A Bingo Bard Guide (FFXIV)

I just wanna doot.
A shoutout: / rukaten
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I had to reference this many times:
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:17 - Bard?
2:28 - Bard!
2:55 - The Fake Core
5:22 - Self Promotion
5:44 - Dungeons
7:46 - An Opener
9:15 - Why Iron Jaws Early?
9:52 - The Core
12:57 - Utility
14:14 - Surecast Digression
14:31 - Warning, Brain Wrinkles
14:43 - DOTs and Wanderer's Minuet
15:38 - Song Transitions
16:30 - Advanced Army's Paeon
17:47 - Barrage Delays
18:11 - Conclusion

[@Makofueled]

Bard main watching bard guide simply to hear about why my job is fun while I fervently nod along.

[@wollyram6248]

Step one: get a big hat with a big feather. Step two: get the most ornate, glowy and oversized bow you can find. Step three: do decent deeps.

[@SporeTres]

As a Hrothgar bard: "The hat is a lie."

[@GoddessCynthia]

Step 4: Take guitar lessons Step 5: Play guitar in-game for tips

[@zoruasnivy]

The hat is the most important part

[@kzorander8577]

Amon's hat. Check. Terpander Lux. Check. Decent Deeps. Daaaamn I'm a good bard!

[@wollyram6248]

@@kzorander8577 I image searched Trepander Lux... my eyes are unworthy of beholding such a baroque monstrosity 😂

[@jamesrandell384]

ah puppets bunker as a bard. you interrupt A, your dancer interrupts B, but your tank forgets it has an interrupt skill. then you just cleanse yourself and let the medics sort out the rest

[@RagnellAvalon]

god I ran Puppet's Bunker like 5 times in one day a few days ago and was the only tank who knew what an interrupt was

[@Kalanin399]

It hurt how true this is as a bard. My basic move is to hit first target with dots, hit all three mechs with dots, then interrupt and focus on the last one I targeted with aoe spam. It got so bad I often just precast Warden's now.

[@ShivaServer2009]

Lol

[@ripvanwinkle3432]

More people need to play potd/hoh solo so they learn this simple stuff

[@Lynmaru_]

That body double you got playing the piano did a pretty nice job

[@rachie]

I was expecting this to be a meme but I genuinely learnt a lot from this :0 siccnasty broski

[@saikonohero1435]

cool music, subbed

[@archevenault]

i keep seeing you on ffxiv videos, looks like someone's interested in critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy 14 that now has a free trial that goes to level 60 and includes the first expansion, Heavensward.

[@sonicroze]

I learned most of what he said by doing @_@

[@lucinawalker3261]

Can't wait for Girdania to become a fucking guitar center with the Stratocaster.

[@MintyArisato]

and that is precisely why my volume for performances is set to Zero at all times

[@DeisFortuna]

As a bard main, I am offended that you compared this to bingo. It's like playing whack-a-mole.

[@CeriseChi]

For real though

[@koatam]

except every 45 seconds it switches to Bop-a-Croc then Bat-a-Rat

[@Cassapphic]

Bard is like summoner for me, it can get overwhelming when everything is up at the same time, but once you get into the flow it moves smoothly and is really fun.

[@Mduffy-yo6rb]

I’m coming from WoW and I was a frost mage main. Bard is awesome. Bard is like frost mage on steroids. Here is why: It’s dynamic play depends completely on the situation and your procs. Which means it’s less focused on a rotation and more focused on decision making. To me this style of gameplay is much more enticing and differentiates a bad player from a good player.

[@Cassapphic]

@@Mduffy-yo6rb ffxiv is my first mmo and bard was my first job and I like how the “rotation” is moreso a stance change where each song phase is distinct and has you keep track of different things. I feel like part of the job’s design is pretty clunky though, so i hope it gets to be a little cleaner in endwalker, while still keeping some of the hectic feel it already has.

[@Phase4TheProphet]

Bard has been my main since I started playing and at level 80 I think it's still the class I have the most fun playing. But being level synced really sucks for bard since all of its procs are based on the DoTs critting. The difference in proc rate between level 50 and even level 70 is insane and makes the class feel almost not functional at lower levels

[@Destshade]

the procs haven't been crit dependant since the start of shadowbringers, you just get higher proc chance at higher levels now through traits

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I legitimately hate playing Bard without Iron Jaws now more so than the Emperyal Arrow guaranteed proc. Having to manually refresh both dots should feel like a mistake I make, not something I'm forced to do.

[@Lusuo]

"Furniture-based brain" isn't something I thought I'd ever hear let alone find hilarious.

[@LunaValkyrie]

Holy shit just discovered your vids today, you totally kill these guides harder than I kill myself by backflipping in this game. Keep doin you, dude, you're makin good shit :D

[@CastiellaXIV]

I got my mom to play ffxiv with me a couple months ago, and I suggested she played Bard because it was the dps I started as so I could help her the most with it. I didn't realize she hadn't read any of the tool tips though, so she thought if she used all the songs at once, their buffs would stack LMAO I think I broke her heart when I told her they dont

[@FilipeProKiller]

Picked up bard last week, i like the fact that you always gotta be paying attention to get the best out of it. Great Video as always man!

[@samvimes9510]

Step 1: hit something with windbite Step 2: use mages ballad Step 3: use rain of death Step 4: hit a few other things with windbite Step 5: laugh at all the single-target DPS when Rain of Death resets its cooldown 5 times in a row and you melt everything Step 6: repeat the process and cry when Rain of Death only resets once during the entire song duration

[@RacoonHand]

Was also expecting many funnies and the usual “pfft you main bard, you’re an idiot” but this has become the most helpful thing!! Finally a man of culture.

[@oneadventurersjourney2777]

7:12 I’ve been playing Bard since I joined the game at the beginning of Stormblood and I’m just now learning that Empyreal Arrow gives a Repertoire stack. Also yeah, tooltips suck. The Apex Arrow tooltip was super misleading at the beginning of Shadowbringers and made it seem like it does way more damage than it actually does

[@ShutterSnapped]

When I first saw misshapen chair's videos, his anime waifu game reviews, his references; I saw a top-tier shit-poster. But when I saw what presumably-I deeply hope so-(yeah I just used an 'em' dash) the man himself playing old entertainer piano music with a nekopara t-shirt: I knew he was LIVING the shit-post life. As a BRD main, my favourite hobby is being choked by the jacked burly hands of my kink-positive dominatrix named "RISK" while I let my DoTs disappear just as I hit Ironjaws and pray the server tick registered the button press. No safeword baby.

[@jnm92]

Dude as a new player your videos have been so informative but mostly endlessly entertaining

[@fjshdf]

You can change it so you don't have to use shift/ctrl to go up/down an octave, you can bind every key across all three octaves

[@noellebartley]

I played the entire story using Bard, just now started trying out other DPS classes but boy do I love the nuances Bard has

[@serpently9404]

Great video, love bard been playing it since ARR

[@KevinMCable]

Def one of the better guides. Thank you.

[@Connor-kh8sh]

New sub and new player to ffxiv. Been really enjoying your content

[@legendofmira4759]

I just started leveling bard this past week, what a coincidence. A happy coincidence >_

[@alanaeichsteadt]

First off, I love your videos and sarcasm, your guides are deceptively informative. Secondly I'd love to know what gpu you're using and also your graphical settings. Your recorded gameplay is better than any other Vids I've seen

[@jariu9612]

Using Paean to ignore some mechanics feels better than it has any right to.

[@Kalanin399]

Always been a BRD main. I came in here half expecting jokes about how it's so easy, and was pleasantly surprised. You go over almost everything I could ask for in a BRD guide. You even covered the advanced stuff that I still have issues working on while doing my savage runs, so I can say i'm pretty happy with how you did the guide. As for the fun aspect, it's likely because BRD has a lot of what feels like busywork in it's combos, and no rotation ever really plays out the exact same. Even though we spam filler GCDs like no tomorrow, BRD doesn't ever feel like it's rotation is stagnant for lack of a better term, at least to me. There are a lot of nuanced moments that make BRD tougher to optimize in some aspects (Most of the ones I can think of involve Apex Arrow of all things), but are marginal enough that I wouldn't tell a newer BRD player to worry about. Also to add to "BRD's tooltips don't tell you anything", at level 64 when you get your improved DoTs, they don't tell you that your proc rate on song's doubles. They just sneakily add it to the song tooltips.

[@nerdobird7701]

Love your docile tones

[@CFjimmy]

Wake up honey. New MisshapenChair video.

[@roti8]

I really hope he uploads 1 crafting/gathering class guide as meme after wrapping up this series.

[@rafavazquez322]

your videos are hella funny and also a good time, as much as I feel kinda bad for the self deprecating humour, I see how it appeals to the audience

[@MrProg-ey3tl]

Small correction, Mage's Ballad is best for mob packs since it procs an aoe attack, then Army's Paeon, then Wanderer's Minuet. I only say that because Wanderer's Minuet only generates a single target attack, which is useful for single targets, but not as useful for mob packs.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's also a pretty helpful AI dungeon class since you can get your AI to focus on a single enemy, then dot other enemies which makes Rain of Death become death of a thousand cuts.

[@nyapoleon8999]

I would advise to not use bard in dungeons because no matter how you cycle for mob packs, your songs are going to be out of order once you reach the boss. I've rarely seen a dungeon run where I was able to use my proper opening.

[@liddolwiddol]

Love the video king

[@babaspector]

wow this content is so engaging, i just had to write a comment about it

[@XxCrazyKookyxX]

This is a good video. Thank you. I had happy. Have a good day.

[@JohnyScissors]

You make a good perfectly shaped piano chair

[@liquidlar]

I have been leveling bard recently and I actually really like it! I heard all these bad reports on it so I just never touched it but I might main it, hopefully endwalker treats it well lol

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

Listening to anyone explain job mechanics for this game makes me want to repair my house's foundation, it's easier and more straightforward...

[@Arcyt3395]

I’m crying for that engagement

[@MariBaezy]

thank you for video mishape chair

[@JenDeyan]

Maple Leaf Rag is one of my favorite Scott Joplin songs.

[@DekkarJr]

I enjoy your monotone weirdness and sudden use of curse words :)

[@Seihk]

Fun watch, thanks.

[@BillAndTheCoolguys]

the ragtime got me very excited

[@jackalo34]

im crying...thx and you're welcome

[@charlesstevens4654]

Please bless this channel RNJesus

[@finalfantasy50]

I hope Dancer lends a page to Bard so you actually play the lute (or any instrument of your choice) while in combat in Endwalker Make the transitional trait of army's paeon into a short musical interlude with a damage/mitigation component and have it apply to each song, also would be nice if you could spread your dots to enemies with Iron Jaws so you can keep up the procs without needing to reapply the dots (make the procs only tick once regardless of number of enemies and it will just be more consistant)

[@Naotasenseii]

I was crying while I hit the like button.

[@GimmeTOKYO]

THANK YOU FOR THE HEAD GRAZE CALLOUT

[@astra1584]

I usually tank bunker, and just yell in alliance chat before the trash mobs that tanks interrupt the volts that give paralysis. usually tell the ranged to take care of it if they have a tank who isn't paying attention. I have to be the other 2 tank's baby sitter, both on MCH, and WAR, as it is indeed very annoying to clip GCDs are cancel spells.

[@GimmeTOKYO]

@@astra1584 sadly nobody seems to pay attention when I do this.

[@partypantz7546]

Honestly a super fun class

[@dontdieSECond]

Bard's fun, even if it's not the most rewarding on the dps side of things. I picked it up this tier, and I'm glad I didn't play it last tier cuz I've brought it into some e8s runs and hated it cuz of the add jump timing with battle voice. But this tier's good, e11s has some fun optimizations, and e12s phase 2. For example, if you're ever in e11s, and you get the fire burnt strike first, don't be surprised if the bard doesn't knock back prevent it, despite it being fine to do that one and the one in shifting skies. That happens right in the transition between our first two songs, so we don't have a free weave slot there. An annoying bit about the tool tips for bard, if you read the tool tips on barrage, you might think that it would give that buff to apex arrow... it does not, unfortunately, although imagining a triple apex arrow where non of them crit or dhit is horrifying.

[@nemolovesy0u]

I was gonna cry but decided to comment instead

[@Advalier]

helping with the engagement

[@AFKDuringBoss]

Blessing

[@matthewyanega9712]

Shameless appeasement to the algorithm.

[@VioletShinobi]

How do you play with other players battle effects on?? I turned those off like the 1st time I did a 24 man.

[@slymcfly123]

This guy is funny and witty

[@bartendersouls]

everyday I think about you 😘

[@markup6394]

"tooltips suck as usual" --- Spoken right out of my heart...

[@James-kv3ll]

7:25 Expert class design. Just slap another meter onto it! COMPLEXITY!!

[@Appoduece]

Helping the disgusting world of analytics :)

[@Matt123Chez]

Been levelling bard for the past 2 weeks, this will save my terrible gameplay.

[@douglasseem441]

I really wanted a video of you playing with bad latency while talking about and your thoughts

[@miri5373]

ok with pitch perfect... I just hit it when the sound goes off... yes full pitch perfect n apex arrow have 2 different sounds wardens is something I mostly use when a healer got paralized.... cuz paralize is one of the biggest Bs on any caster bard is fun because its can be so chaotic and because its busy

[@n-aera]

"imma skip this self-promotion bit, since im already subscrib- WHAT" i could swear i was subscribed...

[@MaakaSakuranbo]

You can change the performance thing to not have to use modifier keys

[@jamiestwrt]

Very nais

[@Cyphafrost]

Where's the cry option on youtube

[@PaperDollWitch]

I've been playing bard for months finished msq with it, first 80, and I didn't know the songs worked with dots now how often I use the arrows

[@nostars8804]

Thanks for explaining it to me, I just want to get it to 80 but don't want to be shit doing it.

[@depressoespresso420]

Always thought Dancer felt RNG dependent, but then I picked up Bard.

[@vdinh143]

Heavensward bard: 24s straight shot, 18s dot, 30s song

[@CptManboobs]

Applying User interaction to improve my BRD skills

[@stevesaitz1706]

mage's ballad is superior for groups, wanderer's for single target

[@BaskerRubbnits]

I was just considering working on bard, perfect timing eh?

[@Ancient_Path]

I don’t know why I keep watching this video for tips. I’m only a lvl 60 sprout about to start heavensward, I don’t even have half the opener abilities. But I can’t wait to not be afraid of extremes lol.

[@KillrOnDeck]

Furniture based brain had me Dead

[@sirkiwi7076]

I have been playing FF14 since it released and I finally beat ARR after SOOOO long I am just wondering how heavensward is but thanks for the tips

[@Shyverin]

juicy engagement comment here so my boy can get that youtube bread.

[@vilidious]

Sometimes it's also nice to add the dots to several different mobs, cycle them with da jaws, and get arrow rain procs almost constantly.

[@davidguerra1699]

Commenting for viewer's engagement

[@dialaskisel5929]

Well, the reason other DPS like lancers don't have AOE's by Sastasha is clearly because Yoshi P thinks you shouldn't attack big groups or use AOE's when fighting groups of enemies... be gentle, relaxed, take is slow, have a soothing time. Bard only has it to attain maximum spoony-ness.

[@enjybenjy3317]

crying

[@tipiaurel]

Comment for algorithm. Good vid

[@sylbweitz]

Man I think it's just me, I have a habit that when I raging strike with my battle voice , I use iron jaw because in my mind, does it also increase my dot damage? XD

[@iMingau]

You want to use Raging Strikes before applying both of your DoTs to the target and then use Iron Jaws when Raging Strikes is about to expire, essentially extending the damage buff to your DoTs. Unfortunately BV affects everyone but you.

[@cymo2433]

Love ya vids. Still sad that when shadowbringers came out most jobs got gutten tool wise bard being the biggest loser. F old main

[@waffleserzeant3327]

Crying

[@Occiderian]

What, there is a lvl after 30 for bards? Are you sure you play this game right?

[@NeuMel3515]

"nature's minneugh"

[@CarToOxX]

best for alexander ultimate.. i don't think its true, he mostly benefits from p1 and p2 duo target phases. It makes him shine on fflog, but p1 and p2 are phases where DPS check is the less relevant. i really prefer a MCH that can eco some ressources to nuke p3 and at the end of p3 enrage, eco again to obliterate perfect.

[@bxnaxmxxnaxx1914]

guess not many place dots on all things they can and lose track of things with Mages Ballad..,(since that is excessive procs, n dots to manage just for things to melt in a short amount of time.., aka.., not exactly efficient..,)

[@Sybola]

I need that shirt, Kanna best girl

[@NobleClap]

algorithm comment bard

[@zigge3576]

*cries*

[@PhalanxR]

I loved ranger/nin in ff11 and played a ton of bard. FFXIV bard feels weird

[@ShivaServer2009]

He's not wrong. You play bard long enough you get a feel or "know" when you're going to get certain procs. I always "know" or "feel" a refulgent coming.

[@Makofueled]

Other job rotations are feats of engineering, but a bard plays from the heart.

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@Makofueled Dancer just flips a coin and then flips a coin and then flips a coin.

[@xPsiPsiStar]

Well now, I didn't know crying contributed to the algorithm, guess I am useful after all.

[@CptManboobs]

Bard in PVP is really fun...

[@cammyb2459]

ya yeet

[@SleepyFen]

As a returning player I'm pretty bummed about Repelling Shot not dealing damage anymore :/ I see they've also removed the cross-class skills, so no more borrowing Lancer skills for added crit chance .