Template:Sideicon Template:FFXIV Discipline The Archer (弓術士, Kyuujutsu Shi?) is a Disciple of War in Final Fantasy XIV. The class can be upgraded to the Bard with the Soul Crystal obtained by completing the quest A Song of Bards and Bowmen that becomes available when the Adventurer reaches Archer level 30. The quest is given by Luciane after clearing The One that Got Away.
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Archer
The enduring popularity of the Bow is a testament to its elegant design, but this simple weapon would be of little worth without the surpassing skill of those who master it - the archers. Bow techniques such as high-angle fire enable archers to assail their foes with deadly precision, even from great distances.
Constant assessment of the battlefield enables them to carefully determine the most advantageous ground from which to loose, as well as the nature of the arrows best suited to their enemy. Along with the longbow sentries of the Elezen military, the shortbow hunters among the Miqo'te are widely regarded as the most skilled with a bow. The guild's teachings cover a variety of long distance weapons, down to the simplest throwing rock.Lodestone
Archers wield a bow and, while not possessing as much damage dealing potential as other DPS classes, Archers have the advantage of range. While their HP and defense is rather low compared to other disciplines, Archers possess a unique trait of still being able to attack while running away from aggressive enemies, a technique known in the MMORPG community as kiting.
Archers do not possess any combo actions, but they do possess abilities that increase the chance of critical strikes, allowing them to quickly deplete an enemy's HP. Archers also have access to area-of-effect attacks and are able to inflict several status effects on their enemies.
Bard
The word bard ordinarily puts folk in mind of those itinerant minstrels, fair of voice and nimble of finger, who earn their coin performing in taverns and the halls of great lords. Few know, however, that bards in fact trace their origins back to the bowmen of eld, who sang in the heat of battle to fortify the spirits of their companions.
In time, their impassioned songs came to hold sway over the hearts of men, inspiring their comrades to great feats and granting peace unto those who lay upon the precipice of death.Lodestone
Bard shares same role actions with Machinist, as both are classified as Physical Ranged DPS. Bards specialize in various songs that enchant allies, if they are in range, and self with buffs. Some songs can only be executed while other songs are being sung, while some can drain MP while being sung. Songs extends Archer's abilities by granting additional effects, such as resetting recast time of other abilities.
Story
Archer
Bard
Heavensward
Stormblood
Equipment
The Archer class is defined by wielding bows. Unlike in version 1.0, arrows are no longer equipped.
In terms of late game armor and accessories, Archers and Bards wear "Aiming" gear sets, which tend to be more flamboyant than other DPS classes. While the armor are exclusive to this class, the Aiming accessories are shared with Rogues and Ninjas.
Job Gauge
The Job Gauge was introduced to players in 4.0 Stormblood. The Bard uses the Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, and The Wanderer's Minuet Gauges.
The Job Gauges share the same trigger effect called Repertoire. Repertoire can be triggered if either Caustic Bite or Stormbite has dealt critical damage over time. Repertoire grants more effect stacks, except for Mage's Ballad, and additional effects to songs.
The Mage's Ballad Gauge indicates the time remaining for its duration. While Mage's Ballad is being sung, the Repertoire effect resets the recast times for Bloodletter and Rain of Death.
The Army's Paeon Gauge indicates the time remaining for its duration and the number of stacks it currently has. If the Repertoire effect is triggered while Army's Paeon is being sung, the bard is granted one stack and reduced action cast and recast time.
The Wanderer's Minuet Gauge indicates the time remaining for its duration and the number of stacks it currently has. The action Pitch Perfect will become available if the Repertoire effect is triggered while the Wanderer's Minuet is being sung.
Abilities
Class Actions
Ability | Level | Type | Cast | Recast | TP Cost | Range | Radius |
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Heavy Shot File:FFXIV Heavy Shot Icon.png |
1 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 50 | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: 20% chance next Straight Shot will deal critical damage Duration: 10s | |||||||
Straight Shot File:FFXIV Straight Shot Icon.png |
2 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 50 | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate by 10% Duration: 30s | |||||||
Raging Strikes File:FFXIV Raging Strikes Icon.png |
4 | Ability | Instant | 80.00s | — | — | — |
Increases damage dealt by 20% Duration: 20s. | |||||||
Venomous Bite File:FFXIV Venomous Bite Icon.png |
6 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 60 | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Venom Potency: 40 Duration: 18s | |||||||
Misery's End File:FFXIV Misery's End Icon.png |
10 | Ability | Instant | 12.00s | — | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 190. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%. | |||||||
Bloodletter File:FFXIV Bloodletter Icon.png |
12 | Ability | Instant | 15.00s | — | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Shares a recast timer with Rain of Death. | |||||||
Repelling Shot File:FFXIV Repelling Shot Icon.png |
15 Complete Archer quest Violators Will Be Shot | Ability | Instant | 30.00s | — | 5y | — |
Jump 10 yalms back from current position. Cannot be executed while bound. | |||||||
Quick Knock |
18 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 120 | 12y | 12y |
Delivers an attack with potency of 110 to all enemies in a cone in front of you. | |||||||
Windbite File:FFXIV Windbite Icon.png |
30 Complete Archer quest The One That Got Away | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 60 | 25y | — |
Deals wind damage with a potency of 60. Additional Effect: Wind damage over time with potency of 50 for 18s (combined total potency of 360). | |||||||
Barrage File:FFXIV Barrage Icon.png |
38 | Ability | Instant | 80.00s | — | — | — |
Triples the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Additional effects added only once. Duration: 10s |
Job Actions
Ability | Level | Type | Cast | Recast | TP Cost | Range | Radius |
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Mage's Ballad File:FFXIV Mage's Ballad Icon.png |
30 Complete the quest A Song of Bards and Bowmen | Spell | Instant | 80.00s | — | 25y | — |
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Activates Repertoire, resetting Bloodletter and Rain of Death recast time if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite | |||||||
Foe Requiem File:FFXIV Foe Requiem Icon.png |
35 Complete the quest The Archer's Anthem | Spell | 1.50s | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | — | — | 20y |
Increases damage taken by nearby enemies by 3%. MP is drained while singing. Effect is lost if targets move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse. | |||||||
Army's Paeon File:FFXIV Army's Paeon Icon.png |
40 Complete the quest Bard's-eye View | Spell | Instant | 80.00s | — | 25y | — |
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Grants Repertoire if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite Repertoire Effect: Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 4% Can be stacked up to 4 times. | |||||||
Rain of Death File:FFXIV Rain of Death Icon.png |
45 Complete the quest Doing It the Bard Way | Ability | Instant | 15.00s | — | 25y | 8y |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to the target and all enemies near it. Shares a recast timer with Bloodletter. | |||||||
Battle Voice File:FFXIV Battle Voice Icon.png |
50 Complete the quest Requiem for the Fallen | Ability | Instant | 180.00s | — | — | 20y |
Increases direct hit rate of all party members by 15%. Duration: 20s Can only be executed while singing Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, or the Wanderer's Minuet. | |||||||
The Wanderer's Minuet File:FFXIV Wanderer's Minuet Icon.png |
52 Complete the quest The Stiff and the Spent | Spell | Instant | 80.00s | — | 25y | — |
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Increases critical hit rate of all party members within a radius of 20 yalms by 2% Duration: 30s Effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance. Additional Effect: Allows execution of Pitch Perfect if critical damage over time is dealt by Caustic Bite or Stormbite. Can be stacked up to 3 times. | |||||||
Pitch Perfect File:FFXIV Pitch Perfect Icon.png |
52 | Ability | Instant | 3.00s | — | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 when Repertoire stack is 1, 240 when Repertoire stack is 2, and 420 when Repertoire stack is 3. Can only be executed when the Wanderer's Minuet is active. | |||||||
Empyreal Arrow File:FFXIV Empyreal Arrow Icon.png |
54 Complete the quest Requiem on Ice | Weaponskill | Instant | 15.00s | 50 | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 230. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. | |||||||
Iron Jaws File:FFXIV Iron Jaws Icon.png |
56 Complete the quest When Gnaths Cry | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 50 | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: If the target is suffering from Caustic Bite or Stormbite inflicted by you, the effect timer of each timer is reset. | |||||||
The Warden's Paean File:FFXIV The Warden's Paean Icon.png |
58 Complete the quest A Saint of Song | Weaponskill | Instant | 45.00s | — | 30y | — |
Removes one select detrimental effect from a target party member or pet. If the target is not enfeebled, a barrier is created nullifying the target's next detrimental effect suffered. Duration: 30s | |||||||
Sidewinder File:FFXIV Sidewinder Icon.png |
60 Complete the quest The Ballad of Oblivion | Ability | Instant | 60.00s | — | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: If the target is suffering from a Venomous Bite or Windbite effect inflicted by you, Sidewinder's potency is increased to 175 for one effect, or 260 for both. | |||||||
Troubadour File:FFXIV Troubadour Icon.png |
62 | Ability | Instant | 180.00s | — | 20y | — |
Adds an additional effect to the song currently being sung. Mage's Ballad Effect: Increases maximum HP by 15% Army's Paeon Effect: Reduces physical vulnerability by 10% The Wanderer's Minuet Effect: Reduces magic vulnerability by 10% Duration: 30s Can only be executed while singing Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, or the Wanderer's Minuet. | |||||||
Caustic Bite File:FFXIV Caustic Bite Icon.png |
64 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 60 | 25y | — |
Deals wind damage with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Poison Potency: 55 Duration: 30s | |||||||
Stormbite File:FFXIV Stormbite Icon.png |
64 | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | 60 | 25y | — |
Deals wind damage with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Wind damage over time Potency: 55 Duration: 30s | |||||||
Nature's Minne File:FFXIV Nature's Minne Icon.png |
66 | Ability | Instant | 45.00s | — | 30y | — |
Increases HP recovery via healing magic for a party member or self by 20%. Duration: 15s | |||||||
Refulgent Arrow File:FFXIV Refulgent Arrow Icon.png |
70 Complete the quest Sweet Dreams Are Made of Peace | Weaponskill | Instant | 2.50s Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be | — | 25y | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Can only be executed while under the effect of Straighter Shot. |
Role Actions
Role actions replaced cross-class actions with the release of patch 4.0. Role actions are abilities common to classes and jobs with the same role.
Jobs can select and use up to five role actions, while classes can select and use up to ten. Archer and Bard shares the same role actions with Machinist, as both as classified as Physical Ranged DPS.
Class Traits
Name | Level | Description |
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Heavier Shot File:FFXIV Heavier Shot Icon.png |
8 | Adds to Heavy Shot a 20% chance that your next Straight Shot will deal critical damage. Duration: 10s |
Enhanced Dexterity File:FFXIV Enhanced Dexterity Icon.png |
20 | Increases dexterity by 8. |
Increased Action Damage File:FFXIV Increased Action Damage Icon.png |
20 | Increases base action damage by 10%. |
Enhanced Dexterity II File:FFXIV Enhanced Dexterity II Icon.png |
40 | Increases dexterity by 16. |
Increased Action Damage II File:FFXIV Increased Action Damage II Icon.png |
40 | Increases base action damage by 20%. |
Enhanced Dexterity III File:FFXIV Enhanced Dexterity III Icon.png |
60 | Increases dexterity by 24. |
Job Traits
Name | Level | Description |
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Bite Mastery File:FFXIV Bite Mastery Icon.png |
64 | Venomous Bite and Windbite are upgraded to Caustic Bite and Stormbite respectively. |
Enhanced Empyreal Arrow File:FFXIV Enhanced Empyreal Arrow Icon.png |
68 | Guarantees the trigger of the additional effects for Mage's Ballad, Army's Paeon, and the Wanderer's Minuet when these actions are executed while under the effect of Empyreal Arrow. |
PvP Actions
Action | Type | Cast | Recast | Cost |
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Heavy Shot |
Weaponskill | Instant | 2.30s | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 500. Minuet/Paeon Additional Effect: Grants Repertoire if used on target suffering from a Caustic Bite effect inflicted by you ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. | ||||
Straight Shot |
Weaponskill | Instant | 2.30s | — |
Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Heavy Shot Combo Potency: 1,000 Minuet/Paeon Additional Effect: Grants Repertoire if used on target suffering from a Stormbite effect inflicted by you ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. | ||||
Caustic Bite |
Weaponskill | Instant | 2.30s | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 250. Additional Effect: Poison Potency: 250 Duration: 15s ※Action changes to Heated Clean Shot when executed while a Gauss Barrel is attached and the Heat Gauge is 50 or higher. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. | ||||
Stormbite |
Weaponskill | Instant | 2.30s | — |
Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Caustic Bite Combo Potency: 500 Additional Effect: Wind damage over time Potency: 200 Duration: 15s ※Action changes to Cooldown while a Gauss Barrel is attached and the Heat Gauge is 50 or higher. | ||||
Empyreal Arrow |
Weaponskill | Instant | 5.00s | 250 TP |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. | ||||
Repelling Shot |
Ability | Instant | 10.00s | 300 TP |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 500. Additional Effect: 10-yalm backstep Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 3s Cannot be executed while bound. | ||||
Bloodletter |
Ability | Instant | 15.00s | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 750. Cannot use while under the effect of Army's Paeon or the Wanderer's Minuet ※Action changes to Pitch Perfect while under the effect of Army's Paeon. ※Action changes to Barrage while under the effect of the Wanderer's Minuet. | ||||
Sidewinder |
Ability | Instant | 30.00s | — |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 250. Additional Effect: If the target is suffering from a Caustic Bite or Stormbite effect inflicted by you, Sidewinder potency is increased to 750 for one effect, or 1,250 for both | ||||
Blunt Arrow |
Ability | Instant | 30.00s | — |
Silences target. Duration: 2s | ||||
The Wanderer's Minuet |
Ability | Instant | 25.00s | Oath: 20 |
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Additional Effect: Allows accumulation of up to 3 Repertoire stacks Duration: 30s Repertoire Effect: Allows execution of Pitch Perfect ※Action changes to Army's Paeon upon execution. | ||||
Troubadour |
Ability | Instant | 45.00s | — |
Adds an additional effect to the song currently being sung. Army's Paeon Effect: Reduces damage taken by 5% The Wanderer's Minuet Effect: Increases damage dealt by 5% Duration: 10s Can only be executed while singing Army's Paeon or the Wanderer's Minuet. | ||||
Pitch Perfect |
Ability | Instant | 3.00s | All Repertoire stacks |
Delivers an attack with a potency of 500 when Repertoire stack is 1, 1,250 when Repertoire stack is 2, and 2,000 when Repertoire stack is 3. Can only be executed when the Wanderer's Minuet is active. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. | ||||
Barrage |
Ability | Instant | 15.00s | — |
Triples the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Additional effects added only once. Duration: 5s Can only be executed while under the effect of Army's Paeon ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. | ||||
Army's Paeon |
Ability | Instant | 25.00s | — |
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Additional Effect: Allows accumulation of up to 4 Repertoire stacks Duration: 30s Repertoire Effect: Increases damage dealt by 5% and reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time by 5% ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
Additional PvP Actions
These actions are common to all jobs, and can only be used in PvP areas.
The number of additional actions that can be set is limited to two.
Action | Type | Cast | Recast |
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Recuperate File:FFXIV Recuperate Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 45s |
Restores 25% of maximum HP. | |||
Muse File:FFXIV Muse Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 90s |
Restores 25% of maximum MP. | |||
Enliven File:FFXIV Enliven Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 90s |
Restores 50% of maximum TP. | |||
Purify File:FFXIV Purify Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 45s |
Removes Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, and Silence from target. Can be used regardless of own status affliction. | |||
Concentrate File:FFXIV Concentrate Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 45s |
Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s | |||
Safeguard File:FFXIV Safeguard Icon.png |
Ability | Instant | 90s |
Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s | |||
Bolt File:FFXIV Bolt Icon pvp.png |
Ability | Instant | 45s |
Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s |
PvP Traits
These traits are common to all jobs, and only take effect when in PvP areas.
The number of PvP traits that can be set is limited to three.
Traits | Effect |
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Increased HP |
Increases maximum HP by 5%. |
Increased Action Speed File:FFXIV Increased Action Speed Icon.png |
Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%. |
Increased Damage Dealt File:FFXIV Increased Damage Dealt Icon.png |
Increases damage dealt by 3%. |
Decreased Damage Taken File:FFXIV Decreased Damage Taken Icon.png |
Decreases damage taken by 3%. |
Increased Healing Potency File:FFXIV Increased Healing Potency Icon.png |
Increases spell-based HP restoration by 5%. |
Decreased Recast Time File:FFXIV Decreased recast time Icon.png |
Decreases recast time of additional actions by 20%. |
Increased Resistance Duration File:FFXIV Increased REsistance Duration Icon.png |
Increases duration of resistances by 50%. |
Increased MP Regeneration File:FFXIV increased MP Regeneration Icon.png |
Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%. |
Increased TP Regeneration File:FFXIV Increased TP Regeneration Icon.png |
Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%. |
Limit Break
Archers' and Bards' Limit Breaks focus dealing powerful damage to enemies in a straight line in front of the player. They both share the same Level 1 and Level 2 limit breaks as Machinist.
Ability | Level | Description | Image |
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Big Shot | 1 | Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player. | |
Desperado | 2 | Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player. | |
Sagittarius Arrow | 3 | Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player. |
Other appearances
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Template:Sideicon Bard and Archer appear in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. Bard has an Ice-elemental card and Archer a Wind-elemental.
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References
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