



This skill stopped the drudgery of going back to town, to get Cain to identify it, and selling magical items of little value. Bards can identify magical items without using scrolls of identify. However, the problem with bards is that they will never be as powerful or as specialized as all of the other classes.īards have one of the most useful skills in Diablo I. Because her magical ability was only second to the sorcerer, she could effectively use the attacking magical spells of Chain Lightning and Fireball. By hitting the enemy more frequently, she has the potential to stun lock her enemy. Having higher dexterity as well as being able to equip a second weapon for extra to-hit makes the bard more suited for Civerb's Cudgel than the warrior or barbarian, who will need to get the extra To-Hit from jewelry when wielding it. The only saving grace of the bard's melee ability is her high dexterity. Rogues were never intended to be melee attacks, so they were given a slower melee attack speed than the warrior. A fatal flaw in this character's design was that she had the melee attack speed of the Rogue. Equipping a Civerb's Cudgel along with a good sword (preferably of Haste) will make the Bard a very powerful Melee character since the +200% damage bonus on Civerb's Cudgel applies to the whole damage and not just weapon damage. The only benefit is that there is the potential for an additional two magical modifications on the second item. It is only slightly better than one two-handed sword. This combination of two one-handed swords is not as powerful as it seems. Bards have the ability to wield two one-handed weapons. High dexterity is only good when using bows, but the bard's special skills make sword use more beneficial. Possessing medium amounts of the three core attributes of Dexterity, Strength and Magic makes them weak at all of them. She has balanced attributes, so the bard excels at nothing.

She uses the Rogue's graphic, but could dual-wield weapons in lieu of a shield. She could only be played after editing the Command.txt file in the Hellfire folder. The Bard is one of the two unfinished classes in Hellfire, the other being the Barbarian.
