Traveling Band
- Automation
- Area
- Inheritance
- Clear
A TierSpeed farming · Endgame
Overview
Overview
Shattering Chord and Breaking Chord play on their own, each at double the pace — and The Wide Eye doubles every sound wave as the Bard crosses the room.
Good for: Echoes T12–T20: clearing packed rooms.
Strengths
- Clear several times higher than Echoing Silence on the bench
- In rooms, packs die before they can hit
- Two automatic skills
Weaknesses
- Boss on the level of the original, not higher
- Loses a lot of health on the boss on the bench (little available health)
- Depends on a giant area
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- ResonanceBard of the Rupture
- Mastery
- Bard of SilenceLV 17 · 80 points
- Iris Links
- AgonyTrigger Gem
- The Wide EyeLinked
- Sealed Health
78.8%Agony always on
Relics12
Core
- Echo Shell
- Stone Flower
- Siege
Recommended
- Last Breath
- Wide Circle
- Ring
- Surrounded
Optional
- Hollow Orbit
- New Shell
- Guardian's Shell
- Trained Hand
- Long Stride
Sets
Will of the Iris
The Iris casts without waiting for you.
- Arcane Synapse
- Seal of the Omen
2 pieces: Your class skill is used on its own as soon as it is ready. The Inheritance stays yours.
Echo of Inheritance
The Inheritance answers without being called.
- Inherited Fragment
- Ancestral Will
2 pieces: Automatically uses your equipped Inheritance Skill whenever it is available.
Progression
Progression trees
Explore the progression trees used in this build. Lit nodes are the ones it takes; the rest of each tree stays dimmed behind them.
Iris Fragments: 1,679
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Body
- Hardened Bark8/8+80% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap3/5+24% 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
- Lasting Mark4/4+48% effect duration
- Measured Haste4/4-20% cooldown (max -20%)
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket4/4+4 relic slot
Constellation Point: 63
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Area
- Wide Wave+22% Size · +12% Damage with Area
- Crowd+26% Damage with Area surrounded
- ALL AT ONCEGAINS: +50% MORE size. · LOSES: -20% action speed.
- +8% Size ×2 · +8% Damage with Area · +9% Damage with Area up close
Damage
- Weight of the Hand+18% Damage
- Second Intent+22% Damage with Skills
- HEART OF GLASSGAINS: +45% MORE damage. · LOSES: Seals 15% of Maximum Health.
- +6% Damage ×3 · +8% Damage with Basic Attacks · +8% Damage with Skills · +8% Damage in Melee ×2 · +9% Damage after a kill
Defense
- Skin of the Iris+16% Maximum Health · +15% Resistance · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- Shell of the Void-9% Damage Taken · +12% Maximum Health · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- Deep Root+18% Maximum Health · +15% Recovery
- +5% Maximum Health ×4
Special Node
- LAST VISIONGAINS: At low health: +40% MORE damage. · LOSES: Above that, nothing. The node costs 3 points and does nothing while you are fine.
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 in the middle of the pack.
Keep the note combo going.
Against packs, it's the specialty.
Against bosses, stay close.
Watch out for whatever survives: little health to spare.
To keep
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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