Minstrel auramancer support tank
Just looking at the stats on this set up; is this not the “tailor made” perfect set up for an auramancer support tank. Boon duration, tuffness, vitality, and healing power…and to boot the name on this ascended set is Maklain’s minstrel insignia….I feel like Karl is trying to help us out here ; )
What I’m seeing is increased uptime of 40% damage mitigation for your allies with added uptime of regen vigor and might(boons we share in abundance with aurashare). Aura’s are going to heal significantly with the healing power as well. Then not to mention obviously the mandatory tuffness and vitality stats.
I don’t have a lot of experience in the raid and am looking to fill a support role with my auramancer, does this seem viable guys?
I certainly would not recommend this sadly, as losing the dps of one party member really cannot be made up by just the boon duration and healing alone. Ive tried a very tanky build with healing and some condi damage and it just didnt feel like it contributed enough considering how weak the actual first boss’s damage is. Im going to switch over to full trailblazer when they fix it.
Just looking at the stats on this set up; is this not the “tailor made” perfect set up for an auramancer support tank. Boon duration, tuffness, vitality, and healing power…and to boot the name on this ascended set is Maklain’s minstrel insignia….I feel like Karl is trying to help us out here ; )
By the phrase “support tank,” do you mean you’re simultaneously holding the boss’s attention while also being the designated healer? In that case, at least for Vale Guardian, Minstrel’s might work well if it allows the other nine players to go full DPS.
However, not every boss follows the same aggro mechanics. For example, Sabetha does not seem to pick out the raid’s tank and stick to them, she seems to stand in the middle of the platform while AOEs are spammed at the whole raid. For a boss like that, you’re probably going to want to do better DPS than what Minstrel’s can provide.
I actually beat the Vale Guard with full Cleric’s Ele. Druid is better due to damage modifiers but Ele healing is pretty OK actually. Still, in my opinion, if you’re Ele, you should go full Berserker, since Berserker Ele is really strong against the last two bosses.