Ultimate Battle Bard Skill SpecFollow

This type of bard is hypothetically, (because I am only level 23) the best spec at level 50.

43 Nurture Specialization
This spec is pretty much for adequate songs. You get the tier 5 speed song, as well as tier 5 end song. You only get tier 4 power song. Most people use power song out of combat (except on the rare occasion you have 3 bards in a group.) This to me is an acceptable loss.

37 Music Specialization
This number gets you the first AOE instant mez. Now your battle bard has formidable crowd control and powerful songs.

32 Blade Specialization
I only chose blade because the champion blade looks better than the hammer! Blunt is probably better though for the styles. This stat is easily interchangable though.

9 Regrowth Specialization
I chose this level of regrowth to allow cure poison and cure disease. Although it doesnt seem like much when those shamen start aoe ebola virus in your face and you cant be healed properly it can be a pain. Plus those poisons can get mean for the casters in the group. There is no reason to spec healing anymore than 9 for a bard. If your group is looking for a healer, they shouldn't invite a bard. Wardens have heal and pbt, and druids are just better healers. With so many lifetap classes (valewalker, vamp...etc) healing is not quite the commodity it used to be.

You have 5 extra points at the end i would just put it in the blunt or blades depending on the one you chose above.

This spec seems the most balanced and I am confident it will make for easier combat in PVE and PVP. As I said Im only level 23 but I played old school had 50 druid, 50 friar, and 50 warrior, so I know a little bit, not much, but a little.


Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:44pm EDT by Thornshackle

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:45pm EDT by Thornshackle

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:47pm EDT by Thornshackle

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:56pm EDT by Thornshackle

A couple of notes. this was posted years ago, so you must really have searched to come up with this.

You no longer need to go into regrowth to get cure disease/cure poison. those are baselines. Blades have been redone recently with the 1.91/1.92 style changes, so not sure if 32 is a good stopping point.

this is only a solo bard spec. No group wants a bard who is using his weapon. If you want to go group specced, which 99% of bards are, this is not the spec for you. This is for someone who wants an incredible challenge at soloing/small manning, and is coming up with a unique, non-played spec, or at least rarely played. You may have known this, but just wanted to point that out.