Help me get high spell power

[PedXing20]

that had to be pre stat squish pre-ravenloft belt nerf

Nope, post stat squish.

[Bjond]

When people say they have 1200 or 1300 spell power - do they include matamagics or not?

Most are likely including metas. Many are probably erroneously doubling up on universal, which the game adds to each line for you already.

My DUNGEONCRAWLer buff-bard *just* went through the process of actually finding out how high I could push Devotion for Sustaining Song: about 1250'ish if you put LGS and other outrageously costly things on it.

I did it cheap. It's L32 devotion is 1089 with T5 Divine Crusader or 1174 with no T5 and Primal instead of DC. Adding PLs would put that 1174 over 1200. This is is direct from the "Positive:" mouse-over line; ie. without metas (and without doubling universal ).

BTW, while it was kinda fun making and gearing a character with such a singular goal, it's nearly unplayable as anything but a zoneline buffer. It has no dps (missing crit chance & crit damage & DCs). It's runs REALLY fast, which is kinda nice if I want to blitz it though a cleared quest to grab a drop (or loot & pass). And, it can zoom-clear heroics if I happen to need to farm a low item, but that's about it for utility. I'm guessing I could play it as a healer, but only if nothing ever swings at it.

IMHO, 700~900 is where you'll end up for base power in a playable caster.

[Mindos]

My DUNGEONCRAWLer buff-bard *just* went through the process of actually finding out how high I could push Devotion for Sustaining Song: about 1250'ish if you put LGS and other outrageously costly things on it.

Do the song tics change if you change the gear after singing or does it stay the same?

[Ultinoob]

Thanks for all the responses

[Bjond]

Do the song tics change if you change the gear after singing or does it stay the same?

Bard song mostly does not snapshot; you have to wear the gear to drive the ticks.

AFAIK the only part of bard song that does snapshot is your form; eg. if a PM gets a song while living, it always gets the devotion song instead of the nullification song. And, yes, repair drives sustain for WF, nullifcation for undead, and devotion for others. I haven't tested that part of bard song in years, though.

I suspect that the reason they specifically updated bard song to not snapshot was because the songs have such a long duration that it made a 100% gear-swap actually viable. L/DA snapshots are less of an issue with a 2~4m duration. I'll swap 1~2 pieces (MH+OH) for that (eg. Stygian), but even that's annoying. Personally, I think the no-snaps-for-songs change was fantastic. I'd never want my real bard or anyone's real bard to feel obligated to maintain a full 100% gear-swap for songs.

[Deadlock]

It's been a while since I looked at this, but last time I sat and worked it out on an Alchi life, I was getting this for fire. Might give you some pointers. These were all verified ingame with the gear I had, not just theory crafted. You can get higher Mythic and Reaper boosts on your gear for sure.


Fire spellpower 1496
Unknown 0
Universal spellpower 662
Spellcraft 137
Equipment (Legendary Firestorm Conduit) (max 142) 142
Unknown: Legendary Firestorm Conduit 0
Quality potency (Zarash'ak) (max 26) 26
Unknown: The Zarash'ak Ward -1
Insightful (Crafted trinket) (max 73) 73
Unknown: Legendary Dusk Lenses
Profane: Set bonus: (Adherent of the Mist) (max 15) 15
Artifact: Fire spell power (max 30) 0
Exceptional (Order's Garb) (max 30) * shows 15 * 30
Unknown: Legendary Order's Garb

Filigree: Wreath of Flame: Fire Spellpower (Rare) 9 Minor
Filigree: Wreath of Flame: 4 set bonus 50
Filigree: Elemental Avatar: Fire Spellpower (Rare) 9 Minor
Filigree: Elemental Avatar: Fire Spellpower 9

Feat: Epic Spell Power: Fire 20
Legendary Feat: Scion of the Plane of Fire 10
Enhancement: Tiefling (max 35) 35
Pyrite: Fire Spell Power (max 40) 40
Enhancement: Pyrite: Fire Spell Power (max 10) 10
Pyrite Reaction (max 130) 130
Guild: Sign of the Silver Flame 15

Destiny: Draconic Incarnation (max 25) 25
Destiny: Draconic Incarnation T5 (max 10) 10
Destiny: Exalted Angel (max 20) 20
Destiny: Exalted Angel T4 (max 10) 10
Destiny: Primal Avatar (max 15) 10


Universal spellpower 662
<< inc. +34 while quarterstaff >>
Unknown 0
Feat: Epic Power (x10) 60
Legendary Feat: Scion of the Plane of Fire 30
Special Feat: Inherent Spell Power 3
Enhancement: Harper Agent (max 25) 25
Reaper: Outside quest (max 6) 6
Reaper: Inside quest (max 42) 42
Profane: Reaper Power Boost (max 45) 45
Destiny: Draconic Incarnation (max 25) 25
Destiny: Draconic Incarnation T5 (max 10) 10
BUG: Draconic Incarnation T5 bugged! *** FIXED? *** -0
Destiny: Exalted Angel (max 20) 20
Destiny: Exalted Angel T4 (max 10) 10
Destiny: Shadowdancer (max 25) 0
Destiny: Primal Avatar (max 15) 10
Destiny: Primal Avatar (Quarterstaff) (max 5) 5
Enhancement: Traditional Spellcaster (max 10) 10
Implement Conduit (Quarterstaff) 29
Implement (Quarterstaff) (max 29) 29
Feat: Wellspring of Power (max 150) 150
Mythic Goggle Boost (Dusk Lenses) 1
Artifact Universal 3 set bonus (Esoteric Initiate) 25
Mythic Ring Boost (Ring of Nightfall) 1
Mythic Ring Boost (Skulled Ring) 1
Mythic Belt Boost (Vistani Fighter) 1
Action Boost: Spellpower (max 30) 30
Tiefling: Servant of Darkness (max 30) 30
Psionic: Xachosian Eardweller (max 25, 1 min) 0

Filigree: Wreath of Flame: Fire Spellpower (Rare) 4
Filigree: Hell and Back: Spellpower (Rare) 10 Minor
Filigree: Hell and Back: Spellpower (Rare) 10

Filigree: Eye of the Beholder: Spellpower (Rare) 10
Filigree: Coalesced Magic: Universal Spellpower (Rare) 10 Minor
Filigree: Coalesced Magic: Universal Spellpower 6
Filigree: Coalesced Magic: 2 set bonus 10
Filigree: Elemental Avatar: Fire Spellpower (Rare) 4 Minor
Filigree: Elemental Avatar: Fire Spellpower (Rare) 0