Are Bards strong enough/sturdy enough to solo in melee combat?

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Originally Posted by ChooChoo Train [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If it doesn’t summon it’s super easy to kill as bard - on green I have no problems soloing in SolB or felwithe guards(harder than Highkeep nobles), etc without charming or swarming(although it’s fun to do as well) being a bard is like a game in itself lol. It’s a great class to farm pure plat or sell PLs, great on raids and groups too. If you want just a melee class with low downtime I’d suggest a monk.

Melee is one part of it, I want to have versatility and be able to do many things. Heal/support, charm, fear, kite, buff, melee when needed, solo, group and raid. And have easy money farming too.

I actually hate played specialized classes like Wizard, Rogue, etc. I much prefer hybrids that can fill a wide variety of roles. Versatility and flexibility over specialization.

In other words, I prefer to be able to do a bunch of things decently instead of doing one thing great and sucking at everything else.