The Bard comes with the Critical: Vanish reaction as soon as he joins the party, an ability which cannot normally be learned by moogles. Although the Bard can equip any instrument, he can only learn new abilities from the four-stringed instruments. A notable class combination for the bard class in having it secondary to a Moogle Knight, since training as a Moogle Knight gives great physical stats, keeping him on the field and allowing him to support longer and defend himself. Another one would be mixing the Bard's buffs with a Juggler's debuffs to give fast and versatile support, especially with speed boosting daggers.