Minstrel Traits


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Minstrel Specialization Sets and Traits

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:

Anthem of the Third Age - 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
Resolute	Increases Block Rating.	Set: 5+ total ranks
Resonant Ballads	All Ballads increase Outgoing Healing by an extra 3%.	Set: 10+ total ranks
Snowball	Healing skills build a stacking buff. At maximum stack, you can use a powerful heal. Skills Earned: Perfect Ending	Set: 15+ total ranks
Bolster Our Courage	A portion of Bolster Courage's heal is also applied to nearby Fellows.	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
Improved Bolster Courage	Bolster Courage delivers a more potent heal.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Pause for Breath	Healing skills have a chance to refund their Power cost. At max rank, heals refund more than their Power cost.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Quick Melody	Lowers skill induction time, letting you heal faster.	Trait: 10+ 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: 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	Chord of Salvation gains 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 speed up skill use.	Trait: 20+ ranks, Strong Appeal at rank 3
Triumphant Spirit	Earns the skill: Triumphant Spirit.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Improved Coda of Resonance	Coda of Resonance briefly reduces incoming damage.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Inspiring Cries and Calls	Healing skills have a chance to reset the cooldown of Cries and Calls. You cannot gain this effect more than once every 30s.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Inner Strength	Your songs infuse inner strength in your allies.	Trait: 30+ ranks
Legend of Helm Hammerhand	Earns the skill: Legend of Helm Hammerhand	Trait: 30+ ranks

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:

Anthem of the Third Age - 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
Fierce Cries	Your Cry and Call damage is increased.	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
Echoing Anthem of War	Earns the skill: Anthem of War.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Song of Arda	The Minstrel's Light damage is improved.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Cacophonous Timeless Echoes	Increases the damage done by Timeless Echoes of Battle.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Herald's Strength	Dissonant Strike steals Morale from the enemy on a Critical Hit.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Cry of the Valar	Earns the skill: Cry of the Valar.	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
Cry of the Wizards	Earns the skill: Cry of the Wizards.	Trait: 30+ ranks

The Protector of Song

The Protector of Song
Spins tales to motivate allies to great feats.

Supports allies with powerful buffs, using enhanced Anthem skills with great effectiveness.

Skills Earned:

Anthem of the Third Age - Melody

Anthem of Prowess

+5% Outgoing Healing Modifier

+10% Light-type Damage

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
Shield Focus	Gain a defensive stance: Shield Focus.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Anthem of Composure	Earns the skill: Anthem of Composure.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Improved Inspire Fellows	Inspire Fellows costs less Power, heals more Morale, and briefly reduces incoming damage.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Extended Anthems	Increases Anthem Duration	Trait: 5+ ranks
Tactical Mastery	Increases Tactical Mastery rating.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Weakening Echoes of Battle	Echoes of Battle deals more damage and further reduces the enemy's Resistance.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Improved Hero's Strike	Increases damage and healing done by Hero's Strike.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Of All Trades	Increase damage and healing.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Raise Our Spirits	Raise the Spirit provides a fellowship-wide AoE heal.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Sharing a Story	A Critical hit with a ballad will reset Piercing Cry cooldowns.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Shielding Cry	Piercing Cry causes some of the damage the Fellowship takes to be reflected upon your enemies.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Strength of Helm Hammerhand	Adds a Physical and Tactical Mastery buff to Song of the Hammerhand's and Gift of the Hammerhand's bubble.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Change of Pace - Heal!	Offensive skills have a chance to grant you a buff that will make your next healing skill crit.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Word Spreads	Each rank increases the amount of maximum targets for Gift of the Hammerhand by 1.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Improved Coda of Melody	Coda of Melody will also increase the fellowship's Incoming Healing.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Perfect Performance	Your ballads provide a portion of their bonuses to your fellowship.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Strike a Chord	Your Ballads may be beautiful to you, but your foes would disagree.	Trait: 30+ ranks
Call to Greatness	Earns the skill: Call to Greatness.	Trait: 30+ ranks