Bard is one of the Advanced Classes available for Mage. As you can expect from her name, this female-exclusive Class‘ main job is to buff yourself and your party. If getting thanks from your teammates for the invaluable buffs is how you get your kicks in MMORPGs, here are the best Skills and Engravings you should prioritize when you’re making both PvE, and PvP Bard builds in Lost Ark.
PvE Bard Skill Build in Lost Ark
As a Bard, your role in PvE is keeping away from mobs and bosses while maintaining buffs to power up your friends. Sure, you can also deal a decent amount of damage, but you’re pretty squishy compared to other Classes, and it’s not your main job. However, if you do want to play more aggressively, there’s also a way to do that. These are two types of popular PvE Skill builds you can use as a template:
Big Band Raid Support Build
Instrumental Solo Build
Awakening Skill: Symphonia: Deal damages to enemies. Grants a shield for teammates within 12 meters, absorbing damage equal to 100% of your Max HP for 10 seconds. Gain 1 Bubble.
Recommended Engravings
- Class-specific: Desperate Salvation
- Awakening
- Expert
- Heavy Armor
- Max MP Increase
- Spirit Absorption
Watch YouTuber Hi_Im_Fox’s video below for details on how to play a Bard in general and pick the proper PvE build:
PvP Bard Skill Build in Lost Ark
Since 1v1 PvP isn’t really a Bard strong suit (unsurprisingly), this is one PvP Skill build that you can use as a template:
3v3 Bard
- Class-specific: Desperate Salvation
- Awakening
- Max HP Increase
- Max MP Increase
For playing the best PvP build, you can take an example from YouTuber iRunShibb’s video below
Lost Ark is now available on PC via Steam.
