Key takeaways
- Don't go solo in PvP to avoid being overwhelmed by groups.
- Use tournaments and duel events to practice teamwork for PvP success.
- Learn to predict opponent moves and eat three meals for PvP buffs.
Throne and Freedom There are some intense PvP mechanics for traditional MMORPG players who aren't used to certain features of Korean games. It's also common for single players to feel lost with all the spontaneous PvP events that pop up every hour or two. So, the following tips should help those looking to enjoy TL's intense battles without dying trying.

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Advanced combat strategies that trash the opponents' strategies, clearly stating what players should avoid doing. These PvP tips should increase your chances of winning more combat encounters and getting better rewards.
1 Don't go alone
Lone wolves die first
- It's a great way to die quickly and in a horrible way
- Makes players vulnerable to ambushes
In PvP Throne and Freedom Being a social activity, there is no way around it. No one fights fair, no one fights alone, and those who try to do so are often overwhelmed by groups of three or more players and “cycle shocked” until they die. These groups of experienced PvPers look for good opportunities to attract ambitious “single wannabes”, lure them away from their packs, and viciously attack them.

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Prevent it: Don't go alone. It is very simple, but very challenging for those who want to enjoy the game to learn how to play in teams. Some events, such as tournament zones, automatically make players part of a certain group (blue, green, or red) and activate an option called “automatic group matching”. Try pressing that option, or follow a team of players doing tournament events, don't try to do things alone. This would be the worst thing to do because it is like asking to be killed.
2 Use competitions and conflict events to practice teamwork
They are great for getting you used to group PvP
- Critical to a successful PvP session
- All PvP events in the game are social
As mentioned earlier, once players join a group, or in the best-case scenario, a large guild that often participates in PvP/PvE activities, they should learn a thing or two about cooperating in team tag battles. Tournaments and duel events are part of the game's charm, and they necessarily involve some PvP.
In the first case, these competitions (zones, events, dungeons, bosses) will pop up in the table window, and will alert potential participants of events taking place in certain areas of the map. Entering that area will immediately flag players as “PvP-enabled,” which means that once they enter, the only way out is to kill or be killed. These are great places to learn the basics of combat through a crash course and often encourage team cooperation to eliminate other teams trying to monopolize the rewards. The conflict zones are open dungeons and raid bosses, and it's the same: kill the boss and take it, or kill it and lose the chance to participate in the event.
3 Learn the difference between anger and rage attacks
This is essential for surviving PvP battles
- Negating damage and dodging unblockable skills is the key to success
- Can be learned in PvE in higher difficulty level activities
This game's PvP has a “hidden” mechanic that players can learn by focusing on PvE challenging fights, and that is Fury Attacks and Wrath Attacks. A quickly closing purple circle indicates an enemy, usually an NPC, is about to unleash a fury attack. These can be blocked by pressing the block skill, a special type of ability that comes with all weapons and allows players to dodge, block, or parry these attacks. In the case of rage attacks, these cannot be blocked or parried, and must be dodged by moving to the side or away from their area of effect.

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In PvP, there is an additional layer of difficulty. If players pay attention to their abilities they will notice that some of them are described as Fury Attacks or Wrath Attacks, meaning that if used against other players, they can potentially stop them, or not. It goes both ways, so if players want to get better at PvP, they must learn which skills of each type of weapon are lockable and which aren't, and use their abilities carefully to ensure others don't block them. . Another important thing: Blocking reduces damage, but Perfect Parry ignores damage and stuns opponents for a long time.
4 Learn how to predict
And you will be unstoppable
- Stuns opponents, making them useless skills
- Helps players live longer
Speaking of learning how to use abilities, the game doesn't teach players how to read an opponent's next move, so it's something each player has to learn on their own, and usually, by using the Combat Arenas in each city. Practicing predictions with a friendly player is the best way to get better, eventually becoming second nature.
Master each move, try different weapons, learn to block and parry by predicting the opponent's ability usage, and calculate cooldowns. All of these abilities will come in handy, and are part of a series of skills that every PvP player needs to integrate into their core gameplay if they want to prevail in the massive PvP battles that come with territorial disputes between guilds, for example. Another good place to practice is the challenging Taedal's Tower or Gate of Eternity. As players climb the tower, they will naturally unlock a sixth sense of how to dodge, parry and block.
5 Eat three meals
Everyone goes PvP-ing with a full stomach
- Buffing players potentially puts themselves at a level above others in terms of stats
- Provide helpful statistics such as high theft rates and critical probabilities
Something less than obvious in the game, the cooking system doesn't fully explain it, players can get three buffs with food. A buff is for attack or defense, and these are represented by crossed swords or armor icons. Another buff type is the utility, which is depicted as an atom icon. Finally, there is a miscellaneous type of buff, and these are represented by a pile of coins.
Players cannot have an armor (defense) and sword (attack) buff active at the same time, they must choose one. But players can have one Attack, one Utility, and one Miscellaneous active at the same time, or Defense/Utility/Miscellaneous. Every player going into PvP eats three meals and strengthens their abilities. The quality of these foods determines the duration, so eating three meals with the same qualities means that the buffs will last the same amount of time, which is also important. There are special recipes that boost PvP Hit Chance, PvP Evasion Rate, and PvP Critical Hit Chance. These are important because they represent a player's ability to overcome the endurance status of opposing players, and they also have the potential to land critical hits.

- issued
- October 1, 2024
- developer(s)
- NCSoft