Bard and Clown

Bard and Clown Skill Tree

	Bow	Confusion	Buff	Sleep	Recovery
Bard	Windmill Poem Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination		Showmanship Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination		Echo Nocturnae Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
	Quick Shot Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Melody Strike Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Acoustic Rhythm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Metallic Sound Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Twilight Chord Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
	Triangle Shot Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Great Echo Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Impressive Riff Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Reverberation Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Moonlight Sonata Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
	Arrow Storm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination		Magic Strings Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination		All Night Long Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Clown	Unlimit Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Arrow Vulcan Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Marionette Control Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Deep Sleep Lullaby Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	All Star Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
	Sharp Shooting Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Severe Rainstorm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Battle Drums Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Metallic Fury Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Pagan Party Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Bow Branch

Skills in the bow branch are focused on ranged physical offense and require using a bow. Apart from Windmill Poem, Bard shares this branch with the Hunter.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Windmill Poem Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases the ATK of the caster and all allies around. Cannot stack with Echo Nocturnae. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	ATK +4~20		Self	11x11	60		5
	Quick Shot Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to a single target. Requires a Bow class weapon. Consumes 1 Arrow.	250~450% Attack	Arrow	?					0.5
	Triangle Shot Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to a single target. Requires a Bow class weapon. Consumes 3 Arrows.	(100~900 + DEX)% Attack	Arrow	?				3	0.4
	Arrow Storm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to an area around a target. Requires a Bow class weapon. Consumes 3 Arrows.	(250~650 + DEX)% Attack	Arrow	?	?			3	0.4
Clown	Unlimit Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Self	Boosts the damage of Bow Skills. Requires a Bow class weapon.	Bow skill damage +10~50%		Self		30		60
	Sharp Shooting Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to an area towards the target. Requires a Bow class weapon. Consumes 3 Arrows.	(600~1400 + DEX*3)% Attack	Arrow	?	12x3			5	0.4

Confusion Branch

Bard's confusion branch focuses on ranged physical offense while wielding Bard's signature weapon Musical Instrument. This branch causes chaos in the battlefield by inflicting and taking advantage of Confusion.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Melody Strike Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to a single target. Deals extra damage if the target is confused. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Arrows.	100~900% Attack +200% to confused targets	Arrow	10				1	0.4
	Great Echo Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area and inflicts Confusion. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	100~900% Attack 10.0s confusion	Neutral	10	9x9			3	0.4
Clown	Arrow Vulcan Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to a single target. Deals extra damage if the target is confused. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 5 Arrows.	600~1400% Attack +500% to confused targets	Arrow	10				5	0.4
	Severe Rainstorm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area and inflicts Confusion. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 10 Arrows.	7 x 100~300% Attack 10.0s confusion	Arrow	10	11x11	3.5		5	0.4

Buff Branch

Skills in the buff branch can be used to provide buffs to the performer's party. Party buffs in this section consume a Neck Protection Candy which can be bought from the Performer Store NPC.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Showmanship Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Passive	Increases MasteryATK while wielding a Musical Instrument. Increases SP recovery.	MasteryATK +20~100 SP recovery rate +2~8
	Acoustic Rhythm Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases STR, VIT, MaxHP, and MaxSP of nearby party members. Cannot Stack with Impressive Riff or Magic Strings. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	STR, VIT +2~10 MaxHP, MaxSP +6~30%		Self	11x11	180
	Impressive Riff Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases AGI, LUK, ASPD, and CRIT of nearby party members. Cannot Stack with Acoustic Rhythm or Magic Strings. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	AGI, LUK +2~10 ASPD, CRIT +6~30%		Self	11x11	180
	Magic Strings Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases INT and DEX, and decreases Cast Time and Cast Delay of nearby party members. Cannot Stack with Acoustic Rhythm or Impressive Riff. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	INT, DEX +2~10 Cast Time, Cast Delay -6~30%		Self	11x11	180
Clown	Marionette Control Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Ally	Increases the stats of a party member based on the caster's base stats This skill is cancelled if the party member is more than 11 cells away. Does not work on other Bard/Clown or targets already under Marionette Control.	10~50% of caster's base stats		11		∞
	Battle Drums Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases ATK and MATK of nearby party members. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 2 Neck Protection Candys.	ATK, MATK +10~50		Self	11x11	180

Sleep Branch

Bard's confusion branch focuses on ranged magical offense while wielding Bard's signature weapon Musical Instrument. This branch controls the battlefield by inflicting and taking advantage of Sleep.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Metallic Sound Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Magical	Deals damage to a single target. Deals extra damage if the target is asleep. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	50~850% Magic Attack +500% to sleeping targets	Neutral	10				1.5	0.4
	Reverberation Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Magical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area. Deals extra damage to sleeping targets. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	100~900% Magic Attack +500% to sleeping targets	Neutral	10	?			3	0.4
Clown	Deep Sleep Lullaby Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Debuff	Inflicts sleep to nearby enemies. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	2~10s sleep		Self	?	2~10		5	0.4
	Metallic Fury Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Offensive Magical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area and inflicts Confusion. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 10 Arrows.	400~2000% Magic Attack +500% to sleeping targets	Neutral	10	11x11			5	0.4

Recovery Branch

Skills in the recovery branch are focused on recovering HP and SP of the user and of allies. Healing buffs require a Regrettable Tear which can be bought from the Performer Store NPC.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Echo Nocturnae Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Increases the MATK of the caster and all allies around. Cannot stack with Windmill Echo. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	MATK +4~20		Self	11x11	60		5
	Twilight Chord Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Heal	Recovers HP of a target. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	200~1000 Heal + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*3 Heal		11			1	1	0.4
	Moonlight Sonata Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Recovers a percentage of MaxHP and MaxSP to self and all party members every 5 seconds. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Regrettable Tear.	1~5% MaxHP and MaxSP Duration 24~120s		Self	21x21			10
	All Night Long Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Heal Revive	Increases INT and DEX, and decreases Cast Time and Cast Delay of nearby party members. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	400~2000 + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*5 Heal Revives with 20~100% HP and SP		?			3	3	0.4
Clown	All Star Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Heal	Increases the stats of a party member based on the caster's base stats This skill is cancelled if the party member is more than 11 cells away. Does not work on other Bard/Clown or targets already under Marionette Control.	400~2000 + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*5 Heal		11			3	5	2
	Pagan Party Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Buff Party	Buffs nearby allies to recover their HP every 5 seconds Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Regrettable Tear.	200~1000 Heal + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*3 Heal		Self	?	?		10

Job Change

After reaching Job 50 in Archers can job change to Bard by talking to the Bard Guildmaster at Comodo (/navi comodo 184/172).

Transcendence

After reaching Lvl 90 Job 50, Bards can transcend to Clown by talking to the Master Clown in Amatsu (/navi amatsu 222/250)