Perfect Ballad
- 30m Range
- Tactical Skill
- Resistance: Cry
Skill Type: Buff
Reduces Power costs and harms your foe.
Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas.- x - x Light Damage
-3% Power cost to all non-Anthem Skills- +1% Tactical Damage to all Ballads, Codas, and Cries.
- +1% Healing to Outgoing Healing
- Expires if out of combat for 9 seconds.
- Cost: ... Power
- Cooldown: 1s
General Information
Class: Minstrel
Level required: 6
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 Weapon minor legacy Perfect Ballad Damage will increase the damage of this skill by 2 to 30 percent in increments of 3.5 percent.
- The Minstrel Songbook major legacy Target Resist Rating (Ballads) decreases an opponent's resistance to this skill.
Effects
Using this skill causes the Ballad Power Bonus effect to occur on yourself.