The Protector of Song

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Description

The Protector of Song (Yellow line) is a Minstrel Trait Tree. The other two trait trees of this class are The Watcher of Resolve and the Warrior-Skald.

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


Skills

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Protector of Song (yellow) trait tree. Minstrels cannot specialize in the yellow trait tree.

Stance Active Skills Category Cooldown Range Source
 Lesser Anthem III - Composure AoE Buff 25s Self Trait:  Anthem of Composure
 Greater Anthem III - Prowess AoE Buff 25s Self Trait:  Anthem of Prowess
 Song of Aid AoE Buff Heal 3m 30s 30.2m Trait:  Song of Aid
 Anthem of the Free Peoples AoE Buff 25s Self Trait:  Anthem of the Free Peoples
 Call to Greatness AoE Buff 7m Self Set:  Call to Greatness


Set Bonuses

As the Protector of Song is not a selectable tree, there are no set bonuses.

Traits

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