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Minstrel (MNS)

Class Difficulty: Moderate

Role: Healer

Gameplay: Minstrels are known for their healing abilities and are capable of dealing respectable damage with War-speech. They have a variety of support skills and special Ballads. Using a Ballad unlocks more potent Ballads, which culminate with powerful Anthems. In fellowships, a Minstrel keeps his allies healed and supported.

Lore: Middle-earth is a land deeply infused with music, and true Minstrels are skilled at tapping into that power. They weave songs and tales so stirring that their companions' morale will not fail, and they will be driven to perform greater feats of prowess. They can even utter words of true power and ward against the forces of darkness with their Anthems.

This class was inspired by Lúthien Tinúviel, whose Elven voice beguiled friend and foe alike.

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Class info

Trait tree ID: 1879272220
Tactical DPS stat name: Tactical Rank
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Skills
Traits
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Name	Min lvl	Description
Rally! Minstrel	45	Revives a defeated ally in combat, with their Health and Power mostly intact.
Minor Ballad Minstrel	1	Boosts Tactical damage and harms your foe. Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas.
Enlivening Grace Minstrel	14	Revives a defeated ally.
Cry of the Chorus (Melody) Minstrel	26	This skill provides you with three power ballad bonus effects allowing access to Anthems and Codas. It also breaks any silence effects on you.
Raise the Spirit Minstrel	1	Quickly heals Morale of an ally or yourself.
Major Ballad - Resonance Minstrel	1	Heals a small area around your target while boosting your healing capability. Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas while in combat. While in Dissonance and Melody this skill will deal damage to a target instead of healing.
Piercing Cry Minstrel	4	Your shout does light damage to your enemies and can interrupt their actions.
Perfect Ballad Minstrel	6	Heals you and harms your foe. Ballads unlock Anthems and Codas.
Inspire Fellows Minstrel	20	Heals the Morale of the Fellowship. This skill is not usable in Dissonance.
Invocation of Elbereth Minstrel	12	Calling upon the Valar can send certain evil foes fleeing in terror for a short time. Mounted Combat Enemies: Fear replaced with attack speed debuff.
Bolster Courage Minstrel	16	Significantly heals Morale of an ally or yourself.
Story of Courage Minstrel	16	Removes one Poison, Fear, Disease, or Wound from nearby fellows. Protects against further Fears.
Song of Distraction Minstrel	34	A song that can make your enemy become drowsy and not detect players until they are much closer than normal. This does not work against monsters already engaged in combat.
Still As Death Minstrel	38	You are talented at feigning death, causing enemies to ignore you completely.
Story of the Hammerhand Minstrel	42	A story so potent that it provides you with a shield of morale that must be destroyed before you will begin losing morale again. The name comes from the adage that those who know this story were said to have been able to take a blow from Helm Hammerhand himself. Bubble strength is 35% of your Max Morale pool before other bonuses apply.
Fellowship's Heart Minstrel	30	Provides a Heal-over-time to the Fellowship and removes Fear effects. Allies in range will become immune to Fear effect for 10s.
The Melody of Battle Minstrel	8	This melody inspires you or your target to better know the fluid nature of battle, providing them swift blades and manoeuvres that dishearten their foes. When traited in The Protector of Song, it will also occasionally increase threat generation. This skill is only available in Resonance.
Dissonance - Stance Minstrel	1	Your charismatic speech drives fear into the hearts of your enemies. You lose access to all fellowship heals and all normal heals become Self-only. Echoes of Battle becomes Timeless Echoes of Battle. Major Ballad becomes an offensive Ballad. Coda of Vigour becomes Coda of Fury. Only one Stance may be active at a time.
Call of the Second Age Minstrel	34	Deals a burst of AoE Light damage to nearby foes. Boosts movement speed of nearby allies.
Gift of the Hammerhand Minstrel	48	Grants a Morale bubble to a Fellowship member. Bubble strength is 20% of the target's Max Morale pool before other bonuses apply.
Chord of Salvation Minstrel	38	Instantly heals an ally's Morale.
Irresistible Melody Minstrel	50	You perform a melody so irresistible that all Free Peoples who hear it cannot help but dance.
Scribe Stance Minstrel	30	When you enter Scribe Stance, you change your Mentor skills into Scribe Manual skills, allowing you to create manuals to teach instruments. Scribing manuals is much more taxing than teaching in person, requires a Blank Mentor Manual, and will apply a 10 day cooldown to all Mentor skills.
Mentor: Clarinet Minstrel	30	You can instruct someone how to play the clarinet.
Mentor: Cowbell Minstrel	36	You can instruct someone how to play the cowbell.
Mentor: Horn Minstrel	30	You can instruct someone how to play the horn.
Improved Cry of the Chorus (Melody) Minstrel	54	This skill provides you with three healing ballad bonus effects allowing access to Anthems and Codas. It also breaks any silence effects on you and provides you with a short term immunity to silence.
Song of the Hammerhand Minstrel	64	A Song so potent that it provides you with a shield of morale that must be destroyed before you will begin losing morale again. The name comes from the adage that those who know this song were said to have been able to take a blow from Helm Hammerhand himself. Bubble strength is 35% of your Max Morale pool before other bonuses apply.
Coda of Melody Minstrel	1	A Finishing Skill that deals enormous AoE damage to foes and AoE healing to allies. Requires 3 ballad buffs present on the Minstrel. Removes all Ballads from the Minstrel.
Resonance - Stance Minstrel	1	A healing stance, wherein the Minstrel's restorative abilities are at their finest. Major Ballad becomes a healing Ballad. Echoes of Battle Becomes The Melody of Battle. Coda of Melody becomes Coda of Resonance. Only one Stance may be active at a time.
Improved Enlivening Grace Minstrel	68	Revives a defeated target, along with all Fellowship members nearby.
Improved Song of Distraction Minstrel	70	A song that can make an enemy, and up to two other enemies within ten metres of the first, become drowsy and not detect players until they are much closer than normal. This does not work against monsters already engaged in combat.
Mentor: Pibgorn Minstrel	30	You can instruct someone how to play the Pibgorn.
Discipline: Red Dawn Minstrel	75	Mounted Discipline Mounted Disciplines are used to alter the attitude and tactics used by your War-steed in Mounted Combat. Red Dawn The Red Dawn Discipline focuses your attention on the dissonant harmonies of the world. When applied correctly this dissonance can reduce your enemy's ability to remain on the field of battle.
Call of the Eorlingas Minstrel	75	The Eorlingas can use the power of voice to calm or harm their enemies.
Cry of the Eorlingas Minstrel	75	Crying for the people of Rohan, you inspire an ally to take heart and find strength.
Ballad - Chant Minstrel	75	A chant can be a powerful force of restoring courage upon the field of battle.
Coda of the Eorlingas Minstrel	75	You unleash the culmination of your musical efforts into a powerful and effective heal for you and up to eight friendly targets nearby. Requires 3 ballad buffs present on the Minstrel. Active Anthems add enhanced effects to the Coda. Removes all Ballads from the Minstrel. Removes all Anthems from Minstrel.
Anthems of the Rohirrim Minstrel	75	Your music culminates in a great Anthem that reveres the people of Rohan, the Rohirrim. Alters Coda: Your next Coda causes your next Call of the Eorlingas to have no power cost.
Hammer of Rohan Minstrel	75	When called to action, the people of Rohan can smite their enemies with fierce cruelty and unnrelenting wrath.
Discipline: Rohirrim Minstrel	75	Mounted Discipline Mounted Disciplines are used to alter the attitude and tactics used by your War-steed in Mounted Combat. Rohirrim The Rohirrim Discipline focuses your attention on the restorative nature of music, bolstering the resolve of yourself, your allies and war-steeds through this art.
Discipline: Riddermark Minstrel	75	Mounted Discipline Mounted Disciplines are used to alter the attitude and tactics used by your War-steed in Mounted Combat. Riddermark The Riddermark Discipline focuses your attention on the harmonious relationship between the aspects of nurture and nature; bolstering self, allies and war-steeds while maintaining a measure of offensive capacity.
Melody - Stance Minstrel	1	A neutral stance, Melody is focused on neither healing nor harming, but offers the ability to do both in moderation. Only one Stance may be active at a time.
Hero's Strike Minstrel	1	A melee attack that increases the effects of healing on yourself. Restores your Morale.
Spirit of Freedom Minstrel	20	Frees from any Combat State.