Minstrel Template Need Opinions

[JoeDrager]

Lets see if I can put this up here correctly.

My role in a group is, I don't get many groups.. so I went with a more solo, duo minstrel template and gave up stealth. I can still run 8v8 just not as well as Saan's template. But in a 1v1 fight with a stealther or anything really I will have a good chance to win.
Joe
P.S. If anyone has a Respec stone I would love to buy :) I need to spec out of stealth to 50 inst 39 slash 18 stealth.
TYTYTYTY
Config Report




Stats

Str: 100
Int: 0
Hits: 392
Con: 70
Pie: 0
Power: 0
Dex: 48
Cha: 78
Qui: 37
Emp:0



Resists


Body: 22

Energy: 18

Crush: 26 (3)

Cold: 32(5)

Matter: 18

Thrust: 21

Heat: 27

Spirit: 5

Slash: 28 (2)





Skills

2 Thrust
3 Stealth
11 Slash

Focus


Cap Increases

160 Hits +32 from Cyclops eye shield Couln't fit in the SC'er for a total of 192
23 Str

Other Bonuses


4 Melee Damage Bonus
35 AF Bonus
11 Melee Speed Bonus
11 Style Damage Bonus

Piece Listing



Chest

Name: Guard of Valor
Level: 51 Quality: 94
AF: Bonus:
Effect 1: 40 Hits
Effect 2: 18 Strength
Effect 3: 5 Strength Cap Increase
Effect 4: 15 Dexterity
Effect 5: 4 Style Damage Bonus
Effect 6: 4 Melee Damage Bonus

Utility: 32.00

Arms
Imbue Points: 37.0 of 32 (100 Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 5 Slash - 99 imperfect Watery War Sigil
Gem 2: 19 Charisma - 99 faceted Icy Essence
Gem 3: 19 Constitution - 99 faceted Earthen Essence
Gem 4: 5 Slash Resist - 99 flawed Watery Shielding
Utility: 60.33

Head

Name: winged helm
Level: 51 Quality: 100
AF: Bonus:
Effect 1: 40 Hits
Effect 2: 15 Strength
Effect 3: 15 Dexterity
Effect 4: 5 Matter Resist
Utility: 40.00

Legs
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 (100 Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 19 Constitution - 99 faceted Earthen Essence
Gem 2: 4 Slash - 99 flawed Watery War Sigil
Gem 3: 22 Charisma - 99 precious Icy Essence
Gem 4: 9 Cold Resist - 99 polished Icy Shielding
Utility: 65.33

Hands
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 (100 Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 9 Heat Resist - 99 polished Heated Shielding
Gem 2: 9 Energy Resist - 99 polished Light Shielding
Gem 3: 7 Cold Resist - 99 imperfect Icy Shielding
Gem 4: 22 Charisma - 99 precious Icy Essence
Utility: 64.67


Feet
Imbue Points: 37.5 of 32 (100 Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 7 Cold Resist - 99 imperfect Icy Shielding
Gem 2: 9 Heat Resist - 99 polished Heated Shielding
Gem 3: 22 Quickness - 99 precious Airy Essence
Gem 4: 9 Body Resist - 99 polished Dusty Shielding
Utility: 64.67

Right Hand
Name: Malice Axe
Level: 51 Quality: 100
DPS: Bonus:
Effect 1: 15 Strength
Effect 2: 15 Constitution
Effect 3: 40 Hits
Effect 4: 5 Strength Cap Increase
Effect 5: 40 Hits Cap Increase
Effect 6: 5 Style Damage Bonus
Utility: 30.00

Left Hand
Name: Cyclops Eye Shield
Level: 51 Quality: 100
DPS: Bonus:
Effect 1: 40 Hits
Effect 2: 5 Heat Resist
Effect 3: 5 Matter Resist
Effect 4: 5 Body Resist
Effect 5: 5 Energy Resist
Effect 6: 5 Spirit Resist
Utility: 60.00

Two Handed
Name: Battler
Level: 51 Quality: 100
DPS: Bonus:
Effect 1: 15 Strength
Effect 2: 15 Dexterity
Effect 3: 6 Crush Resist
Effect 4: 6 Slash Resist
Effect 5: 6 Thrust Resist
Utility: 56.00

Neck
Name: Necklace of Cyclopean Stature
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 1 Thrust Resist
Effect 2: 1 Slash Resist
Effect 3: 1 Crush Resist
Effect 4: 120 Hits
Effect 5: 80 Hits Cap Increase
Utility: 36.00

Cloak
Name: Shades of Mist
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 3 Stealth
Effect 2: 15 Strength
Effect 3: 15 Quickness
Effect 4: 10 AF Bonus
Effect 5: 5 Melee Speed Bonus
Utility: 35.00

Jewel
Name: GoLM
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 10 Constitution
Effect 2: 24 Hits
Effect 3: 4 Matter Resist
Effect 4: 4 Body Resist
Effect 5: 2 All Melee Skill Bonus
Effect 6: 2 Style Damage Bonus
Utility: 38.67

Belt
Name: Belt of the Brute
Level: 51 Quality:
Bonus:
Effect 1: 48 Hits
Effect 2: 18 Dexterity
Effect 3: 30 Strength
Effect 4: 2 Melee Speed Bonus
Effect 5: 6 Strength Cap Increase
Utility: 44.00

Right Ring
Name: Ring of the Brute
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 40 Hits
Effect 2: 7 Strength
Effect 3: 7 Constitution
Effect 4: 40 Hits Cap Increase
Effect 5: 25 AF Bonus
Utility: 19.33

Left Ring
Name: Croc tear ring
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 15 Acuity
Effect 2: 4 Cold Resist
Effect 3: 4 Heat Resist
Effect 4: 4 Matter Resist
Effect 5: 4 Body Resist
Effect 6: 4 Energy Resist
Utility: 50.00

Right Wrist
Name: Cyclone Bracer
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 11 Crush Resist
Effect 2: 10 Thrust Resist
Effect 3: 10 Slash Resist
Effect 4: 2 Melee Speed Bonus
Utility: 62.00

Left Wrist
Name: Cyclone Bracer
Level: 51 Quality: 100
Bonus:
Effect 1: 11 Crush Resist
Effect 2: 10 Thrust Resist
Effect 3: 10 Slash Resist
Effect 4: 2 Melee Speed Bonus
Utility: 62.00

OK, so be bruttaly honest, but please suggest corrections also :)

Joe

OK, droped the ROG gloves with +7 to str, and traded for MP gloves and raised my resists. Enough or do I need more?

[Shura78]

I really hope you will NEVER get someone with a legenday spirit weapon, beside that is a solid template to solo/duo, not very good in a 8 man grp

[FUS1ON]

1) Lots of nice items and bonuses
2) Some weak resists

I would try to achieve more balance if it was me.

[JoeDrager]

The only items I need are GoV and GoLM, I have the rest and all arty's other then those 2 are lvl 10 and ready to go.

The resists do bother be some, energy at 9 and spirit at 5 suck in all honesty, but those are both buffed by the clerics resists, so that helps in 8v8. I'm running with AoM2, and plan on getting AoM3 with more rsp's.

Still not sure though =/

[JoeDrager]

Droped ROG gloves with +7 to str and subpar stats for MP sc'd with raised resists...

Enough of a change? Spirit still sucks, but templates are like a game of chance imo, you can't have everything you want, so I chose somethings to be better then other things in hope that I can get by with it.

Not sure though, still give any advice please, I mean this means ANOTHER freaking MP piece :(

Joe

[FUS1ON]

That looks better Joe if you are going to like you say, solo most of the time. It's tough to get everything in. :bawling:

BTW if you ran in groups more with a cleric to help heal, I think you could do without the extra hits and then work in the Ancient Copper Necklace to up your resists.

[JoeDrager]

Very True, maybe work a way to make them interchangeable, still working though, ty for input :)

Joe

[Yetti]

If you're a VISABLE opponent: ALL resists above 20%, try to peak at LEAST the resists on most frequented opponents (ie if you see a ton of light elds running around, cap the heat... etc). When using CTR in conjunction with 20%+ resists, you're only recieving partial absorbtion benefit (about 3%) but it's great combined with aom.... my suggestion would be make sure to pump those melee resists to 26's in such a case. You can blow more rsp's for higher aom to make up for the caster resists till you get a better template. Also keep in mind your armor is weak to cold/thrust. Try to make sure not to skimp there. Nothing like accentuating a weakness by igroring it.

If you intend to be a group toon, spec to stay alive and have a ton of power. Your job is to run around the fight interupting, locking things down, and generally annoying your opponents mercilessly. In small groups, larger ammounts of con/hits is going to make the fight last a bit longer, giving you more of a chance to locate a weakness in your opponent or proc your i-win effects. I've seen you attempting there to cap hits and almost ignoring con. Both are very important to that class.

As for the template? The suggestion that I always dish out is shoot for higher utility items. 62's and below aren't all that impressive when there are such more potent things floating around. Kraken, Fire Island, Bracer of Zo encounter, Eirene's Hauberk encounter, ML6 bg steps, ML8 group steps, ML10, and Darkness Falls end game mobs are some places to look for decent items of rogue relation. I try to find items with more stats like GoV when creating templates. Needed ToA bonus AND stat cap increases on the same item. Otherwise use items that only have one of those things and high utility.

I'm going to be working on a friend's minstrel template shortly. If you don't mind an insane scavanger hunt, after it's complete and his items have been obtained, I'll share it with you if ya like. I'm fairly impressed with what we've come up with so far, just trying to squeeze out about 50 more usable utility into it.

[Shura78]

BTW light eld dd is cold based :D
Beside that....heat cold and spirit are a must also in solo/duo for the legendary wep problem: I prefear having a critical resist capped and 40 less hp overcapped than getting tri shotted by the first player with a legendary weapon.
If you also plan to grp sometime you can do a template without som who is good only in solo/duo imo and put in a cloak with high utility, there are several like darkflame cloak who are not very expensive.

[Skegs]

That's very similar to the solo minstrel template that I put together. My biggest suggestion is to forget about GoLM. You're already losing 1 of the 2 style damage and it'll give you 2% more melee damage than you listed...big deal imo. Especially since you don't already have it I would go with something high utility. Perhaps Harpy Feather Charm. Your quickness is also lower than what I would like. I'm not sure what to do about that, but maybe a new gem will help you switch around some SCing. SoM, WH, high hits, and high AF are going to go a long way toward keeping you alive in melee...I like that. Here's what I'm using (well not really using, but would use if I could ever find the time to play my minstrel). Battler on my back and Phoebus to summon the harp. Band of stars is to further gimp an opponent and not so much for the stats. I am a highlander, hence the low cold resist depending on the +5 racial. You have most of these items already I think, and none of them are insanely hard to get. You could probably work around using CTR instead of RoD also.

Statistics
STR:87/86 CON:84/85 DEX:45/80
QUI:75/75 INT:0/75 PIE:0/75
CHA:75/75 EMP:0/75
Hits:392/392
Power:0/25
AF:38/50

Resistances
Body: 23
Cold: 15+5
Heat: 22
Energy: 23
Matter: 21
Spirit: 22
Crush: 23+3
Slash: 22+2
Thrust: 24

Skills
Stealth: 11
Slash: 11

Bonuses
Style Damage: 5
Melee Combat Speed: 9
Fatigue: 14

Chest:
Imbue: 37.5/32 (Quality: 100)
25 Constitution
22 Quickness
9% Energy
3 Slash
Utility: 64.3
TOA Utility: 0.0

Arms:
Imbue: 37.5/32 (Quality: 100)
7% Thrust
22 Quickness
9% Cold
9% Energy
Utility: 64.7
TOA Utility: 0.0

Head (Winged Helm Alb):
Imbue: 28.0
40 Hits
5 Fatigue
15 Strength
15 Dexterity
5% Matter
5% Spirit
10 AF
Utility: 50.0
TOA Utility: 20.0

Legs:
Imbue: 37.5/32 (Quality: 100)
28 Charisma
22 Constitution
1 Stealth
11% Heat
Utility: 60.3
TOA Utility: 0.0

Hands:
Imbue: 37.5/32 (Quality: 100)
4 Stealth
22 Constitution
22 Charisma
4 Slash
Utility: 69.3
TOA Utility: 0.0

Feet:
Imbue: 37.5/32 (Quality: 100)
25 Charisma
16 Quickness
60 Hits
4 Slash
Utility: 62.3
TOA Utility: 0.0

Right Hand (Malice's Axe):
Imbue: 20.0
15 Strength
15 Constitution
40 Hits
5 Strength Cap Increase
5 Constitution Cap Increase
40 Hits Cap Increase
5 Style Damage
5 Fatigue
Utility: 30.0
TOA Utility: 65.0

Left Hand (Cyclops Eye Shield):
Imbue: 30.0
40 Hits
5% Heat
5% Matter
5% Body
5% Spirit
5% Energy
8 AF
32 Hits Cap Increase
Utility: 60.0
TOA Utility: 16.0

Neck (Necklace of Cyclopean Stature):
Imbue: 31.5
1% Crush
1% Slash
1% Thrust
120 Hits
80 Hits Cap Increase
Utility: 36.0
TOA Utility: 20.0

Cloak (Shades of Mist Stealth):
Imbue: 20.0
3 Stealth
15 Strength
15 Quickness
10 AF
5 Melee Combat Speed
4 Fatigue
Utility: 35.0
TOA Utility: 43.0

Jewel (Harpy Feather Charm):
Imbue: 31.0
6% Heat
6% Cold
6% Matter
6% Body
44 Hits
Utility: 59.0
TOA Utility: 0.0

Belt (Belt of the Brute):
Imbue: 32.0
30 Strength
18 Dexterity
48 Hits
6 Strength Cap Increase
2 Melee Combat Speed
Utility: 44.0
TOA Utility: 22.0

Left Ring (Band Of Shadow):
Imbue: 33.0
7% Body
7% Spirit
6% Slash
6% Crush
6% Thrust
Utility: 64.0
TOA Utility: 0.0

Right Ring (Ring of Dances):
Imbue: 26.0
3 Stealth
12 Strength
12 Dexterity
5% Crush
5% Slash
10 AF
Utility: 51.0
TOA Utility: 10.0

Left Wrist (Band of Stars):
Imbue: 16.0
5% Matter
5% Body
5% Spirit
5 Dexterity Cap Increase
5 Constitution Cap Increase
40 Hits Cap Increase
Utility: 30.0
TOA Utility: 30.0

Right Wrist (Cyclone Bracer):
Imbue: 38.0
10% Slash
10% Thrust
11% Crush
2 Melee Combat Speed
Utility: 62.0
TOA Utility: 10.0