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{{Infobox Job
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|jobType=2-2
|Race=[[Human]]
|changesAt=[[Comodo]]
|skills=18
|skillPoints=91
|questSkills=1
|str=2
|agi=7
|vit=3
|int=5
|dex=9
|luk=4
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== Overview ==

[[Image:Bard.jpg|thumb]]

After a life of plucking their bows, many [[Archer]]s 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 [[Pang Voice|instill fear]] in the hearts of his enemies and inspire his comrades to victory with songs of [[Song of Lutie|eternal youth]] and [[Impressive Riff|glorious charges]]. Where their female counterparts, the [[Dancer]]s, 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 [[Hunter]]s 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 [[Dancer]]s 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 [[Instrument]]s, [[Dagger]]s, and [[Bow]]s are available for weapons, whereas [[Dancer]]s can use [[Whip]]s instead of [[Instrument]]s.

* When armed with an [[Instrument]]:
** Bow skills ([[Double Strafe]], [[Arrow Shower]], [[Arrow Repel]]) cannot be used
** [[:Category: Performance Skills|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:

* Item Collection
* [[Snowysnow Quest|Making friends with Mr. Snowman]] in [[Lutie]]
* Singing Test

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

== Class Data ==

=== Skills ===
''See [[Archer#Skills|Archer Skills]] for first class skills.''
====Solo Skills====
{| class="wikitablec sortable"
|-
! Skill
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Poem of Bragi}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Whistle}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Adaptation to Circumstances}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Apple of Idun}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Assassin Cross of Sunset}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Dissonance}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Encore}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Frost Joker}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Musical Lesson}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Musical Strike}}
|}

==== Ensemble Skills ====
Ensemble skills need the two performers to be within 9x9 range of each other. After casting an ensemble skill both performers suffer from [[Ensemble Fatigue]] for 30 seconds, this slows down their movement speed and attack speed, as well as blocking them from using other skills except [[Melody Strike]] or [[Slinging Arrow]]. When an Ensemble skill is performed by a Bard and Dancer, the lower level of the Ensemble 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)
{| class="wikitablec sortable"
|-
! Skill
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Drum on the Battlefield}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Eternal Chaos}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Into the Abyss}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Invulnerable Siegfried}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Loki's Veil}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Lullaby}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Mr. Kim A Rich Man}}
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=The Ring of Nibelungen}}
|}

====Quest Skills====
{| class="wikitablec"
|-
! Skill !! Job Level<br/>Requirement !! Quest
|-
| {{Skill List |skill=Pang Voice}}
|| 40 || [[Bard_Skill_Quest|Pang Voice Quest]]
|}

=== Job Bonuses ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Stat\Amount||+1||+2||+3||+4||+5||+6||+7||+8
|-
!STR
|3||28|| || || || || ||
|-
!AGI
|2||10||11||24||30||35||48||
|-
!VIT
|17||33||43|| || || || ||
|-
!INT
|5||13||21||40||47|| || ||
|-
!DEX
|7||15||16||19||32||38||46||50
|-
!LUK
|6||9||20||41|| || || ||
|}

=== ASPD ===
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="padding:0;" |
{| class="wikitablec"
! Equip !! Attack Speed !! From [[Archer]]
|-
| {{rh}} | [[Bare Handed]]
| '''156''' || '''0'''
|-
| {{rh}} | [[Shield]]
| -5 || style="color:blue;" | +4
|-
| {{rh}} | [[Dagger]]
| -13 || style="color:blue;" | +2
|-
| {{rh}} | [[Bow]]
| -8 || style="color:blue;" | +2
|-
| {{rh}} | [[Instrument]]
| -5 || N/A
|-
|}
| style="padding:0;" |
{| class="wikitablec"
! [[ASPD Potion]]s !! Usable
|-
! {{Item List |id=645 |item=Concentration}}
| style="color:green;" | ✔
|-
! {{Item List |id=656 |item=Awakening}}
| style="color:red;" | ✘
|-
! {{Item List |id=657 |item=Berserk}}
| style="color:red;" | ✘
|}
|}

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