BRD rotation

[BakaChin]

Hello fellow adventurers!

I've scoured the forums for a rotation guide as I have just started rolling a BRD but nothing as yet.

I was wondering if anyone can give me a few tips regarding a decent rotation.

I'm currently using SS - VEN - WB - HS and rotate while hitting blood letter when available

[Thorauku]

There's no BRD rotation, basically, just keep up your SS buff and DoT always and you're good to go.

[ShiroSteve]

Hope this is of help:

http://www.ffxivinfo.com/guides/bard.php

[Ooshima]

Yup, BRD is kinda idiot proof to a large extend. Throw in Blunt Arrow (if silence is not needed) and Repelling Shot whenever available and pop CDs according.

On a side note, heya Baka Chin! (hope you recognize me lol!)

[BakaChin]

Yup, BRD is kinda idiot proof to a large extend. Throw in Blunt Arrow (if silence is not needed) and Repelling Shot whenever available and pop CDs according.

On a side note, heya Baka Chin! (hope you recognize me lol!)

Ruuuuuuuuui!!! I've missed your face! Lol!

[Ooshima]

Ruuuuuuuuui!!! I've missed your face! Lol!

I'm always at Mor Dhona

[Marcusow86]

What rotation LOL XD

Except for some of the mechanism in the game (eg: T1 Slime) using macros for blood letter and misery's end will make your life super easy while able to maximize dps.

I would only suggest macros those two skills, buff skills like BfB, RS will need to be activated manually depending on burn phases.

TIPS: if you are sure you won't be using silence anytime soon, blunt arrow and repelling shot can be use to add up to your DPS.

[Tinoris]

What I do most of the time, it depends on the fight, ie mechanics, boss vs trash, DPS race etc:

SS (for buff, buff applies to DoT damage), pop all dmg buff cool downs (also situational, there are times where you'll want to save them), WB, BL, VB, HSx3/Weave in BL when it procs/SS procs.

After that it becomes a priority system: those are 1) SS buff is on, 2) DoTs are up, 3) Misery's End, 4) SS procs, 5)BL procs. Use dmg buffs as they come off cooldown. Another thing to note is your dmg buffs also apply to WB/VB, so make sure you have them up before WB/VB.

Like Ooshima said, once you get the basic priority system down, try to weave in Blunt Arrow/Repelling Shot/Flaming Arrow. They are off the global cooldown so you can use them in between other skills. For Example, SS-(buffs)-WB-FA-VB-BA-HS-RS-HS-BL-HS. Just an example, the priorty list takes...well...priority.

Just be careful with Blunt Arrow, there are fights that may require a BRD to be a main silencer and you'll want to save it for the right time, and Repelling Shot, well...you don't want to use that during...say...Titan's LS and fly right off the ledge, lol.

[Ooshima]

Just be careful with Blunt Arrow, there are fights that may require a BRD to be a main silencer and you'll want to save it for the right time, and Repelling Shot, well...you don't want to use that during...say...Titan's LS and fly right off the ledge, lol.

And know when to use repelling shot - for example, it could be used to repel off a stacked WoTL for Titan EX. But certainly don't use it in Ifrit EX when Eruption is about to come, if not you will generate an eruption ahead of your other teammates which they probably have to eat. A good time to use Repelling Shot to up your DPS is when Ifrit is casting Searing Wind on your healers, that's 100% safe to use

Also make good use of your DoTs to generate blood letter procs. If there are times where you could spread your DoTs and they last long, do so. Example would be T5, Scourge of Meracydia, I always spread my DoTs and spam my free-flow procs. In Ifrit EX nails phase, you can spread windbite over to the next 2 nails which your team would hit in succession and you will find that the nails can be down even faster.

Basically to start off as a BRD, try to get used to the basic priority system. Then, run some idiot proof instances like WP where you can start popping your CDs in between your weaponskills (which means popping your OGCD CDs during your GCD time) to get a hang of their recast time and how you can "naturally" or "situationally" insert them into your rotations.

And soon you will get the hang of it

[Lyrinn]

Two misc. questions:

Quelling Strikes is obviously useful on pull, but is it worth using any time afterwards? The tanks should have no problems after they get started up, right?

Is it better to stack/stagger buffs or use them one at a time? Every time my DoTs need to be refreshed, I pop a cooldown. I've read some rotation guides saying it's better to stagger them - like Internal Release --> Windbite --> Hawk's Eye --> Venomous Bite --> Raging Strikes --> etc. but I don't understand why that's better.