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Overview

Weapons: Staff and Wand

Designed for: PvP (small-scale)

Focused on: DPS

Difficulty:

TBD

Strengths

High Burst Damage
Self-healing
Good Utility

Weaknesses

Vulnerable to CCs
High Skill Ceiling

Overview

This Staff & Wand build focuses around playing in small groups of solo. With it's great single target damage and self healing abilities, it can blast through the leveling part of Throne and Liberty with ease while also proving to be incredibly capable in PVP events. While it isn't difficult to play, this build can truly shine when used by someone that mastered it.

Attributes

Strength

10

Dexterity

30

Wisdom

19

Perception

30

Your primary focus with this build should be Dexterity for increased damage, getting that to 30 should be your priority before moving on to perception and getting that also up to 30 for even more flat damage increase, rest of your points should go into wisdom for a bit of extra mana regeneration and maximum mana. Due to the use of Inner Peace, you have no mana issues whatsoever as you remain capable of regaining most of your mana between fights.

Skills

Time for Punishment

Blessed Barrier

Swift Healing

Inferno Wave

High Locus

Inner Peace

Chain Lightning

Frost Smokescreen

Judgment Lightning

Cursed Nightmare

Serial Fire Bombs

Ray of Disaster

Passives

Defense

Skill Priority

Uncommon➝Rare

Rare➝Epic

When prioritizing skill upgrades, start with Swift Healing as it's your main healing ability that pairs well with Blessed Barrier and being able to cast it twice is fantastic even with increased mana cost. Next, focus on upgrading Serial Fire Bombs to improve your main damage ability. Follow up with Chain Lightning and Inferno Wave whenever you find rare books!

Passives Priority

Uncommon➝Rare

Rare➝Epic

Start by upgrading Manaball Eruption to improve your auto-attack damage by a lot, allowing you to kite using Frost Smokescreen while burning down your targets through auto-attacks. Devotion and Emptiness is a great flat healing increase and Mana Amp offers important max HP.

Equipment

Toublek's Thunderous Soul

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Lequirus's Grip

Heavy Attack Chance

Critical Hit

Hit

Reaper's Black Mask

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Magic Endurance

Archpriest's Devotion

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Skill Damage Resistance

Miracle of Mother Nature Clothing

Magic Evasion

Magic Endurance

Melee Evasion

Reaper's Hand of Death

Max Mana

Magic Evasion

Ranged Evasion

Special Resistance Hawk Pants

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Magic Evasion

Resonance of Mother Nature Boots

Max Mana

Mana Regen

Magic Evasion

Holy Warrior's Choker

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Buff Duration

Beast King's Gilded Bracers

Max Health

Skill Damage Resistance

Health Regen

Insightful Ring of Dimension

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Health Regen

Eternal Ring of Dimension

Skill Damage Boost

Max Health

Health Regen

Duke Magna's Belt

Max Health

Health Regen

Skill Damage Resistance

Weapon Masteries

Staff

Wand

Mana

Melee Defense

Mana Regen

Spell Flexibility

Magic Hit

All Evasion

Mana Blessing

Mana Regen

Melee Defense

Reverberation Shield

Destroy

Base Damage

Magic Hit

Fatal Incantation

Base Damage

Mana Regen

Mana Intensification

Cooldown Speed

Damage Bonus

Strange Spacetime

Attribute

Mana Regen

Enfeeble Chance

Flame Wound

Max Mana

Magic Hit

Ignition Booster

Enfeeble Chance

Wisdom

Vast Destruction

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

Staff: Investing 9 points into Destroy is perfect as it offers passive damage and extra critical hit chance. The remaining 3 points should be go to Attribute for the additional 10% Burning Damage, further enhancing your damage.

Wand: Allocating 9 points into Damage is the only viable choice as it adds a lot of extra damage for the build and matches perfectly with the Staff, the last 3 points can go into Recovery for extra 8% heal.

Rotations

Damage Burst ↴

Start off the rotation by buffing with High Locus to decrease your cooldowns and also increase your movement speed. Debuff your target with Time for Punishment and then cast all three charges of Serial Fire Bombs to up the burn stacks on the target before using Inferno Wave for the same reason. Use Chain Lightning coupled with Judgment Lightning for high burst damage and then use Ray of Disaster to finish off the target.

Swift Healing: With this being your only healing ability, you want to try and use this smartly even though you can use the ability twice. Try to always pair it with Blessed Barrier to boost the healing amount.

Inner Peace: You want to use this ability whenever you have the chance between fights, with a low 60s cooldown, you should be able to use it quite a lot once its upgraded to epic. It pairs very well with Nature's Blessing, allowing you for 100% max mana recovery when used while under the effect of Nature's Blessing

Useful Information

Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides good protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only helps mitigate damage but also speeds up your cooldowns, allowing you to use your abilities much more often.

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 {{Build
 | weapon 1 = Staff
-| weapon 2 = Wand & Tome
+| weapon 2 = Wand
-| mode = PvE, PvP (small-scale)
+| mode = PvP (Small-scale)
 | focus = DPS
-| strengths = High single target burst damage, Mid - Long range, Good mana sustain, AOE Damage
+| strengths = High Burst Damage, Self-healing, Good Utility
-| weaknesses = Stationary gameplay, High skill, Waiting for cooldowns
+| weaknesses = Vulnerable to CCs, High Skill Ceiling
 }}
 ==Overview==
-Staff and Wand build for PvE and small-scale PvP. It has enfeeble mechanic skills which apply DoT (Damage over time) on the target, that can stack and also influence some of the skills effects. Staff is very good in standard PvE activities while it can shine in large scale PvP due to AoE and CC
+This Staff & Wand build focuses around playing in small groups of solo. With it's great single target damage and self healing abilities, it can blast through the leveling part of Throne and Liberty with ease while also proving to be incredibly capable in PVP events. While it isn't difficult to play, this build can truly shine when used by someone that mastered it.
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 | strength = 10
 | dexterity = 30
-| wisdom = 30
+| wisdom = 19
-| perception = 19
+| perception = 30
 }}
-* Main stat Dexterity until you reach 30, then Wisdom for mana regen
-* Rest of the stats in Perception
+Your primary focus with this build should be Dexterity for increased damage, getting that to 30 should be your priority before moving on to perception and getting that also up to 30 for even more flat damage increase, rest of your points should go into wisdom for a bit of extra mana regeneration and maximum mana. Due to the use of {{Skill|Inner Peace|active}}, you have no mana issues whatsoever as you remain capable of regaining most of your mana between fights.
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 {{Skill bar
 | defense = Mystic Shield
-| active 1 = Chain Lightning
+| active 1 = Time for Punishment
-| active 2 = Judgment Lightning
+| active 2 = Blessed Barrier
-| active 3 = Serial Fire Bombs
+| active 3 = Swift Healing
-| active 4 = Touch of Despair
+| active 4 = Inferno Wave
 | active 5 = High Locus
-| active 6 = Time for Punishment
+| active 6 = Inner Peace
-| active 7 = Curse Explosion
+| active 7 = Chain Lightning
-| active 8 = Cursed Nightmare
+| active 8 = Frost Smokescreen
-| active 9 = Blessed Barrier
+| active 9 = Judgment Lightning
-| active 10 = Swift Healing
+| active 10 = Cursed Nightmare
-| active 11 = Clay's Salvation
+| active 11 = Serial Fire Bombs
-| active 12 = Inferno Wave
+| active 12 = Ray of Disaster
-| passive 1 = Mana Sphere Eruption
+| passive 1 = Mana Amp
-| passive 2 = Asceticism
+| passive 2 = Flame Condensation
-| passive 3 = Mana Amp
+| passive 3 = Devotion and Emptiness
-| passive 4 = Wraith's Beckon
+| passive 4 = Echoic Barrier
-| passive 5 = Devotion and Emptiness
+| passive 5 = Noble Revival
-| passive 6 = Saint's Oath
+| passive 6 = Frost Master
-| passive 7 = Selfless Soul
+| passive 7 = Forbidden Sanctuary
-| passive 8 = Vampiric Contract
+| passive 8 = Manaball Eruption
 }}
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 ==Skill Priority==
 {{Priority|
+{{Priority active|Swift Healing|Rare}},
+{{Priority active|Serial Fire Bombs|Rare}},
 {{Priority active|Chain Lightning|Rare}},
+{{Priority active|Inferno Wave|Epic}},
+{{Priority active|Serial Fire Bombs|Epic}},
+{{Priority active|Swift Healing|Epic}},
 {{Priority active|Chain Lightning|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Judgment Lightning|Rare}},
+{{Priority active|Cursed Nightmare|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Judgment Lightning|Epic}},
+{{Priority active|Inner Peace|Epic}}
-{{Priority active|Curse Explosion|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Curse Explosion|Epic}},
-{{Priority active|Serial Fire Bombs|Rare}},
-{{Priority active|Serial Fire Bombs|Epic}}
 }}
-After leveling up this sequence of skills, aim to individually upgrade the others to <span class="rare-info">Rare</span> and then to <span class="epic-info">Epic</span>. Prioritize upgrading your damage skills and skills that heal.
+When prioritizing skill upgrades, start with {{Skill|Swift Healing|active}} as it's your main healing ability that pairs well with {{Skill|Blessed Barrier|active}} and being able to cast it twice is fantastic even with increased mana cost. Next, focus on upgrading {{Skill|Serial Fire Bombs|active}} to improve your main damage ability. Follow up with {{Skill|Chain Lightning|active}} and {{Skill|Inferno Wave|active}} whenever you find rare books!
 ==Passives Priority==
 {{Priority|
-{{Priority passive|Mana Sphere Eruption|Rare}},
+{{Priority passive|Manaball Eruption|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Mana Sphere Eruption|Epic}},
+{{Priority passive|Devotion and Emptiness|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Mana Amp|Rare}},
+{{Priority passive|Manaball Eruption|Epic}},
 {{Priority passive|Mana Amp|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Saint's Oath|Epic}},
+{{Priority passive|Flame Condensation|Epic}},
-{{Priority passive|Saint's Oath|Rare}},
+{{Priority passive|Devotion and Emptiness|Epic}}
-{{Priority passive|Selfless Soul|Rare}},
-{{Priority passive|Selfless Soul|Epic}},
 }}
-Adjust your passive skills as needed in different situations. We are using 3 from Staff for mana, HP and damage, while others are from Wand for healing bonuses.
+Start by upgrading {{Skill|Manaball Eruption|passive}} to improve your auto-attack damage by a lot, allowing you to kite using {{Skill|Frost Smokescreen|active}} while burning down your targets through auto-attacks. {{Skill|Devotion and Emptiness|passive}} is a great flat healing increase and {{Skill|Mana Amp|passive}} offers important max HP.
+==Equipment==
+{{Gear
+| weapon 1 = Toublek's Thunderous Soul
+| weapon 1 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
+| weapon 2 = Lequirus's Grip
+| weapon 2 traits = Heavy Attack Chance, Critical Hit, Hit
+| head = Reaper's Black Mask
+| head traits = Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion, Magic Endurance
+| cloak = Archpriest's Devotion
+| cloak traits = Max Mana, Mana Regen, Skill Damage Resistance
+| chest = Miracle of Mother Nature Clothing
+| chest traits = Magic Evasion, Magic Endurance, Melee Evasion
+| gloves = Reaper's Hand of Death
+| gloves traits = Max Mana, Magic Evasion, Ranged Evasion
+| legs = Special Resistance Hawk Pants
+| legs traits = Max Mana, Mana Regen, Magic Evasion
+| feet = Resonance of Mother Nature Boots
+| feet traits = Max Mana, Mana Regen, Magic Evasion
+| necklace = Holy Warrior's Choker
+| necklace traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Buff Duration
+| bracelet = Beast King's Gilded Bracers
+| bracelet traits = Max Health, Skill Damage Resistance, Health Regen
+| ring 1 = Insightful Ring of Dimension
+| ring 1 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Health Regen
+| ring 2 = Eternal Ring of Dimension
+| ring 2 traits = Skill Damage Boost, Max Health, Health Regen
+| belt = Duke Magna's Belt
+| belt traits = Max Health, Health Regen, Skill Damage Resistance
+}}
+==Weapon Masteries==
+{{Masteries
+| weapon 1 = Staff
+| weapon 2 = Wand
+| mastery 1 = {{ Mastery | weapon = staff | row 1 = 0 | row 2 = 9 | row 3 = 3 }}
+| mastery 2 = {{ Mastery | weapon = wand | row 1 = 9 | row 2 = 3 | row 3 = 0 }}
+}}
+'''Staff:'''
+Investing 9 points into Destroy is perfect as it offers passive damage and extra critical hit chance. The remaining 3 points should be go to Attribute for the additional 10% Burning Damage, further enhancing your damage.
+'''Wand:'''
+Allocating 9 points into Damage is the only viable choice as it adds a lot of extra damage for the build and matches perfectly with the Staff, the last 3 points can go into Recovery for extra 8% heal.
 ==Rotations==
-{{Rotation|Opening Rotation|High Locus, Serial Fire Bombs, Chain Lightning, Judgment Lightning, Touch of Despair, Time for Punishment, Curse Explosion}}
+{{Rotation|Damage Burst|High Locus, Time for Punishment, Serial Fire Bombs, Serial Fire Bombs, Serial Fire Bombs, Inferno Wave, Chain Lightning, Judgment Lightning, Ray of Disaster}}
-* Start with {{Skill|High Locus|Active}} to give cooldown speed to all your skills
+*Start off the rotation by buffing with {{Skill|High Locus|active}} to decrease your cooldowns and also increase your movement speed. Debuff your target with {{Skill|Time for Punishment|active}} and then cast all three charges of {{Skill|Serial Fire Bombs|active}} to up the burn stacks on the target before using {{Skill|Inferno Wave|active}} for the same reason. Use {{Skill|Chain Lightning|active}} coupled with {{Skill|Judgment Lightning|active}} for high burst damage and then use {{Skill|Ray of Disaster|active}} to finish off the target.
-* Apply burning DoT with {{Skill|Serial Fire Bombs|Active}}
-* Double up {{Skill|Chain Lightning|Active}} + {{Skill|Judgment Lightning|Active}} for burst damage
+{{Skill|Swift Healing|Active}}: With this being your only healing ability, you want to try and use this smartly even though you can use the ability twice. Try to always pair it with {{Skill|Blessed Barrier|Active}} to boost the healing amount.
-* Use {{Skill|Touch of Despair|Active}} until you reach 3 stacks
-* Apply resistance with {{Skill|Time for Punishment|Active}} and blow up {{Skill|Curse Explosion|Active}}
+{{Skill|Inner Peace|Active}}: You want to use this ability whenever you have the chance between fights, with a low 60s cooldown, you should be able to use it quite a lot once its upgraded to epic. It pairs very well with {{Skill|Nature's Blessing|Active}}, allowing you for 100% max mana recovery when used while under the effect of {{Skill|Nature's Blessing|Active}}
 ==Useful Information==
-* Always stay at max range from the boss
+* Choose Lady Knight Kamarshea as your guardian; it provides good protection with its shield, capable of absorbing damage equal to 50% of your mana. This not only helps mitigate damage but also speeds up your cooldowns, allowing you to use your abilities much more often.
-* Use your rotation wisely by applying correct enfeebles and resistances
-* Heal yourself or your party members whenever it is needed
-* Don't zone out and full DPS, you play off-hand heal for a reason
 ==Comments==
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