The Bard is one of the classes that release fast DPS in FFXIV. Since A Realm Reborn, they have become part of the game. If you are interested in this class, you will start with an archer, and eventually, you will become a bard. Because at first, their weapons were bows and arrows, when they became bards, songs and instruments would appear on them.

The bard's duty is to use songs to buffing up teammates when outputting damage. So if you want to make better use of your various abilities, we give some suggestions.

Stay close to your teammates

Bards can easily stay far away from teammates, because it is normal to keep the distance to avoid damage, but if you are too far away from teammates, your teammates may not get the buffs you give and thus suffer more damage. So you should keep a proper distance from them as much as possible and support them at any time.

Combine Raging Strike with Barrage

When bards were still archers, their first skill was Raging Strike. This can increase the damage by 10%. When you combine this skill with Barrage, the bard can use attacks in rapid succession 3 times, producing high damage.

Use Peloton after combats

Peloton is an ability shared by Bards, Dancers, and Mechanics. You cannot use it during combat.

But when the combat is over, you should not hesitate to use it, because it allows you and your teammates to move quickly, and better yet, continue to use it to keep your team fast in the next battle.

Always have a song up

Songs are the purpose and backbone of the bard, because the attacks and abilities of the bard, even the Apex Arrow, can only be used during or after playing a song. The song can provide a buff to teammates.

Use damage-over-time

Venomous Bite, Caustic Bite, Windbite, and Stombite are all attacks that cause damage over time. In addition to Repertoire effects, some bard's attacks, such as Sidewinder, will cause more damage to targets that have a damage-over-time effect.

When bards have two timeout damage effects on a target, they can also use Iron Claws to refresh their timers at the same time.

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