Best Dagger build in Throne and Liberty

Best Dagger build in Throne and Liberty

Become a damage powerhouse with these Dagger builds

One of the best weapons in Throne and Liberty is the Dagger. A swift-attacking high-damage weapon that has some versatile combination options with some of the other weapons, the Dagger is a solid choice for both PvE and PvP. This is the best Dagger builds in Throne and Liberty, for both types of content.

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Best Leveling Dagger Build

First off, you’re going to have to level your character to make the most of any Dagger build. As such, the best leveling Dagger build is the Dagger/Staff weapon combination build. This build is insanely good for leveling with its powerful AoE capabilities, making it one of the best builds for leveling in Throne and Liberty.

Stats

Sta🦩te-wise you want some Dexterity for increased Weapon Damage, Crit Chance, Evasion, and Attack Speed꧒, followed by some Wisdom for added Weapon Damage, Cooldown Speed, and Manage Regen.

  • Level 1-21 – Place all 20 stats in Dexterity
  • Level 22-35 – Place all 14 stats in Wisdom
  • Level 36-50 – Place all 15 stats in Perception

Leveling Skills

From Level 1-15 you will automatically learn new active skills as you reach their level requirement. These are fine to use early, but starting at Level 18 you’ll start changing them. You will also want to add specific Passive Skills as you level. Here are the skills you should go for while leveling:

  • Level 3 – Equip Assassin’s Step and Manaball Eruption passive skills.
  • Level 6 – Equip Assassin’s Instincts passive skill.
  • Level 18 – Swap out Vampiric Strike for Ice Spear
  • Level 20 – Equip Asceticism passive skill.
  • Level 27 – Equip Destructive Fang passive skill.
  • Level 30 – Swap out Knife Throwing for High Focus.
  • Level 36 – Swap out Frost Smokescreen for Judgment Lightning
  • Level 39 – Equip Wrathful Edge and Forbidden Sanctuary passive skills.
  • Level 40 – Equip Flame Condensation passive skill.

Skill Specializations

From Level 15 on you’ll start acquiring Skill Specialization points, which enhance your existing skills. Here are how you should be placing your skill specialization points while leveling:

  1. Chain Lightning
    • Damage Transfer
    • Damage Transfer
  2. Serial Fire Bombs
    • Focused Fire Bombs
    • Mobility
    • Radius Increased
  3. Inferno Wave
    • Consecutive Use
    • Cooldown ▼
  4. Ice Spear
    • Damage Increased
    • Ice Spear Bombardment
  5. High Focus
    • Base Damage Boost
  6. Judgment Lightning
    • Consecutive Use
    • Damage Transfer
    • Damage Transfer
  7. Chain Lightning
    • Chain Thunder
  8. Fireball Barrage
    • Cooldown ▼
  9. Cleaving Moonlight
    • Consecutive Use
    • Effect Accumulation
  10. Brutal Incision
    • Thunderclouds Bombing

Best PvP Dagger Builds

The best PvP Dagger build in Throne and Liberty is t🌌🔴he Dagger/Longbow build. This build is a powerful weapon combination for large-scale PvP, and has insane AoE crowd control and disruption potential. Here is the best PvP Dagger build:

Stat Priority

The main goal with this build is to make sure your skills are hitting, so you’ll stack Hit primarily through Perception while also gathering Strength for increased Max Health and Heavy Attack Chance. As such, you want to prioritize these two stats:

  1. Strength
  2. Perception

Active Skills

First, you want to use the Dagger Defense skill which is Block Blade. Then, these are the Active Skills you’ll want to use with the Dagger and Longbow PvP build:

  • Zephyr’s Nock
    • Damage Increase
  • Ensnaring Arrow
  • Decisive Bombardment
    • Charging Time ^
    • Charging Time▼
    • Decisive Bombardment
    • Mobility
  • Strafing
    • Consecutive Use
    • Gale
  • Flash Wave
    • Flash Wave
    • Range Widened
  • Camouflage Cloak
    • CC Immunity
  • Shadow Strike
    • Skill Distance INcreased
  • Phantom Smokescreen
    • Evasion Increase
  • Ankle Strike
  • Tornado
    • Tornado
  • Nature’s Blessing
    • Whirlpool Attribute

Passive Skills

Here are the 8 Passive Skills you’ll want to use once at max level:

  • Assassin’s Instincts
  • Assassin’s Step
  • Devoted Shield
  • Rapidfire Stance
  • Shadow Walker
  • Sniper’s Sense
  • Steady Aim
  • Wrathful Edge

Best PvE Dagger Build

The best PvE Dagger build in Throne and Liberty, assuming you want a damage dealer and not support, is the Dagger and Crossbow build. With this weapon combination, you’ll be extremely mobile while dealing the highest single-target damage in Throne and Liberty. Here is the best PvE Dagger build:

Stat Priority

The goal is to stack high Critical Hit, Attack Speed, and Maximum Weapon Damage with this build. As such, you’ll want to prioritize these stats:

  1. Dexterity
  2. Strength
  3. Perception

Active Skills

First, you want to use the Dagger Defense skill which is Block Blade. Then, these are the Active Skills you’ll want to use with the Dagger and Crossbow PvE build:

  • Lightning Infusion
    • Lightning Infusion
    • Cooldown Reduction
  • Mother Nature’s Protest
    • Lightning Arrow
  • Selfless Diffusion
  • Mortal Mark
  • Nimble Leap
    • Consecutive Use
    • Cooldown Reset
    • Immune
  • Quick Fire
    • Min Chain Fire
    • Damage Increased
  • Mana Exchange
    • Skill Effect Enhanced
  • Knife Throwing
    • Additional Hit
  • Fatal Stigma
    • Damage Increase
  • Cleaving Moonlight
    • Consecutive Use
    • Effect Accumulation
    • Attack Speed Increase
  • Thunderclouds Bombing
    • Thundreclouds Bombing
  • Weak Point Shot

Passive Skills

Here are the 8 Passive Skills you’ll want to use once at max level:

  • Ambidexterity
  • Assassin’s Instincts
  • Bloodlust
  • Destructive Fang
  • Murderous Energy
  • Nature’s Power
  • Piercing Strike
  • Wrathful Edge

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