Wail of the Bard

[Fivetigers33]

Edit: Not my current build, just a fun reminder of what I used to run. Still running bards though.

This is my pure bard build. Thought I'd share it here and see what kind of feedback I get. This is the best blend of autokills, CC, and melee DPS that I can come up with.

Bard 20
Purple Dragon Knight

STR 8
DEX 14
CON 16
INT 8
WIS 8
CHA 18

All level ups go into Charisma.

Skills
Perform
UMD
Balance
Heal
Jump
Haggle
Search (when INT tome kicks in)

Relevant Past Lives: Wizard x3, Favored Soul x3, Dragonborn x2, Half Elf x2, Heroic Completionist

Feats
H. Single Weapon Fighting
1. Quicken
3. Completionist
6. Past Life: Wizard
9. Necromancy Focus
12. Improved Single Weapon Fighting
15. Greater Single Weapon Fighting
18. Greater Necromancy Focus
21. Inspire Excellence
24. Embolden Spell
ED26. PTWF / PSWF (if there's ever a decent sovereign vorpal short sword)
27. Epic Necromancy Focus
ED28. Mass Frog
ED29. Arcane Pulse / PSWF
30. Improved Critical: Pierce
L. Scion of the Shadowfell/Feywild


Enhancements (including 6 racial AP)
Spellsinger 42 (Tier 5 and capstone, Wail of the Banshee and Mass Hold Monster)
PDK 7 (+1 Charisma in core)
Harper 7 (+1 Charisma core)
Falconry 7 (+1 Charisma core)
Swash 22 (+2 Charisma)


Spells
Level 1: Focussing Chant, Merfolk's Blessing, Otto's Resistible Dance, Remove Fear, Grease
Level 2: Rage, Blindness, Invisibility, Glitterdust, Soundburst
Level 3: Displacement, Haste, Cure Serious Wounds, Fear, Charm Monster
Level 4: Otto's Sphere of Dancing, Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement, Cure Critical Wounds, Hold Monster
Level 5: Suggestion Mass, Greater Heroism, Mind Fog, Cure Light Wounds Mass, Shadow Walk
Level 6: Charm Monster Mass, Heroes' Feast, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Greater Shout


Epic Destiny: Fatesinger (+4 spell DCs, +3 Spell penetration, melee power)
Twists: T4 sense weakness; T3 (undecided); T2 +3 necro DCs; T1 Charisma; T1 Charisma

[Maelodic]

This is my pure bard build. Thought I'd share it here and see what kind of feedback I get. It's mainly an Epic level build, as I intend to work on Epic Past Lives with it. The basic strategy is get Charisma as high as possible, cast hold monster on everything, kill with Wail of the Banshee/sonic SLAs, and charm stuff when necessary. It can be more melee focused by swapping a few feats.

Bard 20
Drow: 20 starting Charisma and +2 through racial cores (because I don't want to look like a lizard person, I admit dragonborn would be better)

STR 8
DEX 10
CON 16
INT 10
WIS 8
CHA 20

All level ups go into Charisma.

Skills
Perform
UMD
Balance
Heal
Jump
Tumble
Haggle (when INT tomes kick in)

Relevant Past Lives: Wizard x3, Favored Soul x3, Dragonborn x2, Half Elf x2

Some of the metamagics can be swapped for ISWF/GSWF/IC:P if I feel like doing more melee on any given ETR. Force Personality is also a possibility if I want to give something else up.


Feats
1. Single Weapon Fighting
3. PL Wizard
6. Quicken
9. Maximize (ISWF)
12. Spell Penetration
15. Necromancy Focus
18. Greater Necromancy Focus
21. Inspire Excellence
24. Embolden Spell
ED26. PSWF / PTWF / ESP:Sonic / Lasting Inspiration
27. Epic Necromancy Focus
ED28. Elusive Target
30. Intensify (GSWF)
ED29. Arcane Pulse
L. Scion of the Shadowfell


Enhancements
Spellsinger 41 (Tier 5 and capstone, Wail of the Banshee and Mass Hold Monster)
Drow 6 (+2 Charisma in cores)
Harper 7 (+1 Charisma core)
Swash or War 26 (+2 Charisma, can do either tree depending on whether I want more melee dps or more tankiness)


Spells
Level 1: Focussing Chant, Merfolk's Blessing, Otto's Resistible Dance, Remove Fear, Grease
Level 2: Rage, Blindness, Invisibility, Glitterdust, Suggestion
Level 3: Displacement, Haste, Cure Serious Wounds, Fear, Charm Monster
Level 4: Otto's Sphere of Dancing, Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement, Cure Critical Wounds, Hold Monster
Level 5: Suggestion Mass, Greater Heroism, Mind Fog, Cure Light Wounds Mass, Shadow Walk
Level 6: Charm Monster Mass, Heroes' Feast, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Greater Shout


Epic Destiny: Exalted Angel (+6 spell DCs, +3 Spell penetration)
Twists: T4 necromancy cooldown; T2 +3 necro DCs; T2 Lithe

Are you still running this? How is it working out?

[Fivetigers33]

Are you still running this? How is it working out?

Yeah, this is my build until I either finish all my epic past lives or until Bard gets a class pass.

I love it. It is excellent against anything that can danced, held, or wailed. The DCs are so high that I use the level 1 spell Otto's Resistible Dance most of the time in EE/R1. At level 23 I was in R1 slavers landing most of my CC spells, Wail was maybe 40-50% landing.

I run into the occasional champ that is immune to both mind affecting spells and autokills, so those can be rough to deal with. Bards aren't inherently very tanky, so that's just something you have to live with through tactics and smart play.

The build is weak against undead and constructs, but for the most part I just blast them with Shout/Greater Shout. I'm considering trying one life where I go T5 in warchanter for spinning ice because it will work on undead and consturcts. The trade off will be lower Enchant DCs, lower spell penetration, and no Mass Hold Monster. It might work, it might not. I'm going to try that one in a couple lives.

I'm currently in my listed build, but next epic life I'm going full melee bard to try out the Thunderforged weapons that I'm almost done with. But I always come back to the Wail build. For a pure caster bard, Warchanter is a better 2nd tree for the added hp/prr. I've been doing Swash though for better melee dps for undead/constructs. They both play pretty much the same though.

[steelrock]

This is my pure bard build. Thought I'd share it here and see what kind of feedback I get. This is the best blend of autokills, CC, and melee DPS that I can come up with.

Bard 20
Purple Dragon Knight

STR 8
DEX 14
CON 16
INT 8
WIS 8
CHA 18

All level ups go into Charisma.

Skills
Perform
UMD
Balance
Heal
Jump
Haggle
Search (when INT tome kicks in)

Relevant Past Lives: Wizard x3, Favored Soul x3, Dragonborn x2, Half Elf x2, Heroic Completionist

Feats
H. Single Weapon Fighting
1. Quicken
3. Completionist
6. Past Life: Wizard
9. Necromancy Focus
12. Improved Single Weapon Fighting
15. Greater Single Weapon Fighting
18. Greater Necromancy Focus
21. Inspire Excellence
24. Embolden Spell
ED26. PTWF / PSWF (if there's ever a decent sovereign vorpal short sword)
27. Epic Necromancy Focus
ED28. Mass Frog
ED29. Arcane Pulse
30. Improved Critical: Pierce
L. Scion of the Shadowfell


Enhancements (including 6 racial AP)
Spellsinger 42 (Tier 5 and capstone, Wail of the Banshee and Mass Hold Monster)
PDK 7 (+1 Charisma in core)
Harper 7 (+1 Charisma core)
Falconry 7 (+1 Charisma core)
Swash 22 (+2 Charisma)


Spells
Level 1: Focussing Chant, Merfolk's Blessing, Otto's Resistible Dance, Remove Fear, Grease
Level 2: Rage, Blindness, Invisibility, Glitterdust, Suggestion
Level 3: Displacement, Haste, Cure Serious Wounds, Fear, Charm Monster
Level 4: Otto's Sphere of Dancing, Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement, Cure Critical Wounds, Hold Monster
Level 5: Suggestion Mass, Greater Heroism, Mind Fog, Cure Light Wounds Mass, Shadow Walk
Level 6: Charm Monster Mass, Heroes' Feast, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Greater Shout


Epic Destiny: Exalted Angel (+6 spell DCs, +3 Spell penetration)
Twists: T4 necromancy cooldown; T3 (Fatesinger +2 spell penetration + song duration); T2 +3 necro DCs; T1 Charisma

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Quote Originally Posted by Ripjaw7 View Post

I also felt stupid in Gingerspyces live stream on Saturday because I did not have any electrical resistance nor absorption, even though I wasted over 150 hours on this stupid quest, with a full group, and still no ring drop. So I was pretty much singled out and looked down upon.
Ring of the Djinn
Cannith Crafting
Auction House
Draconic T1 Twist
Shiradi T4 Twist
Yellow Augments


The ring is nice, but far from a must have. It'll eventually drop. Took me 60+ runs to get a buckler of the demonic soldier.

Did you twist in T4 Shiradi?

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ere-s-the-Ring post #9

[Fivetigers33]

I'm guessing you posted here by mistake, but sometimes I do twist in T4 Shiradi absorption.

Full answer here https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6177618