Bard and Clown

Skill Tree

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

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 and Rogue.

	Skill	Skill Form	Description	Formula	Element	Range	AoE	Dur	CT	CD	AcD
Bard	Windmill Poem	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	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to a single target. Requires a Bow class weapon. Consumes 1 Arrow.	250~450% Attack	Arrow	?					0.5
	Triangle Shot	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	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	Buff Self	Boosts the damage of Bow Skills. Requires a Bow class weapon.	Bow skill damage +10~50%		Self		30		60
	Sharp Shooting	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	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	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area and inflicts Confusion. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	100~900% Attack 2~10s confusion	Neutral	10	9x9			3	0.4
Clown	Arrow Vulcan	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	Offensive Physical	Deals damage to enemies in a targeted area every 0.5s with a chance to inflict Confusion. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 10 Arrows.	7 x 100~300% Attack 10s 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	Passive	Increases MasteryATK while wielding a Musical Instrument. Increases SP recovery.	MasteryATK +20~100 SP recovery rate +2~8
	Acoustic Rhythm	Buff Party	Increases STR, VIT, MaxHP, and MaxSP. 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	Buff Party	Increases AGI, LUK, ASPD, and CRIT. 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	Buff Party	Increases INT and DEX. Decreases CT and AcD. 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	Buff Ally	Increases the stats of an ally based on the caster's base stats. This skill is cancelled if the ally is more than 11 cells away. Does not work on other Bards/Clowns or targets already under Marionette Control.	10~50% of caster's base stats		11		∞
	Battle Drums	Buff Party	Increases ATK and MATK. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 2 Neck Protection Candies.	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	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	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	Debuff	Inflicts sleep to nearby enemies. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	2~10s sleep		Self	?	2~10		5	0.4
	Metallic Fury	Offensive Magical	Deals damage to enemies in a target area. Deals extra damage to sleeping targets. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	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. Recovery buffs consume 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	Buff Party	Increases the MATK of the caster and allies. Cannot stack with Windmill Echo. Consumes 1 Neck Protection Candy.	MATK +4~20		Self	11x11	60		5
	Twilight Chord	Heal	Recovers the HP of a target. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	200~1000 + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*3 Heal		11			1	1	0.4
	Moonlight Sonata	Buff Party	Buffs the caster and allies to recover HP and SP every 5 seconds. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Regrettable Tear.	1~5% MaxHP and MaxSP every 5s Duration 24~120s		Self	21x21	24~120		10
	All Night Long	Heal Revive	Recovers the HP of a target. Can revive a fallen ally. 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	Heal	Recovers the HP of a target and allies around it. Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon.	400~2000 + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*5 Heal		11	?		3	5	2
	Pagan Party	Buff Party	Buffs the caster and allies to recover HP every 5 seconds Requires a Musical Instrument class weapon. Consumes 1 Regrettable Tear.	200~1000 + (Lvl + INT + MATK)*3 Heal every 5s		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)

Appearance Change

Clowns can change their appearance by talking to the Clown Armorer NPC at Comodo (/navi comodo 193/172). There are four options to choose from:

Clown	Poet	Minstrel	Trobadour