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Bard Spec

Bantiarna de na Aracos Dearg
Jessica
Bantiarna de na Aracos Dearg
  • GW2: kyla.8524
  • ESO: @KylaRose
Posted On: 01/29/2013 at 11:15 AM
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The build:

http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#T9Gg/vkGGBiGllay/t

 

Cadence macro:

#show Cadence
suppressmacrofailures
cast Verse of Agony
cast Power Chord
cast Cadence

Cadenza macro:

#show Cadenza
suppressmacrofailures
cast Verse of Agony
cast Power Chord
cast Cadenza

Buffs:

Fanfare of Power

Fanfare of Vigor

Curative Engine

Anthems:

Anthem of fervor if there isn't a chloro running clover

Anthem of Competence if the fight has a lot of mechanics requiring combat runspeed

Anthem of Glory if you notice people taking extra dmage or if bard speed isn't required for a fight.

 

Rotations:

I start the fight off with casting all three Motifs, with the 61 spec you shouldn't have to worry about casting again, but be aware if they fall of for some reason.

Then I start my chain cast of verse of Joy>Orchestra of the planes>Riff>virtuoso>Coda of Jeopardy>Coda of Cowardice>Coda of Distress

If virtuoso is still active after that I spam cast coda of wrath or coda of restoration depending on what the group needs.

When all of that settles down, I plop down a necrotic core and use my cadence macro if more healing is needed, or the cadenza macro if not needing to heal.

For a quick group heal use Verse of Vitality, and if you know the raid is about to take a big hit, use Verse of Occlusion. If you see the tank taking big hits, and your healers are having a hard time keeping them up pop a Harmonic Distortion or two on them(gained by casting codas), they proc on crit as well so you can get some big ST heals with the skill.

Virtuoso is on a 3 minute cooldown but codas last 1 minute so be sure to refresh them before it comes up. Verse of joy and orchestra are on 2 minute cooldowns so make sure the codas are up before you cast those two again.

Also, You can toggle Multiple oscillations on if you have 3 or more enemies to get better healing and aoe dps.

Please keep in mind you will not be top dps, or top hps in this build. Most of the time you will be about even on both ( i pull around 3kdps and 2500hps on a perfect pull). The point of bard is to buff the raid/party.

 

I was asked to post the build and rotation, so there it is, hope it helps people who are wondering. Also, if you are raiding please be sure to work with your local archon, chloro, tactician and other classes to figure out which buffs they run so you can maximize buffing. In the raid I was in, coordination with the other buffs in raid has gotten us some awesome kills.

 

 

I wear my heart on my greatsword - Kaii Rose
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Seaimpin de na Iomproidh
Jevik
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Replied On: 01/29/2013 at 11:19 AM PST
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Awesome, thanks Jessica! I'll be updating my bard spec when I get home tonight for sure. ~Jevik~

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