Purrbard guide

Purr-magic bards who fight up close with a lute. A Purrbard sings: hymns that lift its own attack, lullabies and yowls that slow and weaken whatever it faces, and a purr that heals. It is the most supportive path, and it can heal in dungeons.

At a glance


Weapon	lute
Basic attack	Purr Note (magic attack)
Movement	Lilting Leap: Jump again in mid-air on a rising note, then drift gently down.
Dungeon roles	Healer, Damage

The two branches at level 30

Choirmane

Anthems, harmonic shields and heals. Takes the healer role in dungeons and keeps a whole party standing.

Then Maestro at 60, then Virtuoso at 100. Weapon: lute. Dungeon roles: Healer, Damage.

Hissmonger

Trades the lute for a horn: screeches that weaken, slow and burn. A damage path that makes everything hit it softer.

Then Caterwraith at 60, then Banshee at 100. Weapon: horn. Dungeon roles: Damage.

Skills to put on the bar

Your cat casts the first skill on its bar that is ready, so the order is its priority. When it takes a class, the game sets its bar in this order, which is a good place to start. Swap in new skills as each advancement brings them.

Class	Starting bar, first to last
Purrbard	Battle Hymn → Lullaby → Rumble Purr → Discordant Yowl → Pounce → Soothing Hum
Choirmane	Anthem of Nine Lives → Harmonic Shield → Crescendo → Chorus Line → Rumble Purr → Encore
Hissmonger	Bristle → Sour Note → Sonic Boom → Screech Wave → Caterwaul → Soothing Hum
Maestro	Symphony of Nine Lives → Grand Finale → Fortissimo → Crescendo → Harmonic Shield → Standing Ovation
Caterwraith	Unholy Chorus → Haunting Refrain → Shriek of the Ninth → Deathknell → Sonic Boom → Soothing Hum
Virtuoso	Rhapsody → Magnum Opus → Bravura → Grand Finale → Fortissimo → Curtain Call
Banshee	The Keening Host → Banshee's Scream → Mourning Song → The Last Lament → Haunting Refrain → Soothing Hum

Talents

From level 10 the Purrbard line gets a talent point every two levels, 96 by level 200, for three trees. A tree opens a row for every five points spent in it, and its last row is a capstone that teaches a new skill, about level 90. A level 200 cat fills one tree and about half of another.

Tree	Leans into	What it does	Capstone
🎵 Rhythm	Both branches	The craft of the song. Perfect pitch, quick tempo and breath that never runs out.	Power Chord One chord, loud enough to knock over a whole line of foes.
🎶 Chorus	Choirmane	The choir. Anthems that lift, harmonies that shield and songs that mend.	Chorus of the Nine +25% magic, +12% attack speed and +6 HP regen, plus a shield worth 20% of max HP + 1.5x magic.
🙀 Discord	Hissmonger	The hiss. Screeches that weaken, sour notes that burn and sound that breaks bones.	The Last Hiss A hiss so vile it sours a whole crowd. Foes deal 35% less damage for 6s and fester for 6s.

A safe build: fill your branch's own tree from top to bottom, then put the rest into the shared tree. That is what the game's balance is measured against, so it always keeps pace. Resets cost gold in any town and get cheaper again week by week, so trying another tree is never a big loss.

Tips

Buffs on the bar recast themselves when they run out, so put the hymn first and forget it.
Weaken and slow make zones far safer: a Purrbard rarely needs the Sardine Tonic.
A Choirmane can take the healer role in the Dungeon Finder, and a party needs one in every group.

Every skill's damage, cooldown and cost is in the class comparison, and the other paths are in picking a class.