NEW Bard Songblade AOE DPS Build - Mod 21 Neverwinter

[@rune5416]

All classes need a rework they're all primitive compared to this in terms of their outdated animations and abilities

[@Yamcha291]

Paladin needs a DPS path

[@rpmana3686]

Such a complex class with a steep learning curve in its build complexity. I like it. A lot of people are running different set ups with different ideas and they are getting different results. Some people like the class, while others think its weak. The truth is the class by nature is not meant to out do other classes at nothing. By lore it's a jack of all trades and a master of none. So it shouldn't be topping pain givers but it is the best at buffing without a doubt. If it didn't buff it would have no place in the meta kind of like healing paladins

[@whybear2637]

Bless you!! You are still and always be one of my fav NW content creators no matter how much breaks i take from the game🌷this will be so useful for my new bard.

[@Aragon-]

thank you :)

[@corbinandleo3869]

Thanks for the build! It looks so fun. I'm going to start a Bard when I get home :D

[@xovaqiin4844]

Awesome video. I love my bard and I thought I was playing her pretty well, but you showed me that I still have a lot to learn. lol

[@utahgetme2461]

Free FnHusa57!

[@abigailwalker8795]

Hey I dont know if you remember this item but do you know the fashion item where you can have musical notes flying around your head I think it was a head piece I got back into neverwinter and I couldn't remember what the name of the fashion was do you know by chance if you ever saw it?🥺

[@SundanceWolf]

Ty as always for the content! It's similar to what I've been doing, some minor differences in game play. I personally prefer going mostly magic but I like the way a hybrid of this and my build feels. Thanks! :D

[@Aragon-]

yup, cheers :)

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Did I see you at Summer Festival earlier playing "Hall of the Mountain King"? :D {:-:-:}

[@joey-english5096]

On ps4 not able to have steel mambo and Ballard proc at the same time they cancel each other out

[@AnthonyChiefa]

Ty for this build. I wait the minstrel build (healer) ^^

[@Aragon-]

upcoming :D

[@bmith698]

first ! great vids love the content keep it up !

[@Aragon-]

cheers :)

[@Stiggy-ub3to]

This helped me alot Gwen. thank you :):)

[@Aragon-]

glad I could help you Stiggy :)

[@psycode9483]

If you cast your keybound songs outside of combat due to the delay, wouldn't Martial Performance be ineffective considering it needs the initial activation damage in order to proc?

[@bsweitzer3]

Will you be redoing the builds to cover the new mod? Thank you for the guides.

[@Aragon-]

Was waiting for the mythic gear, but yes, I'll go over my m22 builds. I have done the paladin tank, and rogue aoe and st

[@bsweitzer3]

@@Aragon- Thank you for all the work you do so people like me do not have to do the math.

[@julianeaston8607]

Hi Aragon Do you or anyone on the site know, if River District Artifact weapons are no longer available in the campaign store? as I have started a new toon and up at about 37,000 item level. I have gathered quite a few resources but when i look in the store, the only item available to me is astral diamonds, or is it dependent on quests completed? I had no problems with toons before and if memory serves me well, if you looked in the store (even early on) you would see all weapons etc. But of course only be able to buy if you had all the resources. As I would dearly like a Mirage set for my Bard.

[@igrim_x_x4062]

I'm a newer player, wondering what the proper rotation is for this setup?

[@swizzey-_4469]

hi good video ;D but 1 question which rune weapon on Lion main hand??? cant find

[@Aragon-]

lightning is what i run for maxing damage

[@swizzey-_4469]

@@Aragon- thank you

[@Krelgarsh]

Vey nice build man. How can you make shortcut key bind for bard's songs ?

[@Aragon-]

video link in the description ^^

[@darrellpugh6689]

I have been using the Cyclops War Drummer for summoned companion was wondering if you will run the numbers to see if this is worthwhile in the long term atm lvl 20 songblade, thank you

[@Aragon-]

As a minstrel focusing on damage mitigation, the cyclops is a decent buff for survivability. But bruenor is that vit better with 100% up time

[@justine5088]

With the journals back in the zen store is it worth it to just buy the envenomed journal for the active or should I keep the staff as my active? Cheers

[@Aragon-]

keep the staff, envenomed cost so much with little benefit

[@jesuisbryan758]

I have green phase spider, siegemaster blue and baitir green. I am wondering if which should I prioritise to upgrade to mythic.

[@Aragon-]

Ideally the most cost effective thing is to only upgrade purple companions. Out of those companions I'd say the Phase Spider first, then batiri and sell the siegemaster guy

[@jesuisbryan758]

@@Aragon- thank you! I got them from juma.

[@TheGodFather640]

What other artifact set will be good? I don't have access to vos, maybe lostmauth?

[@Aragon-]

lostmauth would be fine to run with, yep

[@mykejwatson]

Thanks for the guides Aragon. Super helpful. What stat boosts projectile damage?

[@Aragon-]

Strength boosts projectile damage

[@ericfrolov148]

@@Aragon- Can't projectile be magic though?

[@ItsLukeCollingham]

did you just insta cast yours songs? what is this mastery craftsman ship XD

[@Aragon-]

yup, with in-game keybinds, link to the video on how i do it, in the video

[@scubaman2003]

Is there a way to keybind to combination keys? Would rather do shift-1 shift-2 for these

[@Aragon-]

I'll need to check that

[@Aragon-]

yes, you can, just type: lshift+x rshift+x Where x is the key you want

[@Jarenstarain]

this is neat but it doesn't tell me what stats to focus as i level XD i'm a human bard and went with the creation point in dex

[@Aragon-]

20:45 Ability Scores

[@mr.enjoyable5934]

Is this out yet, I don’t see the bard class or any other of the stuff from said update

[@Aragon-]

it's out on PC, not consoles yet

[@georgesarris7606]

With Elemental Medley, what are Con Fuoco, Con Moto, Con Brio, I can't find them.

[@Aragon-]

when you cast either Blaze flamenco, Tailwind Mambo or steel march, the Con Brio at-will changes

[@georgesarris7606]

@@Aragon- thankyou, now I get it.

[@EVILLMONKEYYY]

As of an update today on Xbox it seems that now when I cast Ballard of the witch whilst I have tailwind mambo up its canceling it off not sure if this is a change or a bug

[@Aragon-]

I'll check it

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

I am confused by the Daily _Hero's Encore._ It says it gives me the effect of _Ballad of the Hero,_ but my Bardsongs are usually _Tailwind Mambo,_ entered manually for extra effects, and _Ballad of the Hero_ on quick slot. Usually, I use _Tailwind Mambo_ and then _Ballad of the Hero, Duet_ and so on for clearing mobs. What is the more effective rotation? _Tailwind Mambo_ _Hero's Encore_ _Ballad of the Hero_ or some other combination? {:-:-:}

[@Aragon-]

yeah, its a bit wierd to get the order right

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@Aragon- So what IS the right order? I also noticed after posting that the Daily changes depending on which Bardsong is active. {:-:-:}

[@Aragon-]

@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 From my experience try to have your Tailwind active before the boss fight, then use Hero at the start of the fight for artifact call, and the use Encore Hero for the next artifact call and then tailwind with perform. Then tailwind encore, Hero perform for next arti call, and back to using Hero with perform

[@scotsmantom8731]

Joined a dungeon at level 13 and was able to keep up with the level 20 guys on the total damage, was able to secure 1st place on kills to, so I can imagine what this build is like once am maxed😀

[@dosicmyth]

Yeah? Scaled content is scaled and the new system makes it so % is what matters now....

[@scotsmantom8731]

@@dosicmyth ah ok, I did wonder how I was able to keep up, and the kill count must be when I done the finishing hit. Still I was pretty happy haha but after playing around with the bard and then my rogue, iv decided I'll get my rogue to a higher item lev as the damage I can do is insane😀

[@dosicmyth]

@@scotsmantom8731 yeah the scaled stuff brings people vase damage and hp to whatever and stuff goes by your % so of high levels aren't optimized they could be worse than low levels. Lol

[@Da_Most_Shady]

How come people never put the stats in build videos?

[@Aragon-]

I have a whole section talking about my stats, no?

[@jdysin6401]

How did you dist your stay points? I was thinking Wis and Dex

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

How long did it take you to get to level 20? {:-:-:}

[@Aragon-]

When I didn it on preview, about 6 hours. Now I'm just level 14 on preview, will post next episode 2morrow

[@leopoldmarcello8313]

Azure for utility why not dark? Or am i living in the dark age thinking that forte will help when i dont even see any bard stats like crit sev or crit strike or power or defense etc… to buff forte. (On xbox) all it says for now is forte_player_secondary_swashbuckler. Idk lil help ty

[@Aragon-]

Darks work grand. I just like the extra 25% move speed for aoe

[@gaminpoison2026]

Very nice build thanks

[@kestroyer]

Does the mirage set work for the bard?

[@Aragon-]

atm you can't get them atm for the bard yet

[@jokerwells]

What defense stats to go with and is it ok to use radiant for defense enchantment

[@Aragon-]

Radiants will do fine. You normally don't have to focus on defensive stats as a dps unless your doing vos hard-core for the first time, or tomm or zariel trials

[@jokerwells]

@@Aragon- could you use negation instead of barkshield

[@Aragon-]

@@jokerwells you could sure, especially when you get hit often by like damage over time

[@chimairah]

Anyone know if halflings would be viable?

[@Aragon-]

For dps, no they get bonus deflect which doesn't help with damage

[@MoRaXSCV]

So what ability scores should i choose on him when i make him tho?

[@Aragon-]

Cha and Dex I reccomend. However you could take Int or Str depending on what song you want to have up all the time, Blaze Flamenco = Int, then Str for Steel March and Tailwind Mambo

[@toccandocreacanaleulterior176]

He literally said it in the video on the "ability scores" section🤣🤣

[@MirroringTruth]

Who else plays actual songs on their bard? I've figured out 4 tunes...Intro to Ozzy's Crazy Train, Black Sabbaths paranoid, and iron man, and deep purples Smoke on the water. It's hard with only 8 notes and one octave, so the songs have to be simple...

[@toccandocreacanaleulterior176]

Twinkle twinkle little star

[@higorlauer742]

Hey, what are the notes? I like to play musics while waiting my friends

[@NACASH100]

Wait you’re saying lighting is better than vorpal?

[@Aragon-]

for aoe, yes, but only a few %

[@K0ntakt]

Why had yoy skipped Flourish for songs, for me its magnattory cuz you get even more magnitutes.

[@Aragon-]

I found it's not great, perhaps if you need burst damage tho

[@K0ntakt]

@@Aragon- masterfull performance and flourish Gives you doubled effects( 40 magnitude and 8% dmg increase). I mean ITs a cool buff.

[@Aragon-]

Ah you mean the feature, yeah looking back that's probably a better pick. I thought you meant the encounter power

[@K0ntakt]

@@Aragon- aye, that encouter and feat is preety cool, anyway when is gonna be a single target bard vid. Can you show people fleche cancels mechanic with ad libitum with redoublement feat?

[@sanderverveer1050]

Hi Aragon, love your Video's. Can you tell me what the name of the fourth artefact is?

[@Aragon-]

the feystar emblem?

[@Archmage425]

Yes!! Finally thank you aragon i was stuck on songblade

[@Aragon-]

hope it helps :)

[@Archmage425]

Aragon whats that third secondary artifact

[@Aragon-]

the Sparkling Fey Emblem

[@Archmage425]

Thank you

[@Krowwfather702]

So nobody is gonna talk about that PM he got at the end?? 😂

[@Smite_Sion]

You can also cast volti subito during duet, for a lot of burst damage.

[@Aragon-]

good tip, ty

[@Smite_Sion]

@@Aragon- You learned me about being able to use volti subito in place, so here you go. A tip for a tip

[@renan.snts92]

Hello Friend! I know you're not taking bard class anymore. but I would like to know that you can test the 3 artefacts journal and artefacts news with it. to help reference damage and so on. I can't find anyone who can help me with Bard Songblade DPS st and Aoe. I will be very grateful if you can help me. thanks

[@Aragon-]

what would you like to know about the journals?

[@renan.snts92]

@@Aragon- question of damage, dps Bard, in the tests made is it worth using them? another question I just remembered, mirage, good or bad for the bard?

[@renan.snts92]

@@Aragon- I'm worried because I don't see anyone playing bard dps, just me 😅😂

[@thatscool621]

Bard needs fixed because some encounters bug and give infinite use but don’t deal damage.

[@Aragon-]

yeah, its really annoying

[@nola7557]

Be ready cryptic don't waste any opportunity we will see books again @zen store

[@Aragon-]

probably

[@nola7557]

@@Aragon- the chances are 150%

[@nola7557]

@@Aragon- I just think its a must. I don't think cryptic will let bard with no chance to get books. Or Master Weapons, etc And some cash grab in the process even some players new or few vets might not have zen ready

[@razi2004]

Wow.. Idk can be like that... awesome

[@Aragon-]

cheers ;p

[@davidbrown9237]

I don't understand their decision to remove the hard cap on the amount of players on Vallenhas instances. First of all, their 2013 server hardware struggles to cope with more than 15 people. 45+ people has now made insu virtually unplayable. Secondly, due to this change, instances are not being created and so Ape/Siege farming is now a thing of the past.

[@Aragon-]

yeah, not sure why either, a test maybe

[@razi2004]

This is not the first times.. Usually with new mod they reduce previous instances. But i may mistaken correct me if im wrong.

[@kosmosstormstrike3438]

guessing this is no longer relevant as we are on mod 24 now

[@Aragon-]

It's actually mod 25 now with mod 26 in 9 days. I'll make an update

[@kosmosstormstrike3438]

@@Aragon- these mods moving too fast. Okay so this is probably definitely not applicable

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Thanks for this build! But your Italian has not improved all that much! {:-:-:}

[@Aragon-]

hahaha xD

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@Aragon- :D

[@williamhorn4290]