Darkblighter - Wand + Dagger PvE Build
This build has been archived and should not be used in-game.- Amazing AoE Damage
- Easy to play
- Low mobility
- Low Single Target DPS
Overview
Wand and Dagger PvE build with focuses on AoE grinding large amounts of mobs for rare drops, contracts or lithograph grinding. It can also excel in open world dungeons grinding high level mobs with a group for drops or contracts. It isn't recommended for dungeons or leveling but it still performs incredibly well at PvE events where killing large amounts of mobs is important.
Attributes
Focus primarily on Dexterity to boost your damage output, aiming for 30 points into this attribute first. Then, focus into Perception to further increase your damage potential, aiming for 30 points into it as well. Allocate all other remaining points into Wisdom for additional mana regeneration and maximum mana but also increasing your damage a bit.
Skills
Skill Priority
When prioritizing skill upgrades, start by improving 
Swift Healing as it's your only healing ability. Upgrading it to rare allows you to cast the ability twice, which is incredibly helpful. Upgrade 
Predatory Strike and 
Inject Venom next. follow up by focusing on upgrading 
Touch of Despair to enhance its curse-stacking capability to 3.
Make sure not to forget to upgrade Shadow Strike as the bind and silence are nice to have and the mobility also helps. Then, upgrade 
Curse Explosion for the HP shield, followed by 
Corrupted Magic Circle as they are all part of your main rotation and damage output. 
Knife Throwing is also nice extra damage but shouldn't be a big priority.
Passives Priority
You should prioritize 
Devotion and Emptiness as it increases the amount of healing you can provide yourself. 
Assassin's Instincts is fantastic for the flat crit rate increase. 
Vicious Fangs is a great addition as it increases your crit rate a lot on poisoned targets.
Equipment
Weapon Masteries
| Damage | Damage |
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Bonus Damage |
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Witch's Contract |
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Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Regenerative Meditation |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Wisdom |
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Greedy Need |
| Recovery | Melee Defense |
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Added Attack Speed |
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Deep Pain |
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All Evasion |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Redemptive Penance |
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Buff Duration |
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Mana Regen |
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Merciless Wraith |
| Weaken | Mana Regen |
|
Weaken Chance |
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Spiritual Focus |
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Max Mana |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Time of the Curse |
|
Weaken Chance |
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Magic Hit Chance |
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Spell of Retribution |
| Disguise | Ranged Defense |
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Health Regen |
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Debuff Immunity |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Master of Evasion |
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Buff Duration |
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Ranged Defense |
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Strong Will |
| Poison | Melee Hit Chance |
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Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance |
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Enfeebling Terror |
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Mana Regen |
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Buff Duration |
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Sorrowful Silence |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Melee Hit Chance |
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Shrewd Judgment |
| Assassination | Melee Critical Hit Chance |
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Damage |
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Ambidexterity |
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Melee Critical Hit |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Deep Grudge |
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Damage |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Maddening Excitement |
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 Dagger, the last 3 points can go into Weaken for extra curse duration.
Dagger: Invest 9 points into Assassination for maximum damage increase while the 3 points can go in Poison to improve your Weaken chance (Poison, Curse).
Rotations
- Use your auto-attack (default key E) in order to pull mobs closer to you while you cast Touch of Despair on a single mob, you want to keep kiting while constantly casting only Touch of Despair until you get 2 curse stacks before using Inject Venom and casting a final Touch of Despair. Once you've managed that and the mobs are together, you cast
Time for Punishment followed by 
Karmic Haze which will spread the curses & poison to the nearby mobs. Follow up with Corrupted Magic Circle and Curse Explosion to deal high burst damage. If the mobs aren't dead yet and you need to clean up, you can line them all up for the 
Ray of Disaster and Knife Throwing follow-up to kill whatever mobs are still alive at the end of the rotation.
- Use this much easier rotation to deal with single targets. Start with Inject Venom followed by
Shadow Strike to close the distance before using Knife Throwing and Predatory Strike to deal quick damage and then finishing off the target using 
Brutal Incision.
Swift Healing: This is your only single target healing ability and you should use it in order to save yourself, use this spell after casting 
Blessed Barrier in order to boost the heal this skill applies
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 yourself and also use your DPS abilities more often.
Comments
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