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The staff is a powerhouse of a weapon inThrone and Libertythat can deal a tremendous amount of damage both for single target and for groups of enemies. Paired with the right secondary weapon, it is versatile enough to be played in a number of different ways.
The best skills to use and invest in to level up will depend on your preferred playstyle, but a few key spells will likely be staples in any build. With two weapons equipped you have over 38 different skills to choose from, along with multiple enhancements to said skills, it can feel daunting to select the best ones.
Staff Weapon Combination Tier List
Of the six weapons available as secondary weapon options, each offers the ability to customize it however you like. Let’s rank each of your options based on the criteria below.
Regardless of which you choose for your main hand or off-hand, the weapon’s passive skills are active for that weapon’s skill unless otherwise stated. You can freely swap to either weapon for your auto-attacks.
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Wand
Invocator: Ranged DPS with potentially the strongest AoE weapon combo. Excellent area crowd control and also has access to decent healing and defensive skills. Passive skills that work to boost both types of damage.
Longbow
Liberator: Ranged DPS with a range of slow, hard-hitting burst and quick sustained damage. Access to healing abilities gives great self-sustain or supplementary party heals.
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Daggers
Spellblade: Ranged DPS with great damage with more of a focus on mobility and tactical fights. Generally played at a distance allowing the daggers' skills to improve staff damage while also getting access to much-needed mobility.
Crossbow
Battleweaver: Ranged DPS with good single target and AoE capabilities. Has decent active and passive skill synergies to deal more damage.
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Sword and Shield
Disciple: Tank that struggles to find its footing, lower overall damage and isn’t particularly strong at either ranged damage or damage mitigation.
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Greatsword
Sentinel: Hybrid DPS that provides minimal if any synergies between the two weapons.
Stat Priorities
The Staff is generally played as a ranged damage dealer. Regardless of which weapon you choose, you’ll want to focus on gettingDexterity to 30first, followed by30 in Wisdom or Strength.
Assign points to reach specific breakpoints,30 points in a particular stat gives extra bonuses, any additional points allocated cost more.
For your equipment, don’t worry too much about which stats you have on your gear. After crafting a full set of Uncommon green gear, upgrade it to max, and transfer those into Rare blue gear and then upgrade these to max.
Once you start obtaining Epic purple gear, you’ll need tosolidify exactly what role and weapon comboyou want to play, as it becomesvery costly to change. This can also drastically change depending on if you want to PvE or PvP.
Best Staff Skills To Level First
You’ll want to assess which of your skills to upgrade based on your secondary weapon choice. Generally, the following skills are going to be most important for whichever secondary weapon you choose. Choose these skills and focus on upgrading them first up to epic quality.
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Passive
Here’s a couple of options for you to choose as your second weapon. We’ve selected the 2 most promising weapons that pair well with the staff.
Staff And Wand Options
The wand is primarily focused onspreading curses to targets, which damages and increases the damage dealt to them. Additionally, you may haveaccess to healsif you need to provide survivability for you or your party. Focus on upgrading these Wand skills up to the first level of epic quality.
Staff And Longbow Options
The longbow adds more opportunities forsingle-target damageby adding the filler combo ofStrafing into Zephyr’s Nockfor quick damage.Additionally, theDecisive Snipingadds anothervery high damage ability. You can also pick up healing abilities such asHealing TouchorNature’s Blessingif you find you need the support. Focus on upgrading these Longbow skills up to the first level of epic quality.
