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Bard Raid Throughput

The most popular Bard Throughput in FFXIV. Data-driven builds updated daily for Howling Blade in Dawntrail Standard Comps (7.3). Disclaimers & FAQ

Throughput

Below is an average breakdown of a small sample of top Bard rankings for Howling Blade. You can use this to compare to your own cast counts and uptime to find potential points of improvement. Note that the top logs on some encounters may be skewed towards unnecessary padding that you might not want to emulate.

Damage Breakdown

This table shows damage against all targets in the encounter. The top 3 damage abilities are

Burst Shot,

Refulgent Arrow, and

Shot. The ability that does the most damage per cast is

Radiant Encore, at 44.0K per cast.

Name			Casts	CPM	Avg Cast	Hits	Avg Hit	Crit	Direct Hit	Uptime	DPS
Burst Shot	19.57%	2.00M	88	11.9	13.5K	55.3	21.4K	44.3%	55.9%	-	4.5K
Refulgent Arrow	14.63%	1.50M	38.7	5.2	20.0K	26.8	28.9K	53.2%	71.7%	-	3.4K
Shot	9.81%	1.00M	138.7	18.8	4.1K	86.2	6.6K	44.4%	58.4%	-	2.3K
Heartbreak Shot	9.59%	981.8K	49.8	6.7	10.6K	29.6	17.7K	46.2%	65.1%	-	2.2K
Empyreal Arrow	7.60%	778.0K	27.4	3.7	15.6K	16.4	26.1K	47.7%	65.3%	-	1.8K
Pitch Perfect	7.47%	765.5K	20.7	2.8	19.9K	12.6	32.7K	50.5%	66.3%	-	1.7K
Radiant Encore	5.22%	535.1K	4.1	0.6	44.0K	1.7	108.0K	92.9%	145.2%	-	1.2K
Blast Arrow	4.47%	458.2K	6.4	0.9	38.7K	4.2	59.0K	47.6%	61.9%	-	1.0K
Apex Arrow	4.47%	458.2K	6.6	0.9	37.7K	4.4	56.7K	42.2%	62.4%	-	1.0K
Stormbite	3.75%	384.2K	-	-	-	132.3	2.9K	-	-	95.42%	867.3
Resonant Arrow	3.63%	371.8K	4.1	0.6	38.4K	2	79.0K	74.0%	106.0%	-	839.2
Sidewinder	3.48%	356.0K	7.3	1.0	25.2K	4.1	44.9K	55.9%	76.5%	-	803.5
Caustic Bite	2.83%	290.3K	-	-	-	129.1	2.2K	-	-	94.25%	655.3
Iron Jaws	0.94%	96.1K	8.4	1.1	6.0K	5.0	10.2K	41.9%	66.9%	-	217.0
Ladonsbite	0.73%	74.5K	2.9	0.4	17.6K	3.9	12.9K	34.7%	36.7%	-	168.1
Caustic Bite	0.55%	56.4K	3.8	0.5	9.7K	2.6	14.0K	38.5%	43.1%	-	127.3
Rain of Death	0.50%	50.9K	2.8	0.4	10.7K	3.3	9.0K	36.1%	53.0%	-	114.8
Stormbite	0.39%	40.1K	4.0	0.5	6.7K	2.8	9.6K	36.6%	42.3%	-	90.4
Shadowbite	0.37%	37.8K	1.1	0.1	25.3K	1.5	18.0K	23.7%	31.6%	-	85.3
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Total	100.00%	10.24M									23.1K

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Damage to Bosses

This table only shows the damage breakdown against boss targets. On average, 9.5M total damage was done to bosses.

Name			Casts	CPM	Avg Cast	Hits	Avg Hit	Crit	Direct Hit	Uptime	DPS
Burst Shot	20.34%	1.92M	84.0	11.4	13.5K	52.8	21.4K	44.1%	56.4%	-	4.3K
Refulgent Arrow	15.22%	1.44M	36.5	4.9	20.3K	25.6	28.9K	53.1%	72.5%	-	3.2K
Shot	9.83%	929.3K	127.0	17.2	4.1K	78.9	6.7K	45.2%	59.0%	-	2.1K
Heartbreak Shot	9.72%	918.4K	45.9	6.2	10.6K	27.3	17.8K	46.4%	66.3%	-	2.1K
Pitch Perfect	7.68%	726.1K	19.7	2.7	19.7K	11.4	34.1K	53.5%	68.3%	-	1.6K
Empyreal Arrow	7.52%	711.3K	24.6	3.3	15.8K	14.7	26.5K	50.0%	65.8%	-	1.6K
Radiant Encore	5.66%	535.1K	4.1	0.6	44.0K	1.7	108.0K	92.9%	145.2%	-	1.2K
Blast Arrow	4.22%	399.4K	6.2	0.8	31.7K	3.2	61.1K	45.7%	74.1%	-	901.6
Apex Arrow	4.07%	385.0K	6.3	0.9	32.2K	3.4	59.1K	44.2%	66.3%	-	869.2
Resonant Arrow	3.93%	371.8K	4.1	0.6	38.4K	2	79.0K	74.0%	106.0%	-	839.2
Stormbite	3.75%	354.3K	-	-	-	120.4	2.9K	-	-	90.57%	799.9
Sidewinder	3.50%	331.0K	6.6	0.9	25.2K	3.6	46.0K	58.9%	82.2%	-	747.2
Caustic Bite	2.86%	270.5K	-	-	-	118.8	2.3K	-	-	89.06%	610.7
Iron Jaws	1.02%	96.1K	8.4	1.1	6.0K	5.0	10.2K	41.9%	66.9%	-	217.0
Caustic Bite	0.40%	37.4K	2.5	0.3	8.5K	1.6	13.6K	41.0%	56.4%	-	84.5
Stormbite	0.27%	25.2K	2.6	0.4	6.5K	1.8	9.2K	28.3%	41.3%	-	56.8
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Total	100.00%	9.45M									21.3K

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Damage to Adds

This table only shows the damage breakdown against non-boss targets. On average, 789.4K total damage was done to non-bosses.

Name			Casts	CPM	Avg Cast	Hits	Avg Hit	Crit	Direct Hit	Uptime	DPS
Burst Shot	10.34%	81.6K	3.9	0.5	13.6K	2.5	21.5K	46.8%	45.2%	-	184.2
Shot	9.51%	75.0K	11.6	1.6	4.0K	7.4	6.3K	35.9%	52.2%	-	169.4
Ladonsbite	9.43%	74.5K	2.9	0.4	17.6K	3.9	12.9K	34.7%	36.7%	-	168.1
Apex Arrow	9.26%	73.1K	0.8	0.1	57.7K	0.9	47.6K	34.8%	47.8%	-	165.1
Empyreal Arrow	8.45%	66.7K	2.7	0.4	13.4K	1.6	22.3K	26.8%	61.0%	-	150.6
Heartbreak Shot	8.03%	63.4K	3.8	0.5	10.6K	2.3	17.6K	43.9%	50.9%	-	143.2
Refulgent Arrow	7.56%	59.7K	5.5	0.7	6.5K	1.3	27.6K	56.3%	56.3%	-	134.7
Blast Arrow	7.46%	58.9K	0.7	0.1	69.2K	1.0	51.9K	54.2%	20.8%	-	132.9
Rain of Death	6.44%	50.9K	2.8	0.4	10.7K	3.3	9.0K	36.1%	53.0%	-	114.8
Pitch Perfect	4.99%	39.4K	1.4	0.2	17.5K	1.2	19.8K	22.6%	48.4%	-	88.9
Shadowbite	4.79%	37.8K	1.1	0.1	25.3K	1.5	18.0K	23.7%	31.6%	-	85.3
Stormbite	3.78%	29.9K	-	-	-	11.9	2.5K	-	-	15.87%	67.4
Sidewinder	3.16%	24.9K	0.6	0.1	27.8K	0.5	37.1K	33.3%	33.3%	-	56.3
Caustic Bite	2.50%	19.8K	-	-	-	10.3	1.9K	-	-	17.59%	44.6
Caustic Bite	2.40%	18.9K	1.3	0.2	12.0K	1.0	14.8K	34.6%	23.1%	-	42.8
Stormbite	1.89%	14.9K	1.4	0.2	7.1K	1	10.2K	52.0%	44.0%	-	33.6
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Total	100.00%	789.4K									1.8K

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Rankings Sample

The data on this page was generated using the following sample of recent top rankings that match your selection.

Name	Date	Duration	DPS
Cecilia Tyyne	Aug 12	7:12	27,192
Shivero First	Aug 9	7:03	27,152
Weiss Chroma	Aug 15	6:37	27,128
Astyrah Varis	Aug 15	7:06	27,059
Cloudy Vibes	Aug 8	6:42	27,054
Nerguui Sun	Aug 8	7:37	26,802
Misato Yin	Aug 13	6:55	26,762
Eridani Astra	Aug 12	6:55	26,724
Garoh Black	Aug 7	7:27	26,568
Rachel Arashi	Aug 7	7:22	26,474
Hibiki Harmony	Aug 8	8:28	26,415
Cloudy Vibes	Aug 9	8:41	26,328
Caeda Maru	Aug 12	7:14	26,299
Wilmaer Aerstulm	Aug 10	6:43	26,237
Cecilia Tyyne	Aug 12	7:36	26,104
Evil Twink	Aug 13	7:12	26,101
Whisperfoot Stormborn	Aug 12	8:17	26,095
Cloudy Vibes	Aug 10	8:46	26,038
Angel Belladonna	Aug 12	7:28	25,940
Tetsuroko Kuroaki	Aug 10	7:52	25,892
Tetsuroko Kuroaki	Aug 10	7:11	25,849
Repp Everbede	Aug 15	7:30	25,846
Arcturus Black	Aug 15	6:53	25,804
Erika Yuki	Aug 13	6:42	25,790
Evan Olorin	Aug 12	6:54	25,771

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