Wand Bow Leveling Build Guide

Introduction

Welcome to our Wand Bow 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. Wand Bow is the best throughput healer combination in Throne and Liberty. However, it is no slouch in the damage section either – this includes during leveling. This weapon combination forms the “Seeker” Class.

Skill Prioritization

Below is our go-to for Skill Prioritization with Wand Bow during leveling:

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

Touch of Despair
Corrupted Magic Circle
Zephyr’s Nock
Curse Explosion
Strafing
Swift Healing
Decisive Sniping

You can use any filler Skill you wish, however, begin to fit & replace higher level Skills as you continue. For example, Time for Punishment at level 18 and Blessed Barrier at level 30. The same applies to Passives.

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 get your main damage combination online. In this case, Touch of Despair, Corrupted Magic Circle, Time for Punishment and Curse Explosion are the ideal Skills to upgrade first with Specializations.

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 Wand Bow leveling build guide, we recommend the following stat allocation:

Dexterity – 18 Points
Wisdom – 23 Points
Perception – 5 Points

This spread helps you to deal as much damage as possible while maintaining Mana. The high Wisdom helps with Cooldown Speed and a higher total Mana pool. Having a higher Maximum Mana means you can cast healing Skills on yourself without worries of going OOM (Out Of Mana).

Weapon Mastery

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

These are some of the more offensive masteries of both weapons that’ll assist you in pushing through content.

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 Divine Wand early on, you can use it later in the Lithograph Book for a free Scepter 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 – Birchwood Longbow
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 – Longbow of the Resistance
Chapter 6 – Visor of the Resistance or Mask of the Resistance
Chapter 7 – Handguards of the Resistance
Chapter 8 – Trousers of the Resistance
Chapter 9 – Glade Stalker Boots OR Sabatons of the Resistance
Chapter 10 – Heroic Armor of the Resistance OR Heroic Garb of the Resistance

How to Play The Wand Bow Leveling Build

During the very early levels playing Wand and Bow, your damage output is surprisingly good, despite being a “healer”. This is because the Longbow has a fantastic set of starting Skills that’re aimed towards high damage. However, making combos with your curses and Curse Explosion makes for a great deal of damage too. Once you’re level 15 and have Skill Specializations, you’re well on your way to unlocking more Skill Damage Boost buffs for yourself. For leveling, the main aim is understanding the basics of curse stacking and when to use your Longbow Skills.

Skill Rotations

Your bread and butter rotation for curses is straightforward but requires you to pay attention to your curse stacks. We recommend getting used to the following string for curses:

Touch of Despair x1
Touch of Despair x2
Corrupted Magic Circle
Curse Explosion

This rotation is very simple and can affect multiple targets. However, it isn’t until later on during leveling that you gain access to more AoE potential. The most important aspect of curse stacking is to ensure you keep your Touch of Despair stacks refreshed before popping it with Curse Explosion. You can use the Bow Skills such as Strafing and Zephyr’s Nock to finish off low targets. Later on, you can add the following into your rotation:

Touch of Despair x1
Touch of Despair x2
Time for Punishment
Touch of Despair x3
Corrupted Magic Circle
Karmic Haze
Curse Explosion

Karmic Haze allows you to spread the curses you’ve stacked on a target across multiple instead. As a result, you can begin to AoE mobs down mid-leveling. Time for Punishment helps to shred Skill Damage Resistance until you change it with Skill Specializations. The combination of all of the above leads to large spread AoE damage controlled entirely by your timing. As always with healing Skills, use them whenever you feel like you’re in danger. Finally, once you have Blessed Barrier and Time for Punishment upgraded fully with Specializations – always cast them BEFORE your rotation. This is due to them becoming a damage increase buff for you.

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.
Remember to use Healing Skills to keep your Health in check.