Perfect Ballad

Perfect Ballad

30m Range
Fast
Tactical Skill
Resistance: Cry
Skill Type: Buff
Heals you and harms your foe.

Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas.
... Light Damage
+3% Incoming Healing
+1% Tactical Damage
+1% Outgoing Healing
Expires if out of combat for 9 seconds.
Cost: [34 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 1s

General Information

Class: Minstrel

Level: 6

Stance: Dissonance or Resonance

Effects

Using this skill causes  Ballad Incoming Healing Bonus to occur on yourself. Up to three Ballad buffs can be active on a Minstrel.

Trait Interactions

• Specializing in the Warrior-Skald trait tree increases the range of this skill by 5m.
  
• The trait  The Fundamentals in the Warrior-Skald trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 25%.
  
• The trait  Piercing Ballads in the Warrior-Skald trait tree increases the critical chance of this skill by up to 15%.
  
• The trait  Emboldening Finish in the Warrior-Skald trait tree makes this skill have a chance to grant a stack of Emboldening Finish to the Minstrel. At max rank, the proc chance is guaranteed.
  
• The set bonus  Discordant Ballads in the Warrior-Skald trait tree makes this skill apply War-speech to the Minstrel.
  
• The set bonus  Haste in the Warrior-Skald trait tree makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of Cries and Calls by 1s.
  
• The trait  Songs of Woe in the Protector of Song trait tree increases the critical chance of this skill by up to 5%.
  
• The trait  Sharing a Story in the Protector of Song trait tree makes this skill reset the cooldown of  Piercing Cry upon a critical hit.
  
• The trait  Perfect Performance in the Protector of Song trait tree makes this skill apply the Perfect Performance - Perfect Ballad effect to the Minstrel. This effect tiers up to 3 times. Further ranks increase the potency by up to 1% (per tier) and the duration by up to 10s.
  
• The trait  Strike a Chord in the Protector of Song trait tree makes this skill apply Strike a Chord - Perfect Ballad to the target when in Melody Stance.
  

• Specializing in the Watcher of Resolve trait tree makes this skill apply the Watcher of Resolve effect to the Minstrel upon a critical hit.
  
• The trait  Inspiring Finish in the Watcher of Resolve trait tree makes this skill have a chance to grant a stack of Inspiring Finish to the Minstrel. At max rank, the proc chance is guaranteed.
  
• The set bonus  Resonant Ballads in the Watcher of Resolve trait tree makes the effect Ballad Incoming Healing Bonus increase Outgoing Healing Rating by an additional 3%, and it makes this skill decrease the cooldown of Cry of the Chorus by 2s.
  
• The trait  Change of Pace! in the Protector of Song trait tree makes this skill have a chance to apply Change of Pace - Attack! to the Minstrel. Further ranks increase the proc chance up to 25%.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Perfect Ballad Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 55%.
  
• Target Resist Chance: Ballads reduces the resist chance of this skill by up to 5.5%.
  

Armour Set Interactions

Equipping 2 pieces of the Umbari Armour of the Doom-caller armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid increases the Critical Chance of this skill by 4%.

Tactical Information

Perfect Ballad is used repeatedly in Dissonance because it enables the usage of Anthems and Codas, and when traited, can reset the most powerful damage skill, Dissonant Piercing Cry. Red Minstrel's common damage rotation is [Powerful Skill] - Piercing Cry - Minor/Perfect Ballad.