Took me 284 pulls, but I finally got my Gate 4 HM first clear! I really loved this raid, I think it's the peak of Lost Ark.
I can't say I'm completely satisfied with my gameplay but a clear is a clear and I think it was good enough at least. We were 7 people getting our first clear so it was really a mokoko group and in general the whole time I progged with new people it was really cool. I'm gonna start to try TFM as soon as I can.

0:00 - 4-1 start
2:20 - prokel
5:20 - clash
8:10 - swords
9:30 - crit
11:45 - 4-2 start
15:20 - stagger
17:40 - cutscene (yes, we shouldn't have watched it)
20:15 - 4-3

My build is 4x3 Expert/Max MP/Vital Point Hit/Desperate Salvation + 2 Spirit absorption + 2 Heavy armor. Awakening isn't a must on bard, and it is actually very risky to cast, so it didn't really hurt me much to remove it. I also have overwhelm on Sound shock and Sonic vibration for consistency (lol) and because i didn't feel the lack of mana from conviction/judgement too badly thanks to my high mana (300 mana from elixirs).
I didn't play crisis because I hate that engraving but also from an objective standpoint it won't save you from that many things in this gate. Maybe in TFM (?). I've only died 3 times in a way that caused a wipe in those 300 pulls, I think that's okay. Especially because I play much more consistently when I run Spirit absorption.
Back when Thaemine first released I got really inspired by Calancis (First clear) running no shield on Wind of music and have been using that since then. It really goes a long way.

Thanks for watching !

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