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Honest, up-to-date guides for all 45 Throne and Liberty weapon combinations — every class, every role, including the Spear, Orb and Gauntlet pairings. Each has a stat priority, a clear playstyle, and the honest trade-off. No login, no paywall.

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DPS · Most popular
Greatsword + Longbow
The versatile "Ranger" — meta for PvE and PvP, and the easiest, most-recommended build to start the game with.
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Tank · Best & easiest
Crusader
Sword & Shield + Greatsword — unmatched defense, party buffs, and it deals real damage. Always in demand.
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Healer · Strongest
Oracle
Wand + Orb — the top healer, with heals and massive shields that can solo-sustain a whole group. Instant groups.
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Mage DPS · Burst
Spellblade
Staff + Dagger — a "mage assassin" with elemental burst supercharged by dagger crit. Deletes targets in PvE and PvP.
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Melee DPS · Top PvP
Ravager
Greatsword + Dagger — a bruiser-assassin that frontlines with durability and dives for the kill. A PvP staple.
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Ranged DPS · Sniper
Infiltrator
Longbow + Dagger — a sniper-assassin that pokes from safety and dives for the execute with dagger-fueled crits.
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Ranged DPS · Fast burst
Crucifix
Crossbow + Orb — a fast, high-APM burst build that deletes targets in seconds. Tops the damage charts when played clean.
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Tank · Support & sustain
Templar
Sword & Shield + Wand — the "Paladin." The best all-round tank: an unkillable frontliner that also off-heals the party.
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Ranged DPS · Long-range nuke
Liberator
Staff + Longbow — the ultimate sniper mage. Elemental + physical burst that deletes targets from the longest range in the game.
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Assassin · Single-target
Scorpion
Crossbow + Dagger — the assassin. Off-hand proc burst that pokes from range then dives to execute the priority target.
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Tank · 🆕 New weapon
Gauntlet Tank
Sword & Shield + Gauntlet — the best home for T&L's new Gauntlet weapon (Update 4.0.0). A durable bruiser-tank; early meta, honestly flagged.
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Mobile diver · Melee burst
Gauntlets + Dagger
Gauntlets + Dagger. Dagger solves the Gauntlets' biggest problem — getting onto the target in the first place.
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Frontline bruiser · AoE + CC
Gauntlets + Greatsword
Gauntlets + Greatsword. Greatsword makes them stand still; the Gauntlets make them regret it.
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Frontline healer · Self-sustain
Gauntlets + Wand
Gauntlets + Wand and Tome. A support that heals from inside the fight, because the Gauntlets let it survive there.
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Bruiser tank · Barriers + zoning
Gauntlets + Orb
Gauntlets + Orb. Orb spheres control the ground; the Gauntlets make sure you're the one standing on it.
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Melee-magic hybrid · Mixed damage
Gauntlets + Staff
Gauntlets + Staff. Two damage types in one build — flexible, and the hardest Gauntlets pairing to gear.
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Poke into brawl · Mobile DPS
Gauntlets + Crossbow
Gauntlets + Crossbow. Chip them down from range, then close and finish inside Eclipse of Blood.
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Flexible range · Burst opener
Gauntlets + Longbow
Gauntlets + Longbow. The biggest opening hit of any Gauntlets pairing — and the weakest way to follow it up.
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CC into damage · Ignite stacking
Gauntlets + Spear
Gauntlets + Spear. Spear reach sets the target up and stacks Ignite; the Gauntlets cash it in.
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Melee DPS · Ignite + CC
Gladiator
Spear + Greatsword. Lock them down with the Greatsword, burn them down with Ignite. One of the game's best melee builds.
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Tank · Reach + aggro
Steelheart
Spear + Sword and Shield. A tank that threatens back — shield survivability with the Spear's reach and Ignite pressure.
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Hybrid DPS · Elemental + Ignite
Eradicator
Spear + Staff. Elemental damage at range, Ignite pressure up close — flexible, with a stat split to manage.
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Ranged into melee · Burst opener
Impaler
Spear + Longbow. Snipe them, slow them, close on them, and let Ignite finish the job.
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Skirmisher · High mobility
Cavalier
Spear + Crossbow. The most mobile pairing in the game — you decide when every fight starts and ends.
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Melee assassin · Crit stacking
Shadowdancer
Spear + Dagger. Dagger crit passives are the fastest way in the game to detonate Ignite.
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Bruiser support · Curses + sustain
Voidlance
Spear + Wand and Tome. Curses and self-healing attached to a melee weapon with reach — durable, and slow to kill anything.
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Zoning bruiser · Area control
Polaris
Spear + Orb. Spheres decide where the fight happens; the Spear punishes whoever walks in.
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Melee DPS · Zoning + burst
Justicar
Greatsword + Orb. Greatsword crowd control with Orb barriers behind it — one of the best PvP melee builds in the game.
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Ranged DPS · Elemental + zoning
Enigma
Staff + Orb. Two magic weapons on one stat — the cleanest ranged build in the game to gear.
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Melee assassin · Crit burst
Lunarch
Dagger + Orb. An assassin with a safety net — dive from stealth, leave behind a barrier.
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Ranged DPS · Sniper + zoning
Scryer
Longbow + Orb. A sniper that makes the walk toward it expensive.
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Tank · Barriers + aggro
Guardian
Sword and Shield + Orb. The most protective tank in the game — and it protects the group, not just itself.
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Bruiser · Crit + survivability
Berserker
Sword and Shield + Dagger. Tank durability with assassin damage — routinely called the best melee combination in the game.
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Healer DPS · Curses + elements
Invocator
Staff + Wand and Tome. Heal, curse and nuke — all powered by one stat, which is why it never feels compromised.
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Bruiser healer · Self-sustain
Paladin
Greatsword + Wand and Tome. Heavy melee damage that heals itself — one of the strongest solo builds in the game.
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Healer DPS · Ranged support
Seeker
Longbow + Wand and Tome. A support that snipes — safe range, real heals, and real damage when nobody needs them.
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Ranged DPS · Elemental + bolts
Battleweaver
Staff + Crossbow. A caster with an escape — the Crossbow gives the Staff the mobility it never had.
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Curse assassin · Debuff pressure
Darkblighter
Dagger + Wand and Tome. Curse them from the dark, then finish what the debuffs started.
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Battle mage · Tanky caster
Disciple
Sword and Shield + Staff. A caster that survives being reached — which is the one thing casters normally can't do.
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Ranged support · Curses + bolts
Fury
Crossbow + Wand and Tome. The only support build with a real escape — Nimble Leap solves what kills healers.
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Skirmisher · Poke into burst
Outrider
Greatsword + Crossbow. Poke them down, close with Nimble Leap, and finish with a stun into Guillotine Blade.
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Tanky DPS · Ranged + control
Raider
Sword and Shield + Crossbow. A ranged build that punishes anyone who dives it — which is how ranged builds normally lose.
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Pure ranged · Burst + sustain
Scout
Longbow + Crossbow. Two ranged weapons on the same stat — maximum damage from maximum distance.
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Battle mage · Melee + elements
Sentinel
Greatsword + Staff. Spells on the approach, greatsword on arrival — flexible, with the widest stat split on the site.
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Durable sniper · Anti-dive
Warden
Sword and Shield + Longbow. A sniper wearing a shield — slow to kill, and very hard to remove from a position.
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⚙️ New to Throne & Liberty?Start with the Ranger — the most popular and most beginner-friendly build — then branch out from there.
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Every weapon combination in the game is covered, including the Gauntlet pairings added with The Frozen Divide: Nix. We keep every guide honest and update them as the meta moves. Not affiliated with NCSOFT / Amazon Games; some links are affiliate links.