Norrath Route Atlas
Three-class capability model

Bard / Shaman / Warrior

Bard / Shaman / Warrior three-class build reference with solo 95, group 95, and raid 95 capability-coverage scores.

95Solo coverage
95Group coverage
95Raid coverage

Heuristic disclosure: Heuristic capability coverage: each documented class capability is rated 0–3; a trio takes the maximum per role, applies published context weights, and receives a capped breadth bonus. This is not a tier list or measured performance ranking.

BRD · Hybrid

Bard

Mobile support specialist combining songs, control, pulling, and travel.

Strengths

  • Exceptional pulling and crowd control
  • Fast travel and flexible song support
  • Can fill gaps without committing to one spell school

Constraints

  • High attention and song-twist load
  • Limited direct healing
  • Personal damage trails dedicated damage classes
SHM · Priest

Shaman

Buff and debuff specialist with slows, healing, DoTs, and mana conversion.

Strengths

  • Defining slow and stat support
  • Strong sustain and mana conversion
  • Useful healing and damage over time

Constraints

  • Not Human-primary eligible at creation
  • No native ports
  • Most power depends on proactive spell upkeep
WAR · Melee

Warrior

Dedicated martial tank built around durability, weapons, and encounter positioning.

Strengths

  • Defining physical durability
  • Broad weapon access
  • Scales strongly with healing and support

Constraints

  • No spells or self-healing
  • Limited emergency recovery
  • Threat tools depend heavily on equipment and execution

Coverage summary

Covered roles

TankHealingDamageControlPullingTravelRecoverySupportRaid Utility

Modeled gaps

No major role gap was identified by this breadth model.

Synergy notes

Human · Freeport creation status: reachable with an eligible primary class. Eligible primary classes: BRD, WAR.

Mapped progression options

  • East Commonlands · 1–9
  • Northern Desert of Ro · 1–9
  • Befallen · 1–9
  • Najena · 10–19
  • Crushbone · 10–19
  • High Keep · 20–29
  • Lair of the Splitpaw · 20–29
  • Estate of Unrest · 20–29
  • Solusek's Eye (Sol A) · 30–39
  • Cazic-Thule · 30–39
  • Castle Mistmoore · 30–39
  • Nagafen's Lair (Sol B) · 40–50
  • Lower Guk · 40–50
  • The Hole · 40–50
  • Plane of Hate · Raid
  • Plane of Fear · Raid
  • Plane of Sky · Raid
  • Research basis

    Class capability descriptions are research summaries. Combination scores are generated from those capabilities and are not copied community rankings.