Minstrel Traits

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The Watcher of Resolve

The Watcher of Resolve
Shields and heals your allies with Song.
Powerful healers, offering buffs to healing potency and frequency. These Minstrels heal the Morale of the Fellowship and themselves.
Skills Earned:
 Lesser Anthem I - Resonance
 Soliloquy of Spirit
Scoring a Critical Hit increases Outgoing Healing by 10% for 10s.
You cannot gain this effect more than once every 25s.
+10% Outgoing Healing Modifier
Duration: 10s
Set Bonus Description Source
 Resonant Ballads +3% Ballad healing bonus. Ballads reduce Cry of the Chorus cooldown. Set: 5+ total ranks
 Snowball Healing skills build a stacking buff. At maximum (7) stacks, you can use a powerful heal.
Skills Earned: Perfect Ending
Set: 10+ total ranks
 Bolster Our Courage A portion of Bolster Courage's heal is also applied to nearby Fellows. Set: 15+ total ranks
 Triumphant Spirit Grants access to Triumphant Spirit, which allows you to instantly heal your fellowship.
Skills Earned: Triumphant Spirit
Set: 20+ total ranks
 Call to Ioreth Grants access to Call to Ioreth, which causes your next heal to be a critical heal.
Skills Earned: Call to Ioreth
Set: 25+ total ranks
 Rally! -300 Rally! Cooldown Set: 30+ total ranks
 Chord of Legend +100% Chord of Salvation Healing Set: 35+ total ranks


Trait Description Source
 Poignant Phrases Increases Critical Healing. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Soothing Voice Increases the potency of Heals. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Strong Appeal Increases the Crit chance of heals. Trait: 5+ ranks,
Poignant Phrases at rank 3
 Raise Our Spirits Improves Raise the Spirit Trait: 5+ ranks
 Pause for Breath Improves Major Ballad (Resonance) Power restoration. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Improved Bolster Courage Bolster Courage delivers a more potent heal. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Resonant Piercing Cry Scoring a Critical Hit with Resonant Piercing Cry increases the Bolster Courage and Raise the Spirit around the target. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Improved Chord of Salvation Improves Chord of Salvation and gives it a fellowship-wide heal. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Improved Song of the Hammerhand Enhances the potency of the bubble from Song of the Hammerhand. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Follow Up Critical Heals decrease healing skill induction time. Trait: 20+ ranks,
Strong Appeal at rank 3
 Quick Melody Lowers skill induction time, letting you heal faster. Trait: 20+ ranks
 Anthem of Compassion (Trait) Earns and improves the skill: Greater Anthem I - Compassion Trait: 20+ ranks
 Improved Coda of Resonance Coda of Resonance briefly reduces incoming damage. Trait: 25+ ranks
 Inspiring Finish Ballads have a chance to build a stacking enhancement for Coda of Resonance.
Each stack will cause Coda of Resonance to add 3% Outgoing Healing, up to 15%.
Trait: 25+ ranks
 Inner Strength Improves Soliloquy of Spirit mitigations and gives +15% to damage bubbles. Trait: 30+ ranks,
Character Level 45
 Legend of Helm Hammerhand Earns the skill: Legend of Helm Hammerhand Trait: 30+ ranks,
Character Level 45


The Warrior-Skald

The Warrior-Skald
Uses harsh words to damage foes.
The damage line for Minstrels, inflicting heavy damage and moving quickly through battles.
Skills Earned:
 Lesser Anthem II - Dissonance
 Call to Fate
+20% Light-type Damage
+5m Range to Ballads and Cries
Set Bonus Description Source
 Discordant Ballads All Ballads now grant you a Tactical Damage Buff. Set: 5+ total ranks
 Piercing Calls The chance to resist your Cries and Calls is reduced by 10%. Set: 10+ total ranks
 Concentration Increases the Minstrel's attack speed by 10%. Set: 15+ total ranks
 Haste Ballads reduce the active cooldown of your Cries and Calls by 1s. Set: 20+ total ranks
 Freedom Calls have a chance to trigger the ability to use a single healing skill from another stance. Set: 25+ total ranks
 Cry of the Valar Earns the skill: Cry of the Valar. Set: 30+ total ranks
 Encore There is a small chance that a Coda will not consume Ballad Buffs. Set: 35+ total ranks


Trait Description Source
 The Fundamentals Increases the damage of Ballads and Codas. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Concussive Shout Critical Hits with Piercing Cry will stun the target for 5s. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Critical Strikes Increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Piercing Ballads Increases the Critical Chance of Ballad skills and improves Finesse Rating. Trait: 5+ ranks, The Fundamentals at rank 3
 Discordant Cries Increases the damage of Cries and Calls. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Call of Oromë Earns the skills: Call of Oromë and Call of Eärendil. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Emboldening Finish Ballads have a chance to build a staking enhancement for Coda of Dissonance.
Each stack will cause Coda of Dissonance to add a +5% damage buff, up to 25%.
Trait: 10+ ranks
 Improved Call of Oromë Call of Oromë affects more targets and deals more damage. Trait: 10+ ranks, Call of Oromë at rank 1
 Enduring Morale Increases max Morale. At rank 3 Call of the Second Age gains a short Stun effect. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Anthem of War (Trait) Earns the skill: Greater Anthem II - War. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Song of Arda The Minstrel's Light damage is improved. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Cacophonous Echoes Increases the damage done by Echoes of Battle. Trait: 20+ ranks
 Herald's Strength Dissonant Strike steals Morale from the enemy on a Critical Hit. Trait: 20+ ranks
 Fierce Cries Your critical Cry and Call damage is increased. Trait: 25+ ranks
 Improved Coda of Fury Coda of Fury has a chance to reset the cooldown of all Cries and Calls. You cannot gain this effect more than once every 25s. Trait: 25+ ranks
 Echoes All damaging Cries and Calls can echo in your enemies' ears, dealing extra damage. Trait: 30+ ranks,
Character Level 45
 Cry of the Wizards Earns the skill: Cry of the Wizards. Trait: 30+ ranks,
Character Level 45


The Protector of Song

The Protector of Song
Spins tales to motivate allies to great feats.
Though the Minstrel can not specialize in The Protector of Song, it supports allies with powerful buffs, using Anthem skills with great effectiveness


Set Bonus Description Source
 Improved Anthem of the Third Age Increases the bonuses offered by Anthem of the Third Age - Melody. Set: 5+ total ranks
 Gripped by Fear The 'break on damage' Grace Period for Invocation of Elbereth is extended by 3s. Set: 10+ total ranks
 Song of Restoration Story of Courage is now a targeted skill, and will remove an additional Poison, Disease, Wound, or Fear in an area around your target. Set: 15+ total ranks
 Improved Call of the Second Age Call of the Second Age offers improved bonuses. Set: 20+ total ranks
 Tale of Tales Grants access to Tale of Tales, a powerful Aura which carries different buffs based on what stance you are in. Set: 25+ total ranks
 Song of Aid Grants access to Song of Aid, which gives each member of your fellowship a unique buff based on their class. Set: 30+ total ranks
 Ascendant Anthem of the Third Age Further increases the bonuses offered by Anthem of the Third Age - Melody Set: 35+ total ranks


Trait Description Source
 Improved Strikes Increases damage and healing done by your Strike skills. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Memories of Battle Echoes of Battle further reduces the enemy's Resistance, and The Melody of Battle has a chance to raise the target's Outgoing Threat when hit. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Improved Inspire Fellows Inspire Fellows costs less Power, heals more Morale, and now benefits from the Inner Strength trait. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Anthem of Composure Earns the skill: Lesser Anthem III - Composure. Trait: 0+ ranks
 Change of Pace! Offensive skills may grant a buff that causes the next heal to crit. Healing skill may grant a buff that causes the next Offensive Skill to crit. Trait: 5+ ranks;
Requires Of All Trades
 Of All Trades Increase damage and healing. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Gripped by Fear Invocation of Elbereth break on damage grace period is extended. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Thunderous Codas Adds unique effects to each Coda. Buffs Codas. Trait: 5+ ranks
 Tactical Mastery Increases Tactical Mastery rating. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Anthem of Prowess Earns the skill: Greater Anthem III - Prowess. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Song of Restoration Improves Story of Courage to remove additional fear effects around its target. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Word Spreads Improves Gift of the Hammerhand targets by 1. Trait: 10+ ranks
 Invigourating Anthems Improves Anthems and at rank 5 Cry of the Chorus resets Anthem cooldowns. Trait: 15+ ranks
Requires Extended Anthems at Rank 3.
 Extended Anthems Increases Anthem duration. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Songs of Woe Increases critical chance of ballads. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Perfect Performance Your ballads provide a portion of their bonuses to your fellowship. Improves Perfect Performance duration at Rank 3. Trait: 15+ ranks
 Song of Aid Earns the skill: Song of Aid. Trait: 20+ ranks
 Anthem of the Free Peoples Earns the skill: Anthem of the Free Peoples. Trait: 20+ ranks
Requires Extended Anthems at Rank 1.
 Sharing a Story A critical hit with a ballad will reset Piercing Cry cooldowns. Trait: 20+ ranks
Requires Songs of Woe at Rank 3.
 Strike a Chord Improves Ballads in Melody - Stance Trait: 20+ ranks
Requires Perfect Performance at Rank 1.
 Tale of Tales Improves Anthem Trait: 25+ ranks
Requires Anthem of the Free Peoples at Rank 3.
 Call to Greatness Earns the skill: Call to Greatness. Trait: 30+ ranks


Trait Tree

The Watcher of Resolve
Shields and heals your allies with Song.
Powerful healers, offering buffs to healing potency and frequency. These Minstrels heal the Morale of the Fellowship and themselves.
Skills Earned:
 Lesser Anthem I - Resonance
 Soliloquy of Spirit
Scoring a Critical Hit increases Outgoing Healing by 10% for 10s.
You cannot gain this effect more than once every 25s.
+10% Outgoing Healing Modifier
Duration: 10s
The Warrior-Skald
Uses harsh words to damage foes.
The damage line for Minstrels, inflicting heavy damage and moving quickly through battles.
Skills Earned:
 Lesser Anthem II - Dissonance
 Call to Fate
+20% Light-type Damage
+5m Range to Ballads and Cries
The Protector of Song
Spins tales to motivate allies to great feats.
Though the Minstrel can not specialize in The Protector of Song, it supports allies with powerful buffs, using Anthem skills with great effectiveness



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