Bard Dots Stacking

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Originally Posted by enjchanter [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am curious how good the dps would be in a group from a bard quad dotting + melee

Probably bad but it'd be fun

I think roughly knight tier is the ballpark for just dpsing a single target. Here's a parse of my single target damage on a low blue; https://www.project1999.com/forums/s....php?p=3572137. Unfortunately you lose some dps on stuff that dies too fast or on higher level stuff (once stuff is 54+ or so you get resisted a significant amount with dots).

Arguably the bard is likely to be further from that potential for more of its lifespan -- no 41% haste for the bard from isle 5 in sky, I think the bard has a bigger gap between a cheapo tov weapon and a top weapon (e.g. https://wiki.project1999.com/Katana_of_Pain vs https://wiki.project1999.com/Nature%27s_Melody), prime hand drum and epic are expensive. At least the prime hand lute is more affordable, but of the two strong lute dots one doesn't stack with shaman/enchanter slow and the other is a level 59 song. The 60 bard dot is basically a 5-10 dps bump for being level 60.

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

its not bad w/ epic and some charming dmg, especially if the charmed mob is taking dmg from other mobs

i think a well played bard and necro would make for a sick duo...obviously not enchanter level but still very capable

I've only done a little bard+necro, would probably be fun making that work in various situations. We did a little bit of rooting a room of mobs in melee range of eachother, charm one, use ae dots, break the pet to kill once its low.