Spell: Deodorize

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Deodorize is most definitely THE most useless spell in FFXI.

Barsleep/Barsleepra.

[Catsby]

Barsleep/Barsleepra.

The vast majority of bard's spellbook. If it isn't march, minuet, ballad or carol then it's probably never going to be used.

[Francisco]

The vast majority of bard's spellbook. If it isn't march, minuet, ballad or carol then it's probably never going to be used.

Elegy says hi.
And Threnody.
And Mazurka.
And Lullaby.
And Finale.
And Prelude.
And Hymnus in emergencies.
And Paeon when applicable.
And even sometimes Mambo or Minne.

Basically, the useless ones are the ones that give +Stats and resistance to Bind and crap. A lot of the BRD songs have their place.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Absorb-CHR is close, but at least you remove stats from a mob who might be able to use it to boost a JA.

Plus CHR is a mod for Scourge, so it's totally worth using.

Elegy says hi.
And Threnody.
And Mazurka.
And Lullaby.
And Finale.
And Prelude.
And Hymnus in emergencies.
And Paeon when applicable.
And even sometimes Mambo or Minne.

And Scherzo.
And Virelai was an interesting/fun way to deaggro mobs back in the day (use it on a colibri, it will reflect it back to you).
Even Etudes got used some of the time, even if they aren't so relevant today. +STR for SAMs using Meikyo Shisui, +INT for BLMs doing timed nukes/MBing, +CHR for yourself for a bit of extra m.acc on HNM stuff.

[Urat]

+CHR for yourself for a bit of extra m.acc on HNM stuff.

This is the entire purpose of the Tenuto, with AF3 body and neck you should be full timing double etude on yourself all day erry day. I keep getting bards that literally do nothing but cast elegy in my alliances and it drives me nuts.

"Why don't I have double minuet?"
"lol should be using haste"

"I'm not even gonna argue that, ok wheres my march"
"one sec" *casts marches*

"Did you give the mages double ballad?"
"lol wtf? You think I can do everything here?"

"Do it"
"Ok I gave them ballad"

"Now tenuto yourself and double chr etude so the mobs stop resisting your damn elegy"
"Screw you don't tell me how to play my job"

The only songs I have never really used were pastoral and fantasia. Aubude and Capriccio are both excellent songs for the alliance vs beastmasters in dynamis. Operetta sometimes useful against imps if some member was a tard and didn't bring echo drops, in which case they'd get that.

Not many spells are truly "useless". They're just really REALLY situational, however, when the situation arises that they ARE useful, they're REALLY useful.