[Bard] JBoots worth it?
 

Specifically for swarming, but also in the long run.

Totally worth it in my opinion. Selo's win hands down, but if it drops or when you have to run through an indoor zone, you will be glad to also have jboots

Is it easier to swarm with jboots speed, as its one less song to twist, and less risk of speed dropping?

Jboots is like perfect kite speed, and its a flat move speed bonus vs selos that will change speed every lvl. Once you get used to the jboot speed you never have to relearn ur spacing or w/e

Or just strafe run, which incidentally is very close to JBoot speed.

Complete waste - just buy a few SoW potions for the limited times you will ever need non Selos speed

If you're getting run speed from a constant source, that's one less thing you have to twist. I used to get really mad at bards putting in for VP sow katanas, but later learned that long duration run speed buffs are useful for bards too! Get jboots. There's no class that won't benefit from them, if only as a dispell junk.

Unless money really doesn't matter. I just leveled a new Bard to 51 and I've used two clicks off a potion.

You want them, SOW pots are nice but take a cast time. When you got 100+ mobs up your ass you will want a backup if you mis click or something happens. Better safe then sorry when kiting.

Yeah for that reason specifically I have them on my ranger and druid. I might use them once or twice a month, but there's nothing quite like running out of VP to Skyfire and forgetting to invis. You'll find a use for them.