Bard
Job Fundamentals
Bards are the bow users of FFXIV, with musical skills mixed in. As a Bard, you’ll use a pair of damage over time debuffs, which can trigger bonus effects during your songs. Reacting to these triggers while maintaining your DoTs and songs is the core of Bard gameplay.
Patch 7.0:
Straighter Shot and Shadowbite Ready have been combined into a single proc named Hawk’s Eye
Barrage now generates a separate proc enabling the use of Refulgent Arrow or Shadowbite, and only affects those two skills
Wide Volley added as a lower-level version of Shadowbite
Bloodletter’s potency increased from 110 to 130
Heartbreak Shot added as an upgrade to Bloodletter at level 92
Resonant Arrow added as a follow-up GCD attack to Barrage at level 96
Radiant Encore added as a follow-up GCD attack to Radiant Finale at level 100
Potency of Empyreal Arrow increased to 260 at level 94
Potency of Apex Arrow increased to 600 at level 94
Potency of Sidewinder increased to 400 at level 94
Potency of Second Wind increased to 800 at level 94
Damage reduction of Troubadour increased to 15% at level 98
