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{{Class
|jobBase=[[Archer]]
|jobType=2-2
|changesAt=[[Comodo]]
|skills=18
|skillPoints=91
|questSkills=1
|str=2
|agi=7
|vit=3
|int=5
|dex=9
|luk=4
|overview=
[[File:Bard_Photo.png|250px|right|{{PAGENAME}}]]

The wind's musical poet.

The one that likes sings when on break, and likes poems has found the job. His singing voice improved and at one point started to have magic in it. When he sings, the fields grow calm and animals gather around and and listen to him sing. His magical singing spread throughout Rune-Midgarts where King Tristan III hears as well. The King invites the Bard to perform. Impressed by his amazing talents, he asks the Bard to join the adventurers, and so he joins the journey.

===Description===
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 [[The Apple of Idun|eternal youth]] and [[Assassin Cross of Sunset|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 [[Bard]]s; 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. 
|changesMade = The following skills for this class have been altered. See the corresponding page to find which servers are affected:
{{:Bard and Dancer Skill Changes}}
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==Skills==
''See [[Archer#Skills|Archer Skills]] for first class skills.''
===Solo Skills===
{| class="wikitablec sortable"
|-
! Skill !! Description !! Levels !! Type
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Adaption to Circumstances}}
|| Cancels active Performance Skill the caster is performing. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Encore}}
|| Recast the last Performance Skill that was cast at half of the [[SP]] cost. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Assassin Cross of Sunset}}
|| Increases [[ASPD]] of all players in the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Poem of Bragi}}
|| Reduces Cast Time and Cast Delay of skills used inside the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Musical Strike}}
|| Use an instrument-class weapon to do ranged damage to a single target. || 5
|style="background:#ffcccc"| Offensive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Musical Lesson}}
|| Increases damage with Instruments, Movement Speed while singing and the effect of certain Performance Skills. || 10
|style="background:#cccccc"| Passive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Whistle}}
|| Raises [[Flee]] Rate and [[Perfect Dodge]] of all players in the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=The Apple of Idun}}
|| Increases the the [[Max HP]] of all players in the area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Frost Joker}}
|| [[Freeze]] monsters and party members within caster's view by chance. || 5
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Dissonance}}
|| Hits enemies in a 9x9 area with a slow sonic attack, piercing their [[defense]]. || 5
|style="background:#ffcccc"| Offensive
|}
=== Ensemble Skills ===
Ensemble skills can only be performed when a Bard and Dancer are in the same party and standing beside each other. When an Ensemble skill is performed by a Bard and Dancer, the lower level of Acoustic Rhythm 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 !! Description !! Levels !! Type
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Invulnerable Siegfried}}
|| Increases resistance against all Elements and Status Effects of party members within the 9x9 area of influence. || 5
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=A Drum on the Battlefield}}
|| Party members within this skill's 9x9 area will have increased [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] for the skill's duration. || 5
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Loki's Veil}}
|| Casts a 9x9 area around the caster where all skills are disabled. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Eternal Chaos}}
|| Reduces all [[DEF]] derived from the [[VIT]] stat to 0 for all enemies within the 9x9 area of effect. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=The Ring of Nibelungen}}
|| Provides a bonus of armor piercing damage (ignores DEF) to all players within the 9x9 area of effect, as long as they're wielding level 4 weapons. || 5
|style="background:#ccffff"| Supportive
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Lullaby}}
|| Sing a dreamy song to put enemies in a 9x9 area to sleep. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Mr. Kim A Rich Man}}
|| Increases the EXP earned from monsters killed in the affected 9x9 area. || 5
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|-
| {{Skill List|skill=Into the Abyss}}
|| Cast a 9x9 cell area around the casters that nullifies item costs for most skills. || 1
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|}

===Quest Skills===
{| class="wikitablec"
|-
! Skill !! Description !! Levels !! Type !! Job Level<br/>Requirement !! Quest
|-
| {{Skill List |skill=Pang Voice}}
|| The Bard screams out at a single target, attempting to inflict [[Chaos]] status effect. || 1 
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active || 40 || [[Bard_Skill_Quest|Pang Voice Quest]]
|}

=== Soul Link ===
''See [[Bard and Dancer Spirits]].''

{| class="wikitablec "
|-
! Skill !! Description !! Levels !! Type
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Please Don't Forget Me}}
|| (If level 10 [[Assassin Cross of Sunset]] is learned) Decrease attack and movement speed of all enemies within the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Fortune's Kiss}}
|| (If level 10 [[A Poem of Bragi]] is learned) Improves [[CRIT]] rate of all players within the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Humming}}
|| (If level 10 [[A Whistle]] is learned) Improves [[HIT]] of all players within the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|- 
| {{Skill List|skill=Service For You}}
|| (If level 10 [[The Apple of Idun ]] is learned) Increase [[Max SP|max SP]] and SP regeneration while reducing the SP consumption of all players within the 7x7 area of effect. || 10
|style="background:#ccffcc"| Active
|}

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