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Overview
This Battleweaver build aims to deal high AOE damage throughout PvP encounters, capable of pumping out damage while having very low cooldowns. While the combination isn't part of the current meta, it remains one of the strongest DPS classes if damage is the main goal. It is a great build for guild vs guild PvP, especially if you can rely on your team to peel for you as mobility is somewhat lacking in this build.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Perception
+
Dexterity
SECONDARY
Strength
+
Wisdom
With the unique stats and attributes system in Throne and Liberty, it can be difficult to determine exactly where to invest your attribute points at each stage of the game. This is because gear pieces provide attributes just like leveling up does, meaning everyone will have a different number of attribute points depending on what gear they are wearing at the time.
Given this variation, it's best to reset your attributes regularly to adjust to the new gear you acquire. Aim to reach the achievement effects, which provide extra benefits at milestones like 30, 50, and 70 points.
Focus most of your points on Dexterity and Perception to improve your hit chance, critical hit chance, and overall damage. Since Crossbows and Staffs are all about dealing damage, you can skip Wisdom. Adding a few points to Strength is still helpful for extra damage and a bit more HP, aiming to reach at least 30 points in total however you prefer during the early game, aiming for 50 points once you are pushing for late game gear.
Skills
Even though leveling isn’t too hard, make sure to upgrade 
Quick Fire and 
Serial Fire Bombs to boost your damage and make it easier. Focus on these skills because they’re important for increasing your damage from the start of Throne and Liberty all the way to endgame PvP content.
In PvP, you deal a lot of damage by constantly stacking burns with Serial Fire Bombs, following up with 
Fireball Barrage and finishing off targets with 
Judgment Lightning and 
Chain Lightning deal great damage and are an important part of this Battleweaver build. While 
Ice Spear damage is nice, it shouldn't be a priority as upgrading this skill won't improve its damage enough when in comparison with other skills.
Inner Peace is the main way of regaining mana and can even be used before your rotation in order to lower the mana cost but you shouldn't upgrade it too early, focus on upgrading your offensive skills instead.
As far as passives go, begin by upgrading 
Nature's Power, 
Flame Condensation and most importantly 
Forbidden Sanctuary as it greatly improve your DPS by increasing your skill damage (a rare and often expensive stat otherwise). 
Eagle Vision increases your damage depending on your distance to the target, which makes it an important upgrade too. 
Mana Amp on the other hand offers you extra HP, being a very valuable passive for PVP while also adding extra mana.
Equipment
Tier 3 (Work in progress)
Daigon's Charred Emberstaff
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Primary
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Ranged Evasion
Cloak of Victorious Destiny
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Transcendent Tempest's Armor
Debuff Duration
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Resonance Effect: Ranged Evasion
Spectral Overseer's Handguards
Hit Chance
Ranged Evasion
Range
Resonance Effect: Ranged Evasion
Spectral Overseer's Trousers
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Ranged Evasion
Transcendent Tempest's Boots
Ranged Evasion
Magic Evasion
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Ranged Evasion
Earrings of Forlorn Elegance
Front Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Front Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Primal Golden Cuffs
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Ring of Eternal Flames
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Info
Equipment is being updated, if tier 3 items are in the tier 3 tab, it means the equipment on this build was updated.
Calanthia's Repeaters of Ruin
Hit Chance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Primary
Talus's Incandescent Staff
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed
Blood Hunter Hood
Magic Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Mana Cost Efficiceny
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Calanthia's Confession
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Garb
Max Health
Buff Duration
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Hand Guards
Max Health
Hit Chance
Range
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Leg Guards
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Max Stamina
Magic Evasion
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Teardrops of Fortunate Omens
Back Hit Chance
Back Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Collar of the New Moon
Skill Damage Boost
Max Mana
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Bracelet of Infernal Loops
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Weaken Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Coil of Seething Venom
Skill Damage Boost
Heavy Attack Damage Resistance
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Eternal Promise
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Belt of the Dying Spark
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Weapon Masteries
Crossbow
Staff
You should be aiming to reach and unlock masteries (the corner nodes) as soon as possible as they usually make the largest impact in the build. While minor nodes shouldn't be forgotten, make sure to unlock masteries as fast as possible before spreading out and spending into less important nodes.
Artifacts
Chaos Harbinger Talistone I
Damage: 9
Heavy Attack Chance
Magic Critical Hit Chance
Magic Heavy Attack Chance
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Silence Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone III
Max Health: 1600
Max Mana
Mana Regen
CC Resistance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone II
Defense: 160
Ranged Endurance
Endurance
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Collision Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Chaos Harbinger Talistone IV
Max Health: 1600
Critical Hit Chance
Magic Heavy Attack Chance
Magic Critical Hit Chance
Rotations
- Activate
Mother Nature's Protest then buff with 
High Focus before using Inner Peace and cancelling it to get the mana cost efficiency buff. Follow up by using 
Selfless Diffusion then finally hiting your target with 
Mortal Mark and Quick Fire followed by Judgment Lightning right after.
- Continue the rotation with Ice Spear to bind the enemy player and transition into another Quick Fire followed by Chain Lightning and Fireball Barrage for both damage and to burn enemy mana. Use
Nimble Leap to cancel the animation of Fireball Barrage and reset the cooldown of Quick Fire to use it again.
- Be sure to activate Mother Nature's Protest before beginning the rotation by buffing yourself with High Focus. Follow up with a fully charged Serial Fire Bombs to start dealing serious damage.
- Continue by using Inner Peace and cancelling it quickly so you still gain the benefit of lower mana usage when using skills. Follow-up with Selfless Diffusion and then use Quick Fire and Judgment Lightning.
- Use Fireball Barrage to make use of the burn stacks on the enemy and drain their mana before using Nimble Leap to animation cancel and reset Quick Fire before using Chain Lightning and Quick Fire. Finish the rotation with another Nimble Leap to reset Quick Fire and use it again.
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