THE GREATEST GUIDE TO EARTH GENASI BARD

You need the WIS not just for your survival, but for your core class abilities to be useful whatsoever. Give attention to STR or DEX (according to if you'd like to be melee or ranged target, respectively), then Enhance your WIS. Your +1 to AC is naturally going to make you a more robust suit for melee scenarios. STR: Barbarians want to hit matters