Minstrel

Job Base(s):

Bard
Clown

Job Type:

3-2

Job Level:

60

Race:

Human

Changes At:

Alberta

Number of Skills:

24

Total Skill Points:

121

Total Quest Skills:

0

Job Bonuses

STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+7	+5	+7	+9	+8	+1

Overview

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The Minstrel class brings a strong support game to the table. A Minstrel is ideal or perhaps even mandatory for any large scale Endless Tower run, or for even just a standard dungeon run as well as for WoE play. Unfortunately this class is difficult to solo level and is sometimes regarded as a one trick pony (Magic Strings) of sorts, limiting players to primarily using only one second class skill for the majority of their play, and not being wanted for much else. While yes, they are primarily used for Magic Strings, they do have several other skills that can be useful for endgame play in MVP and WoE situations. Because their most important role is to use Magic Strings, they are often referred to as "Stringers" or "Strings".

Job Change Guide

See Minstrel Job Change Guide for detailed information. Changing into a Minstrel from a Bard or Clown requires the player to track down the legendary 'Minstrel Song' across the world of Rune Midgard. After finding him, the player will be transformed into a Minstrel. The journey begins near the Alberta docks!

Builds

Severe Rainstorm Build

Stat	Level 99	Level 125	Level 150	Level 175
STR	0~10	0~10	0~10	0~10
AGI	71	80	90	100
VIT	30	46	67	104
INT	57	57	57	83
DEX	99	120	120	120
LUK	1	2	77	80

Optional: If you can afford a Temporal Dex Boots Hawkeye Expert Archer4, its a good idea to reset stats at lvl 100 to get 120 dex. you ca reset build at eden: Moc_para01: 17,34. It can be set as 120 dex, 50 int, rest agi or vit. SR drains a lot of SP. You can use sucubus egg (pet) to sp proc., elemental towel at +7, Rideword hat [1] or Vanargand Helm [1] as Evil dragon armor at +8 or higher.

Severe Rainstorm / Support Build

STR: 1
AGI: 60-100
VIT: 95+
INT: 91+ (with 150 you can max effec of reduction delay when playing magic strings)
DEX: 100+
LUK: 1-50+

This is a build that can dish out damage with Severe Rainstorm while also being able to support with skills like Magic Strings and Windmill Rush. Severe Rainstorm is weaker now after the balance patch but is still capable of some decent damage with good equipment. Full Support builds are also possible for endgame purposes but supporting during the leveling phase does not require too much in terms of stats and skills. It is convenient and flexible to be able to both support or to use an AoE damage skill, depending on the party members or the size of the party. High DEX (100-120) is a must for good Severe Rainstorm damage, as well as high AGI (80-100). LUK also adds some ATK so a small amount of it is useful as well. Severe Rainstorm has a high SP cost so INT will help a lot, and INT is also necessary for SP upkeep and stat bonuses when supporting with songs like Magic Strings. Generally, Arrow Vulcan is not used if the Maestro has Severe Rainstorm (and Double Strafe has similar single target DPS and is an Archer skill) so the skill points for that can be used elsewhere (or reset skills once turning Maestro). Windmill Rush is a useful support skill and also helps the Maestro's own Severe Rainstorm damage. It does have a high SP cost however, so perhaps only use it when it makes the difference between one-shotting and two-shotting monsters (or two vs. three) for the Maestro or the Maestro's party members. Improve Concentration helps Severe Rainstorm damage a lot since it increases both DEX and AGI. Magic Strings is crucial for supporting and is very useful. Music Lessons and Voice Lessons should both be maxed for support purposes of course.

The appropriate elemental converters or endow from a Sage class helps damage a lot. Phen Card / Bloody Butterfly Card or alternatively Orleans's Gown is required when targeting monsters or else the attack can be interrupted if the Maestro is attacked by a monster halfway. Supporting does not require an awful lot of gear, but tank oriented gears tend to be good choices, and stat increasing gear can help too. Staying alive longer or taking less damage is always a good thing for parties.

Equipment

Weapon:

Weapon Suggestions

Equipment	Build	Wep Lv	ATK	MATK	Additional Notes
Bow of storm + Elven arrow	Severe Rainstorm	4	160	0	Decent bow. Previously this was the strongest combo before Elven Arrows were released (both are +50% ranged damage). est option: Increase ranged physical damage by 30%.Reduce Severe Rainstorm skill cooldown by 2 seconds. You can use elven arrow to get more damage or oridecon arrows.
Thanatos Bow [1] + Elven Arrow	Severe Rainstorm	4	160	110	Can be swiched with Bow of Storms when low SP or HP. Low chance of regaining HP and SP from 5% of your damage dealt while you are Physically attacking. Consumes 100 HP every 10 seconds. Consumes 1,000 HP when unequipped.
Elven Bow [1] + Elven Arrow	Severe Rainstorm	3	150	0	Good bow after bow of storms.
Orc Archer + Steel Arrow	Severe Rainstorm	3	120	0	Decent bow. Previously this was the strongest combo before Elven Arrows were released (both are +50% ranged damage). This is still the strongest Bow/Arrow combo for Shadow Chasers who copy Severe Rainstorm or other bow skills as they cannot equip Elven Bow.

Instrument / Support:

Green Whistle [1] - Good instrument choice for supporting, as a Maestro can instant cast Windmill Rush with it.
Harp of Nepenthes [2] - Best weapon for increasing stats for Magic Strings bonuses when enchanted with Malangdo Enchants. Ideally you want INT enchants to improve your Magic Strings cast delay reduction. DEX would reduce cast time. Spell may also reduce cast time of other performer skills as well as increase damage for offensive magic Maestro skills.

Instrument / others

Thanatos violin [1] - Best for arrow vulcan when geared with 2 emerald earrings.
Oz's New Ukulele [2] - A good instrument choice, as a Maestro for AV skill. Reduce Windmill Rush SP consumption by 20. Increase Arrow Vulcan's damage by 200% when equipped with Oz's New Wing Ring. Increase Arrow Vulcan's SP consumption by 50.
Base Guitar [1] - Recovers 3 SP for each enemy defeated. Has a chance to cast Level 3 Heaven's Drive each time the wearer is attacked. Each attack has the chance to inflict all enemies within a 5*5 cell area with the Confused status.
Electric Guitar - Enables use of Level 1 Jupitel Thunder. Add a 10% chance of auto casting Level 1 Jupitel Thunder on the enemy when attacking. INT + 2, AGI + 1
Berserk Guitar - Enables automatically 193 ASPD (before any speed reduction gear/statuses). Significantly reduces DEX - can be good for becoming Marionette Controlled. Low ATK, but combined with autocast gear (CD in Mouth, Ifrit Mask, etc) can be very useful. Can also be used to attack plant type monsters that only take 1-damage per hit (Red Plant, Emperiums, etc.).

Armor:

Evil Dragon Armor [1] - The best armor also is a 8+ Evil dragon armor: If upgrade level is +8 or higher, Adds a 3% chance of restoring 3% of damage as HP when performing a physical attack. Adds a 2% chance of restoring 2% of damage as SP when performing a physical attack. If upgrade level is +9 or higher, Adds an additional 1% chance of restoring an additional 1% of damage as HP when performing a physical attack. Adds an additional 1% chance of restoring an additional 1% of damage as SP when performing a physical attack. If upgrade level is +10 or higher, Adds an additional 2% chance of restoring an additional 2% of damage as HP when performing a physical attack.Adds an additional 2% chance of restoring an additional 2% of damage as SP when performing a physical attack.
Abusive Robe [1] - Atk + 2%. Additional Atk + 1% per upgrade level of Abusive Robe. Can be enchanted twice with rune of dexterity: If upgrade level is +7 or higher, Dex + 7. If upgrade level is +12 or higher, Additional Dex + 1. Increases long-ranged damage on targets by 8%. If upgrade level is +13 or higher, Additional Dex + 1. Increases long-ranged damage on targets by an additional 2%.
Elemental tights [1] - Increases long-ranged damage on targets by 2%.If upgrade level is +7 or higher/lower, This item is indestructible in battle. If upgrade level is +8 or higher/lower, Increases long-ranged damage on targets by an additional 2%. If upgrade level is +9 or higher/lower, Increases long-ranged damage on targets by an additional 3%.
Heroic Target Suit [1] - MaxHP +5%, MaxSP +5% Aspd +1 All Stats +1. Increase ranged physical damage by 3%, Has a chance to cast Improve Concentration Lv.10 or Double Strafe Lv.10 when doing physical attack. Chance is increased depend on refine level.
Geffen Magic Robe [1] - Enhanced Orleans's Gown. -10% SP cost. Uninterruptible cast. Additional upgrade and set bonuses.
Diabolus Robe [1] - SP+150, -10% Skill delay, +6% healing power, and set with Diabolous Ring: +3% damage. Stat enchantable.
Valkyrian Armor [1] - +1 to all stats. Unbreakable. Stat enchantable.
Brynhild - God item, only use if you have the money or have access to it.
Elemental armors like Lucius's Fierce Armor of Volcano [1], Aebecee's Raging Typhoon Armor [1], Saphien's Armor of Ocean [1] - Appropriate elemental armors (fire, water, wind, etc.) are needed at certain maps or when battling certain MVPs. Slotted Elemental armors are also obtainable from the Jitterbug Instance.
Orleans's Gown [1] - Cast cannot be interrupted.
Porcellio Card - +25 ATK
Pecopeco Card - +10% HP
Bathory Card - Shadow effect Elemental
Evil Druid Card - Undead effect. Also you can't be freeze, but if you die, you can't be ressurect Elemental

Garment Suggestions

Equipment	Build	Additional Notes
Fallen Angel Wing [1]	All Builds	Enchant this in eden kitchen to match your build. Spell enchantments for sound damage, aspd enchants for melee, HP/VIT enchants for support, or expert archer enchants for severe rainstorm.
Heroic Backpack [1]	All Builds	Carries a lot of benefits, like the fallen angel wing, but is more versatile since you don't need to enchant it specific to your build. Allow you greed items in ground. You need one to farm items. Bennefits at +9 (refine) and at +90 in each stat of your character.
Nidhoggur's Shadow Garb [1]	All Builds	Good garment, plus it can help siphon SP with Rideword Hat.
Elemental Towel [1]	All Builds	Good garment to reduce SP consume. Actually, it's bugged the damage boost of Severe rainstorm, It«s only reduce the SP consume by 60 at +9.
Diabolus Manteau	All Builds	Can be useful.
Raydric Card	All Builds	All-around good garment card.
Noxious Card	All Builds	All-around good garment card.
Deviling Card	All Builds	Powerful garment card.

Also you can use malicious shadow gear to rec. HP

Headgear:

Equipment	Location	Additional Notes
Rideword Hat [1]	Upper	HP/SP leeching gear. It has a higher HP leech proc rate than Vanargand Helm, which makes it good for Severe rainstorm. At +9, HP/SP absorption amount is doubled.
Vanargand Helm [1]	Upper	HP/SP leeching gear. At +9, it has a higher SP leech proc rate than a +9 Rideword Hat. SR consumes a lot os SP, this hat makes it suitable for offensive maestro.
Evil Marching Hat [1]	Upper	for +7% attack, +5% ranged damage, if upgraded to +9.
White Drooping Eddga	Upper	STR+2, DEX+2, 10% additional damage on Brute monsters. Chance to transform into Eddga, giving additional (25 * refine level) ATK. An excellent headgear for SR to increase arrow damage.
Maestro Song's Hat [1]	Upper	- From the Maestro job change- From the Maestro job change
Wing Headphone [1]	Upper	- - Increases MATK by a % equal to the refine level of the item. If refined +7 or higher. Increase the damage of [Reverbration] by 30%. (Effect currently does not work)The SP cost of [Reverbration] is reduced by 18. If refined +10 or higher: The skill-specific cooldown of [Metallic Sound] is reduced by 2 seconds. Good for Metallic sound builds.

If the party has a Sorcerer for SP or you have a good SP proc. gears or rec. items, can choose damage enhancing headgears such as:

Gozarian Mask + Witch's Pumpkin Hat combo

Movement increasing gear can be useful if the party's Arch Bishop is not good at keeping Increase Agility up, or if monsters use skills that cancel it like Quagmire.

Pecopeco Hairband

Middle Headgear:

3D Glasses: This gives 5% neutral resist to help tanking.
Tengu Mask: Increases physical damage on all size targets by 1% and long-ranged damage on targets by 2%. If wear with tengu scroll, increases +1% on all sie targets and +1% long ranged damage.
Mischievous Fairy: This gives good +3 perfect dodge.
Black Devil Mask: Good +2 increase to all stats.
Exorcist glasses: + 4% damage on demons.
Hexagon Spectacles: Good for insect mosnters when carded with engkanto card.
Mask of Hero: Extra 10 vit, good for tanking.

Lower Headgear:

Tengu Scroll - Tengu scroll to rec. HP - Adds a 3% chance of restoring 5% of damage as HP when performing a physical attack. Expensive gear.
Well-Chewed Pencil
Pirate Dagger
Blood Sucker - Adds a 3% chance of restoring 5% of damage. Disables HP and SP recovery. (also the real description is wrong. it has the same effect of tengu scroll with colateral eefect)

Shield:

Mad Bunny Special [1] - Reflect 10% of short range physical damage back to the attacker.Adds a 10% chance that for 2 seconds there is a 60% chance to reflect all magic damage back to the attacker.If refined to +7 or higher, adds an additional Atk +5, Matk +5.If refined to +9 or higher, adds an additional Atk +15, Matk +15.If refined to +12 or higher, adds Crit +10 and prevents skill casting from being interrupted.
Valkyrja's Shield [1] - Best all around shield, but only need to put in the most important cards in this considering the shield's cost
Round Buckler [1] - Good, cheap, low weight, high DEF shield
Platinum Shield [0] - Has some resists and is quite decent
Immune Shield [1] - Good for when over-upgraded.
Racial Reduction shield cards are good in PVM situations
Alice Card for MVPing

Footgear:

Temporal Dex Boots - MaxHP +300, MaxSP +30. For every 3 refine level, MaxHP +100, MaxSP +10, DEX +3. If base DEX is 120 or higher, fixed casting decreased 0.5sec, long distance attack power +5%. Best option for insta-cast when you wear 2 sound amp and +9 dex boots.
Variant Shoes - Good all around footgear with HP / SP bonuses
Enhanced Variant Shoes [1] - MaxHP and MaxSP +12% Increases DEF and MDEF depending on the refinement. This is often carded with Firelock Soldier if +9 or higher. Def: 13
Diabolus Boots [1] - Increases Maximum HP by 10 times base Level. Sometimes helps more than Enhanced Variant Shoes

Accessory:

If using Severe Rainstorm and not wearing Cast-Interruption:

Damage boost:

Emerald Earrings [1] - best option is the emerald earrings: Agi + 10, Int + 10, Dex + 10, when you have level 10 of Voice Lessons known. Matk + 20 per 2 levels of Voice Lessons known. Reduces the variable casting time of Metallic Sound by 1% for every 5 base levels.Increases the damage of Arrow Vulcan, Slinging Arrow and Melody Strike by 1% for every base level. Increases the damage of Metallic Sound by 2% for every 5 base levels.
Bakonawa Agimat Tattoo - Add ATK+7% and ASPD+10% (Also you need Geffen Magic Robe, Orlean's Gown or Spellflow Shadow set for SR)
Bloodied Shackled Ball + Shackles may be considered as well for damage but can be heavy.
Bow Thimble [1] - +3% ranged attack damage. Obtainable by using Socket Enchant NPCs.

Cast reduction:

Sound Amplifier [1] - Very good for reducing variable cast time (by 50%), and is also used for Metallic Sound builds sometimes. you also can use two with temporal dex boots to get instant cast.
Hero Ring of Newoz [1] - Only variable cast time by 25%, and should only be used instead of a Sound Amplifier is with the Oz's New Ukulele [2]

Cards:

Gold Scaraba card - Expensive card
Zerom Card - DEX+3 - Cheap card

Class Data

Skills

See Bard Skills or Minstrel Skills for 2nd class Skills.

Skills in a same group don't stack and will override each other (see Group A Songs and Group B Songs). Group B skills can only be removed through special skills such as Clearance, Lion's Howl, Destruction Song, etc.

Solo Skills

Skill

Description

Levels

Type

Voice Lessons

Increases SP and SP regen. Lvl 5+ allows usage of 3rd class skills while performing 2nd class songs.

10

Passive

Frigg's Song

Increases maximum HP by +5% per skill level for party members. Uses one Regrettable Tear.

5

Supportive

Deep Sleep Lullaby

Inflicts Deep Sleep status to all targets in range. PvP Zone only.

5

Negative Effect

Reverberation

Generates a high-frequency sound wave on a single cell in range. If an enemy touches the cell, it will explode, splitting the damage it causes across all enemies in a 3 x 3 area.

5

Offensive

Metallic Sound

Attack that damages a single target's HP and SP.

5

Offensive

Dominion Impulse

Activates all Reverberations within 10 cells of the skill's target location.

1

Active

Harmonize

Changes stats bonus for caster and target to a certain value.

5

Supportive

Windmill Rush

Increases ATK of caster and surrounding party members.

5

Supportive

Echo Song

Increases DEF of caster and surrounding party members.

5

Supportive

Circle of Nature

Drains certain amount of SP from targets in range but recovers their HP. Usable on PVP maps only.

5

Supportive

Death Valley

Revives target.

5

Supportive

Song of Despair

Generates a special sound wave on the ground that will immobilize anyone that steps over it.

5

Negative Effect

Siren's Voice

Prevents enemies from attacking or targeting the caster for a set duration.

5

Negative Effect

Improvised Song

Casts a random mage or wizard spell.

5

Active

Gloomy Shyness

Triple the damage of Brandish Spear, Clashing Spiral, Shield Boomerang, Rapid Smite, and Shield Press. If the target does not have one of these skills, then the target receives a flee rate and attack speed penalty. Requires an instrument or whip to cast.

5

Supportive