The Build I use for Kontaes Uthrend, as Bard

[Kontaes]

Kontaes Bard
Bard 20
Neutral Good Bladeforged


Stats
. . . . . . . .36pt . . Tome . . Level Up
. . . . . . . .---- . . ---- . . --------
Strength. . . . .8. . . .+5. . . .4: DEX
Dexterity . . . 16. . . .+4. . . .8: DEX
Constitution. . 18. . . .+4. . . 12: DEX
Intelligence. . .8. . . .+4. . . 16: DEX
Wisdom. . . . . .6. . . .+4. . . 20: DEX
Charisma. . . . 16. . . .+4. . . 24: DEX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28: DEX

Skills
. . . . . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
Perform . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Concent . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Balance . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Tumble. . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
UMD . . . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Jump. . . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Spellcr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 . 9
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
. . . . .20. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7


Feats

.1. . . . : Single Weapon Fighting
.3. . . . : Completionist
.6. . . . : Dodge
.9. . . . : Improved Single Weapon Fighting
12. . . . : Mobility
15. . . . : Greater Single Weapon Fighting
18. . . . : Improved Critical: Slashing
21 Epic . : Inspire Excellence
24 Epic . : Great Ability: Dexterity
26 Destiny: Lasting Inspiration
27 Epic . : Great Ability: Dexterity
28 Destiny: Perfect Single Weapon Fighting
29 Destiny: Harbinger of Chaos
30 Epic . : Overwhelming Critical
30 Legend : Scion of: Arborea


Spells

1. Remove Fear, Expeditious Retreat, Charm Person, Sonic Blast, Grease
2. Blur, Rage, Invisibility, Glitterdust, Heroism
3. Haste, Displacement, Remove Curse, Cure Serious Wounds, Crushing Despair
4. Otto's Sphere of Dancing, Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door, Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5. Greater Heroism, Shadow Walk, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Greater Dispel Magic, Mind Fog
6. Heroes' Feast, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Greater Shout

Enhancements (80 AP)

Swashbuckler (52 AP)

• Confidence, Swashbuckling, Uncanny Dodge, Panache, Roll with the Punches, Evasive Maneuvers
  
  1. On Your Toes III, Tavern Shanties III
  2. Fast Movement, Double Strike Boost III
  3. Skirmisher, Resonant Arms III, Swift Strikes, Dexterity
  4. On the Mark III, Battering Barrage II, Dexterity
  5. Second Skin III, Exploit Weakness, Coup de Grace: Melee

Bladeforged (18 AP)

• Improved Fortification
  
  1. Healer's Friend III, Inscribed Armor I, Construct Toughness
  2. Communion of Scribing III
  3. (none)
  4. Communion of Handling, Weapon Attachment

Harper Agent (10 AP)

• Agent of Good I, Dexterity
  
  1. Harper Enchantment, Traveler's Toughness III
  2. Versatile Adept II

Destiny (24 AP)

Legendary Dreadnought

1. Extra Action Boost III, Constitution
2. Damage Boost II, Constitution
3. Critical Damage III, Constitution
4. Constitution
5. Advancing Blows, Devastating Critical, Constitution
6. Master's Blitz

Twists of Fate (10 fate points)

1. Fast Healing (Tier 1 Fury)
2. Energy Resistance (Tier 1 Sentinel)
3. Endless Faith (Tier 1 Exalted)
4. Acrobatic (Tier 1 Shadowdancer)

Let me know what you think, this build is a pure dex base, SWF crit build using sickles and bucklers with guardbreaking normal damage is about 300ish-500ish, crits are 1500-3500ish with a crit range of about 5-20 with a x8 crit ends with about 87 reflex(this build was made when level cap just hit 30 and i TR'ed him about a day later so do not have any of the new gear yet to refine this build)

[cru121]

Bard 20
Neutral Good Bladeforged

thanks for supporting the game!

[Kontaes]

thanks for supporting the game!

Lol yea, its a costly one but so worth it, easly solo every EE up to 28, Facinate DC is high 90s and i just walk through every quest, and those i dont get i daze them with guardbreak and just kill them, i tend to go through most EE without taking a single point of damage.

[Feralthyrtiaq]

No Weapon Finesse Feat, No Precision, No Full BAB...How do you even manage to hit anything?

[LawfulGood]

Lol yea, its a costly one but so worth it, easly solo every EE up to 28, Facinate DC is high 90s and i just walk through every quest, and those i dont get i daze them with guardbreak and just kill them, i tend to go through most EE without taking a single point of damage.

If you're gonna LR out of an iconic to get a pure bard a CHA-based PDK has a lot more synergy. You'll also save the cost of an alignment change.

[Kontaes]

If you're gonna LR out of an iconic to get a pure bard a CHA-based PDK has a lot more synergy. You'll also save the cost of an alignment change.

that is true, if i want to use shortsword, which i do not want to use, this build focuses souly on sickles and bucklers and dex.

And i noticed this was an old build of mine i looked it over and i do end up removing one of the epic dex and mobility to get precision and weapon finess in the end to make up for my to hit and all that.

[Kontaes]

Revised Bard
Bard 20
Chaotic Neutral Warforged


Stats
. . . . . . . .36pt . . Tome . . Level Up
. . . . . . . .---- . . ---- . . --------
Strength. . . . 12. . . .+5. . . .4: DEX
Dexterity . . . 18. . . .+4. . . .8: DEX
Constitution. . 18. . . .+4. . . 12: DEX
Intelligence. . 10. . . .+3. . . 16: DEX
Wisdom. . . . . .6. . . .+3. . . 20: DEX
Charisma. . . . 10. . . .+4. . . 24: DEX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28: DEX

Skills
. . . . . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
Perform . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Concent . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Balance . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Tumble. . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
UMD . . . 4. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Diplo . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 14
Heal. . . 2. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. ½. 11½
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
. . . . .24. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7


Feats

.1. . . . : Single Weapon Fighting
.3. . . . : Completionist
.6. . . . : Weapon Finesse
.9. . . . : Dodge
12. . . . : Improved Single Weapon Fighting
15. . . . : Precision
18. . . . : Greater Single Weapon Fighting
21 Epic . : Improved Critical: Slashing
24 Epic . : Overwhelming Critical
26 Destiny: Perfect Single Weapon Fighting
27 Epic . : Shield Mastery
28 Destiny: Lasting Inspiration
29 Destiny: Elusive Target
30 Epic . : Improved Shield Mastery
30 Legend : Scion of: Arborea


Spells

1. Grease, Expeditious Retreat, Feather Fall, Focusing Chant, Sonic Blast
2. Blur, Rage, Invisibility, Cure Moderate Wounds, Glitterdust
3. Cure Serious Wounds, Displacement, Good Hope, Haste, Remove Curse
4. Cure Critical Wounds, Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement, Neutralize Poison, Break Enchantment
5. Greater Heroism, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Shadow Walk, Mind Fog, Greater Dispel Magic
6. Heroes' Feast, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Greater Shout

Enhancements (80 AP)

Swashbuckler (48 AP)

• Confidence, Swashbuckling, Uncanny Dodge, Panache, Roll with the Punches, Evasive Maneuvers
  
  1. On Your Toes III, Tavern Shanties II
  2. Fast Movement, Double Strike Boost III
  3. Skirmisher, Resonant Arms III, Swift Strikes, Dexterity
  4. Wind at my Back III, Dexterity
  5. Thread the Needle, Second Skin III, Exploit Weakness

Spellsinger (21 AP)

• Spellsinger, Music of the Sewers, Music of the Dead, Music of the Makers
  
  1. Haunting Melody III, Studies: Musical III, Lingering Songs III, Charlatan III
  2. Wand and Scroll Mastery III
  3. Spell Song Trance

Warforged (8 AP)

• Improved Fortification
  
  1. Healer's Friend III, Inscribed Armor I

Harper Agent (3 AP)

• Agent of Good I
  
  1. Harper Enchantment

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Leveling Guide

1. WF0 Improved Fortification; WF1 Healer's Friend I; WF1 Inscribed Armor I
2. WF1 Healer's Friend II, III
3. Hrp0 Agent of Good I; Hrp1 Harper Enchantment; Swa0 Confidence
4. Swa1 Tavern Shanties I, II; Swa1 On Your Toes I, II
5. Swa1 On Your Toes III; Swa0 Swashbuckling; Swa2 Fast Movement
6. Swa2 Double Strike Boost I, II
7. Swa2 Double Strike Boost III; Swa3 Skirmisher; Swa0 Uncanny Dodge
8. Swa3 Dexterity; Swa3 Swift Strikes
9. Swa4 Dexterity; Swa3 Resonant Arms I
10. Swa3 Resonant Arms II, III
11. Swa4 Wind at my Back I, II
12. Swa4 Wind at my Back III; Swa0 Panache
13. Swa5 Exploit Weakness; Swa5 Second Skin I
14. Swa5 Second Skin II, III; Spl0 Spellsinger
15. Swa5 Thread the Needle; Spl1 Lingering Songs I, II
16. Spl1 Lingering Songs III; Spl1 Studies: Musical I; Spl0 Music of the Sewers; Spl2 Wand and Scroll Mastery I
17. Spl2 Wand and Scroll Mastery II, III; Spl1 Studies: Musical II; Spl0 Music of the Dead
18. Spl1 Studies: Musical III; Swa0 Roll with the Punches; Spl3 Spell Song Trance
19. Spl1 Haunting Melody I, II, III; Spl1 Charlatan I
20. Spl1 Charlatan II, III; Swa0 Evasive Maneuvers; Spl0 Music of the Makers

Destiny (24 AP)

Legendary Dreadnought

1. Legendary Tactics I, Extra Action Boost III, Constitution
2. Constitution
3. Critical Damage III, Haste Boost III, Constitution
4. Constitution
5. Advancing Blows, Devastating Critical
6. Master's Blitz

Twists of Fate (22 fate points)

1. Sense Weakness (Tier 4 Fury)
2. Lithe (Tier 2 Shadowdancer)
3. Energy Resistance (Tier 1 Sentinel)
4. Draconic Perception (Tier 1 Draconic)

[Kontaes]

This build of mine has a very specific gear setup that makes him capable of solo EE almost every quest in the game with this setup, for sake of keeping his build my own i will not be sharing my exact gear or my tactics that make him function how he does, And for all the comments as to why he is a Warforged and not something that can actrually help this build, i choose WF because I love WF and i made this build work with him, next question as to why i do not multiclass to make him that much stronger, i only play pure builds for the sake of making DDO a harder game to play and in turn it makes it more fun.

Anyways, some of the basic gear this build requires are sickles(best crit build weapon ever for any swashbuckler) with the right sickle and some other pretty gear i was able to get a crit range of about 6-20/x4 crit, on average i hit for about 350-500 damage and crit for 1.5-2k i have 45% attack speed and 28%(standing) double strike which i can boost to about 60%, i also end up with a facinate DC of about 89-105 which i just run into a room fascinate everything and pick them all off one by one, 70% of the time i will go through a whole quest without taking a single point of damage on EE, up to quest level 28 as that is the last time i played this build so new gear did come out and new items and all this new stuff so in a couple weeks hopefully i will get some of these new items and make a new build for my lovely bard i adore so much.

May the Forsaken Legion watch over us all!

[NaturalHazard]

This build of mine has a very specific gear setup that makes him capable of solo EE almost every quest in the game with this setup, for sake of keeping his build my own i will not be sharing my exact gear or my tactics that make him function how he does, And for all the comments as to why he is a Warforged and not something that can actrually help this build, i choose WF because I love WF and i made this build work with him, next question as to why i do not multiclass to make him that much stronger, i only play pure builds for the sake of making DDO a harder game to play and in turn it makes it more fun.

Anyways, some of the basic gear this build requires are sickles(best crit build weapon ever for any swashbuckler) with the right sickle and some other pretty gear i was able to get a crit range of about 6-20/x4 crit, on average i hit for about 350-500 damage and crit for 1.5-2k i have 45% attack speed and 28%(standing) double strike which i can boost to about 60%, i also end up with a facinate DC of about 89-105 which i just run into a room fascinate everything and pick them all off one by one, 70% of the time i will go through a whole quest without taking a single point of damage on EE, up to quest level 28 as that is the last time i played this build so new gear did come out and new items and all this new stuff so in a couple weeks hopefully i will get some of these new items and make a new build for my lovely bard i adore so much.

May the Forsaken Legion watch over us all!

would all that be impossible to do on another race?

[Kontaes]

would all that be impossible to do on another race?

Not at all, this builds damage would be far better if gone human or elf, survivability would go up if i was halfling for better reflex and dodge, i went warforged for the soul fact of "I love Warforged" and plus warforgeds are passivly immune to about 70% of all debuffs that can be cast in the game. But no this build could work with any other race, going bladeforged or anything that has -dex is probably the only race you dont want to play has for this build, even with a -2 charisma my wf has more then enough charisma to get all spells and has enough intel to get all the skills needed for this build to work as listed, just need +4 tomes thats it.

[NaturalHazard]

Main question is it a heavy metal bard?

[Kontaes]

Main question is it a heavy metal bard?

Naa, heavy metal is for noobs, Death Metal, only way to bard.

[Renvar]

Elusive Target over Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting? Given your heavy use of fascinate and helpless mobs, I'd think the extra doublestrike would be more valuable.

[Kontaes]

Elusive Target over Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting? Given your heavy use of fascinate and helpless mobs, I'd think the extra doublestrike would be more valuable.

honestly, i never actrually looked at that feat like ever, mainly because i never use two weapons so my mind just scanned right past it, i never once even read it and found out i dont even need any two weapon fighting feats, and i honestly never knew it gave double strike, so yes i got elusive target because i had nothing to get but yes i will for sure swap it out for that. thank you very much for brining this to my attention.

[NaturalHazard]

Kontaes Bard
Bard 20
Neutral Good Bladeforged




of about 5-20 with a x8 crit)

I thought they nerfed this with the changes to the improved crit feat and other things how are you getting the range 5-20? or is this the if you miss you increase by 1 range till you roll a crit enhancement? I suppose you could get to 5 or lower if you miss that many times but its really unlikely? *8? even if the sickle is one thats *3 wait I don't see any in the wiki, in the description it says for sickles SB gives *1 multiplier and 2 to the threat so the best I see in the wiki would end up being 15-20 x3 with the feat and SB alone. then overwhelming crit but thats on a 19-20 for another *1 multiplier. and whatever ED you are running LD or Divine crusader. Divine crusader you get another 1 to the threat range, LD its another 1 multiplier on a 19-20 so im just abit confused as to your break down 5-20 *8 or is this old stats before the nerfs?

Kamas is what people where using for the crit profile on those brush hooks or are those really sickles?