Major Ballad (Melody)
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- 30m Range
- Tactical Skill
- Resistance: Cry
Skill Type: Buff - Boosts healing capability while damaging the foe.
Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas. - x -x Light Damage
+3% Healing to Outgoing Healing- -1% Power cost to all non-Anthem Skills
- +1% Tactical Damage to all Ballads, Codas, and Cries.
- Expires if out of combat for 9 seconds.
- Cost: ... Power
- Cooldown: 1s
Class: Minstrel
Level required: 2
Trait Branch and Set Bonuses
- The trait The Fundamentals from The Warrior-Skald Traits branch increases the damage of this skill by 5 to 25 percent.
- The trait Critical Strikes from The Warrior-Skald Traits branch increases the Tactical Critical Multiplier and Critical Chance of this skill by 1 to 5 percent.
- The trait Piercing Ballads from The Warrior-Skald Traits branch increases the Critical Chance of this skill by 3 to 15 percent (3 per Rank).
- The trait Emboldening Finish from The Warrior-Skald Traits branch enables a 10 to 30 percent chance for this skill to add 3 percent to the stacking damage enhancement activated by using the Coda.
- The trait Inspiring Finish from The Watcher of Resolve Traits branch enables a 10 to 30 percent chance for this skill to add 3 percent to the stacking Outgoing Healing enhancement activated by using the Coda.
- The trait Sharing a Story from The Protector of Song Traits branch enables a this skill to reset the Cooldown of Piercing Cry on critical hit. If two points are invested in the trait then the Critical Chance of this skill is increased by 2.5 percent.
- The trait Perfect Performance from The Protector of Song Traits branch enables this skill to provide fellowship members with a percentage of the buffs it applies. This percentage ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 percent.
Legendary Item Legacies
- The Minstrel Songbook major legacy Target Resist Rating (Ballads) decreases an opponent's resistance to this skill.