This build is up to date for the September 23, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Impale Spear + Longbow build focuses on delivering high AOE burst damage through the use of 
Vicious Fury and 
Javelin Surge with their synergy. This allows you to burst down groups of enemies with ease as the fire damage abilities hit multiple enemies. Meanwhile, bosses affected by 
Deadly Marker will grant even more cooldown reduction for yourself. This build performs well in Dungeons, Dimensional Trials or AOE farming mobs in the open world, offering a great choice for those looking for a mix of ranged and melee DPS.
This Impaler PVE build also offers good party utility thanks to 
Unyielding Sentinel and of course, Deadly Marker.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Dexterity
+
Strength
SECONDARY
Wisdom
+
Perception
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.
To deal high damage, prioritize Strength and Dexterity. Put points here early, and as you gear up, keep focusing on them to increase crits, heavy attacks, and HP. Try to reach 50 Strength and get as much Dexterity as possible. Perception and Wisdom give minor damage and mana boosts.
Skills
Depending on which Dungeon/Dimensional Trial you might run, consider using
Rare Roaring Steak,
Rare Thrilling Papillote, and even
Rare Scorpion Tail Fritters to make it easier and also deal a lot more damage.
Start by upgrading your main melee rotation first as the low cooldowns allows you to use them very often. Begin with the main combo Vicious Fury and Javelin Surge as you will be using this a lot. Continue with 
Culling Arc and 
Rising Slash as they can be upgraded at the same time though in no particular order.
Once you are done with upgrading the main spear skills, prioritize the primary Bow abilities as 
Strafing and 
Zephyr's Nock deal great damage while Deadly Marker is one of the best debuffs in the game.
When upgrading passives, prioritize upgrading 
Devoted Shield can save you from certain mechanics in PVE and is a top choice because of that. Don’t ignore offensive passives though as 
Mortal Wrath and 
Rapidfire Stance are good passives to improve the flow of spear skills. Additionally, Mortal Wrath becomes very important once boss HP gets below 30%.
Equipment
Tier 3 (Work in progress)
Arc of Lunar Radiance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Crimson Hellskewer
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Opulent Noble's Mantle
Max Mana
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Transcendent Tempest's Armor
Debuff Duration
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Spectral Overseer's Handguards
Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Range
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Spectral Overseer's Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Transcendent Tempest's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Earrings of Forlorn Elegance
Front Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Side Critical Hit
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Primal Golden Cuffs
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Ring of Eternal Flames
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
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 Loom of Entropy
Hit Chance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Primary
Deluzhnoa's Serrated Shard
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Heavy Attack Chance
Fallen Dynasty Helmet
Max Health
Cooldown Speed
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Calanthia's Confession
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Fallen Dynasty Plate Armor
Max Health
Buff Duration
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Fallen Dynasty Gauntlets
Max Health
Hit Chance
Range
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Blood Hunter Leg Guards
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Fallen Dynasty Sabatons
Max Stamina
Max Mana
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Venelux Scholar's Earrings
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 the Evening Tide
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Weaken Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Band of Brutal Agony
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Eternal Promise
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Sash of Rustling Leaves
Max Mana
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Weapon Masteries
Spear
Longbow
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
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Ranged 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
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Rotations
Single Target DPS Rotation ↴
- This is your main PVE Rotation against bosses. Start with Unyielding Sentinel to buff yourself and your party before using Deadly Marker on the target to debuff and lower cooldowns for the whole party as they hit the boss. Make sure to use
Blitz after that to reset the cooldown on Deadly Marker.
- Start actually damaging the enemy with 2 casts of Strafing before using Zephyr's Nock to deal extra damage and lower cooldown before using Strafing again to keep debuffs on the target so your next Zephyr's Nock is boosted as well.
- Transition into the melee rotation with Culling Arc before using
Abyssal Cleave and 
Cyclonic Fury (make sure to be close to the target so all projectiles hit). Finally, use Vicious Fury to build up Ember stacks before spamming Javelin Surge until you run out of stacks. Finish the rotation with Rising Slash and 
Cataclysm before using Deadly Marker again.
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