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Lost Ark Bard Guide (2025 Winter Latest): Perfect Analysis of Skills, Runes, Gems, Engravings, Cards, and Ark Passives!
This video is a guide for new Bard players in Lost Ark, based on the Winter 2025 update. It details the basic Bard setup and gameplay, including skill settings, runes, gems, engravings, ability stones, cards, and Ark Passives. It also provides guidance on using buff and heal skills, generating identity, and using crisis management skills.
1. 🎯 Bard Guide Intro: Skill, Rune, Gem, Engraving, Ark Passive Setup Guide
- ✅ Bard Guide based on the 2025 LOA ON Winter Roadmap
- ✅ Guide on how to set up Support Bard skills, runes, gems, and engravings
- ✅ Single content DPS settings for House Dungeon, Cruzan Front, etc. will be uploaded later
- ✅ Proceeding in the order of Skills, Runes, Gems, Engravings, Ability Stones, Cards, and Ark Passives
00:00 - 00:41
1. 🎯 Bard Guide Intro: Skill, Rune, Gem, Engraving, Ark Passive Setup Guide
- ✅ Bard Guide based on the 2025 LOA ON Winter Roadmap
- ✅ Guide on how to set up Support Bard skills, runes, gems, and engravings
- ✅ Single content DPS settings for House Dungeon, Cruzan Front, etc. will be uploaded later
- ✅ Proceeding in the order of Skills, Runes, Gems, Engravings, Ability Stones, Cards, and Ark Passives
00:42 - 01:10
2. 🎼 Core Skill Composition: Choose skills for Imprint, Attack Power Increase, Care, Counter, and Identity Generation
- ✅ Imprint Skill: Sonatine
- ✅ Attack Power Buff Skills: Heavenly Performance, Sound Vibration
- ✅ Care Skill: Guardian Tune
- ✅ Counter and Identity Generation Skill: Rhythm Buckshot
- ✅ Optional Skills: Sound Holic or Storm's Prelude
01:22 - 01:57
3. 📜 Essential & Optional Engraving Guide: Awakening, Blooming, Expert, Spirit Absorption, Heavy Armor
- ✅ Basic Recommended Engravings: Awakening, Blooming Flow, Expert, Spirit Absorption, Heavy Armor
- ✅ Awakening and Blooming Flow are essential engravings
- ✅ Expert, Spirit Absorption, and Heavy Armor can be changed depending on the raid situation
- ✅ Users starting at level 1640 can maintain the basic setup until level 1700
01:58 - 02:18
4. 💎 Ability Stone & Card Setup: How to use the Mokoko Challenge
- ✅ Use the Awakening/Expert or Awakening/Blooming Flow ability stone provided in the Mokoko Challenge Express
- ✅ If you need an additional stone, we recommend Awakening/Spirit Absorption
- ✅ Card Setup: Recommended combination of Nameless Island's Cliff (Nameless Island) card + Light of Salvation (Light of Salvation) for dealers
- ✅ Nameless Island card can be obtained through the Mokoko Challenge Express mission
- ✅ Attribute damage card settings for each raid will be prepared later
02:19 - 03:00
5. ✨ Ark Passive Guide: Final Form and Early Point Investment Strategy
- ✅ Support Ark Passives are fixed
- ✅ Complete the final form as you progress and grow in the game
- ✅ If you don't have enough points, invest up to the stage you can
03:01 - 04:27
6. 🛡️ Bard's Role: Buffer, Healer, How to use Care Skills
- ✅ Bard performs the roles of buffer, healer, and care
- ✅ Buff Skills: Attack Power Increase, Damage Increase
- ✅ Attack Power Increase Skills: Heavenly Performance, Sound Vibration (cannot be stacked, use according to cooldown)
- ✅ Imprint Skills: Sonatine, Rhythmic Harp, Sound Shock (can stack attack power increase, use every cooldown)
- ✅ Damage Increase Skill: Courage Serenade (use Identity Bubbles, use 2-3 bubbles)
04:28 - 05:33
7. ❤️🩹 Healing & Identity Generation Skills: Salvation Serenade, Rhythm Buckshot, Window of Music Usage
- ✅ Healer Skill: Salvation Serenade (use Identity Bubbles, 1-3 bubbles, usually use 1 bubble)
- ✅ Identity Bubble Generation Skills: Rhythm Buckshot, Window of Music, Storm's Prelude or Sound Holic
- ✅ Identity Generation Skills can also be used as Shield, Counter, and Destruction skills
- ✅ Use skills without saving when there are no boss gimmicks, adjust according to the gimmick timing
05:34 - 06:47
8. 🛡️ Care & Gimmick Skills: How to use Heavenly Performance, Guardian Tune, Requiem
- ✅ Care Skills: Heavenly Performance (Attack Power Reduction), Guardian Tune (Damage Reduction, CC Immunity), Window of Music (Shield), Requiem (Super Save, 75% Damage Reduction)
- ✅ Gimmick Skills:
| Situation | Skill |
|---|---|
| Burn | Empa Vibration, Sonatine, Rhythm Buckshot, Requiem |
| Stagger | Empa Vibration, Rhythm Buckshot, Sound Holic |
- ✅ More detailed skill usage and support roles will be covered in future videos