Agreed. Over beta, Troubadour became my favorite Chanter Sub. It's just so versatile. It can combine with just about any other subclass and not be hampered. It can tank, heal, and do damage.
Want to focus on phrases and try to keep 2 phrases up all the time? Well, it can.
Want to switch on Brisk Recitation, and be a frontline nuker? Well, it can.
Want to be a buff/debuff/CC focused tank? It's got you covered. It doesnt rely on crits like Skald either. Nor are you penalized for any of the Invocation types.
It can use any of them.
Want to be a front line healer/tank? I'd pick Kind Wayfarer/Troubadour for my Herald. You can basically be constantly healing between FoD and Ancient Memory. Have LoH for clutch heals in melee, Invocations for big AoE heals, and so on.
Also, you can use the pally defensive stance. Wearing heavier armor doesnt hurt phrases, but does slow down Invocation recovery. However, it is a lot of fun. You can adapt on the fly with a good list of Chants, Invocations, and your other classes abilities. It has a tool for every situation.
I'm playing a Rogue/Troubadour with explosives using ranged weapons. It is so fun. Using grenades, appropriate invocations, and rogue abilities for debuffs in order to get Sneak Attack. Saving Guile for escape to reposition, switching Chants depending on your current battlefield location, excape plus Killers Froze means you can maximize your paralyze really easily. Constantly doing paralyze, armor debuff, and an occasional nuke.
I highly recommend Troubadour.
I dont really understand the benefit of a troubadour and how its actually play. From what i understand:
- By default you get better buff from chants because they stack. For a tank that can means having the chant that adds +1 engagement and the one that gives a dmg shield at the same time. Problem is it will take more time before you star using invocations.
- With the modal you would never have 2 phrases at the same time. Now this is the part i dont understand. You use your phrases faster but it takes more phrases to cast an invocation. Doesnt the 2 balance out each other? If yes then doesnt that means you end up with the penalty of loosing lingering phrases for no bonus?
From what i understand Beckoner makes chanter better at summoning without affecting any other aspect of the class. Am i correct? For a tank you would have more pet to act as meat shields and would all get the +1 engagement from the chant. Each pet would be able to engage 2 target. That sounds like a really good thing if your intention is to get the opponents attention as much as possible, no?
How about Paladin/stalker, anyone played that combo? ive narrowed my choice between those 2 now.
Tks for your help!