A Bard can become "kind of" melee viable. But you literally need the best weapons in the game (Epic, Nature's Melody) and then the best instruments in the game that can be dual held with your epic in offhand (Sky Horn, VP Lute, Drums of the Beast)
Even then, the melee is more for the procs the weapons provide. It is pretty surprsing how much damage Nature's Melody can produce in the mainhand though. Most bards won't see one though (drops from Tunare).
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