Bards, nah

[Snaggles]

With epic and McVaxius they can add like 60'ish attack to a melee group.
Highest DS with puretone
Max cap MR for tanks who might not have max MR (hp-quest, etc)
Highest mana and hp regen class
Quickest running for zone kites

Plus a whole lot of mid-tier songs to fill in the gap.

[ya.dingus]

That's what i said though, you're literally sacrificing a person to be a mediocre buff totem.