Sonic Bard was my first DDO character, I still play today as my main character. Back in the day it was the gear you needed like El Kabong guitar or Hammer of Leaden Clouds.
Somewhat unrelated: if you go into that tarpits quest in the isle of dread, jump into that hole with the 3 skeletons, ranged attacks do not register unless your at the top of a jump. They dont work just standing on the ground.
I'm glad to have inspired you a bit. But hey, if you want another idea, 5 sorc Stormsinger sonic build is something I've been doing on a scoundrel. Very bursty, the sorc levels for even more caster levels
You want go spellpower lightning repeating crossbows? take my build: 15 art, 3 wiz, 2 rogue // tier 5 archanotech, tier 4 BE, ek core2(for spellword lightning 1d8) forget physical damage, u only stacking imbue dices and spellpower, doubleshot, spellcrit and dc ARchtech = runearm strips lightning imunne Aoe damage with runearm, good single target with crossbow YE just forget physical damage, weapon crit or whatever (you just look for imbues and triggers like sovereign lightning and iod gear)
Right but..... does it make a barrage of LIGHTNING BOLTS smite the enemies? No? Then the ^^^ build up there clearly beats yours if ^^^ is what we're after. ;-)
Okay at 0:22 in this video there is a player holding 2 swords in a stance I've never seen before. can you please explain that to me because it looks really cool.
Love the DDO videos! I do wonder though, how does Eldritch Blast work while Shapeshifted (Wolf OR Bear Form)? I don't wanna try it without knowing it's at least possible. I know in a past forum/reddit post somewhere you mentioned something about Bearlock so I thought I'd ask. Keep em coming!
I dont understand . If u say that u wont put any points to storm singer . Why whould you even go bard and not something that benefits with the ranged built . Tbh i have a really hard time with this built . And i feel like bard is not a good choice to go .
@@Strimtom I thought multi-class characters couldn't get the Capstone ability... that must be different for non-class enhancements like Inquisitive huh?
Hi, I used the build, it's very good, but there's a mistake, you can't use the rune, because according to the DDO wiki, the necessary feat is only granted at level 2 artificir. What do you think?
The hardest part of this build will be joining groups and explaining that you're a dollar general bard.
You clearly never played with Combat Favored Souls
@Kydrou first character I built in 2006 for ddo was 9 cleric 1 fighter. I know the feeling all to well.
As a combat favored soul, heal yourself if I notice I will throw you one though 😂
Sonic Bard was my first DDO character, I still play today as my main character. Back in the day it was the gear you needed like El Kabong guitar or Hammer of Leaden Clouds.
"your buffs . . . I mean . . . they kinda suck and people are gonna notice that about you" lol. The struggle of a bard that does something different.
Somewhat unrelated: if you go into that tarpits quest in the isle of dread, jump into that hole with the 3 skeletons, ranged attacks do not register unless your at the top of a jump.
They dont work just standing on the ground.
I'm glad to have inspired you a bit. But hey, if you want another idea, 5 sorc Stormsinger sonic build is something I've been doing on a scoundrel. Very bursty, the sorc levels for even more caster levels
Another absolute BANGER from the man known as Strimtom
Looks like it would be great if the build was not bugged. Would do it next life if they fixed it. I would assume you submitted the bug so maybe 2026
But we can hope for early 2026 vs late 2026!
You want go spellpower lightning repeating crossbows? take my build:
15 art, 3 wiz, 2 rogue // tier 5 archanotech, tier 4 BE, ek core2(for spellword lightning 1d8)
forget physical damage, u only stacking imbue dices and spellpower, doubleshot, spellcrit and dc
ARchtech = runearm strips lightning imunne
Aoe damage with runearm, good single target with crossbow
YE just forget physical damage, weapon crit or whatever (you just look for imbues and triggers like sovereign lightning and iod gear)
Right but..... does it make a barrage of LIGHTNING BOLTS smite the enemies? No? Then the ^^^ build up there clearly beats yours if ^^^ is what we're after. ;-)
Drow 2 Rogue, 17 Wizard, 1 warrior. Repeating Heavy Crossbows in combination with Eldritch Knight Imbue Dice + 3 Imbue Dice from Rogue assasin Toxin Affinity +2 from Drow... and + 5 from a wizard + you can put Flame Arrow spell on your bolts + all good stuff from Feydark Illusionist + damage from int from Harper Agent tree. + Knight's Controller:+2 Enchantment DCs, +2 Illusion DCs, +4 Spell Penetration. + you can use Heavy armour and cast spells +15 Arcane Fluidity from Drow and enother +15 friom eldrich knight. Traveler's Toughness + 15hp and +15 more hp from eldrich knight making it extrimly tough. Heal from Pale Master Shroud of the Wraith +1 Sneak Attack Die. + all the good stuff from Shadow Dancer tree. You don't have to use any Shadowblades for damage on tresh mobs but you can cast shadow blade imbue on your Crossbow. You can just shot all. + you can still take nodes for force damage for ruin. Such build can allow you to be extremely strong at armor and hp, depend little on mana on trash, while having maximum wizard spells on ruin and being a rogue at the same time.
Drow 8/17/14/18/8/8
Level Class · · · · · ·Feats
1 · · Rogue(1) · · · ·Standard: Repid Reload
2 · · Wizard(1)· · · · Metamagic: Maximize Spell
3 · · Wizard(2) · · · ·Standard: Exotic Weapon Proficiency Repeating Heavy Crossbows
4 · · Wizard(3) · · · ·Dex: +1 Level up(you can get it up to 19 of you wont-to later.)
5 · · Wizard(4) · · · ·
6 · · Wizard(5) · · · ·Standard: Point Blank Shot
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Metamagic: Empower Spell
7 · · Wizard(6) · · · ·
8 · · Wizard(7) · · · ·Intelligence: +1 Level up
9 · · Rogue(1)· · · · ·Standard: Rapid Shot
10· · Wizard(8) · · · ·
11· · Wizard(9) · · · ·
12· · Wizard(10)· · · ·Standard: Quicken Spell
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Metamagic: Extend Spell
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Intelligence: +1 Level up
13· · Wizard(11)· · · ·
14· · Wizard(12)· · · ·
15· · Wizard(13)· · · ·Standard: Spell Focus: Illusion
16· · Wizard(14)· · · ·Intelligence: +1 Level up (+1 dex if planing for pricission later.)
17· · Wizard(15)· · · ·Metamagic: Heighten Spell
18· · Wizard(16)· · · ·Standard: Greater Spell Focus: Illusion
19· · Wizard(17)· · · ·
20· · Warrior(1)· · · ·Standard: Insightful Reflexes
· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· Warrior bonus: Toughness ore Mobility ore something for pricission.
· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· Intelligence: +1 Level up
21· · Epic(1) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Wellspring of Power ore Epic Spell Focus
22· · Epic(2) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Epic Spell Power: Force
23· · Epic(3) · · · · ·
24· · Epic(4) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Overwhelming Critical ore Embolden Spell
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Intelligence: +1 Level up
25· · Epic(5) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: First Blood
26· · Epic(6) · · · · ·
27· · Epic(7) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Ruin
28· · Epic(8) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Deific Warding
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Intelligence: +1 Level up
29· · Epic(9) · · · · ·
30· · Epic(10)· · · · ·Epic Feat: Greater Ruin
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Legendary: Scion of the Feywild
Just don't like kd and damage on shadow blades but i like an idia on your dream rogue wizard build. And i thoght what if i use Eldritch Knight susteinability and imbue Dice x3+Repeating Heavy Crossbows damage and for +2 Illusion DCs instead of Augment Summoning way. Relocating some nodes from Feydark Illusionist in to Eldritch Knight.
Anyone else expect "not so much a stroke of genius " to finish with "more like just a stroke"? 😅
Okay at 0:22 in this video there is a player holding 2 swords in a stance I've never seen before. can you please explain that to me because it looks really cool.
the vecna cosmetics are wild!
Thx grend, this build is fantastic good. On lvl 32 fantastic.
I don't understand why FVS is a must for this build. I don't have it but this build looks very fun
Love the DDO videos! I do wonder though, how does Eldritch Blast work while Shapeshifted (Wolf OR Bear Form)? I don't wanna try it without knowing it's at least possible. I know in a past forum/reddit post somewhere you mentioned something about Bearlock so I thought I'd ask.
Keep em coming!
Yes it does! This is the basis for the classic Bearlock build! There is no official write up, but it's not hard to use your imagination and go wild
@@Strimtom Awesome! Thanks for the reply! Are there any downsides I need to be cautious of? (in your point of view).
@@ThomasForlin You lose charisma in animal form do the saves are lower, but that's about it
@@Strimtom Ok awesome. Thanks again and I can't wait to try it out!
Which skin is that you are using?
I dont understand . If u say that u wont put any points to storm singer . Why whould you even go bard and not something that benefits with the ranged built . Tbh i have a really hard time with this built . And i feel like bard is not a good choice to go .
How did you get the Tier 5 Talents if you split off 1 level into both FvS and Art?
Tier 5 requires 12 levels of a class, not 20.
@@Strimtom I thought multi-class characters couldn't get the Capstone ability... that must be different for non-class enhancements like Inquisitive huh?
Hi, I used the build, it's very good, but there's a mistake, you can't use the rune, because according to the DDO wiki, the necessary feat is only granted at level 2 artificir. What do you think?
You get rune arm use from epics. Once you reach level 20 you can get rune arm use from the Machrotech epic destiny
First comment Sam!