AQOBot Bard¶
Live: Level 110+
EMU: Up to level 70 / OoW era
Song Rotations¶
The Bard will use the following songs:
| Name | Usage |
|---|---|
| Aura | Swapped in as needed |
| Aria | Always up |
| Song of Suffering | Always up |
| War March | Always up |
| Pulse | Always up |
| Yelinak's Insult | Used every 3-4 casts for Synergy proc |
| Composite | Used on CD |
| Crescendo | Used on CD |
| Dirge | Used on CD |
| Slumber Mez | Used when 2 or more mobs are in camp and single target mez is enabled |
| Wave Mez | Used when AE count is exceeded and AE mez is enabled |
In addition to the songs above, the spell set can be configured with one of three options to use songs which fit the group composition.
melee¶
Plays additional songs which are beneficial to melee classes:
| Name | Usage |
|---|---|
| Spiteful Lyric | Always up |
meleedot¶
Plays DoT songs:
| Name | Usage |
|---|---|
| Chant of Flame | Used in combat |
| Chant of Disease | Used in combat |
| Change of Frost | Used in combat |
caster¶
Plays additional songs which are beneficial to caster classes:
| Name | Usage |
|---|---|
| Arcane | Always up |
| Fire Debuff Aria | Always up |
| Psalm of Potency | Always up |
Other Abilities¶
The Bard will also use the following:
AAs:
- Cacophony
- Boastful Bellow
- Lyrical Prankster
- Song of Stone
Abilities:
- Intimidation
- Kick
Discs:
- Reflexive Rebuttal
Items:
- Charm clicky
Burns¶
The following will be activated when burn conditions are met:
AAs:
- Quick Time
- Funeral Dirge
- Spire of the Minstrels
- Bladed Song
- Dance of Blades
- Flurry of Notes
- Frenzied Kicks
Discs:
- Thousand Blades
Items:
- Chest clicky
- Rage of Rolfron clicky
Defensives¶
Shield of Notes and Hymn of the Last Stand will be used when HP is low, as well as Fading Memories if enabled.
Downtime¶
- Selos will be kept up at all times
- Aura will be kept up at all times
- Familiar, mount and illusion keyring clicks will be kept up at all times
- Rallying Solo will be used if low on mana or endurance
Pulling¶
- Attempt to use Staff of Viral Flux for pulling if the Bard has it
- Otherwise, uses Sonic Disturbance or auto attack depending on distance to mob
Modes¶
The Bard should work in any of the available modes.
Mezzing¶
Single target and AOE mezzing are both supported and can be toggled on or off.
Settings¶
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Spell Set | Refer to common settings Spell Set. Available options for bard: melee, caster, meleedot |
/aqo spellset meleedot |
| BYOS | Disables attempts to mem the currently selected spell set, but currently will only try to play the songs listed in the currently selected spell set. Mostly just put this in atm so I can swap some gems on Shei mission | /aqo byos on |
| Mez ST | Use single target mez on adds within camp radius | /aqo mezst off |
| Mez AE | Use AE Mez if 3 or more mobs are within camp radius | /aqo mezae on |
| Mez AE Count | Threshold to use AE Mez ability | /aqo mezaecount 2 |
| Use Epic | Options: always, burn, shm or never. Will always use epic and fierce eye together. shm means only use when Prophet's Gift of the Ruchu is up |
/aqo useepic always |
| Use Fade | Fades if you are on ToT or Percent HP below 50 or aggro above 70% on target. Not really tested this one at all | /aqo usefade on |
| Use Insults | Use insult songs | /aqo useinsults on |
| Use DoTs | Toggle use of DoT songs if they are in the selected song list | /aqo usedots on |
| Use Bellow | Use Boastful Bellow AA | /aqo usebellow on |
| Use Cacophony | Use Cacophony AA | /aqo usecacophony on |
| Use Intimidate | Use Intimidate (It may fear mobs without the appropriate AA's) | /aqo useintimidate on |
| Use Twist | Use MQ2Twist instead of managing songs | /aqo usetwist on |
| Use Snare | Use snare song | /aqo usesnare on |
| Use Swarm | Use swarm pet AAs | /aqo useswarm on |
| Use AOE | Toggle use of AOE abilities | /aqo useaoe on |
| Rally Group | Not implemented |