Bard Best Build Guide for Lost Ark (LA). Learn Bard's leveling build, PvE build, PvP build, engravings, runes, recommended tripods, mobbing build, & chaos dungeon build for Bard.
Table of Contents
Bard PVE Builds
Support Focused Build
This build focuses on buffing and providing shields to the team enabling the whole team to survive many difficult situation. This build also enables you to frequently charge and cast your Serenade skills.
Skills
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
 Wind Of Music [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Prep II. Melody Increase III. Wind Of Protection |
| Heavenly Tune [Lvl. 10] | I. Agile Cast II.Tough Tune III. Intense Tune |
| Sonic Vibration [Lvl. 10] | I. Protective Vibration II. Brilliant Wave III. Wide-Angel Attack |
| Soundholic [Lvl. 4] | I. Magical Healing |
| Sound Wave [Lvl. 7] | I. Excellent Mobility II. Melody Increase |
| Guardian Tune [Lvl. 10] | I. Tenacity II. Endless Protection III. Wind Of Protection |
| Rhapsody Of Light [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Prep II. Note Brand |
| Harp of Rhythm [Lvl. 10] | I. Summoning Will II. Melody Increase III.Note Brand |
You can also opt to change the Soudholic Tripod making it deal more damage instead of the supportive healing.
Recommended Engraving
| Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
|---|---|
| Awakening | Desperate Salvation |
Awakening enables Bards to continuously cast their Serenades providing more powerful buff or healing to the team. While Desperate Salvation allows Bard to have powerful heals that will save your team especially during emergencies.
Solo Mobbing Build
This build focuses on increasing the personal damage of Bards over buffs. This is recommended for people who seldom play with other players.
Skills
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Dissonance [Lvl. 10] | I. Melody Increase II. Law of the Jungle III. Harmony Enhancement |
| Soundholic [Lvl. 10] | I. Sound Concentration II. Sustain Enhancement III. Focus Fire |
| Stigma [Lvl. 10] | I. Sustain Enhancement II. Brilliant Stigma III. Pain Brand |
| Heavenly Tune [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Prep II. Courageous Tune III. Intense Tune |
| Sound Shock [Lvl. 4] | I. Maintained Explosion |
| Sound Wave [Lvl. 4] | I. Excellent Mobility |
| Sonic Vibration [Lvl. 4] | I. Protective Vibration |
| Prelude Of Storm [Lvl. 1] | - |
Prelude Of Storm is very situational and can be switched out depending on your preference.
Recommended Engraving
| Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
|---|---|
| Awakening | Desperate Salvation |
Similar to the Support Build, Awakening and Desperate Salvation is the recommended Engraving for Bards. This will enable you to spam your Ultimate increasing your damage greatly and also buffs your heals leaving you less reliant on potions at Solo.
Bard PVP Builds
Best Build for PVP
For PVP, you need to be able to support your team while dealing enough damage to the enemy team to be an Effective Bard.
Skills
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Rhapsody of Light [Lvl. 10] | I. Agile Cast II. Stabilized Light III. Shining Protection |
| Sonic Vibration [Lvl. 10] | I. Tenacity II. Brilliant Wave III. Wide-angle Attack |
| Rhythm Buckshot [Lvl. 7] | I. Melody Increase II. Tenacity |
| Soundholic [Lvl. 10] | I. Raid II. Sustain Enhancement III. Focus Fire |
| Prelude of Storm [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Preparation II. Wide-angle Attack III. Lightning Concentration |
| Heavenly Tune [Lvl. 10] | I. Agile Cast II. Tough Tune III. Intense Tune |
| March [Lvl. 7] | I. Cheerful March II. Impaired Mobility |
| Guardian Tune [Lvl. 10] | I. Tenacity II. Endless Protection III. Wind of Protection |
Splitting your skills into two categories: Support & Damage, can improve your performance in PVP rather than focusing on one aspect of Bard Class.
Stat Tuning
This type of Stat Tuning is exclusively for PvP.
| Swiftness | 750 |
|---|---|
| Domination | 249 |
| Crit | 1 |
Stat tuning in PvP is mostly fixed on all the advanced classes. The reasoning for this setup is that Swiftness increases your Atk. Speed, Move Speed, and reduces Cooldowns while Domination increases your damage against enemies who are affected with debuffs crowd control effects. The 1 point in Crit is used to enable critical hits in PvP.
Bard Leveling Builds
Skills To Use Until 25
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Dissonance [Lvl. 7] | I. Melody Increase II. Law of the Jungle |
| Soundholic [Lvl. 7] | I. Sound Concentration II. Sustain Enhancement |
| Heavenly Tune [Lvl. 7] | I. Quick Prep II. Courageous Tune |
| Sound Shock [Lvl. 4] | I. Maintained Explosion |
| Sound Wave [Lvl. 4] | I. Excellent Mobility |
| Stigma [Lvl. 4] | I. Sustain Enhancement |
| Sonic Vibration [Lvl. 4] | I. Protective Vibration |
| Prelude Of Storm [Lvl. 1] | - |
While you are still below level 25, most of the battles that you will encounter are solo. Because of this, recommended skills focuses on increasing the personal DPS and mobility of Bards.
Skills To Use When Over 25
| Skill Level | Tripods |
|---|---|
| Sound Shock [Lvl. 10] | I. Maintained Explosion II. Sacred Shock III. Rapid Fire |
| Dissonance [Lvl. 10] | I. Melody Increase II. Law of the Jungle III. Harmony Enhancement |
| Wind Of Music [Lvl. 10] | I. Quick Prep II. Melody Increase III. Wind Of Protection |
| Soundholic [Lvl. 10] | I. Sound Concentration II. Sustain Enhancement III. Focus Fire |
| Prelude Of Death [Lvl. 10] | I. Passionate Applause II. Death Amplification III. Aria Of Death |
| Stigma [Lvl. 4] | I. Sustain Enhancement |
| Heavenly Tune [Lvl. 4] | I. Agile Cast |
| Sonic Vibration [Lvl. 4] | I. Protective Vibration |
Once you are at level 25 and above, you will face more dangerous enemies so boosting your defense with shields and your personal DPS is recommended especially when playing Solo.
Tips For Leveling
When leveling, make sure to spread your skill points as much as possible. Only focus them if you are able to gain the next tripod of the skill.
Not All Skills Needs To Be Levelled Up
You can only equip up to 8 skills at once. Out of many skills that Bard has, many does not require maximum level to be useful. Check the table above for the recommended skills.
How To Use Bard?
Strengths Of Bard
Provides Buff For The Team
Bard is a class that is great at providing support buffs to the team. Either boosting the damage your team provides or providing shields for Longevity.
Powerful AoE & Crowd Control Skills
Bard class also have many powerful AOE options that is able to stop enemies from moving via stagger or push them back.
Weaknesses Of Bard
Low Mobility
When you are using Bard class, you have few skills that allows you to move around the field freely. You will often tank enemies attack with the shields provided by your skills especially when Dash is on cooldown.
Lower DPS Compared To Other Mage Classes
Unfortunately, compared to other Magicians, Bard class has a lower personal DPS. In exchange for this, Bard has an access to different buffs and healing spells.
