Power Troubadour

Skill Notes

or can be replaced with:

• for Condition Transfer, Boon Steal, and additional Quickness
• for group Stability and Stun Break
• for Condition Removal
• for more Defiance Break
• for Projectile Reflect
• for teleporting 20 people up to 5,000 units away.

can be replaced with for single target Defiance Break.

Equipment Notes

Focus can be taken instead of Sword off hand for a Pull and Vulnerability at a cost of Damage.

Sword can be taken instead of Dagger which gives you access to however it removes your Ranged Damage and has slightly overall less Damage.

Relic Notes

can be replaced when needed: Janthir Wilds Relics:

• turns your elite skill into a powerful panic button.
• grants you Alacrity and Regeneration when you Dodge.

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

• converts Critical Strikes into Healing.
• provides increased Movement Speed and Superspeed when entering combat.
• grants your elite skill an additional Pull and Reflect.
• to share Fury and Might frequently with nearby allies.

Core Game Relics:

• is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
• for 7% Damage after using high Cooldown skills.
• flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
• grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
• provides you with Quickness when using a Well
• grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Key Concepts

Troubadour builds Notes, in particular by spawning Phantasms and reciting Tales, which you can then use to play Instruments. After casting an Instrument, it will continue to play in the background to provide powerful bonuses via and its duration depends on the amount of Notes you used to summon it.

Your goal is to play as many Instruments for as long as possible and then amplify them with F5 and , while cycling through your weapon skills and reciting Tales at the right moment.

Important things to know about :

• Hitting an enemy will grant you Clarity. This buff effects of all Spear skills, making them much stronger.
• Using resets , allowing you to use Clarity-enhanced skills more frequently.
• It should be the first skill you cast on Spear and will be most likely be the last too.
• It has a substantial Damage increase when hitting the enemy with outer edge. Walk back if needed to hit the main target with it.

Dealing Damage

Cast F1 and F5 whenever they Recharged to grant Might, Quickness, and Fury. You need to balance F2, F3, F4, and the Notes you spend on them in a way that you frequently gain their bonuses, but also have them playing in the background for your next F5. Note that you can cancel the cast of F4 with Stow Weapon - you'll still gain Distortion and the Harp will play in background, but you won't get healed.