendent Magic Ring
+| ring 2 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
+| belt = Tycan's Bloodlust Belt
+| belt traits = Max Health, Silence Resistance, Skill Damage Resistance
 }}
-We rely on many high-level passives, which keeps the cost for the build quite low. You should prioritize {{Skill|Devotion and Emptiness|passive}} as it increases the amount of healing you provide through all your healing abilities. {{Skill|Distorted Sanctuary|passive}} enhances your defensive stats as long as you remain near other party members. Meanwhile, {{Skill|Wraith's Beckon|passive}} extends the duration of your curses, providing extra healing thanks to {{Skill|Vampiric Contract|passive}}.
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 {{Masteries
 | weapon 1 = Wand
-| weapon 2 = Longbow
+| weapon 2 = Dagger
-| mastery 1 = {{ Mastery | weapon = wand | row 1 = 0 | row 2 = 9 | row 3 = 3 }}
+| mastery 1 = {{ Mastery | weapon = wand | row 1 = 3 | row 2 = 3 | row 3 = 9 }}
-| mastery 2 = {{ Mastery | weapon = longbow | row 1 = 4 | row 2 = 8 | row 3 = 0 }}
+| mastery 2 = {{ Mastery | weapon = dagger | row 1 = 9 | row 2 = 6 | row 3 = 0 }}
 }}
 '''Wand:'''
-Investing 9 points in Recovery is the optimal choice as it increases the amount of healing you can perform while also providing extra mana regeneration. The remaining 3 points can be allocated to Weaken, primarily for extending damage duration.
+Allocating 9 points into Weaken is the best strategy as it amplifies your overall damage. The remaining 6 points should be distributed equally between Recovery and Damage.
-'''Bow:'''
+'''Dagger:'''
-Investing 8 points in the Check row is an excellent choice as it offers increased cooldown speed and extra mana, along with mana regeneration. Allocating 4 points into Support will provide a bit of extra health and health regeneration, as well as added movement speed.
+Investing 9 points into Disguise is ideal as it provides passive defensives that will help you stay alive even when under pressure as it boosts your evasion rate to almost ridiculous numbers, being able to shrug off damage entirely. The rest of 6 points should be invested into Assassination for extra crit damage.
 ==Rotations==
-{{Rotation|Boss Fight Starter|Time for Punishment, Touch of Despair, Deadly Marker, Fountain of Life, Strafing, Touch of Despair}}
+{{Rotation|AOE DPS|Camouflage Cloak, Cursed Nightmare, Time for Punishment, Corrupted Magic Circle, Touch of Despair, Karmic Haze, Curse Explosion}}
-* The Healer build doesn't follow a strict rotation, but here's a solid strategy to kick off any boss fight: Begin by pre-healing your tank and reducing the boss's resistances. Start debuffing the boss with {{Skill|Time for Punishment|active}} and {{Skill|Deadly Marker|active}}, weaving {{Skill|Touch of Despair|active}} between the two so you may start offering heals to your tank through {{Skill|Vampiric Contract|passive}} Place {{Skill|Fountain of Life|active}} on top of the tank to provide continuous healing as long as they remain within the AoE, supplemented by the passive healing from {{Skill|Vampiric Contract|passive}}. This setup allows you to focus on topping up any damage taken by the DPS with {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}}. If any DPS member requires immediate healing, prioritize {{Skill|Blessed Barrier|active}} followed by {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}}.
+* This rotation allows you to sleep a group of enemies while also deal good damage to them. Start by using {{Skill|Camouflage Cloak|active}} to position yourself (optional). Start your rotation with {{Skill|Cursed Nightmare|active}}, {{Skill|Time for Punishment|active}}, {{Skill|Corrupted Magic Circle|active}} and {{Skill|Touch of Despair|active}} to put them asleep and apply dots before you spread them by using {{Skill|Karmic Haze|active}}. Finish up your damage with {{Skill|Curse Explosion|active}}
-{{Skill|Cursed Nightmare|Active}}: This is your best ability in case you take aggro and need to get rid of mobs that are focusing you.
-{{Skill|Blitz|Active}}: Blitz is a fantastic ability with great versatility, enabling you to reset the cooldown of most skills like Blessed Barrier or Clay's Salvation. Utilize it when the dungeon becomes chaotic and everyone is taking excessive damage, but be mindful of the mana cost associated with repeatedly using high-level abilities.
+{{Skill|Invincile Wall|Active}}: Use this skill to shield yourself and your party members whenever required, either during defensive positioning or while your group is pushing into the enemy zerg.
 {{Skill|Clay's Salvation|Active}}: This is your AoE healing ability. Try to use it whenever your group mates are close together so the AoE heal can reach all of them.
-{{Skill|Nature's Blessing|Active}}: This bow ability is a valuable for passive health regeneration. Once it reaches epic grade, it also enhances mana regeneration, which synergizes perfectly with {{Skill|Inner Peace|Active}}, an ability commonly used by mages. Before activating {{Skill|Nature's Blessing|Active}}, communicate with mages in your group so they can prepare to use Inner Peace and replenish their mana reserves fully.
+{{Skill|Fountain of Life|active}}: Use this during pushes, placing it on the frontline as they engage into a fight or placing it within your own group or on top of yourself.
-{{Skill|Touch of Despair|Active}}: While being one of your only damaging abilities, when coupled with {{Skill|Vampiric Contract|passive}} passive, it can provide significant passive healing as long as you maintain the curse stacks on the target. Ensure to keep the curse stacks up for optimal healing.
+{{Skill|Swift Healing|active}}: This is your only single target healing ability and you should use it in order to save overextending party members that took too much damage while also healing yourself with the 50% healing you receive when using this skill.
+{{Skill|Camouflage Cloak|active}}: Camouflage Cloak offers you stealth and a way to disengage whenever you are being focused, taking the heat off yourself.
-==Gear==
+{{Skill|Phantom Smokescreen|active}}: Use this to defend yourself against all attacks for a short while, particularly useful against Greatsword players. However, keep in mind that it doesn't defend you against {{Skill|Gaia Crash|active}} and you will have to use your {{Skill|Block Blade|defense}}.
-* Weapons: {{Weapon|World Tree Longbow}} + {{Weapon|Overture of Soul Salvation}}
-* Traits 1: Health Regen > Weapon Damage > Hit
-* Traits 2: Heavy Attack Chance > Max Health > Weapon Damage
-* Helmet: {{Equipment|Transcendental Clairvoyance}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Melee Evasion
-* Cloak: {{Equipment|Archpriest's Devotion}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Skill Damage Resistance
-* Chest: {{Equipment|Transcendental Saint Raiment}} - Traits: Max Health > Buff Duration > Melee Evasion
-* Gloves: {{Equipment|Transcendental Mystery Gloves}} - Traits: Max Mana > Magic Evasion > Added Attack Speed
-* Pants: {{Equipment|Special Resistance Hawk Pants}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Magic Evasion
-* Boots: {{Equipment|Transcendental Wing Shoes}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Magic Evasion
-* Necklace: {{Equipment|Holy Warrior's Choker}} - Traits: Skill Damage Boost > Max Health > Buff Duration
-* Rings: {{Equipment|Insightful Ring of Dimension}} + {{Equipment|Fallen Angel's Band}}
-* Traits 1: Max Health > Health Regen > Skill Damage Boost
-* Traits 2: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Skill Damage Boost
-* Belt: {{Equipment|Forbidden Reverberation Chain}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Skill Damage Resistance
-* Bracelet: {{Equipment|Transcendental Priest's Bracelet}} - Traits: Max Mana > Mana Regen > Skill Damage Resistance
 ==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.
+* Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it offers vital 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, allowing you to heal more frequently.
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