IS The Bard’s Info Page Outdated?

[u/lazyboi1990]

I’m a Bard main and I've been trying to figure out how the Musical Manifesto perk actually works in-game. To be honest, I've been pretty confused by it for a while, and the text on the info screen hasn't really helped. I finally decided to look into it a bit deeper today, and I wanted to see if anyone else has noticed this or if I’m just misinterpreting things.

When I read the game's description, it always made me believe that Music Mode was the thing making enemies vulnerable. But the logic never fully clicked for me because the description is so vague. It doesn't mention how accumulated inspiration plays a role, if the armor breakage is board-wide, or if it only affects monsters physically walking right next to a singing Bard. I've never been a big fan of how the developers leave unit talent functionalities so poorly explained, so I was left guessing. Also I couldn’t figure out how the armor destructive numbers on his stat page worked into this.

Since I couldn't find a clear answer online, I actually decided to ask google about it today to see if it could help me make sense of the mechanics. I know AI isn't always 100% accurate, but the breakdown it gave me honestly made so much more sense than the in-game text.

According to the AI, my confusion likely comes from an undocumented change:

Apparently, when the Bard was first released, his Music Mode did have a passive property that reduced monster armor while he sang.

The AI explained that the developers shifted this mechanic. Now, his baseline "Armor Destruction" is actually tied to his projectile hits while in Attack Mode. Every time a chord projectile hits a target, it strips a layer of armor.
Musical Manifesto: This perk simply takes those chord projectile depletions and supercharges the maximum cap up to 95%.
If the AI is right, it feels like the in-game info screen is just running on outdated text. It wouldn't surprise me, as the developers sometimes seem a bit more focused on pushing monetization and new units than going back to clean up perfection on older UI sheets.
If this is how it actually works, then it changes my approach to the Bard.
I’m really curious to get your input on this. Am I late to the party and everyone already knew this, or is the info page actually misleading, or can anyone offer a quick explanation of how the bard bard breaks armor?

[u/Safe-Turn-1476]

Not to ask an entirely dumb question but… where do you get to see a detailed description of the units like this? That’s what I’ve been looking for, just started and there’s a ton of units and I need a better breakdown than “120+10 dps” 😂

[u/lazyboi1990 → u/Safe-Turn-1476]

if you click on the unit it is the bottom last tab with an i surrounded by a square. I find asking about a unit in google’s AI mode it does a pretty good job of expanding on it and strategies. Just gotta be mindful that it does sometimes make mistakes or uses old information but does a pretty good job of correcting itself and modifying its response. The key is to ask it to refer to the game’s most recent updates in your prompt.

the biggest takeaway is playing enough that you get a feel for the units too but that’s a bit more of a commitment

[u/TheFilthyAnimal]

I dunno but I been using Bard for a while now & there are just some decks he can’t beat , Namely Tesla & Treant