🏹 Bard

Overview

A Rogue Bard/Physician support healer (41 Bard / 35 Physician). You keep the group alive with AoE heals, raid Motifs, shields, and constant cleanses while chipping in damage and control. Chain Coda of Restoration under Virtuoso for burst healing, run Harmonic Distortion between windows, and keep a debuff on the enemy's key target. The exact tree is on the Magelo link below.

Rotation

You are a support healer, so your job is keeping everyone alive while adding damage and control on the side.

Use the Spam macro on whoever needs healing, and keep your Motifs up at all times (making Kalerts for them helps a lot).

Use Virtuoso as soon as it comes off cooldown. While Virtuoso is up, cast Coda of Restoration up to 10 times (Virtuoso keeps your combo points), then run the Distortion macro until you run out. When Virtuoso is on cooldown and Coda is available, cast Coda and follow with the Distortion macro.

Riff is your damage ability. Use your Cleanse macro and Mass Detox whenever you can on allies carrying DoTs, since cleansing is a big part of your support job. Always keep Viral Infection on someone, ideally the enemy's top DPS or their healer.

Macros

suppressmacrofailures
cast [notactive] Anthem of Glory
cast Call: Razorbeast
cast Power Chord
cast @mouseoverui Urgent Care
cast @mouseoverui Active Treatment

suppressmacrofailures
cast Verse of Purity
cast Mass Detox
cast Adrenaline Shot

suppressmacrofailures
cast Call: Razorbeast
use Warmonger's Charm
cast Harmonic Distortion

Key Abilities

• Virtuoso Keeps your combo points while you cast Coda. Use it the moment it's off cooldown, then chain Coda of Restoration under it.
• Coda of Restoration AoE heal. Cast it up to 10 times while Virtuoso is up, and use it on its own when Virtuoso is down and Coda is available.
• Motif of Regeneration AoE heal buff. Keep it up at all times.
• Motif of Bravery Raid buff. Keep it rolling on the group.
• Motif of Tenacity Raid buff. Keep it rolling on the group.
• Riff Your damage ability. Weave it in when your heals are handled.
• Preemptive Therapy Shield. Pre-cast it on someone about to take pressure.
• Mass Detox Raid cleanse (also in your Cleanse macro). Use it on allies loaded with DoTs whenever it's up.
• Verse of Captivation Stun. Your control tool for peeling or setting up a kill.
• Cleanse Soul Self cleanse.
• Viral Infection Debuff. Keep it on the enemy's top DPS or their healer at all times.
• Urgent Care / Active Treatment Mouseover heals built into the Spam macro, so you can heal a target under your cursor without swapping.

Tips & Notes

• Make Kalerts for your Motifs so you never let them drop, they are the backbone of your group healing.
• The horseshoe Warmonger's Charm is a great trinket choice here for the extra healing it adds.
• Keep Viral Infection on the enemy's top DPS or healer at all times.
• Cleanse constantly: run your Cleanse macro and Mass Detox on any ally carrying DoTs. That is a huge part of your value as a support.
• Virtuoso window: pop Virtuoso, spam Coda of Restoration (up to 10), then the Distortion macro until it runs out. Off Virtuoso, single Coda into Distortion macro.
• Anthem of Glory and Anthem of Competence are situational, swap between them based on what the group needs.