Echoing Silence
- Skill Spam
- Critical
- Area
- Guaranteed Gem
A TierSpeed farming · Endgame
Overview
Overview
Bard of Silence with crit at the cap: every crit, through Rupture, plays an extra Shattering Chord — and Echo Shell makes each one ring twice.
Good for: Echoes T12–T20: strong clear while playing in the middle of the pack (bossing below the median).
Strengths
- Guaranteed gem (cheap)
- Huge area around you
- Zero health lost on the bench
Weaknesses
- The Bard of Silence's aura passive goes unused here (see versions)
- Many Gaze relics
- You have to stay right on top of the enemy
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- ResonanceBard of the Rupture
- Mastery
- Bard of SilenceLV 7 · 34 points
- Iris Links
- RuptureTrigger Gem
- Shattering ChordLinked
Relics12
Core
- Thousand EyesBLESSED · Keen
- Edge of the Gaze
- Echo Shell
- Siege
Recommended
- Counterweight
- Wedge
- Stone Flower
- Surrounded
Optional
- Wide Circle
- Ring
- Trained Hand
- Face to Face
Legendary
- The Wide Eyeluxury pick, random drop
- Skill Echoluxury pick, random drop
Sets
Verdict
Critical and execution.
- Crooked Scales
- Worn Gavel
2 pieces: Criticals heal you. Capped per second.
Broken Guardian
The barrier exists to be broken.
- Guardian's Shell
- Guardian's Heart
2 pieces: Breaking the barrier bursts in an area and starts growing another right away.
Progression
Progression trees
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Iris Fragments: 1,551
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Body
- Hardened Bark8/8+80% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap2/5+16% healing received
Power
- Sharp Gaze8/8+48% damage (max +48%)
- Steady Rhythm5/5+35% on basic attacks
- Elite Hunter4/4+36% against elites
- Crownbreaker4/4+36% against bosses
Focus
- Reservoir5/5+50% maximum resource
- Serene Flow5/5110% of natural flow
- Measured Haste4/4-20% cooldown (max -20%)
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket4/4+4 relic slot
Constellation Point: 55
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Critical
- Measuring Eye+9% Critical Chance · +18% Critical Damage
- Blind Spot+18% Critical Chance against the controlled · +20% Critical Damage against the controlled
- Sure Blade+35% Critical Damage
- +4% Critical Chance ×3 · +10% Critical Damage ×4
Area
- Wide Wave+22% Size · +12% Damage with Area
- Crowd+26% Damage with Area surrounded
- +8% Damage with Area ×3 · +8% Size ×3
Damage
- Weight of the Hand+18% Damage
- +6% Damage ×2
Defense
- Skin of the Iris+16% Maximum Health · +15% Resistance · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- +5% Maximum Health ×2
RELIC SLOTS: +4
Vision Point: 35
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Blessings & Sets
- Blessed AwakeningTurns on Blessed Relics: in Tier 7 Echoes and above, 6% of relics come Blessed, and the chance climbs with every Tier. Commons can already be blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- Blessing: UncommonUncommon relics can now come out Blessed.
- Blessing: RareRare relics can now come out Blessed.
- +10% Set Piece chanceEcho bosses drop more Set Pieces.
- Sets of the GazeTurns on Set Pieces: bosses in Tier 10 Echoes and above can now drop them, and every piece you find is yours for good.
- Advanced SetsThe advanced Sets can now drop.
- Sets of the VeilThe Sets from Beyond the Veil can now drop.
- Language of the IrisTurns on Iris Links: bosses in Tier 15 Echoes and above drop Gems, and every one you find is yours for good.
Inheritances
- +1 Archive slotThe Archive of Memories holds more Inheritances.
- Relics of the Great GazeEchoes start holding the relics that exist only in the Great Gaze, beginning with the commons.
- Uncommons of the GazeThe exclusive uncommons start showing up in Echoes.
- Rares of the GazeThe exclusive rares start showing up in Echoes.
- Epics of the GazeThe exclusive epics start showing up in Echoes.
Bard of Silence
The rupture became a rest.
Passive
- Mute ChordFar stronger auras, and with greater reach.
- ResonanceMore damage on everything and shorter cooldowns.
In practice
How to play
Open with the Chord.
Keep crit at the cap and the combo going.
Against packs, it's the specialty.
Against bosses, stay right on top of it.
Mind the Atlas path.
To keep
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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