Dirge TSO Raid Buffs

Recommended Dirge Raid Buffs in TSO- These guides are obviously one opinion. Some may have varied thoughts. This is meant to be a basic guide to help bring it in raids! Special thanks to Xlax for preparing this for us!

Buffing as a Bard is likely the most important and challenging issue for playing the class most efficiently. Unlike other classes, bards receive many more buffs than their concentration slots allow. Therefore, it is imperative this class understands which buffs are most effective given the encounter in front of them.

Caveat: The selections are designed for a Dirge as the solo bard in a traditional MT, OT, or Scout Group. Yes, I feel the need to include this for the rare occurrence someone is in a double bard group, or for a Dirge randomly tossed into a mage group due to lack of Troubs.

No Concentration Buffs

No Concentration Buffs (Run ALL full time)

Battle Cry
Dexterous Sonata
Don’t Kill the Messenger
Luck of the Dirge
Death’s Door
Heroic Storytelling
Allegro
Selo’s Accelerando
Deity Buff
Guild Buff

Concentration Buffs -Constant

Concentration Buffs- Constant
These buffs should always be running

Riana's Relentless Tune
Harl's Rousing Tune
Percussion of Stone

Concentration Buffs - Situational

Concentration Buffs- Situational
Use these buffs as indicated

Hyran’s Seething Sonata: This grants Hate Gain and Aggression to a Tank. Dirge in a MT group should run this full time. OT group Dirges may rarely need to run this unless there is something specific their Tank needs hate for. If your tank doesn’t require a full compliment of hate, please bypass this buff and run something more efficient for the fight.
Dead Calm: Strong group damage proc. Only drop this in situations where a more defensive songs are necessary. IE. Jael’s Mysterious Mettle or Noxious Symphony.
Songster’s Luck: Grants Slashing, Crushing, Piercing, Ranged skill of group. TSO 6x Turq set adds 10% group accuracy component. Solid buff I wish I could run more freely. Unfortunately, this is the first buff from my list to get cut for something else. Run it when you can, but don’t make it a must have.
Noxious Symphony: Raid Noxious mitigation increase. AA will boost this to provide a ward (you should spec for this). Run this song when the encounter requires noxious resists. Traditionally, it is suggested a Dirge in the OT or Scout group run this to save a concentration slot to the MT dirge who is running Hyran’s Seething Sonata full time. ***If your team anticipates there will be deaths, have two dirges run this in case one dies. You want this up full time on these fights. When this buff is good… its REALLY good.
Jael’s Mysterious Mettle: Increases Parry of group members. Enhanced AA in the Shadows tree boosts this song by adding Physical Mitigation to the group. Make sure you have 5 points in this tree for the bonus. MT Dirge could argue running this full time. I typically do not but won’t fault you for doing so. Pretty self-explanatory. If trauma AOEs are hitting hard, run this song.

Concentration Buffs - Never

Concentration Buffs- DO NOT RUN

Bria's Inspiring Ballad - The “Cream of the Crap” will make use of this ability. Please understand you will be viewed as the court jester to the rest of the community. Your silly attempts to justify its benefit will further the laughter. Drop this from your hotbar, forget it exists, tuck it down deep and never bring its name up ever again. ** NOTE Did you read this and say to yourself, “but… it’s good in THIS situation”? Finish your thought and please review the paragraph above one more time and know we thank you for furthering the laughter. ***2nd NOTE For the stubborn Dirge who is debating the previous statement in your head and taking offense. I’m lol’ing again. Get the point? Now drop it and go out there and show Norrath you learned something today. There is still hope we can salvage your ability to play this class!

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