Bard slow song is king aggro grabber I thought? Either way I’ve definitely seen bards tank before and do it well.

The lvl 20 song sucks for aggro, 50+ one is solid ! Not classic though and this thread is in Green not Blue.

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Undecided which yet. Come on down !

I really don't want a repeat of OT petitions on bards and I'm sure the staff don't either.

a bard that cant hold aggro until kunark isnt a very good bard, very telling why you want that AoEing number increased

Being able to manafree “Quad” whites/yellows/near lvl reds is still great exp, also if you are smart/good you can manipulate pathing with groups of different speed mobs to hit around 8 mobs with those dots! Not to mention snare/fear/charm all manafree before lvl 30. Add to it the best travel speed in the game when their will be a lack of porters will save a massive amount of time which can be converted to more exp. expect good bards to find group invites easily and still be in the upper echelon of solo leveling with mage/ench/necro

First good response all thread!

Every one else is apparently a main tank Bard, Lol.

I think they're responding mostly to this:

I don't think anyone is trying to make the point that Bard's are the ideal tanking class. But if you don't know how to hold aggro with twenty years of experience playing the class, then I don't know what to tell you. It's really not very difficult, even on Blue with 10 years of twink gear. Unless the wizard decides to YOLO empty his mana tank, the idea that Bard's couldn't hold aggro on Green if they wanted to is pretty absurd.

#1. Thread was derailed as I was strictly referring to AOE kiting.

#2. Name one bard ability that generates enough threat to hold over any reliable DPS? The "real" aggro ability that every one in this thread is referring to is 50+. Something that won't be on Green until Kunark (years away?)

#3. What kind of group would even get a bard to tank, especially in classic? Sure, if you were in Kunark and beyond and desperate, go for it. A bard may be a plate class, but they are far from a tanking class.

Selos consonant strain is lvl 23 and spammed will out aggro anything on green and it snare/slows, plus bard can fear and regen, a bard is an ideal tank for casters/pet classes because you can aggro kite in small circles while pets destroy with no need to ever heal so they can keep max level pets and not waste pet components