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Thundercry Blade & Stormbreaker Spear Tank PvE Build

Overview
Designed for: PvE
Weapons: Spear and Mo Blade
Role: Tank
Difficulty:
Normal
Strengths
  • Very Tanky
  • Great Resistances
  • Easy to Play
Weaknesses
  • No Healing
  • Low Damage
  • Slow
This build is up to date for the December 1, 2025 patch.

Overview

This Tanking build focuses on using the two main tank weapons of Where Winds Meet, using the Thundercry BladeThundercry Blade and pairing it with the Stormbreaker SpearStormbreaker Spear to act as the tank in group PVE content like Challenges or others. While this build doesn't do that much damage, it is still capable of doing perfectly fine in PVE without a group, capable of finishing all Solo content even while lacking damage in comparison to pure DPS Builds.


Martial Arts

Thundercry Blade
Thundercry Blade
Stormbreaker Spear
Stormbreaker Spear


Gear

Rainwhisper Set
Weapon 1
Rainwhisper Set
Weapon 2
Rainwhisper Set
Disc
Rainwhisper Set
Pendant
Formbend Set
Helm
Formbend Set
Armor
Formbend Set
Greaves
Formbend Set
Bracer
Bow
Ring

While the Gear part of the build is still under development and more information will come soon, you should use the Rainwhisper + Formbend set combo. You can use Moonflare for armor until Formbend becomes available. This part of the build is still under construction as far as specific stats go.


Inner Way

Morale Chant
Morale Chant
Adaptive Steel
Adaptive Steel
Battle Anthem
Battle Anthem
Exquisite Scenery
Exquisite Scenery

Morale ChantMorale Chant remains a very powerful skill even for a PvE tanking build, increasing damage and helping you deal with all PVE in solo play or in groups. Battle AnthemBattle Anthem & Adaptive SteelAdaptive Steel increase the damage of both weapons while also adding some much needed damage to the Thundercry BladeThundercry Blade counter attack provided by Exquisite SceneryExquisite Scenery.


Mystic Skills

Talon Strike
Soaring Spin
Golden Body
Free Morph
Ghost Bind
Blinding Mist
Wolflike Frenzy
Yaksha Rush

Ghost BindGhost Bind is an incredibly powerful AOE CC skill that helps you stack up mobs and prepare for your follow-up Galecloud CleaveGalecloud Cleave that wipes out most mob packs or does high enough DPS to finish off mobs. Wolflike FrenzyWolflike Frenzy is a very good single target skill too alongside Free MorphFree Morph, Soaring SpinSoaring Spin and Yaksha RushYaksha Rush, all doing good damage while requiring little vitality.

In terms of defensive skills, you have Golden BodyGolden Body to act as another shield pairing with Predator's ShieldPredator's Shield. Another one is the Blinding MistBlinding Mist, and while it has a high vitality cost, it can CC lots of enemies to finish off with Touch of DeathTouch of Death.


Rotations

Main Tanking Rotation ↴
Storm Roar
Storm Roar
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Fury Spear
Fury Spear
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Dual-Weapon Skill
Dual-Weapon Skill
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Predator's Shield
Predator's Shield
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Galecloud Cleave
Galecloud Cleave
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Avalanche
Avalanche
  • Begin the rotation with the Stormbreaker SpearStormbreaker Spear in your hands then use Storm RoarStorm Roar to taunt enemies or the boss, follow up with Fury SpearFury Spear to get Drumbeat buff before swapping over to Thundercry BladeThundercry Blade, using Predator's ShieldPredator's Shield to gain a damage buff and a shield then charge up a full Galecloud CleaveGalecloud Cleave. Follow up with another full charge AvalancheAvalanche.
  • Golden BodyGolden Body is a skill you should use as a panic button if needed or just to negate some incoming damage that you cannot dodge out of, so make sure to pay attention and use as needed.


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