Songcraft

Note: Before Songcraft was announced by Trion as the official English name of this skill set, it was referred to as Artistry by the ArcheAge community.

Overview

This specialization encourages fighters with the sounds of a lute or a lyre.
Lucius is considered the patron of the bards.

Songcraft is a support tree that offers a variety of buffs that are valuable in a group. It includes some heals, but is not as effective for that as Vitalism. It includes a unique mechanic, Performance, for group buffs.

Skills

Active

	Name	Songcraft Reqs	Description*	Cost*	Cast Time*	Cooldown*	Range*	Effects	Combos
	Critical Discord	Lv1	Plays a sharp harmony that deals (67 + 150% Magic Attack) Magic Damage to an enemy and increases caster's Magic Critical Rate by 2% for 3 seconds. When this skill levels up, it increases damage, but also cast time.	21 Mana	1 Second	none	Single 20m
	Startling Strain	Lv5	Stuns an enemy for 2sec with a special performance. After the Stun ends, the enemy is Charmed and susceptible to other Songcraft skill effects. Reduces caster's Cast Time -20% for 5 seconds. Does not stop a performance skill.	30 Mana	Instant	30 Seconds	Single 20m
	[Perform] Quickstep	Lv10	Plays a lighthearted song for 15sec. Increases Move Speed +12-18% for allies within a 10m radius. Effect increases the longer you play. Can only stack with other Perform skills and shares a cooldown with them.	42 Mana	Instant	2 Seconds	Self
	Dissonant	Lv15	Plays clashing sounds to reduce an enemy's skill damage and Attack Speed -15%. Deals (268 + 300% Magic Attack) Magic Damage to the enemy after 6sec.	73 Mana	1.5 Seconds	18 Seconds	Single 20m
	Healing Hymn	Lv20	Plays a healing song that instantly restores +(62 + 120% Magic Attack) health to an ally. The healed ally can heal another 2 allies within 10m. The song can continue to be transferred up to 3 times.	355 Mana	Instant	15 Seconds	Single 30m
	Hummingbird Ditty	Lv25	Reduces Cast Time -6%. Buffs caster or an ally for 30m.	72 Mana	1.5 Seconds	none	Single 25m
	[Perform] Ode to Recovery	Lv30	Plays a healing song for 15sec. Restores health to caster and allies within 10m. Effect increases the longer you play. Can only stack with other Perform skills and shares a cooldown with them.	540 Mana	Instant	2 Seconds	Self
	Rhythmic Renewal	Lv35	Summons a healing spring that restores +64 (+15% Magic Attack) health to caster and all nearby allies every second for 60 seconds.	942 Mana	2 Seconds	90 Seconds	Area 3m
	[Perform] Bulwark Ballad	Lv40	Plays a song of the earth. Increases Physical/Magic Defense +960-1440 of allies within 10m. Lasts 15sec. Effect increases the longer you play. Can only stack with other Perform skills and shares a cooldown with them.	234 Mana	Instant	2 Seconds	Self
	[Perform] Bloody Chanty	Lv45	Plays a lively song for 15sec. Increases Attack +16-24% and Attack Speed +20% of a target and allies within 10m. Effect increases the longer you play. Can only stack with other Perform skills.	199 Mana	Instant	2 Seconds	Self
	Alarm Call	Lv50	Lifts Stun and Sleep debuffs and grants immunity to allies within a 15m range every second for 15sec. Canceled by using another skill.	263 Mana	Instant	60 Seconds	Self
	[Perform] Grief's Cadence	Lv55	Plays a song of penitence for 15 sec. Decreases the debuff effects for caster and allies within 10m -20%. Effect last as the song is played. Can only stack with other Perform skills and shares a cooldown with them.	??? Mana	Instant	2 Seconds	Self

*Base values of Rank 1 skills. Values scale off ability rank, equipped items, and character level.

Passive

	Name	Songcraft Reqs	Description
	Syncopation	Skill Points 2+	Decreases the cast delay and the chance of interruption when hit -50%.
	Hold the Note	Skill Points 4+	Increases the performance time of Quickstep, Ode to Recovery, Bloody Chanty, and Bulwark Ballad and Grief's Cadence +15 seconds.
	Uptempo	Skill Points 6+	Decreases cast time speed -5%.
	Disciplined Performance	Skill Points 7+	Decreases received Magic Damage -30% for 3 seconds when Magical Critical damage is received. This ability has a 20 second cooldown once triggered. Performance skills also grant the Rhythm buff every 3 seconds. Rhythm: - Increases Healing Power and Magical Attack +7 per stack. - Decreases Songcrafts cooldowns -0.4 seconds per stack. - Lasts 9 seconds. - Stacks up to 15 times. - Resets the cooldown of Startling Strain whenever a target you have Charmed is killed.
	Loudspeaker	Skill Points 8+	Increases the range for Quickstep, Ode to Recovery, Bloody Chanty, and Bulwark Ballad to 22m.
	Allegretto	Skill Points 9+	Decreases Stun and Silence duration -10%.
	Zeal	Skill Points 10+	Every Successful Critical Damage/Critical Healing effect increases all Critical rates (including Healing) +5% and all Critical Damage/Critical Healing +75% for 6 seconds. This ability has a 12 second cooldown once triggered.

Combos

Songcraft self-combos:

Class	Songcraft combos with class	Class combos with Songcraft	Both classes have
Archery	- if charmed	none	if charmed
Auramancy	if charmed	none	none
Battlerage	if charmed	none	none
Defense	- if charmed	none
Occultism	- if charmed	none	if distressed if charmed
Shadowplay		none
Sorcery	none	none	- if charmed
Vitalism		none	none
Witchcraft	- if charmed	none	- if charmed