Bard Passive Chime Stacks Guide
hello everyone! with the recent addition of bard, and the relative uncertainty of his kit, i took it upon myself to give a little bit of info regarding bards passive:
Essentially, Bards passive allows him to collect charms lying around the map that spawn in relatively random locations. Every FIFTH charm he collects, he gains an upgrade of some sort. The upgrade path looks like this: 5 Chimes- Thrown Meeps apply a 25% slow 10 Chimes- Thrown Meeps do (30 at 0 stacks) +25 additional magic Dmg (55) 15 Chimes- Gain +1 additional meeps 20 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +25 additional magic Dmg (80) 25 Chimes- Thrown meeps will now strike through the initial target in a cone, applying slow and dmg to all hit inside the cone 30 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +30 additional magic Dmg (110) 35 Chimes- Meeps reappear 1 second faster (12 at 0 stacks) (11) 40 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +30 additional magic Dmg (140) 45 Chimes- Thrown meeps apply a 45% slow 50 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +35 additional magic Dmg (175) 55 Chimes- Gain +1 additional meeps 60 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +35 additional magic Dmg (210) 65 Chimes- Increased cone width (this is actually huge) 70 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +35 additional magic Dmg (245) 75 Chimes- Meeps reappear 1 second faster (10) 80 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +35 additional magic Dmg (280) 85 Chimes- Thrown meeps apply a 60% slow 90 Chimes- Thrown meeps do +30 additional magic Dmg (310) 95 Chimes- Gain +1 additional meeps
Essentially, at 95 stacks you have: 4 meeps that you can hold, each meep deals base 310 magic dmg +AP, meeps deal damage in a pretty large cone, and meeps apply a 60% slow. Getting this many chimes isnt easy, however you can gain more than 95 stacks in theory (the highest i got to was 95). If you can get an infinite amount of stacks, then bards late game holds infinite potential, but i wouldn't be surprised if it is capped, or if they were to cap it. Also, for each chime you gain, you get a mobility boost. Chaining chimes will further increase this movement speed bonus.
Thanks for reading guys, Twiggs
