Throne and Liberty AE: Mastering Skills, Rotations, and Gear

In this guide, we're breaking down a powerful AE (Area of Effect) build that's focused on maximizing your damage output, sustainability, and efficiency in Throne and Liberty. After testing a variety of skill, passive, and gear combinations, this updated build offers a steady rotation of high damage while keeping you tanky and able to handle large groups of monsters. Let's dive into the key components that make this build so effective, including skill priorities, passives, gear setup, and rotation strategy. Before we get into the details of the build, it's worth mentioning that if you're looking to enhance your Throne and Liberty experience, MMOexp is a fantastic resource. Whether you're in need of Throne and Liberty Lucent for powerful upgrades or simply want to streamline your gear progression, MMOexp offers reliable, efficient services to help you progress faster.

Key Skills and Abilities

1. Survival Technique (Mandatory)

· Always use Survival Technique to keep your stamina up and sustain your combat efficiency. It's crucial for making sure you're not running low on stamina during long fights.

2. Piercing Strike (Filler Ability)

· Use Piercing Strike as your spam ability. It's excellent for dealing quick damage and filling in between other abilities. The key is to spam this whenever you're waiting for cooldowns.

3. Provoking Roar + Wheel Breaker (Core Combo)

· Provoking Roar and Wheel Breaker go hand in hand in this build. They have similar cooldowns, making it ideal to use them together. Provoking Roar debuffs your target, while Wheel Breaker allows you to spin and deal area damage. This combination will maximize your damage potential, so always aim to use these two together for the most efficient output.

5. Ice Tornado

· Ice Tornado is essential for both offense and defense. It applies defensive chill to enemies, making them more vulnerable to follow-up attacks. After casting Provoking Roar or Wheel Breaker, always follow up with Ice Tornado for increased crowd control and burst damage.

6. Frost Cleaving 

· After using Ice Tornado, you’ll want to follow up with Frost Cleaving. This ability is essential because it triggers a large AoE explosion when you hit targets bound by Chill (after hitting them 10 times). Make sure you're using it after the AoE spin for that extra burst of damage.

7. Counter Barrier (Defensive/Offensive)

· Use Counter Barrier when you're low on stamina to avoid burning through it. It also provides a damage mitigation boost and lets you keep your momentum going without running out of stamina. If you want to start your combo, use Defy and Counter Barrier simultaneously for a solid damage boost and anti-CC resistance.

8. Slash (Filler/Positioning)

· Slash is mainly used as a filler ability or for repositioning mobs. Combine it with your mobility abilities like Strategic Rush or Controlling Rake to keep enemies in place or reposition them for better AOE effectiveness.

9. Sharlot Patience (Stun/CC Resistance)

· Sharlot Patience helps you resist crowd control effects and build up anti-CC stacks as you block incoming damage. This makes you harder to interrupt and more survivable in the heat of battle.

Passive Skills and Buffs

1. Health and Mana Regeneration

· Prioritize passives that boost your HP and mana regeneration when hitting enemies or blocking attacks. This helps with sustainability during longer fights and keeps you healthy as you clear mobs.

2. Skill Damage Boost on HP

· You want to make sure you're taking advantage of passives that increase your skill damage based on your HP. This synergizes with the tanky nature of the build and maximizes your output.

3. Health and Mana Regeneration on Block 

· Boosting your regen while blocking is crucial since you'll be using Sharlot Patience to block frequently. This will help you stay topped off during battles.

4. Spectrum of Agony (Bread and Butter of the Build)

· Always use Spectrum of Agony alongside Provoking Roar for massive damage. This passive ensures that every debuff you apply to an enemy will enhance your overall damage output, making your combos even more potent.

5. Skill Damage Boost for Multiple Targets

· This is a fantastic passive to increase your damage when dealing with groups of enemies. Prioritize it for AoE situations to maximize your burst potential.

Specializations and Gear

1. Specialization Choices

1. Counter Barrier: Focus on increasing the damage boost from this ability, which is crucial for offensive playstyles.

2. Provoking Roar: Choose cooldown reduction and additional damage to make this skill even more effective and fast.

3. Slash: Add range and slash upgrades for better positioning and AoE coverage.

2. Weapon Choice 

· After testing different weapons, the Duke Magna Provoking Warblade stands out as the best option for this build. It offers increased attack speed, which synergizes well with your AoE abilities, and the 2.75-meter range allows you to hit enemies from a greater distance. This is especially helpful when farming large groups of mobs, as you can strike from further away without losing damage output.

3. Gear Setup

1. Attack Speed Rings: These are essential to increase your overall attack speed and combo efficiency.

2. General Chest and Boots: For budget gear, General Chest is a great option for its balance between durability and utility. The boots should complement the chest with additional attack speed.

3. Gloves with Attack Speed Slots: Slotting attack speed into your gloves will help increase your overall DPS, especially during long rotations.

4. Set Bonuses 

· Aim for a two-piece General Set to enhance your overall build. If you're on a budget, just focus on getting the General Chest and Boots for the time being. These set pieces offer a good mix of survivability and damage increase.

Combat Rotation

When engaging enemies, always follow this priority to maximize your efficiency:

1. Pull the mobs: Try not to pull more than six mobs at a time to avoid overwhelming respawn mechanics. This ensures you can clear the area consistently without over-killing mobs.

2. Block and Build Sharlot Patience: Start by blocking to build Sharlot Patience stacks. This gives you anti-CC resistance and helps you survive longer.

3. Buff Up: After building some stacks, apply your buffs. Defy and Counter Barrier should go up before you begin attacking.

4. Provoking Roar + Wheel Breaker: Use Provoking Roar first, followed by Wheel Breaker to debuff and deal damage in one go. This is your core combo, so use it right away.

5. Ice Tornado: After your debuff combo, use Ice Tornado to increase crowd control and get more hits in.

6. Frost Cleaving: Once the tornado is finished, use Frost Cleaving to trigger a massive AoE explosion that will wipe out remaining enemies.

7. Slash and Reposition: Use Slash for repositioning enemies and extending your combos. Strategic Rush or Controlling Rake can help control the positioning and flow of combat.

8. Repeat: Continue using your basic abilities, always prioritizing Provoking Roar and Wheel Breaker into your AoE abilities, while maintaining defensive cooldowns to ensure survivability.

Conclusion

This AE build is designed to manage cooldowns effectively while maximizing your AoE potential and tankiness. With the right gear, passive skills, and rotations, you can clear monsters quickly while staying safe and sustainable. Keep practicing the timing of your combo rotations, especially Enraging Roar and Rotating Destruction, and soon you’ll be able to dominate any battlefield in Throne and Liberty with ease. Finally, MMOexp has you covered with their TL Lucent for sale. Whether you're aiming to upgrade your gear or enhance your character's power, their selection of Lucent can give you that extra boost to stay ahead of the competition. Happy hunting, and may your enemies fall before your might!