Tarisland Bard guide: Best Rotation, Talents, and more

Bard is one of the most functional and versatile classes in Tarisland. This class can be very effective on the battlefield, as it can deal high damage as well as support teammates with great healing and utility abilities. In this guide, we have shared an introduction to the Bard’s rotations and its Red Talent build to help you better understand the character class.

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Bard rotation guide for Tarisland

Bard rotation guide (Image via Tencent)

Basic Early Game DPS Rotation for Bard (1-1-3, 4, 1-1-3):

Why:

• The 1-1-3 combo is your primary damage dealer because it scales best with your attack power and provides the highest base damage.
• This combo also grants a personal damage buff lasting 25 seconds, which is crucial for maximizing your overall damage output.

How:

1. Start with 1-1-3 to apply the damage buff to yourself.
2. Use skill 4, which does high damage and further increases your damage bonuses for a short time.
3. Return to 1-1-3 to maintain high damage output and refresh the buff when needed.

This rotation ensures you always have your damage buff active before using your high-damage cooldown abilities, creating a cycle of increasing damage output.

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Advanced Rotation with Elegant Melody Talent:

Various rotations you can use on the battlefield (Image via Tencent)

Why:

• Elegant Melody upgrades your skill 2, making it more powerful and applying a stackable DoT (Damage over Time) effect.
• This talent changes your optimal rotation to balance between maintaining the DoT and using your highest damage abilities.

How:

1. Start with 1-1-3 for the initial damage buff.
2. Use 2-2-3 to apply and stack the DoT quickly.
3. Follow with 2-3 to maintain the DoT.
4. Use 1-4-3 for high burst damage.
5. Continue with 1-2-3 and 1-1-3 to balance damage types and maintain buffs.

This rotation maximizes your damage by keeping the DoT active, using your most powerful abilities, and maintaining your buffs throughout the fight.

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AOE Rotation:

Why:

• Bard's AOE rotation is unique due to its cooldown reduction mechanic when hitting multiple targets.
• It's highly effective against groups of 5 or more enemies.

How:

1. Begin with 1-1-3 to activate your damage buff.
2. Use skill 4 to further increase damage.
3. Spam skill 5 as long as you're hitting 5+ targets.
4. Weave in 1-1-3 combos between AOE casts when possible to maintain your buff.

For fewer targets:

• With 4 targets, skill 5 has a 1-second cooldown
• With 3 targets, it has a 2-second cooldown
• Use basic skills (1 or 3) during these short cooldowns

Remember to only use AOE rotation against 3 or more targets, as your single-target rotation is more effective for 1-2 enemies.

Additional Tips:

1. Practice these rotations to build muscle memory.
2. Always be aware of your buff durations and try to refresh them before they expire.
3. Adapt your rotation based on the fight mechanics and your current talent build.
4. For sustained fights, focus on maintaining a steady rhythm of abilities rather than bursting everything at once.
5. Keep an eye on your resources (mana, energy, etc.) and adjust your rotation if needed to avoid running out mid-fight.

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Bard Red Talent build in Tarisland

Various talents of Bard in Tarisland (Image via Tencent)

1. Music Theory increases the damage of all musical note skills by 15%.
2. Symphonic Poem ensures Passionate Play always grants the Symphonic Poem buff, allowing Chord skills to cost no notes during the buff. This talent works well with the Inscribed Stone skill (7th skill) when synchronized properly.
3. Stimulate boosts the base damage of Zealous Melody and Chord (your 1-1-3 rotation) by 15%.
4. Solo Master increases your Combo stat by 3%, helping you achieve the first Inspire Core Passive stat check when you reach this point in the game.
5. Elegant Melody (EM) upgrades Blue Melody to Purple Melody, applying a stackable DoT (up to 3 times) that can Combo, perfect for boosting your main secondary stat.
6. Homology grants Zealous Chord a 3% bonus damage and a 50% chance to deal additional damage to the target, enhancing your 1-1-3 rotation's burst potential.
7. Outburst increases the base damage of Elegant Melody and Chord by 15%.
8. Passionate Play+ enhances Passionate Play's damage by 15% and provides a 5% overall damage increase while the buff is active.
9. Impermanence increases damage to Elegant Melody-affected enemies by 2% and guarantees extra damage (20% of ATK) on the next EM cast after a Combo lands, with decreased trigger chance for multiple affected enemies.
10. Finale deals increased damage to targets below 25% HP, making it effective for boss fights and large AOE packs.
11. Wind Music extends Wild Music's duration by 3 seconds and increases your damage during the buff phase.
12. Majestic provides an 18-second raid buff for increased attack damage and improved combo rate, which may be optional depending on raid coordination.
13. Free Inspiration gives a chance to gain an extra-musical score, offering bonus effects when matching Chord skills, providing passive damage improvement, and synergizing well with the Inscribed Stone skill.

That’s all for the Bard. We hope this helps you become a better minstrel of battle in Tarisland.

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