Minstrel Skills

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Skills
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Stances

Stances enable the minstrel to adapt to a specific role in combat. While certain stances appear to be aligned with certain trait branches, all stances are available regardless of what trait branch you choose as your specialty. Each stance places a multitude of restrictions on playstyle so it is critical that the Minstrel understand the strengths and weaknesses of each one.

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Type	Level Requirement	Skill Type	Resistance Type	Skill Cooldown	Description
File:Dissonance Stance-icon.png	Dissonance - Stance	Stance	None	Toggle	N/A	1s	This stance serves as the Misntrel's primary damage stance. In exchange for a 25 percent Ballad damage increase, the Minstrel loses access to all fellowship heals and single-target heals become self-target only.
File:Melody Stance-icon.png	Melody - Stance	Stance	None	Toggle	N/A	1s	This stance serves as the Minstrel's hybrid stance. The Minstrel receives a 12.5 percente Ballad damage increase as well as a 5 percent increase to Outgoing Healing.
File:Resonance Stance-icon.png	Resonance - Stance	Stance	None	Toggle	N/A	1s	This stance serves as the Minstrel's primary healing stance. The Minstrel receives a 10 percent increase to Outgoing Healing.

Anthem Skills

The Minstrel employs Anthems to greatly improve whatever purpose he/she serves on the field of battle. Each Anthem requires that three non-specific ballad buffs be present on the Minstrel. Anthem Cooldown, Duration and Intensity may vary depending on trait configuration and Legendary Item Legacies.

Note: Anthem of War and Anthem of the Third Age are the only Anthems accessible without investing trait points in the Protector of Song branch of the trait tree. Anthem of Prowess and Anthem of Composure are now tied to that branch and are listed in the Protector of Song skill list. Anthem of the Third Age has three different versions depending on the stance you are using at the time.

Skill Name	Skill Type	Level Requirement	Skill Type	Resistance Type	Skill Cooldown	Description
Greater Anthem II - War	Tactical	6	Buff	N/A	15s	Increases Melee, Ranged, and Tactical Damage by 5% for 10s. In addition, it alters the Coda to have a higher critical rating.
Each of the Minstrel's specializations give access to a different Anthem skill: In The Watcher of Resolve trait tree, Anthem of the Third Age - Resonance increases your healing and reduces your inductions. In The Warrior-Skald trait tree, Lesser Anthem II - Dissonance (previously named 'Anthem of the Third Age - Dissonance') increases your call damage. In The Protector of Song trait tree, Anthem of the Third Age - Melody increases your Fellowship's damage and incoming healing.	Tactical	28	Buff	N/A	15s	This anthem reduces the power cost of additional anthems by 20%. In addition, it alters the Coda of Melody to reapply Anthem of the Third Age on a critical hit. This skill requires Melody stance.
Dissonant Anthem of the Third Age	Tactical	28	Buff	N/A	15s	Increases damage of all call skills by 10% for 10 seconds. In addition, it alters the Coda of Dissonance to reset the cooldown on Call of the Second Age. This skill requires Dissonance stance.
Anthem of the Third Age - Resonance	Tactical	28	Buff	N/A	15s	Increases Outgoing Healing by 10% and decreases skill induction time by 25%. In addition, it alters the Coda of Resonance to enable your next Bolster Courage cast to be instant for 10 seconds. This skill requires Resonance stance.

Ballads and Lays

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Type	Level Requirement	Skill Type	Resistance Type	Skill Cooldown	Description
	Minor Ballad	Tactical	1	Buff	Cry	1s	Increases Tactical Damage by 3%, Healing and Outgoing Healing by 1%, and reduces the power cost of non-Anthem skills by 1%.
File:Major Ballad(Dissonance)-icon.png	Major Ballad(Dissonance)	Tactical	2	Buff	Cry	1s	Increases Healing and Outgoing Healing by 3%, reduces the power cost of non-Anthem skills by 1%, and increases Tactical Damage by 1%.
File:Major Ballad(Dissonance)-icon.png	Major Ballad(Melody)	Tactical	2	Buff	Cry	1s	Increases Healing and Outgoing Healing by 3%, reduces the power cost of non-Anthem skills by 1%, and increases Tactical Damage by 1%.
File:Major Ballad(Resonance)-icon.png	Major Ballad(Resonance)	Tactical	2	Buff	Cry	1s	Increases Healing and Outgoing Healing by 3%, reduces the power cost of non-Anthem skills by 1%, and increases Tactical Damage by 1%.
	Perfect Ballad	Tactical	6	Buff	Cry	1s	Increases Tactical Damage by 1%, Healing and Outgoing Healing by 1%, and reduces the power cost of all non-Anthem skills by 3%.
	Cry of the Chorus (Melody)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	Instantly provides 3 Perfect Ballad buffs. This skill will also break any silence effects currently on the Minstrel. This form of Cry of the Chorus is only available in Melody stance.
	Cry of the Chorus (Dissonance)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	Instantly provides 3 Minor Ballad buffs. This skill will also break any silence effects currently on the Minstrel. This form of Cry of the Chorus is only available in Dissonance stance.
	Cry of the Chorus (Resonance)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	Instantly provides 3 Major Ballad buffs. This skill will also break any silence effects currently on the Minstrel. This form of Cry of the Chorus is only available in Resonance stance.
	Improved Cry of the Chorus (Dissonance)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	This skill is equivalent to Cry of the Chorus (Dissonance) but also provides 20 seconds of silence immunity.
	Improved Cry of the Chorus (Melody)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	This skill is equivalent to Cry of the Chorus (Melody) but also provides 20 seconds of silence immunity.
	Improved Cry of the Chorus (Resonance)	Tactical	26	Buff	N/A	2m 30s	This skill is equivalent to Cry of the Chorus (Resonance) but also provides 20 seconds of silence immunity.

Healing and Motivation Skills

This minstrel has a variety of single-target and area-of-effect heals to support his/her fellowship as well as a self and fellow protection bubble to bolster morale in desperate times.

Skill Name	Skill Type	Level Requirement	Skill Type	Resistance Type	Skill Cooldown	Description
Raise the Spirit	Tactical	None	Heal	N/A	1.5s	Single-target heal skill with a 0.8 second induction. This skill can target both the Minstrel and his/her allies. This skill requires Melody or Resonance stance.
Coda of Resonance	Tactical	None	Heal	N/A	1.0s	Single-target heal skill. This skill requires three non-specific ballad buffs on the minstrel and may invoke a bonus effect if an anthem is active upon use. Please see the specific anthem skill description to determine what bonus it provides. This skill can target both the Minstrel and his/her allies. This skill requires Resonance stance.
Enlivening Grace	Tactical	14	Heal	N/A	None	Single-target ressurection with an 8.0 second induction. This skill ressurects the target with 50% Morale and 0% Power.
Bolster Courage	Tactical	16	Heal	N/A	None	Single-target heal skill with a 2.3 second induction. This skill can target both the Minstrel and his/her allies. This skill requires Melody or Resonance stance. This skill is improved in The Watcher of Resolve trait branch.
Story of Courage	Tactical	16	Cure	N/A	10s	A fellowship cure that removes up to one Disease, Wound, Fear, or Poison effect from targets within 45 meters of the minstrel. Strength is dependant on level.
Inspire Fellows	Tactical	20	Heal	N/A	5s	Fellowship heal skill with a 2.5 second induction. It has a range of 20.2 meters and will heal all fellowship members within a radius of 20m. In addition to healing, this skill also reduces incoming Ranged, Tactical, and Melee damage by 1% for 30 seconds. This skill is improved in The Protector of Song trait branch.
Fellowship's Heart	Tactical	30	Heal	N/A	5s	Fellowship heal skill with a 2.0 second induction. It has a range of 20.2 meters and will heal all fellowship members within a radius of 20m. After the initial heal, this skill applies a Heal-over-time that applies every 3 seconds for 30 seconds. This skill also removes 3 fear effects with strength dependent on level.
Chord of Salvation	Tactical	38	Heal	N/A	15s	Instant single-target heal that may be used while moving. This skill is improved in The Protector of Song trait branch.
Story of the Hammerhand	Tactical	42	Heal	N/A
Gift of the Hammerhand	Tactical	48	Heal	N/A
Song of the Hammerhand	Tactical	64	Heal	N/A
Improved Enlivening Grace	Tactical	68	Heal	N/A	None	fellowship-wide ressurection with a 7.0 second induction. This skill ressurects a maximum of 5 targets within a 20 meter radius with 50% Morale and 0% Power.

General Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Skill Type	Level Requirement	Skill Type	Resistance Type	Skill Cooldown	Description
	Hero's Strike	Melee	None	Melee	Physical	5s	Strike that increases Incoming Healing by 10%, and heals self with strength dependant on level.
	Dissonant Strike	Melee	None	Melee	Physical	5s	Strike that increases Incoming Healing by 10%.
	Healer's Strike	Melee	None	Melee	Physical	5s	Strike that increases Incoming Healing by 10%. Any fellowship members standing within 20 meters are healed with strength dependant on level.
	Coda of Melody	Tactical	None.			1.0s
File:Coda of Dissonance-icon.png	Coda of Dissonance	Tactical	None.			1.0s
	Piercing Cry	Tactical	4	Cry	Cry	10s	Cry that has a range of 40 meters. This cry causes damage and interrupts inductions. This form of Piercing Cry is only available in Melody stance.
	Dissonant Piercing Cry	Tactical	4	Cry	Cry	10s	Cry that has a range of 40 meters. This cry causes damage and interrupts inductions. This form of Piercing Cry is only available in Dissonance stance.
	Resonant Piercing Cry	Tactical	4	Cry	Cry	10s	Cry that has a range of 40 meters. This cry causes damage and interrupts inductions. This form of Piercing Cry is only available in Resonance stance.
	Echoes of Battle	Tactical	8	Toggle Skill	Cry	5s	This skill decreases the target's Song and Cry resistance and applies a persistent Damage-over-time effect. This is a channelled skill that costs 1 power per second. This skill requires Melody stance.
	Timeless Echoes of Battle	Tactical	8	Toggle Skill	Cry	5s	This skill decreases the target's Song and Cry resistance and applies a persistent Damage-over-time effect. This is a channelled skill that costs 1 power per second. This skill requires Dissonance stance.
	The Melody of Battle	Tactical	8	Toggle Skill	N/A	5s	This skill increases the target's parry rating and causes the target to reflect a small amount of damage on every hit. This is a channelled skill that costs 1 power per second. This skill requires Resonance stance.
	Invocation of Elbereth	Tactical	4	Fear	Cry	30s	Applies a fear affect to the target with a duration of 15 seconds. This fear effect has a 100% break chance on harm after 1 second and a 3% chance break on damage after 3 seconds.
	Call of the Second Age	Tactical	34	Call	Cry	30s	Area of Affect attack with a range of 10.2 meters, a radius of 10 meters, and a maximum of 3 targets. Increases the run speed of any fellowship members within a 5 meter radius by 10% for 10 seconds.
	Song of Distraction	Tactical	34
	Still As Death	Channel	38		N/A
	Irresistible Melody	Emote	50		N/A
	Improved Song of Distraction	Tactical	70	Debuff

Mounted Skills

Ability	Requires	Category	Power Cost	Description
Discipline: Rohirrim	Level 75	-	-	War-steed armour and Outgoing healing buff
Discipline: Red Dawn	Level 75	-	-	Damage and critical chance buff
Discipline: Riddermark	Level 75	-	-	War-steed agility and morale buff + Skill power cost reduction
Anthems of the Rohirrim Anthem of the Red Dawn Anthem of the Riddermark	Level 75	-	-	Morale regen buff Damage buff Evade rating buff
Ballad - Chant Ballad - Dirge Ballad - Saga	Level 75	-	-	Heal + self-buff Damage + self-buff Damage + self-buff
Call of the Eorlingas Call of the Eorlingas Call of the Eorlingas	Level 75	-	-	Heal AoE damage AoE heal
Coda of the Eorlingas Coda of the Eorlingas Coda of the Eorlingas	Level 75	-	-	Fellowship heal AoE damage AoE damage + power restore
Cry of the Eorlingas Cry of the Eorlingas Cry of the Eorlingas	Level 75	-	-	Damage + fellowship mitigation buff Damage + tactical mitigation debuff Damage + speed debuff
Hammer of Rohan Hammer of Rohan Hammer of Rohan	Level 75	-	-	Damage + fellowship heal Damage + tactical mitigation debuff Damage + fellowship power restore

Ability	Level	Range	Description	Acquired from
Scribe Stance	30	25m	Used with a mentor skill, creates a manual to teach instrument use
Mentor : Clarinet	30	25m	Instruct someone how to play the clarinet.
Mentor : Horn	30	25m	Instruct someone how to play the horn.
Mentor : Pibgorn	30	25m	Instruct someone how to play the pibgorn.
Mentor : Cowbell	36	25m	Instruct someone how to play the cowbell.
Mentor : Bagpipes	48	25m	Instruct someone how to play the bagpipes.	Item
Mentor : Drums	42	25m	Instruct someone how to play the drum.	Item
Mentor : Flute	46	25m	Instruct someone how to play the flute.	Item
Mentor : Harp		25m	Instruct someone how to play the harp.	Item
Mentor : Moor Cowbell	50	25m	Instruct someone how to play Moor cowbell.	Item
Mentor : Theorbo	44	25m	Instruct someone how to play theorbo.	Item

In Scribe Stance these skills allow the Minstrel to create Instruction manuals for other players.

These manuals do not require the Minstrel and the trainee to be in proximity of each other, as Mentoring does.

For example,

Mentor : Horn becomes

Scribe Manual : Horn, which allows you to create a Manual of the Horn.

The cooldown also extends to 10 days.

Passive Skills

Base Passive Skills

For details see Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, or Man

Equipment Skills

Armour

Ability	Requires	Category	Description
Light Armour	Level 1	Armour
Shields	Level 20	Off-hand	Increases Armour and Chance to Block

Weapons

Ability	Requires	Category	Description
Daggers	Level 1	1H	Chance to land critical hit
One-handed Clubs	Level 1	1H	Chance to Stun
One-handed Maces	Level 1	1H	Chance to Slow
One-handed Swords	Level 1	1H	Increases to-hit chance

Musical Instruments

Ability	Requires	Category	Description
Basic Cowbell Use	Level 1	Instrument	none
Clarinet Use	Level 1	Instrument	none
Flute Use	Level 1	Instrument	-power cost of songs
Harp Use	Level 1	Instrument	-power cost of ballads
Horn Use	Level 1	Instrument	none
Lute Use	Level 1	Instrument	-power cost of anthems
Pibgorn Use	Level 1	Instrument
Specialized Equipment	Level 1	Instrument
Drum Use	Level 10	Instrument	+ballad damage, +ballad power cost
Theorbo Use	Level 15	Instrument	threat reduction
Bagpipe Use	Level 25 Manual of the Bagpipes	Instrument	+ballad damage, +ballad power cost
Moor Cowbell Use	Level 40 Manual of the Moor Cowbell	Instrument	none