This build is up to date for the September 23, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Impale Spear + Longbow build focuses on solo and small group PVP where you can deal high burst damage to single targets and kill them quickly before they can retreat. Skills like 
Ensnaring Arrow are fantastic for locking down players so you can follow up with DPS in close range using spear skills.
This Impaler build also offers good self-healing thanks to 
Healing Touch, making it easier to stay alive in Dominion events and open world PVP content like Night time PVP or even War Games. The Impaler build remains an off-meta build though as it has trouble performing just as well as other more traditional builds.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Dexterity
+
Perception
SECONDARY
Strength
+
Fortitude
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.
Begin by emphasizing Perception and Dexterity. These stats are essential for increasing critical hit rate, accuracy, and overall damage, making them the best early investments. Keep enhancing them as you improve your gear.
Next, allocate points into Strength and Fortitude. Strength provides more health for PvP durability and improves heavy attack chances, with a target of 50 points being optimal. Fortitude adds a touch of damage and defense, making it a solid secondary focus.
Skills
Once you start upgrading skills, begin with the main Bow skills first to have a good base for dealing damage from range. 
Strafing, 
Zephyr's Nock and Ensnaring Arrow as they have great synergy with eachother and deal solid damage.
The other important Longbow skill to upgrade is the Healing Touch as its your main support skill alongside 
Unyielding Sentinel.
Cataclysm is a great skill for both movement and also disabling the block of enemies, making it impossible for them to block your damage. However, this skill starts at purple and can only be upgraded with Omnipotence books but its definitely a good skill to dump Omnipotence books into.
The rest of your Spear Skills don't require a certain order besides 
Abyssal Cleave and 
Tempest Strike which should be upgraded first as upgrading increases stun duration, making it much easier to land rotations. 
Cyclonic Fury, 
Culling Arc and 
Rising Slash can be upgraded at the same time though in no particular order.
When upgrading passives, prioritize upgrading 
Devoted Shield first to enhance your survivability by a great deal, with the shield popping up whenever you go to low HP. Don’t overlook offensive passives either though, focusing on 
Mortal Wrath and 
Sniper's Sense to amplify your damage when using ranged attacks. Additionally, 
Steady Aim is incredibly effective, as it boosts your critical hit rate against CC’d enemies, which is a frequent occurrence in PvP.
Equipment
Tier 3 (Work in progress)
Arc of Lunar Radiance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Primary
Crimson Hellskewer
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Mana Cost Efficiency
Resonance Effect: Melee Endurance
Cloak of Victorious Destiny
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Health
Transcendent Tempest's Armor
Debuff Duration
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Resonance Effect: Melee Endurance
Spectral Overseer's Handguards
Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Range
Resonance Effect: Melee Endurance
Spectral Overseer's Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Melee Endurance
Transcendent Tempest's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Melee Endurance
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 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 Burst Damage ↴
- This rotation is for catching and bursting down enemies in close range using the Spear. Use Ensnaring Arrow to lock the enemy player in place, binding them.
- Continue by stunning them with Abyssal Cleave before transitioning into Cyclonic Fury and Culling Arc to deal high damage thanks to the Burst stacks applied with Cyclonic Fury. Use Tempest Strike before the target is out of the bind and finish the rotation with Rising Slash.
- Use this rotation to deal damage from range without getting in close. Start with Ensnaring Arrow first to bind the target before using Strafing two times to put up Gale and the Bullseye debuff on the target so the Zephyr's Nock damage is boosted while its cooldown is lowered. Use Strafing again then quickly use Zephyr's Nock once more to maximize damage done.
Unyielding Sentinel: Use this to buff yourself throughout a fight, boosting heavy attack chance and CC resistance.
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