Throne and Liberty Spear Skills and Rotation guide

Spears are the newest addition to the world of Throne and Liberty. This hybridization of a melee and a ranged weapon, Spear is the latest tool to be added in all versions of the game simultaneously, which is a novel feature.

Since its introduction, Spears have become a staple in the current meta, surpassing many previous builds that had established themselves since the game's global launch. Throne and Liberty's class system is based on the weapon choices of a player and, as such, is quite fluid compared to most other MMORPGs in the market.

With its inclusion, Spear has effectively skyrocketed all existing builds with its innate damage potential and the application of a new Weaken effect. This guide will delve into all the skills and their specializations, ideal rotations, and more.

Weapon Skills and Skill Specializations of Throne and Liberty Spears

Spear can stun groups of enemies rather easily (Image via NCSoft || Reddit u/Scudieri)

Spears are no different than other weapons in Throne and Liberty. The weapon comes loaded with ten standard skills, two Omnipotence skills, one defensive skill, and seven passives.

These skills also have their own set of Specializations, which can have 100 points in total by the time players reach level 50. Furthermore, Spears also have a set of 27 Mastery Points to invest in.

Let us dive a little deeper into the details of these skills, specializations, and masteries. For full clarification, the stats of these skills will be counted as if they're on their maximum level and rarity, which is level 5 and Epic.

The Mastery Passives for Spear (Image via NCSoft || YouTube/@Aragon-)

Weapon mastery

Weapon Masteries in Throne and Liberty are additional customization features for each weapon that can be gained as players naturally gain experience over their playtime. There are 12 minor passive nodes and 10 major ones, each giving specific bonuses upon specialization. Players can have 20 such passives for each weapon.

Here are the major specialization points for Spears. Note that these aren't in any order.

Steel Stance: 8 Damage Reduction
Piercing Spear: 8% Increased Shield Block Penetration Chance
Unyielding Determination: 105 Increased Magic, Melee, and Ranged Endurance
Steady Charge: 6.5% Increased Movement Speed
Skillful Path: 50 Increased CC Chance
Fiery Flames: 10% Increased Ignite Damage
Will of Annihilation: 50 Increased Skill Damage
Thorough Preparations: 3% Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed
Unshakable Mind: 80 Increased Skill Damage Resistance
Ultimate Power: 6.5% Increased Attack Speed

Weapon skills

As mentioned before, Spear has 10 standard skills and 2 Omnipotence skills, the latter of which can be considered ultimates, thanks to their longer cooldown and strong effects.

These skills are as follows:

Culling Arc

Stabs with a spear and attacks 2 times. Each attack deals damage and applies the Burst weaken effect. At 5 stacks of Burst, the skill increases damage against targets..

A standard skill setup of Spear and Dagger (Image via NCSoft || YouTube/@Aragon-)

Gale Rush

Dashes toward the designated target, dealing damage and applying the Weaken: Burst effect. If the target is in Bound, Collision, Fear, Sleep, or Stun status or in the player's Weaken status, the player can use this skill up to 2 additional times within 3s.

Using Gale Rush on a party member will make the player dash to them, swing the spear, and deal damage to enemies within range with a chance to Stun them for 0.5s.

Javelin Surge

Throws a spear and deals damage to hit targets. Damage increases by 15% for every 1m between you and the target.

Distance increases by up to 4.5 times the attack range proportional to charging time. Has a 90% chance to apply a Brand for 5s. Skill Damage Boost increases by 82 when attacking a Branded target.

Abyssal Cleave

Strikes down with a spear in the target direction, dealing 150% of Base Damage to enemies within 2m range. 80% chance to Stun targets for 2.9s. Targets immune to Stun are Shocked for 7.5s.

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Vicious Fury

Stabs the designated target 3 times consecutively, dealing damage per strike to all targets within a 1.5m range. Damage increases by 40% against monsters. At 5 Burst stacks, this skill can be reused up to 2 additional times within 1s.

Bloodleech Aura

Creates an area the size of the Basic Attack Range that follows you for 5s and deals damage every second. Recovers Health equal to 20% of damage dealt.

Unyielding Sentinel

All CC Resistances increase by 410 for 6s. After 3s, increase Magic, Melee, and Ranged Heavy Attack Chance by 130, per target within an 8m radius for 3s. (Up to 5 targets).

Spear is extremely potent in PvE content (Image via NCSoft || YouTube/@Aragon-)

Rising Slash

Dashes toward the designated target and attacks 3 times. This skill's damage increases by 80% against monsters.

Can be used 1 additional time within 6s. Upon using an additional time, the last hit explodes, dealing 22% more damage per Burst or Ignite on the target.

Tempest Strike

Swings the spear while stationary to deal damage to enemies within a 5m radius and apply Weaken: Burst. Has an 80% chance to apply Push. The Pushed target is Stunned for 1s. If the Pushed target collides with a wall, they are Stunned for 2.8s.

If Tempest Strike hits a target affected by Bind, Fear, Sleep, Stun or has a Brand applied by the user, has an 80% chance to apply Collision: Push for 2.8s.

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Cyclonic Fury

Quickly swings a spear while stationary to attack 5 times, dealing damage to the target and enemies within 4m. Each attack applies the Weaken: Burst effect on enemies. This skill's damage increases by 80% against monsters.

Cataclysm

(Omnipotence)

Cataclysm deals massive damage to the target and has an 80% chance to apply the Weaken: Defense Skill Unavailable effect for 6s. This skill only deals damage to monsters.

Additionally, Cataclysm has an 80% chance to Stun a target using Static Defense for 3s. This attack is counted as a Wrath Attack in-game.

Death From Above

(Omnipotence)

The player flies towards the target and then descends to deal damage to enemies within a 5m radius, with a 75% chance to apply Fear for 4s. The skill also decreases the Movement Speed of enemies by 60% for 4s.

The skill cannot be targeted while in the air, nor can it be canceled using a Defense Skill while in the air. This attack is also counted as a Wrath Attack.

Throne and Liberty Spear passives

Similar to other weapons, the Spear in Throne and Liberty comes equipped with a set of passives that boost all of the skills and slightly increase the overall durability of the class. Spear, in particular, has passives focusing on improving critical strikes and increasing the player's attack speed.

These passives are as follows:

Nimble Steps: Using a skill that utilizes your location increases Collision and Bind CC Resistances by 120 for 3s. Stacks up to 3 times.
Imposing Form: 10% chance to increase Skill Damage Boost by 130 for 3s upon inflicting damage using a Spear, Greatsword, Staff, or Longbow skill.
Fatal Precision: Increases Attack Speed by 2.9% for 3s each time you apply Weaken. Stacks up to 5 times.
Mortal Wrath: Landing a Critical Hit on a target with 30% Health or less deals additional damage equal to 85% of Base Damage + 36. The skill can be activated up to 3 times per skill.
Retaliatory Strike: Dealing damage 3 times with an active skill increases the Critical Hit Chance of the next Active Skill used within 6s by 820. Stacks only 1 time per skill. (Ineligible skills Mother Nature's Protest, Umbral Spirit, Thunder Spirit, Ray of Disaster.)
Death Knell: If a victim of the user's Weaken dies within 10s, has a 30% chance to increase Attack Speed by 34% for 6s. The percent chance to increase Attack Speed is reduced by 15% against monsters.
Malice Surge: On taking Skill Damage, has a 5% chance to increase Magic, Melee, and Ranged Heavy Attack Chance by 212 for 6s.

Ideal rotations for the Spear in Throne and Liberty

You can unleash hell on multiple targets with your long reach (Image via NCSoft | YouTube/@Aragon-)

With such a straightforward set of skills that pretty much hinge on camping the Spear as much as possible, the ideal rotation of the weapon varies only depending on the number of enemies being fought.

While players might think it is imperative to switch it up when facing an overland boss or clearing the large group the tank pulled in a dungeon, often, it is the simplest options that get the job done the fastest.

Here is one of our suggestions for an ideal damage rotation against a single target and against multiple enemies. Note that your mileage may vary, considering dungeon bosses and enemies are always attacking, and special mechanics have to be completed, lest everyone wipes.

Single target rotation

Sentinel's Bastion - Gale Rush - Cyclonic Fury - Explosive Fury x5 - Javelin Inferno - Slaughtering Slash

You can fill the gap with other weapon skills as your Spear skills come off cooldown and repeat once they're up.

Multi-target rotation

Explosive Fury x5 - Sentinel's Bastion - Javelin Inferno - Rising Slash

Frankly speaking, most enemies should not survive beyond the Javelin Inferno burst. If anything is still alive, use Flaming Arc to build up your ember stacks again and follow up with Phoenix Barrage to drain those stacks for massive damage.

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Note that your ideal rotation will largely depend on the second weapon type, making your kit even stronger in almost every case. However, the Spear is strong enough to see you through most encounters.

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Edited by Ripunjay Gaba