It really is hard to compare bards to monks directly as they are so incredibly different. I have both at 60.
Which is better at individual tasks?
Pulling:
- If the content requires FD, monk hands down all the way.
- If the content does not require FD, bards simply do it better most of the time. Bards can lull and CC anything unwanted that also came ... or just pull the lot and CC everything while the group locks them down.
DPS:
Lol. Monk. No comparison. End of discussion.
Tanking:
Depends. Generally speaking most will prefer monk but important considerations ...
Group or duo/trio? Composition of said group? All important factors. Comparably geared, Monk will take less damage and do mostly all of their dps while doing it. Bards will take more damage but have the advantage of absolute aggro control at their fingertips. Most people would favor the monk but depending on group composition a bard could be preferable.
Both of them are sufficient for 99.9% of content but most would prefer monk.
Support: (healing/cc/mana regen/haste)
Monk has nothing in the toolkit so bard of course.
Having said all of that ... they are so fundamentally different that this is a comparison between apples and spam. Any head to head comparison is flawed from the start. You bring monks and bard to the group for different reasons entirely.
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