Question - Most important Bard Heroic Stat?

[Jetanroth]

Should Bards focus on HDex or HCha for their Type 5 augs?

 

[Sic]

hdex

 

[Saffron]

Isn't cha for charm duration and mez? I forget and all the beer isn't helping me remember

 

[Eltai86]

HCha is literally a useless stat. Correct answer is HDex

 

[v1ndi]

Isn't cha for charm duration and mez? I forget and all the beer isn't helping me remember

It's for success rate, but it hasn't been relevant in a VERY long time. hDex is generally your go to for bard, there are SOME merits for hInt in a raid setting (for Insult spamming) depending on what you're doing and what your guild wants you to do. But these days most bards just go the selfish self-dps route and go with heroic dex.

 

[CazRaX]

Should Bards focus on HDex or HCha for their Type 5 augs?

I'm pretty sure if you swing at all for DPS then it is hDex, unless a tank wants max HP then HSta.

 

[knave23]

I've always wondered but never come across a definitive answer- does hDex affect spell crits like it does melee?

 

[CazRaX]

I've always wondered but never come across a definitive answer- does hDex affect spell crits like it does melee?

As far as I know it only affects melee and combat ability crits and not spell crits.

 

[Dobber123]

Not important, but my mana hungry bard was receptive to intelligence.

 

[ToeJamSamy]

HInt for insults specifically? What's the logic behind this? Curious is all. I've been doing Dex preferred on mine but always wondering if I should do other stuff too or even a balanced approach(mainly Harmony augs) since my bards are melee DPS themselves but also spelldps, and buffers, as well as mezzers intermittently.

Side note: I may have to try charming with my Dru after watching a solo Dru charmkilling CoV named the other day. Not something I've ever wanted to do, bit maybe I'm missing out(my drus been missing out on a lot of things forever lol)