Windbites DoT lasts for 45 seconds and it has a potency of 20, making it a little bit higher than the DoT from Venomous Bite. If your DoTs are up, but theyre about to fall off (3s or less remaining), use Iron Jaws to re-apply them. Aim for about 5. The priorities at this level dont change significantly. Allagan Tomestone of Poetics for gear of the highest item level In the end, despite the difficulty in mastering the Job, Bard is fun to play with beautiful animations. that are not upgrades are skills you slot in once every minute or two, or support Pitch Perfect (Lv. Bard's rotation does not change substantially after level 56. Fortunately for players, there is no specific rotation for this class as it relies primarily on what abilities are available. In The Wanderers Minuet, this will be a three-stack Pitch Perfect. You want to be using these in tandem, with Raging Strikes one or two GCDs before the other two. You will also want to be in As a Bard, you'll use a pair of damage over time debuffs, which can trigger bonus effects during your songs. All song skills and their procs are oGCDs. Because of that, the rule of thumb is tostay mid-range from the boss. Is Bard or Dancer simpler? At the very least, its important to understand how the DoT timer works relative to the GCD timer. Note that DoTs have a bit of a delay before they are counted by Sidewinder and Shadowbite, so wait a moment between using your second DoT and using Sidewinder/Shadowbite. Shadowbite, it is better to use Burst Shot in It requires no casting to be used and has a 20% chance to give you a proc of Straight Shot Ready. If you spend more than 20 points, Apex Arrow potency is increased up to a maximum of 500. WM to MB transition: If the DoT tick timer is very close (<.5s) to the end of the song, or you use a PP3 less than 3 seconds before the song ends, you can transition into MB early if its available. We hope you enjoy the guide! to be in. I also want to encourage reading and discussion of these experiences. After initially applying DoTs to an enemy, instead of manually reapplying them, use Iron Jaws (IJ) to refresh the timer as it gets low (<3s or so). All Burst Shots are filler. WM and MB should be lined up with adds phases that have 2 total targets. Dexterity +100. Arms Length (Lv. The songs you have at your disposal add so much to your experience thematically speaking. Outline hide. This makes your life easier whenever a fight has a mechanic in which the party is pushed or pulled and you dont want to stress about it. Barrage is our most powerful single oGCD, transforming our next filler GCD into a triple-damage RA. The general between-burst skill usage is covered here first. I was enjoying DNC because of its relatively simple rotation but looking ahead it seems like it gets a . Using EA in MB can be tricky if you want to avoid losing procs. The second is based on the song mechanic which requires attention and training. Skip the Changes from Stormblood section. While this sounds simple, there are three scenarios you should keep in mind during the opener so you can change things according to the situation. Venomous Bite (Lv. Bard is meant to be learned in steps, which are explained below. This skill is extremely useful in endgame situations when bosses have attacks that can be interrupted. You want to land as much damage as you can while you Every two minutes, you should aim to have your buffs At this level youre taking your first steps as a Bard youre still an Archer here! From the basic concepts you should keep in mind when playing Bard to the skills you have at your disposal, and the best rotations for you to use when leveling this Job, lets dig in! RS should be used prepull (slightly after the 1 appears in the countdown), so that the SB can be used exactly when the countdown hits 0. Your handling of oGCDs will vary based on which song you are in. 56): This is a simple attack with a potency of 100, but it saves you a lot of time. When playing Bard, it is extremely important to always be weaving or double weaving skillswhich means its fundamental to keep your GCD running all the time. As with any job in FFXIV, the biggest part of being a good Bard is to keep your global cooldown (GCD) rolling. Battle Voice cooldown is flexible if the party has classes that burst later. It turns out these two plans are almost exactly equal in DPS in a vacuum, but using IJ as late as possible keeps better alignment with party buffs. These numbers have a LOT of dependence on the wait time, number of adds, lifetime of adds, and the duration of the fight after the adds phase ends. At the same time, this songs Repertoire effect reduces the cast time and recast time of weaponskills, spells, and even the auto-attack delay by 4%. You have three seconds between proc chances, so you should never need to delay your GCD to get Pitch Perfect off. So, for example, Brotherhood can be safely snapped for a gain just before it falls off if your DoTs have ~7s or less left on them. Deciding whether to snap buffs is a tradeoff between buffing DoTs, which tick for 900 potency over 30 seconds, and using additional IJs, which cost slightly more than 130 potency each (because you lose a buffed BS). It always gives 10% dmg reduction, but only for 15s. aetheryte of each expansion's major city. Verzell Varion [Adamantoise] - Theorycrafter, Yumiya Nagatsuki [Behemoth] - Theorycrafter. normal. You will also effectively move EAs into AP (where they are weakest). Priority-based means that you dont have a skill rotation. 3 - Use. Quick Nock (Lv. It will fill every 60 seconds on average if you keep your DoTs and songs up and use EA on cooldown. Thanks to your support, SaltedXIV raised nearly$2,000 for RAINN in support of sexual assault awareness. These stats directly affect the amount of damage you deal, so you should always look for ways to increase them. This page can also be used to help when doing roulettes with More mitigation is cool so, alright. This is true for raid bosses, too - working your Apex usage around Its still excellent for powering up deploy Adloquium, but can also be used in a pinch when a tank is about to eat several repeated hits. damage dealing skills ( Barrage Also, if youre on the last Apex Arrow of the fight (under ~30s left in the fight, so not long enough to charge a worthwhile Apex Arrow), you can delay as long as you like in order to fit it into buff windows. Its normal to have these expire especially when youre still learning how to handle a mechanic or when you forget the boss gets out of the arena for a time. Although Mage's Ballad is a tiny bit weaker than a fully This can include Even though IJ seems weaker, it only costs one GCD. 62):As with the other ranged DPS Jobs, Bard also has a group-size damage-reducing skill. Troubadour (Lv. Battle Voice) active in tandem, and use your biggest FFXIV PLL #76 Recap - 6.4 Live Letter Part 1, FFXIV PLL #75 Recap - 6.3 Live Letter Part 2, Join Us Live on Twitch for the Icy Veins Podcast, FFXIV PLL #74 Recap - 6.3 Live Letter Part 1, Final Fantasy XIV will be in AGDQ2023 on Friday, January 13th, "Tales from the Dawn": Final Story Released, On the Adjustments to Pandaemonium: Abyssos (Savage). As a physical job, Bards GCD skills - skills that share a 2.5 second base cooldown - are called Weaponskills. Pitch Perfect should all be used. If you die because you were too far away and missed a heal, thats your fault, not the healers'. Heavy Shot (Lv. A classic powerful bow user, the Bard brings bravery and excitement to every fight with their mastery of music. As a charged action Bloodletter is generally lower priority, so long as you arent at risk of capping the charges. Most things youre expected to cancel will have long cast times. 3.1. Its important to understand your context, too. These are general guidelines, and could vary depending on what buffs are coming up later and what buffs are already on your DoTs: As a minor note, the devs seem to like putting 25s+ downtimes in fights. Against two or more enemies, you want to use Otherwise, its not worth it. Ladonsbite and Shadowbite instead of your sure you target a central enemy for it. Each song you sing imparts a different buff to your party members. Or, if Armys Paeon and its stacks expire before you use another song, youre granted Armys Ethos for 30 seconds which becomes Armys Muse if you sing Mages Ballad or Wanderers Minuet. If you DO have an RA proc (IJ replacing a RA): dont early snap 5% of buffs, but 10% of buffs can be early snapped by about 10 seconds. Against a single target enemy, its almost always best to have both always up. Its a gain to use early at 90 gauge to hit a 10% buff, or to delay up to two DoT ticks (two GCDs if youre not sure) to hit a 10% buff. If its extremely late, you can mash EA BL fast enough that the DoT tick happens later. When that procs, you [2021/1/2] Happy New Year! Note that it can cause clipping, because it may make your other oGCDs available. Vitality +104. This guide will cover concepts of Bard gameplay, from fundamentals to optimization, as well as serving as a pocket reference for all aspects of Bard. You should be using 2 EAarrows during WM and MB and only 1 during AP. BLs normal 15-second cooldown keeps running too, plus you have Empyreal Arrow procs. In terms of oGCD priorities, the three songs must always come first. If you would end the fight during AP or near the beginning of WM, just go into WM as soon as it comes off cooldown during the last AP. Using oGCDs in between GCDs. Every two minutes, youll have Raging Strikes, Battle Voice and Radiant Finale. In harder content, your healers should be able to tell you when they want it. [2019/7/22] Added theme (courtesy of Elya Kura)[2019/7/17] Minor rewording of basic IJ section. At level 80, the Bard gets a second bar called Soul Voice Gauge. The songs are listed as abilities, meaning they are oGCD skills. Dont forget that theres a bit of a delay after you use your second DoT before it gets counted by Shadowbite, so wait a moment before using it. The bard is a disciple of war and wears armor "of Aiming." They use bows as weapons. Join the Discord server: https://discord.gg/dt7NssTFollow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ilyadalamiqTry NoPing: http://nopi.ng/IlyaUse offer code "ILYA". Dont worry about hitting quick casts like spell attacks from sprites. There are skills Some rules of thumb for applying DoTs vs using Apex at the start of a multi-target phase: If you enter a 2-target phase with 100 gauge, apply DoTs first and then use the Apex Arrow. both enemies with Quick Nock but not with However, using it requires a minimum of 20 Soul Voice Gauge points. Rotation: Core On a group of enemies, put up a few poisons (Windbite and Venomous Bite). These dont appear often at endgame, but keep an eye out anyway. 80): This is an attack that hits every enemy in a straight line in front of you with a potency of 100. You also get your first song Mages Ballad which must be given priority when dealing with big groups of enemies and boss fights. Other than that, just try to minimize songless time without clipping. Quick Nock (QN)Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 to all enemies in a cone before you.Additional Effect: 30% chance the recast timer for Bloodletter and Rain of Death will be reset. If at all possible, ensure that 2nd (and 3rd) potions, which will likely be on raid buff windows, line up with both WM and Barrage, unless it costs a use of WM/Barrage. Noticed something great? 60):A strong attack skill with a potency of 300. You can do your part with a good chunk of damage in that small window thanks to Empyreal Arrow. Having this in your hotbar is fundamental to helping your party. If a BL proc were to come up that late, the next GCD may not have a DoT tick at all, so it is perfectly safe to delay the BL to the start of the next GCD. If in The Wanderer's Minuet, make sure to use any But those BLM are wrong. This opener may not be usable at very high skill speed, since the BL and end-of-song timers will collide with the GCD timer as the first WM ends. While your songs are up, stacks and your Soul Voice Gaugewill also charge, making keeping them up extremely worth it. When entering WM, you should also use RS (more advanced usage is discussed later in the guide). Be sure to take advantage of the simpler burst to effectively use your other abilities such as the "grazes" for crowd control. In FFXIV, you can change class by switching to the weapon exclusive to your desired class. if Empyreal Arrow is coming soon. " Its similar in purpose to Troubadour, but affecting heals changes some of the use cases and timing. have a range, and you want those to reach you. level scaling by using the slider to adjust the information to your desired Remember to do your class and job quests! Even if this only causes an extra half an IJ over the fight, its about even with adding 6 ticks of RS (compared to single snapping RS). Dont do it. If you have gone through all your priorities and have nothing else to use, you should go for these skills so youre always dealing damage. Levels 1-29 GCDs Your single-target priorities in these early levels look like: Updated: 10 Jan, 2023. Armys Muse reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay, depending on the number of Repertoire stacks in the previous Armys Paeon.1 Repertoire: 1%2 Repertoire: 2%3 Repertoire: 4%4 Repertoire: 12%, Empyreal Arrow (EA)Delivers an attack with a potency of 230. Aside from gear you buy for gil at vendors, this will But if multiple of the above cases are true, especially the first two (those are much bigger), it can be worth it to sacrifice some alignment. You can use this to help even out mob HP. GCD Priorities Here is your general GCD priorities (in all songs): Stormbite Caustic Bite - if DoTs are not applied Iron Jaws - if DoTs are about to run out All good theorycraft is a group effort, and credit goes out to the Bards of the This makes IJ very powerful when you have raid buffs stacked up. Radiant Finale - Though its cooldown is 110 seconds, in most cases youll use RF every 120 seconds alongside Battle Voice. 70, it becomes Refulgent Arrow. Apex Arrow charges to full roughly every 60s (20 DoT ticks, average four gauge per DoT tick from both DoTs combined, plus 20 gauge from four EA). Optimally, it should be mapped out on a per-fight basis. 38):Barrage triples the number of hits for one single-target skill. You want this to be running alongside your party-wide buffs. Be ready to use a PP2 at ~5s left on that second WM. Understanding what each of them does is key to making the most out of this Jobs priority system. 25y range.Minimum Soul Voice Gauge Cost: 20. 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