Bard melee

[Saisu]

Bards are the jack-of-all-trades. Yes you can melee, but you’re almost always better off doing something else.

Yes while leveling you twist Fear, Slow, Self-haste, +1 other song and slowly whittle down their health… or you could cast Charm and have two Hill Giants wail on each other for like 80 damage a hit.

Treat melee as a possible strategy in your bag of tricks - but think of bards more as mobile spell casters and you’ll probably get more enjoyment.

For solo melee your better options are Monk/Ranger for offense-based, or Paladin/Shadow Knight for defense-based.