Hi. This is my first guide and i figured my 1h/2h/cleric wasnt unique enough to make a guide about so i made one about my warlock/bard.
So first i will answer a question i know you all have: Why?
Well here is the reasons:
* Bard has some of the fastest nukes take almost no time to cast
* Warlock status are well known to render enemies helpless
* Wizard / Bard is just too cookie cutter for me.
Ok so here it goes...
Sp totals(as provided by nivlam): Required SP: 826,523Yep its the price you pay for greatness
. I recommend farming 1,000,000 sp at ongs, its the easiest way.
The skills:Bard:Book List:
Bards Dream
Battle Chord
Music Pleasure
Melody
Sound
Beautiful Life
Dancing Concert
Why these Bard skills: Well of course you want all the dances and music, so Music Pleasure, Dancing Line and Dancing Concert are a must. If you notice, i dont have any of the mana skills except for Mana Breeze and Mana Orbit. Why? Because when you equip a harp you get an extra 10~15k MP. If you need to recharge your mp your better off helping the rest of your party while you do it. This is where Mana Orbit comes into play. Mana Breeze is there for a one time quick mp recovery. Other then that you dont need any other mp recover move.
Warlock:Book List:
Mind Control
Dark Mentalist
Raze
Bloody Swarm
Blood
Soul Pressure
Evil Swell
Cruel Spell
Dim Haze
Why these Warlock skills: Obviously we want the warlock status effects as well as the last 3 skills in the Dark Mentalist series + Decay, because bleed works no matter what. Also the Soul Pressure Book is completely useless except for the one stun skill. Unless you want to farm the extra sp, dont bother getting anything but the stun from that book. Also the Dim Haze book is useless except for Deep Slumber and Recovery Bind.
PvPThe moment youve all been waiting for, pvping. Ok so youve followed this guide made this build but you keep getting owned in pvp. Well this build requires mastery of the switch technique. You must become an expert at switching between warlock and bard / rod and harp.
Start out with your warlock rod and shield out first.
Then if your opponent does not have Holy Spell,quickly disease your opponent then follow with stun and
either
A:Decay and Dark Decayed if they have Holy Spell
OR
B: Courage Raze + Magical Ravage + Deep Slumber if no Holy Spell
Then quickly switch to bard and use Horror Chord followed by Booming Wave and this should result in a ko. If not follow up Booming Wave with Weird Chord to finish them off.
BTW: This does not require the use of grains to do.
Grinding/Fighting MonstersI recommend using warlock to grind and using bard just for speed buffs. Although if there is a cleric, warrior,or another bard in your party, feel free to switch to bard. As to what monsters to grind on, sorry im not sure. But expect to die often