Ashes of Creation Alpha 2: Beginner Bard Build Guide for New Players Best Skills, Gear & Combos

[@Auld17]

Awesome video. First I've seen of its kind.

[@plannindorf]

Nice video! My build is all in on sustain and protection so it's cool to see different bard metas evolving!

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@plannindorf that's awesome man. Yeah I like being a more damage focused build especially on a new game it's nice to have a bit of heals and damage

[@f1re_w1re67]

Good to see you post again!

[@WarlogicGaming]

I've been playing melee bard up to level 20 after the changes, and it is a beast.

[@ojamrin6429]

Nice! What equipment and spells do u use? I wanna go melee bard too

[@sonshrimp8938]

MY GUY!!! how I quit eso and come to a new mmo and you’re here lol GOATED

[@onthelow415]

Using spell books for Bard just feels bad. Instruments should be weapons

[@Erumyr]

spellbook is to slow on autohit compared to a bow etc, its kinda bad, also the burn effect doesnt really matter in pvp at lvl 25, its garbage, u can do some good crits but, yeah GL being dependant on random procs to kill a guy before u get run over

[@virescon]

couldn't agree more!! right on the money

[@mythgamestream]

I also wield a Magic Power Great Sword that I switch to to add a bleed effect, as well as Get Off the Stage for a Snare effect before I hit them with Dark Lulliby. It has to be a quick rotation but I can slam them with Fire, Chill, Volatile, Bleed, Stagger and then slam them with Dark Lulliby.

[@TheRealGodzilla]

Sounds good man! Definitely looking forward to getting new weapons etc just trying to helpe people out

[@bonecrusherweights4410]

Brother where have you been?

[@nglyo]

From lv11 or 12, u can have as many melodies running as you want. Caveat being the timer ticks when you turn it on, so if you enable blue melody for 10 seconds, when you switch to red melody, the blue melody when now tick down from 10 seconds to 0 while red melody ticks up and so forth. You can juggle 2-3 melodies this way.

[@ronaldhall8054]

So twisting from EverQuest is back?

[@flatdarkmark8187]

​@@ronaldhall8054bards were so good in eq.

[@ronaldhall8054]

@@flatdarkmark8187 so true, they’re really good in Ashes too.

[@ofuscado420]

Thanks for the rundown, rogue and bard are the primary classes I'm most interested in.

[@this_smitty23]

You also refresh your flourish stacks when you use get off the stage. It’s a great way to get resonating weapon stacks on top of the mobility. Resonating weapon procs are a big part of the bard kit.

[@bleumas9631]

how do you refresh flourish with get off the stage?

[@this_smitty23]

@ by hitting a target with it.

[@JadeErdos]

Great video by my husband give him some love guys❤❤❤❤

[@bobaloo6873]

No

[@f1re_w1re67]

​@@bobaloo6873you're really fun at parties, huh?

[@TheJonathan180]

Very supportive wife

[@itz_priivate]

W Wifey! Got u a keeper 💪

[@teitch6483]

I'll be joining in november, Im hype

[@WorkJoker]

Great video, looks like a fun rotation

[@beowningu4669]

Thank you

[@Mei_83]

Welcome back man 👑🫡

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

Thank you so much!❤

[@papa2wars789]

@TheRealGodzilla do you have written version (webpage) of this as well? Great video and thank you.

[@VoiceULove]

At some point, Bards to gain the ability to have 2 melodies playing at the same time. Also want to point out that currently, Bard melodies do in fact stack with other Bard melodies. So if you have 2 Bards playing the Cheerful melody for health regen. You actually have 2 health regens going.

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@VoiceULove interesting when I played i didn't get 2 healing stacks from bard. Maybe that was because they were in a different group, but I am still learning

[@VoiceULove]

@@TheRealGodzilla Yeah, it's Alpha, so nothing is certain. We had 3 Bards in one of our groups and there were definitely 3 ticks of health regen. I know mana regen also worked in a similar way, but not sure about the other melodies. Would be pretty cool if the movement speed buff stacked, so the more Bards running that melody meant faster movement speed.

[@markaaron65]

Do the effects last long enough for you to apply the other effects so that you can pop Dark Lullaby? Is there enough time to stack 5 status effects?

[@TheRealGodzilla]

Yes plenty enough time I get 5 all the time deals massive damage especially with some passives later on

[@kingofgamez83]

Welcome back💪🏿🫡

[@TheRealGodzilla]

Yes siiir

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

No Godzilla! Do you plan on making a follow up board video for higher level DPS build? I’ve been following your guide, but I’m confused at the top most skill. I forget the name in the moment it looks like a book.

[@TheRealGodzilla]

Yes I will be updating once I get higher level lol

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

@TheRealGodzilla many thanks bro!

[@BettyDrum]

can you twist melodies like in DAoC?

[@Dagnar1478]

Im going to try and build a heavy armor debuff/buff bard for pvp with a shield.

[@strantheman]

Do bard buffs and songs apply to entire raid or only a group within the raid?

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@@strantheman only a group within the raid i belive

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

Btw bro, need your support. I’m lvl 9 bard now and haven’t spoke to 1 npc or sold yet lol. I can’t pick up any more currency, so do I sell all currency and crafted drops for money then?

[@TheRealGodzilla]

Yes take you glint to a merchant and sell it 😃

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

Thank you! I sat down and took detailed notes from your video. 😊

[@drganknstein]

is it unkillable godmode though?

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@@drganknstein yes almost

[@drganknstein]

@@TheRealGodzilla hell yeah

[@Zn0nimus]

Is it possible not to have that book? The look of it really turns me off to the class. LOL

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@@Zn0nimus you can use a wand, spell bow, spell greatsword etc there are lots of options

[@Zn0nimus]

@TheRealGodzilla does it change the abilities, if I change my weapons?

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@Zn0nimus it doesn't not change the abilities

[@Zn0nimus]

@@TheRealGodzilla thank you! I been playing too much guild wars and TnL. Lol

[@oybeutu]

I want to play Bard but the light hula hoop drives me crazy. I can't not look at it.

[@Erumyr]

give me a full meta build, please lol, optimal DPS and PVP build. Everything else doesnt matter, I feel like the spellbook is undercooked, u got a good spellbook build? Bards atm at lvl 25 is mid compared to other classes, its a good cc/escape, sustain class, but u aint about to nuke anyone to cinders, u get 1 stun and locked u dead anyways especially after nerf, ure not as feared as before

[@Briartone]

I'm still not sure how this is a step forward 20 years after the last wave of MMO's. This combat doesn't look all that different from anything else that's come before.

[@deuce-dubya9499]

Is the combat better than ESO? That is my question for every new MMO review so I can finally move on 😂

[@TheRealGodzilla]

@deuce-dubya9499 combat is good, needs improvement but is not yet fully finished like eso

[@BW199]

It feels better than eso imo. Feels more impactful

[@Vlex2raw]

Ayeeeee

[@Butcherbg]

So I am gonna write you a long a$$ comment. I am not sure where to start off, but I have a lot to go trough (thus the length). Maybe straight to the point (but there are 2 major points here and than some... argh...) This look like everything I ever wanted of a game, game period... Roleplaying One, Online one, Skill & Stats and equip wise... It truly does so indeed. I will now continue to play Black Desert Online... that game completely converted me. Ashes of Creation will be an object of my admiration ~hopefully for a very long time (more on that later)... Game and Gameplay wise... if it doesn`t have "Button Mash for what you want on screen" I ain`t not have the patience for that to happen on my screen no longer... I used to enjoy tinkering... The result of "pre loaded" ~"mathematical" combos applied to mobs ~and players... Like if you have given all the required thought to "This skill, when used with that skill... on those items... happens ~this... but than if you also do that... than... oh than..." I used to really enjoy that... Now if my left hand is not doing over 90 to 110 APMs on the keyboard I am practically not gaming (even if I actually do like 5 to 6 active hours a week or less these days, so all "joke" (I am actually pretty serious) aside... I also don`t really have >any< new game in "me" (my current life and it`s projection for the foreseeable feature anyway... Just think of 50~60 for a play trough recent Dragon Age Veil guard... If I "rush" that game (with extra over the weekends and trough some more manageable work days) it will still be 3 to 4 weeks 0 to 100% (or at least game credits) and what will I gain for all that extra strain? Well even less than my already minimal BDO progress (like I am on enough gear to enjoy... but I do still need and like the thought of improvements, as slow as they are). Also I am not paying monthly fees for Ashes of Creation... I simply am not... If it were one time purchase with the price of the beta... ~I might have given them eventually to have access for this realm... To have to pay to "upkeep" that access... nope ~never. Also I do not like Bard :P I never did... It`s kind of a wizard... but it isn`t really... it is kind of a buffer... but it isn`t really... it is kind of a Healer... But it isn`t really... Is a ~Bard... is a "combo" of a good trio, but I'd prefer each and every individual class of that mixture on it`s own ~a lot more... I think WIzard class would be just about great in Ashes of Creation... Also on the assumption I will be playing this game (which I will not)... I am gonna "explain" this: I no longer feel like carrying "my two handed sword" in whatever way or for that is present in whatever game that is. Maybe that means I am finally "mature" enough for "rogue adventures". And how exactly do I see that in Ashes of Creation... ~Mixed with Cleric :P... Why... Because "pure rogue" (or very similar, like with ranger) is fairly hard to play around with class... it requires you to "force it" trough the content with your will and brain... (Is only Two Handers that require more, because they are like more or less "gimp rogue with 1 giant dagger"... in this very weird way if you think about it... but there also was "once upon a time" this weird fighting with Katanas anime, where in a very believable way "the ultimate fighting form of perfection" in which the two that walked the way of the sword the furthest collided was like hideous persons with a lot of oddly over develop musculature, but also missing arms, eyes... etc. But it was all so "made" and depicted... that it would "hint" that those were in fact very real >optimizations< on the way of being the best of what they do ~like depravations of hindrances of the utmost their techniques and style can perform... That anime ended on the face off of those two, they never actually fought and there never really was a continuation either. So now back to ~gaming reality... I think if you start of like a rogue ~which would require some effort at first, but than it also a good choice for ~solicitude (at least in most games) ~if done correctly... and than add yourself a Healer subclass on top (or cleric) to achieve ~I think Occultist. You will get a very stable ~somewhat "self carrying" tool ~or toon for progress within that game word... not as fast as more dps focused rogue, but not that many efforts either... so a lot better performer in the theoretical "marathon"... it was really funny when every BDO content creator was ending their videos on "Remember BDO is not a Sprint, but a Marathon"... I am pretty sure that goes for every self respecting mmorpg... it`s just BDO feels as you need to rush things ~the most. I am of course not promising what I've described will actually be good or strong gameplay... it is just the gameplay I think I'd enjoy experiencing... there are after all... what was it... 64 possible combinations? o_0 Am Pretty sure there is something that will be likable for everyone and than there will be the "cookie cutter" FOTs (flavor of the month). But yeah... sticking to what you like will reward you in the end the most ~me thinks... except if what you like is not "face rolling" and "cookie cutter" builds in which case ~be my guest and do so. As a final words... If for the next 15 - 20 years Ashes of Creation does not become this Planet`s next WoW... people of this planet are imbeciles... and if me and BDO are still around ~that would be great too :P. Argh damn... I remembered something else... It does look plenty like Arcage actually now that I have seen this "insider" footage. It looks nothing like Linage 2 (T&L truly captures it`s "spirit" better)... maybe Arcage was "spawned" at a very bad time... Gaming population was not old enough for it... and than when they were old enough for it... it was too old for them... So Fail & Fail... maybe the time is now ripe for this very Arcage looking like game (but with obvious graphical overhuill) to displace that Blizzard monthly fee grab fest called WoW. It`s still monthly fee based, but at least is not WoW. I think there`s been enough WoW already... even thou well naah... I don`t mind it being around either... just I don`t like it to be considerate "the kind of mmorpg" because it gives a bad name to the entire genre... not because it is bad, but because people misunderstand it a lot and out of it the entire mmorpg and gaming community. Ashes of Creation might be able to eventually change that... maybe.

[@onthelow415]

You need to go do more research before posting all this word vomit. A lot of your complaints have already been address in the class system. You also need to play the game before criticizing how it plays.

[@havoc7154]

$100 for alpha lol. rip off game

[@Gnomaana]

100 for all phases of alpha (over a year of gameplay), both planned betas, a month of game time and $15 worth of in game cosmetics currency.

[@SlugmaChops]

Not a game

[@havoc7154]

@@Gnomaana $100 is a bit too much tbh. $25-30 seems right.

[@JRLobster]

My goodness @therealgodzilla is back! He’s back!!!!!