Spear Dagger Leveling Build Guide

Introduction

Welcome to our Spear Dagger Leveling build guide. In this guide, we’ll go over the process of leveling with this weapon combination and the best way to utilize it. This includes quest rewards. Spear Dagger is an AoE powerhouse in PVP and PVE, with some semi-decent single-target too. As a result, this combination is very much in the meta of Throne and Liberty. The weapon combination forms the “Shadowdancer” Class.

Skill Prioritization

Below is our go-to for Skill Prioritization with Spear Dagger during leveling:

A large amount of your core Skills begin the journey with you at Level 1. This includes:

Culling Arce
Gale Rush
Javelin Surge
Abyssal Cleave
Cleaving Moonlight
Shadow Strike
Inject Venom

You can use any filler Skill you wish, however, begin to fit & replace higher level Skills as you continue. Passives for this build line-up pretty well and often do not need to be replaced.

Skill Specialization Priority

At Level 15, you’ll unlock Skill Specialization. This system awards you with 10 starting points to allocate and empower your existing Skills. You’ll earn 2 additional points per level up until level 31, where you then start to earn 3 additional points per level. We recommend the following set-up:

The most important ordering priority in the Skill Specializations is to Boost up Vicious Fury and Javelin Surge as soon as you unlock the points for it. These two Skills allow for quick single-target bursts (or cleave-AoE with Specializations). Finally, power up some other smaller cooldown skills such as Cleaving Moonlight and Cyclonic Fury.

Skill Upgrade Priority

Every Skill in Throne and Liberty starts at “Uncommon Level 1“. By using Active and Passive Skill Growth Books obtained from the MSQ and Side Quests or crafting them with Marind Ores of different rarities – you can level up each Skill until Epic Level 5. Below is our recommended upgrading priority for your Skills while leveling:

Once you have upgraded these Skills to Rare and then Epic, upgrade the rest as you see fit.

Stat Allocation

While leveling 1-50 with the Spear Dagger leveling build guide, we recommend the following stat allocation:

Strength – 18 Points
Dexterity – 10 Points
Perception – 17 Points
Wisdom – 3 Point
Fortitude – 1 Point

Spear Dagger benefits from most of the stats above, providing damage, more survivability and Hit Chance.

Weapon Mastery

Weapon Mastery in Throne and Liberty takes some time to grind up to the maximum level. For the sake of the Spear Dagger leveling build guide, we’ve set our goal as Level 7 Mastery. For leveling, follow the Mastery lines below:

These are generally the best masteries to push for while leveling to help you get started.

Gearing and MSQ Rewards

Early on in leveling, crafted Uncommon gear is something you’ll only have to worry about upgrading, rather than looking for specific pieces. Around Chapter 4 of the MSQ, you’ll have enough materials and Lithographs to craft a full Uncommon set of gear. We recommend crafting gear with Melee Evasion or Mana Regen if you’re struggling. Melee Evasion gear (especially the Accessories) can be quite powerful early on in PVP too – so consider crafting them for this reason too!

If you craft the Combat Halberd early on, you can use it later in the Lithograph Book for a free Halberd of the Resistance!

MSQ Reward Selection

While the large majority of gear you’ll receive from the MSQ is Rare, we do not recommend moving straight over to them until you’re at least Level 50. Ultimately, this gear will be replaced with BIS Epic Tier 1 gear, but for now – we recommend the following rewards:

Chapter 1 – Utility Daggers
Chapter 2 – Quality Marind Ore (only real option)
Chapter 3 – Rare Marind Ore
Chapter 4 – Any of the rings (this is the least important)
Chapter 5 – Staff of the Resistance
Chapter 6 – Visor of the Resistance or Mask of the Resistance
Chapter 7 – Handguards of the Resistance or Glade Stalker Gloves
Chapter 8 – Trousers of the Resistance
Chapter 9 – Glade Stalker Boots OR Sabatons of the Resistance
Chapter 10 – Heroic Armor of the Resistance

How to Play The Spear Dagger Leveling Build

The Spear Dagger build is a high-action melee DPS class that excels in blowing up multiple targets while having decent single-target. Utilizing Lightning-based Skills is the goal of the build later on. The build has a great amount of mobility and decent crowd control Skills. As a result, this particular build can level 1-50 pretty fast.

Skill Rotation

A very simple rotation to get you started is the following:

Inject Venom (Lightning Infusion)
Vicious Fury (Explosive Fury) x5 times
Javelin Surge (Javelin Inferno) x5 times
Brutal Incision (Thunderclouds Bombing)

This easy to use rotation is the bread and butter of what you’ll use later in the game. The idea is to buff yourself first with Inject Venom (or Lightning Infusion when activated) and use Vicious Fury (Explosive Fury) to stack up your “ammunition” count for Javelins. Essentially, each hit of Explosive Fury gives you a Javelin to throw. As a result, landing all 5 Explosive Fury’s allows you to throw 5 Javelin Inferno – dealing massive AoE damage. You can clean up a mob with Brutal Incision.

Learning this basic combo sets you up later to do things such as:

Inject Venom (Lightning Infusion)
Vicious Fury (Explosive Fury) x5 times
Unyielding Sentinel
Umbral Spirit (Lightning Spirit)
Fatal Stigma
Javelin Surge (Javelin Inferno) x5
Shadow Strike
Culling Arc (Flaming Arc)
Cleaving Moonlight
Brutal Incision (Thunderclouds Bombing)
Rising Slash

Leveling Tips

Finally, a few additional leveling tips to keep in mind on your 1-50 journey:

Check out our general Leveling guide for more information
Focus on the MSQ as much as you can, however, make sure to do a couple of Side Quests in each area to avoid any leveling walls.
Do not skip on crafting Uncommon gear, it’ll be important to put into your Rare gear or the Lithograph book.
During the Resistance Contracts quest from the MSQ, try to pick out any Accessory or Weapon Lithograph rewards. These can help you massively in getting good early game gear.
Keep an eye on your Mana while learning this weapon combination – it is VERY mana hungry.