Bard PVP burst?

[zuzu-bq]

You should apply your dots on everyone not for damage up on the final score but for Bloodletter resets. So you can burst more. You can even apply them without minuet just for that.

[Nakanishi]

You should apply your dots on everyone not for damage up on the final score but for Bloodletter resets. So you can burst more. You can even apply them without minuet just for that.

This. You can apply dots to everyone without minute, then refresh them all with Iron Jaws while spamming Bloodletter on your main target. If you get good enough at it, you can keep 4 sets of dots up allowing you to literally spam Bloodletter all day. This is what a Bard should be doing when they don't have their main bnb burst combo. A bard that isn't breaking 170k+ damage, isn't doing their job.

[KfLeX]

Thanks for the info guys. Makes me want to Bard more in feast. I played Summoner the most in 4 on 4.

[KfLeX]

I think I ended Season 1 with 800 score, couldn't get higher because started late and ques were dead by that point. But I've played SMN extensively both before and after nerfs, and now switched to a bard for better bursts. Less overall damage, more kills:



You see, with only 100k damage you can do 5 bursts=kills and win a match, you don't really need 240k of fluffed damage for this.

You are right, I get more kills with less damage and can win more games with Bard than my summoner.

[Phantomsmile]

Straight shot,ven,wind, minuet,buff,barrage,emp,sidewinder,bloodletter, blunt, farshot. I find this to work well if I don't already have my dots up as they are instacast before minuet is up plus if they try to los u. U can still chase and attack before going minuet bombarding on them.

[Makuro]

Straight shot,ven,wind, minuet,buff,barrage,emp,sidewinder,bloodletter, blunt, farshot. I find this to work well if...

Generally you only want to apply DoTs with Minuet on, however dropping WM to apply DoTs is a better choice in two scenarios. The person you are about to burst is running and you have a limited window to kill them. The other time this is good is if you have dots on someone else already and if your healer is trying to pay attention to your bursts you can DoT other ppl without WM on so they dont know who you are about to focus down.

Also if you are going to turn WM off to apply DoT's try to have 1 buff up at least before you apply new DoT. Tanks look for when you are using a buff because they assume the next skill is barrage + emp or whatever. So that if you are stun locked until the end of time it would have been during a time when you were just applying a DoT (which happens A LOT).

[SuperZay]

Anyone knows how exactly The Warden's Paean works in pvp? It cannot be used when you are stunned like Purify, but it certainly removes one debuff like Sleep from a healer. But I've notcied if I apply it on myself before the burst I'm still getting stunned with it's icon still up, so its secondary effect doesn't always work.

[Koltik]

Anyone knows how exactly The Warden's Paean works in pvp? It cannot be used when you are stunned like Purify, but it certainly removes one debuff like Sleep from a healer. But I've notcied if I apply it on myself before the burst I'm still getting stunned with it's icon still up, so its secondary effect doesn't always work.

It doesn't work with stun.