The Delas Noah staff is a high-performance weapon in Throne and Liberty, and for Invocator players focused on maximizing single-target PvE damage, it represents a turning point in how effectively you can manage your Hellfire Rain ability and overall skill output. After conducting extensive tests, crunching numbers through a complex damage calculator, and exploring other tier 2 staff options including Greyeye, Folky, and others, it’s clear the Delas Noah staff holds a strong lead when properly utilized in an optimized build. For players aiming to take full advantage of its potential, choosing to buy Throne and Liberty Lucent can significantly accelerate your gear progression and help you reach optimal performance faster. What makes this staff exceptional begins with its core function—altering Hellfire Rain’s behavior by transforming the meteor effect into reskinned ice shards and increasing the number of hits from 12 to 18, while eliminating the burning status application from the skill. It’s important to clarify this change doesn’t remove existing burning effects on targets, just the ones that Hellfire Rain would otherwise apply.
With a flat 15% boost to Hellfire Rain damage and an additional 10% increase to all ice skills, the net effect is a powerful 25% multiplicative damage bonus. During tests, individual Hellfire Rain hits climbed as high as 11,000 damage for the largest shards and 7,375 for smaller ones, indicating an accurate representation of the calculated boost in practice. This effect alone positions Delas Noah as a top contender for any build that features Hellfire Rain prominently, as it now contributes over 15% of total output when used with this staff, assuming optimized gear, cooldowns, and spec alignment. Compared with the Folky staff, which grants more attribute points, dexterity, a minor species damage bonus, and faster attack speed, Delas Noah still wins in sheer effectiveness for single-target boss fights. The 16% weapon range increase doesn't extend spell range but does improve usability, as more space can be maintained without affecting spell effectiveness.
Each staff brings something different, and the evaluation must include the overall impact on skills, cooldown management, attack speed, and more. Through a comprehensive build planner and a specialized spreadsheet calculator, every tier 2 staff was plugged in to assess damage contribution based on a full Invocator kit. Greyeye, though new and flashy, offers only a 5% multiplicative bonus to lightning skills. With Chain Lightning being the only real candidate in most Invocator builds, the net gain here is minimal. The staff also lacks base damage and essential attribute points, putting it behind both Folky and Delas Noah. Albon Soul Wind contributes an ability boost to Frost Smokescreen, but with its high 27-second cooldown, its total impact across a rotation cycle is under 2%. Reform Queen Balander Daon features the insect explosion mechanic, which in single-target use doesn’t significantly contribute to overall output. The explosions scale off burn applications via Hellfire Rain and Focused Firebombs, which are limited in use and cooldown, resulting in less than a 1% damage gain.
The Diggon staff was also tested, with multiplicative bonuses to fire damage and burning effect output. Despite those contributions and synergy with Cursed Explosion, its final position barely exceeds Greyeye and still lags far behind Folky and Delas Noah. Reform staff was the weakest of the group, with no noteworthy bonuses in a specialized build. Ultimately, based on all stats from the weapon, cooldown modifications, base attack speed, attribute point distribution, and skill synergy, the chart results showed Delas Noah outperforming the rest by over 9% compared to Greyeye and still holding a clear edge even over Folky in targeted scenarios.
Beyond weapon comparison, the build has undergone key improvements. The initial build didn’t include a finalized skill rotation, but after experimentation and experience in endgame trials such as Tier 5 Twisted Laboratory, the full optimized rotation has become clearer. The current gear preference centers around a two-piece Chosen set for damage-over-time synergy and two-piece Shadow Harvester, which will later evolve into two-piece Spectral. For min-maxers, Sacred Repose with Fractured World Spray and either Frozen Tears or the Pendant are top options to maximize DOT effects with a reliable burn application. Transcendent set was considered but ruled out for most situations due to the range requirement and general clunkiness in close-quarters trials where being near the boss is safer and more consistent.
As for skills, there is flexibility based on mana availability and team composition. Inner Peace is the default, offering mana efficiency, but Inferno Wave is a powerful alternative when burst is prioritized and support is adequate. Focused Firebombs remain a top priority skill due to high damage, fast cooldown, and strong burning application, followed by Hellfire Rain which, when used with Delas Noah, loses the burning status effect but becomes a primary nuke. This demands small rotation adjustments to restore burning stacks for Curse Explosion setups. The typical method becomes casting Firebombs followed by Inferno Wave to ensure 9 to 10 burning stacks before activating the Curse Explosion chain. That chain includes Touch of Despair, Decaying Touch, and Curse Explosion itself, which scales off the total damage-over-time potential of those status effects.
Secondary damage skills include Chain Lightning for low cooldown damage filler, Fireball Barrage, and Judgment Lightning. Judgment Lightning is preferable for consistent filler damage without needing extra specs, while Inferno Wave edges ahead in raw damage but requires specializations. The Delas Noah staff makes judgment trickier as Hellfire Rain no longer helps with burn stacking, so an Inferno Wave becomes necessary to hit that 10-stack requirement quickly. Weapon masteries also play a pivotal role. For staff mastery, dual casting and critical hit expertise are essential. Heat Fusion increases DOT effects and complements Curse Explosion. Wand remains unchanged, and although Bombardment and Spear were considered, they underperform due to long cooldowns and minimal net damage.
The skill priority in real-time combat is straightforward. Buffs like Enchanting Time, High Focus, and Valorous Barrier should be up before major cooldowns. Hellfire Rain is next if it’s off cooldown, followed by Focused Firebombs, then Touch of Despair and Decaying Touch into Curse Explosion. Skill rotations then fill in with Chain Lightning, Fireball Barrage, and whichever filler is chosen. If Inner Peace is used, it's fine to cast and cancel immediately to gain the mana efficiency without losing time. If Inferno Wave is slotted, its cast after Firebombs ensures the maximum burn stack setup needed to optimize Curse Explosion's massive damage scaling.
One of the challenges with using Delas Noah is the loss of innate burning on Hellfire Rain. While this is offset by its large boost in damage, the rotation must adapt to ensure the burn stack requirement for Curse Explosion is met another way. This can mean reworking skill specs to improve Inferno Wave’s burn contribution or even incorporating Fireball before it to reach 10 stacks quickly. Curse Explosion calculates its damage based on the burn potential and remaining duration of status effects, meaning those status effects need to be freshly cast right before Curse Explosion is used. Missing that window significantly lowers the output and undermines the build.
Throughout multiple Tier 5 trials and repeated boss fights, Invocator continues to perform at the top, and with Delas Noah equipped, the output and utility it offers far exceeds the rest of the staff options available. The added range, while small, assists in positioning and safety in mobile boss fights. The increased hit count and stronger visual clarity on attacks improves player feedback and allows for more informed gameplay decisions. Though PvP or multi-target situations may favor other staves like Queen Belandere due to explosion effects, for raw PvE bossing and endgame trial performance, Delas Noah stands at the top of the tier 2 staff pool for Invocator. The effectiveness is especially prominent when you consider skill-specific interactions, cooldown optimizations, and damage contribution charts that reflect real battle conditions rather than theoretical burst calculations.
In closing, this build stands as one of the most optimized single-target PvE Invocator setups currently available. With the Delas Noah staff at its core, an adaptive skill rotation, and focused gear that balances DOT amplification and cooldown management, the end result is a potent blend of consistent output and situational flexibility. Players looking to improve their performance in trials, boss fights, or any high-tier PvE content should consider switching to Delas Noah and adapting the rotation to fully take advantage of its benefits. To gear up faster and more efficiently, many players turn to cheap TL Lucent from trusted sources like MMOEXP, where you can find excellent deals to support your progression. Whether you’re refining your Curse Explosion chain, optimizing for perfect burn stacks, or swapping skills for better synergy, this build delivers reliable power and a strong foundation to push into even more advanced content.
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