Bard (2-2)

After a life of plucking their bows, many Archers feel the itch to strum strings of a different kind. The Bards of Ragnarok Online are the right choice for the idealists among Archers who wish to change the world with their poetry.

The voice of a Bard is laden with magical harmonies, singing hymns that invoke the ancient Gods of Asgard to instill fear in the hearts of his enemies and inspire his comrades to victory with songs of eternal youth and glorious charges. Where their female counterparts, the Dancers, are more bent on disruption, Bards specialize in support, which make them central in all defensive strategies during the War of Emperium.

Supporting with a Bard or Dancer requires a different approach than other classes. Music-based buffs are mostly percentual values, as opposed to the absolute values of Priest buffs, and require careful strategy and positioning, but playing as an Archer should already provide some experience in this respect. Despite their supportive role, one should not forget that Bards are also capable of dealing good quantities of damage, one of their main advantages over Hunters is their immense SP pool which allows them to continually use Double Strafe instead of normal attacks, ensuring a very nice damage output.

In general, there are 2 types of skills for both Dancers and a Bards; skills which can be sung or danced without a partner of the opposite gender and those where the player needs another Bard or Dancer respectively.

As a Bard, only Instruments, Daggers, and Bows are available for weapons, whereas Dancers can use Whips instead of Instruments.

When armed with an Instrument: Bow skills (Double Strafe, Arrow Shower, Arrow Repel) cannot be used Performance Skills, as well as Amp and Encore are available Instrument skills (Melody Strike) can be used Unbarring Octave and Pang Voice are usable regardless of weapons.

Job Change Guide

See Bard Job Change Guide for detailed information.

In order to become a Bard, one must go to Comodo and look for the Roaming Bard. The applicant has to perform various tasks:

• Minimum Job level requirement: 40.

Once these have been completed, the applicant will be made a bard by the Roaming Bard.

Class Data

Skills

See Archer Skills for first class skills.

Solo Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Adaptation to Circumstances	Skill to cope with various unexpected situations occurring during performances. Reduces SP consumption by 20% for Song, Dance and Ensemble skills over time. Can be used together with Encore.	1	Active
Encore	Recasts the previous Song, Dance or Ensemble skill that was performed. Skills cast by Encore consume only half of the required SP. Encore will fail if the last Song, Dance or Ensemble is not available.	1	Active
Assassin Cross of Sunset	Decreases the After Attack Delay of all players within the skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Song skills. Requires Musical Instrument.	10	Active
Poem of Bragi	Reduces Variable Casting Time and After Skill Delay for all players within the skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Song skills. Requires Musical Instrument.	10	Active
Musical Strike	Fires a powerful volley of arrows, even while using Song skills, by using an instrument. The Arrow's element determines the element of this attack. Requires Musical Instrument.	5	Offensive
Musical Lesson	Increases Musical Instrument class weapon damage. While the MaxSP bonus always applies, the ATK and ASPD bonus only when a Musical Instrument class weapon is equipped.	10	Passive
Whistle	Increases the FLEE and Perfect Dodge rates for yourself and party members within the skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Song skills. Requires Musical Instrument.	10	Active
Apple of Idun	Increases the MaxHP and recieved Healing for all players, within the skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Song skills. Requires Musical Instrument.	10	Active
Frost Joke	Inflicting Freezing to enemies with a low chance of also causing the Freezing status to party members.	5	Active
Dissonance	Continuously inflicts damage to enemies within the skill's range for skill duration. Damage increases based on the caster's Job Level and skill level. This skill is only available in PVP/Siege Mode. Requires Musical Instrument.	5	Offensive

Ensemble Skills

Ensemble skills can only be performed when a Bard and Dancer are in the same party and standing beside each other. When an Ensemble skill is performed by a Bard and Dancer, the lower level of Acoustic Rhythm is performed. (i.e. when a Bard that has learned Acoustic Rhythm Lv.5 performs the skill with a Dancer that has only learned Acoustic Rhythm Lv.3, the Bard and Dancer will perform Acoutic Rhythm Lv.3)

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Invulnerable Siegfried	Endows resistance to Fire, Water, Earth and Wind element as well as tolerance to Blind, Frozen, Petrified, Stun, Curse, Sleep and Silence status for 180 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	5	Active
Drum of Battlefield	Increases ATK and DEF of yourself and party members within skill range for 180 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	5	Active
Loki's Wail	All Skills and magic spells, except your's, are disabled within the skill's range for 30 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. This skill is only available in PvP/Siege Mode. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	1	Active
Eternal Chaos	Reduces the Defense of all enemies within it's range to 0 for 60 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. This skill is only available in PvP/Siege Mode. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	1	Active
The Ring of Nibelungen	Grants one of the following random buff to yourself and party members within the skill's range for 60 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	5	Supportive
Lullaby	Causing the Sleep effect on enemies within it's range for a certain chance. Ineffective against Boss monsters. It does not stack with other Ensemble skills. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills and recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	1	Active
Mr. Kim A Rich Man	Increases the EXP rewarded for defeating monsters within it's range for yourself and your party members for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Ensemble skills. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	5	Active
Into the Abyss	Party Members will be able use skills without any Gemstone requirement for 180 seconds. An Ensemble skill can only be activated when the party's Bard/Dancer is within 9x9 cells. You'll be unable to use skills, recieve reduced Movement Speed and Attack Speed for 10 seconds. Requires Musical Instrument or Whip.	1	Active

Quest Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type	Job Level Requirement	Quest
Pang Voice	Scream at an enemy to inflict the Chaos and Bleeding status. Pang Voice can't be used against Boss monsters.	1	Active	40	Pang Voice Quest

Soul Link

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Please Don't Forget Me	Reduces Attack Speed and Movement Speed of all enemies that are within this skill's range for 60 seconds. Please Don't Forget Me will also cancel any statuses that increases Movement and Attack Speed for skill's duration. It does not stack with other Dance skills. This skill is only available in PVP/Siege Mode. Requires Whip.	10	Active
Fortune's Kiss	Increases Critical rate and Critical Damage of yourself and party members within this skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Dance skills. Requires Whip.	10	Active
Humming	Increases the HIT rate of yourself and party members within the skill's range for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Dance skills. Requires Whip.	10	Active
Service for You	Increases MaxSP of yourself and party members within this skill's range and reduces their SP consumption for 180 seconds. It does not stack with other Dance skills. Requires Whip.	10	Active

Job Bonuses

Level	Bonus Stat
1	Dex: 1
2	Agi: 1
3	Str: 1
5	Int: 1
6	Luk: 1
7	Dex: 1
9	Luk: 1
10	Agi: 1
11	Agi: 1
13	Int: 1
15	Dex: 1
16	Dex: 1
17	Vit: 1
19	Dex: 1
20	Luk: 1
21	Int: 1
24	Agi: 1
28	Str: 1
30	Agi: 1
32	Dex: 1
33	Vit: 1
35	Agi: 1
38	Dex: 1
40	Int: 1
41	Luk: 1
43	Vit: 1
46	Dex: 1
47	Int: 1
48	Agi: 1
50	Dex: 1

This table shows the various bonus stats that a character can receive as they level up. Each row represents a specific level, and the corresponding bonus stat that is granted at that level. For example, at level 1, the character will receive 1 point in the Dex stat, and at level 2, the character will receive 1 point in the Agi stat. The bonus stats that are granted at each level can vary, and in this case, the character can receive points in Vitality, Strength, Dexterity, Agility, and Luck stats at different levels.

ASPD

Equip	Attack Speed	From Archer
Bare Handed	156	0
Shield	-7	+2
Dagger	-13	+2
Bow	-8	+2
Instrument	-5	N/A