Esrima's Warden Guide

[Escrima]

The Escrima Warden Guide

Reasons for Writing this Guide: Faral made me do it...

-=Common Sense Warning=-
Note this guide is based on my own personal opinion about the class Warden derived primarily through my experience playing as a warden and similar tanking classes in other MMORPGs. As such your experience may differ from my own.

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-=Things everyone should know about Warden=-

1. Warden is at their weakest at the start of a fight, and must be given time to literally build themselves up. So classes capable of unleashing large sums of damage very quickly at any given moment (hunters...) should hold off at first.

2. Warden has little in the way of snap threat.

3. Warden's use agility as their main stat as of the Great River update.

4. Warden's do not wear Heavy Armor.

5. Warden's must continue to attack in order to remain durable.

6. If you should pull threat off a Warden: do not kite it and do not continue to DPS the mob in hopes of killing it before it kills you. Instead stop attacking, and bring the mob to the Warden so that they can start attacking the mob to pull it off you. If your going to argue that not kiting will get you killed, then you should have been more careful in the first place.

7. Warden's love incoming healing buffs.
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-=Playable Races=-
Elf
Hobbit
Man
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-=Role=-

-What is Warden?
Warden is a playable class that was added to LOTRO with the release of the Mines of Moria expansion on November 18th, 2008. While primarily a tank, Warden is also able to fulfill the roles of a Melee DPS and ranged DPS to a lesser extent.
Wardens primarily distinguish themselves from the rest of the classes through the use of a unique mechanic known as Gambits. Which allows them to build their basic attacks into larger more powerful attacks. They also wear medium armor and specialize in the use of a wide variety of weapons primarily spears and javelins.

-Tank
A tank is the member of a fellowship, or raid, who is tasked with the job of catching the ire of the enemy, or enemies. Tank classes are generally better equipped to take beatings then their allies, and allow their allies to fulfill their roles without having to worry about the enemy retaliating against them.

-DPS
A DPS, or Damage Dealer, is a member of the fellowship, or raid, who has been tasked with the inflicting damage on the group's enemies. A skilled DPS is one who is not only able to deal large sums of damage, but can also do so without pulling the enemy off the group member tasked with tanking.

-Gambits
Gambits are powerful attacks the warden gains access to by using their Gambit builder attacks and abilities in specific combinations. These attacks generally fall into 1 of 11 families of gambits. With each later member of a family generally acting as an improved version of the previous member.
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-In-Depth Role of the Warden:
Warden is what I like to call an Offensive tank. Meaning that unlike the Defensive tank Guardian, it not only can deal decent damage, but it must be able to.
Defensive tanks like Guardian relying on skills, and attacks which grant them a burst of flat threat on execution to keep threat. In other words Guardian's tanking skills grant them +X threat on execution against the enemy or enemies hit. X being some set large number that can change depending on the Guardian's level, legacies, traits and etc. Because, Guardian's by default gain a decent amount threat when they use their primary threat skills the damage they dealt isn't as important. Allowing them to instead focus on boosting their defenses when picking gear, virtues, and etc.
Warden however, is the opposite possessing only a handful of skills which grant them flat threat. Instead they must rely on their offensive power to keep the attention of their enemies. With a lot of the Warden's primary threat keeping abilities saying things like "Increased Threat" which through experience I have come to perceive as meaning +X% threat. In other words, if your ability dealt 100 damage to a target, and +X% was +30%, you would gain threat as though you had dealt 130 damage. Therefore, the effectiveness of the Warden's threat pulling ability is heavily effected by the potency of their abilities.
Part of the challenge of being an Offensive tank in any MMORPG is finding the balance between having enough offensive power to keep threat, and enough defensive power to stay alive once you have threat. The exact answer as to where the line is between offensive and defensive stats will depend heavily upon how you choose to play warden, your group, your trait set up and your level. Luckily, Warden like many Offensive MMORPG tanks is able boost their durability indirectly through their offensive power. In the case of Warden, you will primarily use your drains and self heals to make up for your lower mitigation. Both of which get stronger as the wardens offensive statistics increase, and also act as a potential source of threat. Though, this does mean that you must continue to keep these drains and self heals up in order to retain your durability. Also, I would still suggest trying to shoot for the block, parry and evade soft caps of 15%
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-=Important Statistics=-
Here I have listed a majority of the Primary and Secondary Stats. I have tried to list them in the of importance in my own experience. Again, try to use common sense depending on how you choose to play Warden the order of importance can change.

-Primary Stats:
Agility: Agility will be your main primary stat as a Warden. Investing, into Agility will increase Physical Mastery, Tactical Mastery, Parry, Evasion and Critical Rating. Making it a great choice for boosting your skill potency and to a lesser extent your defense.
1 point of Agility = 4 point increase in Evade Rating
1 point of Agility = 2 point increase in Parry Rating
1 point of Agility = 1 point increase in Critical Rating
1 point of Agility = 10 point increase in Physical Mastery
1 point of Agility =5 point increase in Tactical Mastery


Vitality: Vitality will be the second most important primary stat. Vitality increases your Morale, Physical Mitigation, Tactical Mitigation, Resistance and Non-Combat Morale Regeneration. Making it a very defensive stat making you more resistant to all damage types, ailments, and boosting your maximum Morale.
1 point of Vitality= 5 point increase in Morale
1 point of Vitality = 2 point increase in Resistance Rating
1 point of vitality = 2 point increase in Physical Mitigation
1 point of Vitality = 4 point increase in Tactical Mitigation
1 point of Vitality = 7.2 points increase in Non-Combat Morale Regeneration

Fate: Another good primary stat to invest into should neither of the first two options are available. Fate increases your Critical Rating, In-Combat Morale Regeneration, In-Combat Power Regeneration, and Non-Combat Power Regeneration. Helping increase Warden's chance to score critical hits with their skills, improve power efficiency, and to a lesser extent increase the wardens health regeneration.
1 point of Fate = 2.5 points of Critical Rating
1 point of Fate = 1.5 points of In-Combat Morale Regeneration
1 point of Fate = 1.71 points of In-Combat Power Regeneration
1 point of Fate = 24 points of Non-Combat Power Regeneration
(Fate also provides a base 240 In-combat power Regeneration)


Might: Is another good stat for increasing the Warden's defenses. Though, it is arguably less desirable then Vitality when playing as a Warden. Might increases your Block, Parry, Physical Mitigation and Tactical Mastery.
(There's a bug left over from the grace period after Warden got swapped to agility as their primary stat that causes Might to state that it boosts the Warden's Physical Mastery.)
1 Point of Might = 5 point increase in Tactical Mastery
1 point of Might = 4 point increase in Block Rating
1 point of Might = 1 point increase in Parry Rating
1 point of Might = 2 point increase in Physical Mitigation

Will: For Warden Will is hard to recommend, it has nothing you can't already get from Vitality. Another reason Will is hard to recommend is because point for point the bonuses Will gives Warden are equal(or inferior) to what you would gain from Vitality. Will increases your Resistance and Tactical Mitigation.
1 point of Will = 2 point increase in Tactical Mitigation
1 point of Will = 2 point increase in Resistance

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Secondary Stats:
Incoming Healing Rating: On Guardian Incoming Healing Rating is mostly just a nice thing they can do for their healers, so that it takes less effort to keep them alive. For Warden however, Incoming Healing Rating takes on a whole new level of usefulness. On Warden having high incoming heal rating also boosts the effectiveness of all of the Warden's self healing, and the healing portion of drains.
For example: If you had +15% incoming heal rating then a self heal that would normally heal you for 100 a tic, would instead heal you for 115 a tic. Or, if a AoE drain would heal you for 100 Morale per enemy it, it would instead heal you for 115 for every enemy hit. So if you hit 4 enemies you would be healed for an additional 60 Morale.
Incoming Healing Rating also boosts the potency of healing potions.

Tactical Mastery Rating:: Boosts the effectiveness of your tactical abilities. Tactical abilities including: Self heals, drains and non-bleed based DoTs. This Stat is very useful when tanking because your primary threat builders scale with Tactical Mastery.

Physical Mastery Rating: Boosts the effectiveness of your physical abilities. Physical abilities including: melee attacks, bleed based DoTs, and Javelin attacks. This stat is more useful when DPSing.

Critical Rating: Gives you a chance for increased potency when using a tactical or physical ability. For HoTs and DoTs the tics are individually determined as to whether or not they will critical. So scoring a critical hit when applying a dot does not guarantee that all the tics will be critical hits.
By default scoring a critical on a skill will make it 50% more potent, while an auto attack critical is 25% more potent. Which means a Critical hit will generate 50% more threat then a non critical hit.

Finesse: Decreases the chance of your enemy resisting, blocking, parrying or evading your attacks. Primarily useful because it stops your enemies from mitigating your attacks, and by extension ensuring your threat building attacks hit.
Ultimately, this stat isn't really important until level 65+ and most gear by default will include finesse bonuses.

Evasion: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks. Generally suggest increasing your Evasion till you have a 15% chance to Evade.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.

Parry: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks from in front yourself. Generally suggest increasing your Parry till you have a 15% chance to Parry.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.


Block: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks from in front yourself. Generally suggest increasing your block till you have a 15% chance to block.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.


Tactical Mitigation: Lowers incoming tactical damage. Because you cannot Block, Parry or Evade tactical attacks this stat is very important. It is the one of the only ways to lower incoming Tactical Damage.
Caps at 50% for Medium Armor wearers.

Physical Mitigation: Lowers incoming physical damage. Less important then Tactical Mitigation but still good to be aware of. After all, if you do fail to Block, Parry or Evade this your last line of defense against Physical Attacks.
Caps at 50% for Medium Armor wearers.

In-combat Power Regeneration: Increases the Warden's in-combat power efficiency, by allowing them to regenerate power more quickly. Less of an issue since the Fate revamp but still worthy of note, though usually I only find myself running out of power while tanking.

Morale: Morale is the measure of how much of a beating your character can take before being "Defeated." While Morale isn't necessarily bad the issue is that many over emphasize Morale, and view it as the measure of their "Tankiness." The reason that this is an issue, is because by focusing primarily on just getting your morale as high as possible you have likely forsaken your mitigation, your ability to lower the damage inflicted by incoming attacks.
Now you could argue that your Super Morale build is able to take just as many hits as any mitigation build in a solo situation. Though the issue lies in actually being healable.
For example: Lets say you had 2000 health, while tank number 2 had 1000 health, but enough mitigation to make it so he could take just as many hits as you. Well lets say you were for 200 damage taking you down to 1800(90% health) and your healer could only heal 100 a heal. Then you would be healed for 100(5% of your health), and be at 1900 health. Now, tank 2 also get's hit by the same mob but only for 100 taking him down to 900(90% health), the healer being just as potent as before heals tank 2 for 100(10% of tank 2's health) and thus heals them back up to full in one heal.
This example is a little extreme, but I think it gets the point across. It's still a good idea to have a decent amount of morale though, as it gives your healer and yourself a buffer.

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-Weapons

-=Melee Weapons=-

Warden is capable of wielding all of the major one handed melee weapons. These include: Axe, Club, Dagger, Hammer, Mace, Spear, Sword.
However from level 15 on Warden's have passive bonuses toward wield Club, Spear and Sword. These bonuses not only boost the Warden's damage with such weapons but also increases the passive bonuses of these weapon types. As such I generally suggest sticking with these three weapon types.

-Spear
Passive Bonus: Chance to Inflict a Physical Damage over Time effect on hit with a melee attack
This is generally considered to be the primary weapon of choice for Warden, and for the most part I would have to agree. While no race gains a racial that boosts the damage of Spears, thanks to Warden's spear training passives they are able to inflict the Damage over Time effect much more often, and the effect is much more potent. As such, I generally feel that Spear is the best weapon of choice for Warden if you DPSing in a group or solo.

-Sword
Passive Bonus: Boost to Parry Chance
While not as recognized as the Spear when it comes to the Warden arsenal I feel it has it's place. Ever since Sword's passive bonus got changed to a Parry bonus it has become in my opinion the best weapon type to tank with. While for non Warden's the parry bonus is minimal, the bonus can become quite substantial later once the Warden has access to the legendary trait Grand Master Weapon Training.
Also, if you play a Elf or Man Warden the racial 2% bonus to sword damage makes the Damage loss due to not possessing the Spear DoT minimial.

-Club
Passive bonus: Chance to inflict an Attack Speed down debuff on hit with a melee attack
Prior to Swords passive being swapped to a parry bonus Club was arguably the best tanking weapon for Warden. However, due to the fact that Warden has no AoE melee attacks and parry allows you to mitigate attacks even from enemies your not currently targeting. It is hard to warrant the use of club as a tanking weapon over sword.
Which because club's passive is less useful then sword's it makes hobbits a bit harder to recommend as a race choice for Warden.

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-=Ranged Weapon=-

Javelin
Passive: Low level Javelin's occasionally feature Threat modifying effects.
(Sadly this is not seen in the higher level Javelins.)
Well sadly the Javelin weapon type don't have any consistent passive bonuses to them, but they do look cool.

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-= Passives =-

-Weapon Mastery
Expert Training - Lv 15
Master Training - Lv 30
These are passives that boost the Warden's effectiveness with Spear, Sword and Club. They boost the Warden's damage when using these 3 weapons, and the potency of the passive bonuses of these weapons.



-Carving Use
Lv 20
Carvings are objects made by woodworkers that go into the Warden's class slot. They
reduce the cost of either Spear Gambits, Shield Gambits, or Fist Gambits depending on which one the Warden is wearing. Also higher level ones provide light damage bonuses or mitigation bonuses.
I suggest using Spear Carvings when DPSing. And, Shield or Fist Carvings when tanking depending on which you feel you use more.

-Use of Oil
Fire Oil - Lv 20
Light Oil - Lv 30
Oils provide short term buffs that cause the Warden's javelin skills to deal either fire or light damage. Fire Oils also inflict a fire DoT effect when the Warden's Javelin Skills Crit/devastate. And Light Oils inflict a debuff reducing enemy hit chance on critical hits with Warden Javelin Skills.
Note the potency of oils does not change depending on the level of the oil, only the duration of the oil changes. Also note, that Oils do not effect ranged gambits when in assailment, Oils only effect Javelin Toss, Shield Piercer, Hampering Javelin, Wages of Fear, Ambush and Javelin of Deadly Force.
(Mounted Combat note: Oils do effect ranged attacks when in mounted combat.)

-Shield Spike Use
Lv 20
Shield spikes alter the damage type of attacks in which the Warden uses their shield as a weapon.
Shield Spikes effect the damage portion of the following skills: Shield Bash, Deflection, Safeguard, Boar's Rush

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-=Abilities=-

-Stances:
Stances are skills which refine the Warden's ability towards a particular role. A Warden can only be in one stance at a time and the stances stay actives until they are turned off, or a different stance is activated.

- Recklessness
Lv 10
Cool Down: 4 Secs
An offensive melee stance which while active grants the warden increased in- combat power regeneration, +5% melee damage, -10% attack duration, and decreased block/parry/evade. While in this stance many gambits are re-purposed for melee DPS.
While in this stance I try to do the Unerring Strike in order of increasing potency due to the fact that the Unerring Strike family gets a damage bonus if used in order. While inflicting the enemy with the Surety of Death family Dots between each step. Mixing in Exultation of Battle gambit family, War Cry, and Call to Battle gambits if their are multiple mobs.

Sample Gambit Rotation: Power Attack -> Brink of Victory -> Mighty Blow -> Surety of Death -> Unerring Strike -> Adroit Maneuver -> Warden's Triumph -> Repeat

-Determination
Lv 20
Cool Down: 4 Secs
A defensive tanking stance which while active grants the Warden increased in- combat power regeneration, increased in-combat morale regeneration, increased Critical Defense, increased block/parry/evade rating. While in this stance many gambits are re-purposed towards survivable and threat accumulation.

While in this stance I suggest using Battle Preparation to get Shield Mastery up on yourself, then building Call to Battle for use at the start of the fight. Then once the fight has started I suggest getting your drain over time effects because these are the main contributing gambits towards keeping you alive, and Exultation of Battle generates a lot of threat. Once you get your Drains up I suggest trying to get your Hots up. Once you have your 2 main drain over time effects and 3 hots up it mostly becomes about maintaining these effects. In between these i suggest doing Gambits like Conviction, or Shield mastery if it is beginning to wear off.

Escrima's Tanking Rotation: Using Battle Preparation have Shield Mastery, and Conviction up and running before entering combat.
Call To Battle -> Exultation of Battle -> Restoration -> Fierce Resolve -> Celebration of Skill -> Safe Guard -> Persevere -> Goad -> Conviction -> Repeat, but skip Call to battle after the start of a fight the threat it generates isn't worth mention outside of using it for an initial claim tool.
(use Battle Memory Conviction when the old Conviction starts to wear off)

-Assailment
Lv 30
Cool Down: 4 secs
An offensive ranged stance which while active grants the warden increased in- combat power regeneration, +5% Ranged damage and decreased block/parry/evade. While in this stance many gambits are re-purposed for ranged DPS.

This is the newest stance and play-style added to warden back during the Great River update. Sadly that means it is also the most difficult to recommend spec. Presently it's damage pales in comparison to that of Recklessness. Alot of this stemming from the fact that the Way of the fist Trait set(aka the Assailment spec) was originally the threat trait set. As such the trait set isn't entirely supportive of the spec's new role as a ranged DPS. Heck I presently could almost argue you'd get more DPS out of the Assailment stance equipping primarily traits from the Way of the Fist(Melee spec) trait set. Another reason it's hard to recommend the Assailment stance is the fact that not all the major gambits, such as the Surety of Death Gambit family are not ranged while in this stance. Then, their is the annoying issue of the minimum range imposed on various the gambits while in Assailment. Preventing you from using a majority of gambits if the enemy is in melee range while in this stance. Which makes it very annoying to solo in. Currently the only real times I use it are when it is disadvantageous to melee, farming enemies much lower then myself, fighting an enemy which has the tendency to kite mr, or if for some reason I cannot get into melee.
If you are going to use the Assailment Stance I would suggest using the Boar's Rush gambit family in the order of increasing power. Because like the Unerring Strike Family of gambits Recklessness, Boar's Rush family gets a damage bonus if used in order. In between each gambits. And mixing in gambits from the Call to battle gambit family.

Sample Gambit Rotation: Offensive Strike -> Combination Strike -> Boar's Rush -> Adroit Maneuver -> Warden's Triumph -> Repeat

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-=Stacking=-
Many abilities and gambits will bestow generic HoT(Heal over Time) effects on the Warden, or DoT(Damage over Time) effects on the enemy. Effects which share the same name with other effects will generally not stack. The only exception to this rule that I have found is Tier 0 Damage Over Time which is inflicted by Warden's Taunt, Warden's generic fist gambit builder ability.

Here is a list of effects that will stack with each other but not themselves:
-Tactical Light DoTs
Tier 1 Damage Over Time
Tier 2 Damage Over Time
Tier 3 Damage Over Time
Tier 4 Damage Over Time

-Other Light DoTs
Goad Damage Over Time
Impressive Flourish Damage Over Time
Call to Battle: Lasting Damage

-Physical DoTs (Bleeds)
Minor Bleed
Low Bleed
Medium Bleed
Big Bleed

-Tactical Self HoTs
Tier 1 Heal over Time
Tier 2 Heal over Time
Tier 3 Heal over Time
Tier 4 Heal over Time

-Other HoTs
Conviction

-Drain over Time
Morale Tap
Fierce Resolve
Exultation of Battle


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-=Non-Gambit Builder Melee Attacks=-

-Critical Strike
Lv 10
Cool Down: 30 Secs
Melee Attack which deals a large amount of Physical Damage. Requires the enemy be stunned to be used however.
Can be comboed effectively along with Ambush, and gambits that have a chance to stun like Boar's Rush or The Boot. Otherwise, this skill works well should an ally stun the enemy, or when a Fellowship Maneuver is started.
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-=Javelin Skills=-
Ranged attacks which function outside of Warden's gambit mechanic.

-Javelin Toss
Lv 1
Cool Down: 8 Secs
Deals Ranged Physical Damage.

-Improved Javelin Toss
Lv 66
Cool Down: 8 Secs
Replaces Javelin Toss
Deals Ranged Physical Damage, and inflicts Minor Bleed.

-Ambush
Lv 10
Cool Down: 30 Secs
Induction: 5.0 Secs
Cannot be used if already in combat
Deals about 50% more Ranged Physical damage then Javelin toss, stuns, the enemy, and grants the Warden +50% run speed for 5 secs.
If used while under the stealth effects granted by Careful Step the induction is removed. Though seeing as they both have the same induction its usefulness is slightly reduced, though it is still useful if it would other wise be difficult to Ambush from within the normal range of the skill. Also, with certain traits Ambush will be a guaranteed crit if used while under the effect of Careful Step.
A great skill for starting fights, it also combo's greatly with Warden's Critical Strike, and Wages of Fear.
Though I will admit I rarely use it outside of starting a boss fight. Primarily because I'm to lazy to wait for the induction on an otherwise inductionless class, and most Fellowship members tend to be highly impatient during trash pulls.


-Shield Piercer
Lv 20
Cool Down: 45 Secs
Deals Ranged Physical Damage, and inflicts a Block Rating Debuff for 21 secs.

-Hampering Javelin
Lv 28
Cool Down: 45 Secs.
Deals Ranged Physical Damage, and inflicts a Run Speed Debuff for 20 secs.
The Run Speed Debuff is useful if soloing while in the Assailment stance because it allows you to more effectively kite the enemy. Sadly though, without the proper legacies and traits, it is stopped from being a permanent solution to the minimum range penalty on Ranged Gambits. Due to the fact the Run Speed Debuff cannot be maintained permanently.

-Improved Hampering Javelin
Lv 77
Cool Down: 45 Secs.
Replaces Hampering Javelin
Deals Ranged Physical Damage, inflicts a Root for 2 seconds, and applies a Run Speed Debuff for 20 secs.
The Root and Run Speed Debuffs are useful if soloing while in the Assailment stance because it allows you to more effectively kite the enemy. Sadly though, without the proper legacies and traits, it is stopped from being a permanent solution to the minimum range penalty on Ranged Gambits. Due to the fact the Run Speed Debuff cannot be maintained permanently.

-Wages of Fear
Lv 38
Cool Down: 45 Secs.
Deals Ranged Physical Damage, with an additional burst of damage if used against the enemies back side.
This skill should generally only be used if you have a shot at the enemies back side due to the damage bonus it gets. This skill is very useful no matter if your DPS or Tanking.
If DPSing in a group you should use this skill whenever it comes up off cool down for a burst of damage.
If Tanking in a group you should use this skill if a group member pulls a mob off you in order to quickly try and get the enemy's attention back on you.

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-=Emergency Ability=-

-Never Surrender
Lv: 50
Cool Down: 15 Mins
Grants the Warden a buff for 5 minutes will heal them for 50% of their total morale and power should they go below 10% morale.
The buff will wear off automatically once it heals the Warden, though it does prevent the warden from being killable while it is in effect. Meaning that, for example: if you were 15% health and the enemy hit you for more then your morale. This effect will not only stop you from being killed but will heal you as though you were at 1 morale when it activated.
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-=Utility Abilities=-
These are abilities that make the life of a Warden easier.

-Quick Recovery
Lv 24
Cool Down: 3 Secs
Removes the last gambit part added to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

-Recovery
Lv 20
Cool Down: 3 Secs.
Clears the Warden's Gambit Panel of all Gambit parts.

-Battle Preparation
Lv 24
Cool Down: None
Can only be used outside of combat.
Lets the Warden prepare Gambit's while outside of combat for 15 seconds.
While this effect is active the Wardens 1 part gambit builders do not deal damage or require targets, and the two part gambit builders have no cool down. This effect wears off automatically should the warden execute a Gambit.
This skill is very good for preparing gambits like Shield Mastery, and Call to Battle before the start of combat.

-Careful Step
Lv 14
Cool Down: 3 Mins
Induction: 5 Secs
Can only be used outside of combat.
Grants the Warden Stealth for 20 seconds, during which time the Warden's movement speed is reduced reduced 50%, and the induction time on Ambush is removed.
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-=Gambit Builders=-
These are the skills that Warden's use to build their gambits. Each gambit builder adding 1 to 2 Gambit parts, and are used to make gambits ranging from 1-5 parts in length. These parts coming in 3 colors or types. The types including Spear/Javelin(Red), Shield(Green) and Fist(Yellow).

-=1 Part Gambit Builders=-

-Quick Stab/Thrust/Toss
Lv 1
Cool Down: 1 Sec
Adds 1 Spear/Javelin(Red) Gambit part to the Wardens Gambit Panel.
Deals melee(or ranged if in Assailment) Physical Damage, and applies a stacking self buff. The effect of which differs depending on your stance.

Recklessness Effects:
Grants +2% Melee Damage (Stacks up to 3 Times). Duration 20 secs.
5% Chance to gain buff: +5% Light DoT Damage. Duration 15 secs.

Determination Effects:
Grants +2% Partial Block/Parry/Evade Chance (Stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 secs.
5% Chance to gain buff: +5% Incoming Healing Modifier. Duration 15 secs.

Assailment Effects:
Grants +1.5% Ranged Damages (stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 Secs.
5% chance to inflict a minor Bleed(Tier 0 Bleed) on target.

-Shield Blast, Shield Bash, Behind the Shield
Lv 1
Cool Down: 1 Sec
Adds 1 Shield(Green) Gambit part to the Wardens Gambit Panel.
Deals melee(or ranged if in Assailment) Physical Damage, and applies a stacking self buff. The effect of which differs depending on your stance.

Recklessness Effects:
Grants +2% Melee Damage (Stacks up to 3 Times). Duration 20.0 secs.
5% Chance to gain buff: +2% Damage to Morale Drains. Duration 15.0 secs.

Determination Effects:
Grants +2% Partial Block/Parry/Evade Chance (Stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 secs.
5% Chance to gain buff: +X Block Rating. Duration 15 secs.

Assailment Effects:
Grants +1.5% Ranged Damages (stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 Secs.
5% chance to gain buff: -5% threat for damaging and healing effects. Duration 15 secs.

-Warden's Scorn/Taunt/Aim
Lv 1
Cool Down: 1 Sec
Adds 1 Fist(Yellow) Gambit part to the Wardens Gambit Panel.
Inflicts the target with a minor Light Damage dot(Tier 0 Light DoT), and applies a stacking self buff. The effect of which differs depending on your stance.

Recklessness Effects:
Grants +2% Melee Damage (Stacks up to 3 Times). Duration 20 secs.
5% Chance to gain buff: +5% critical magnitude for fist gambits. Duration 15 secs.

Determination Effects:
Grants +2% Partial Block/Parry/Evade Chance (Stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 secs.
5% chance to gain buff: +5% threat for damaging and healing effects. Duration 15 secs.

Assailment Effects:
Grants +1.5% Ranged Damages (stacks up to 3 times). Duration 20 Secs.
5% chance to gain buff: +5% critical chance for ranged attacks. Duration 15 secs.

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-=2 Part Gambit Builders=-
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-Spear Mastery Builders
These are gambit builders that add two gambit parts to your to your gambit panel. That start with Spear.
Requirement:
2 Way of The Spear Traits
or
4 Way of the Fist Traits
or
5 Way of the Shield Traits

-Spear and Spear (or Javelin and Javelin)
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds two Spear/Javelin(Red) Gambit Parts to the Warden's Gambit Panel.
As only Deft Strike uses two Spear/Javelin gambit parts in a row this builder will pretty much be used exclusively for building Deft Strike.

-Spear and Shield (or Javelin and Shield)
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Spear/Javelin(Red) and Shield(green), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

-Spear and Fist (or Javelin and Fist)
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Spear/Javelin(Red) and Fist(Yellow), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

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-Shield Mastery Builders
These are gambit builders that add two gambit parts to your to your gambit panel. That start with Shield.
Requirement:
2 Way of The Shield Traits
or
5 Way of the Fist Traits
or
5 Way of the Spear Traits

-Shield and Shield
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds two Shield(Green) Gambit Parts to the Warden's Gambit Panel.
As only Defensive Strike uses two Shield gambit parts in a row this builder will pretty much be used exclusively for building Defensive Strike.

-Shield and Spear (or Shield and Javelin)
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Shield(green) and Spear/Javelin(Red), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

-Shield and Fist
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Shield(green) and Fist(Yellow), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

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-Fist Mastery Builders
These are gambit builders that add two gambit parts to your to your gambit panel. That start with Fist.
Requirement:
2 Way of The Fist Traits
or
4 Way of the Spear Traits
or
5 Way of the Shield Traits

-Fist and Fist
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds two Fist(Yellow) Gambit Parts to the Warden's Gambit Panel.
As only Goad uses two Fist gambit parts in a row this builder will pretty much be used exclusively for building Goad.

-Fist and Spear (or Fist and Javelin)
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Fist (Yellow) and Spear/Javelin(Red), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.

-Fist and Shield
Lv 20
Cool Down: 15 secs
Quickly adds a Fist(Yellow) and Shield(green), in that order, to the Warden's Gambit Panel.
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Gambit Executing Abilities:

Gambit Default
Level 1
Cool Down: 1 sec
This is the ability you will hit to execute the gambits you build. In it's default form it is it simply a weak physical attack. Though as you build your gambit the description, name and icon update to match the gambit you have built. Once this ability is used all gambit parts are removed from the Gambit Panel, and the gambit is executed.

Battle Memory
Level 40
Cool Down: 1 sec
If you should execute a gambit other then Goad, Defensive Strike or Deft Strike while under the effect of potency then the gambit is stored into your "Battle Memory." Allowing you to instantly execute that gambit again by using this ability. However, once Battle Memory is used the stored gambit is forgotten.
Battle memory can only be cleared by using Battle Memory to remove the stored gambit, or by being out of combat for 9 seconds.
Also note that Battle Memory costs morale to use. If the gambit was 2 parts long it will cost 4% of your max morale, 3 parts long 6%, 4 parts long 8% and if the gambit was 5 parts long 10% it will cost of your max morale.
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-=Gambits=-
Gambits are powerful attacks the warden gains access to by using their Gambit builder attacks and abilities in specific combinations. Gambits generally fall into 1 of 11 families of gambits with each later member usually acting as an improved version of the previous member.


Key:
R = Spear/Javelin
G= Shield
Y= Fist


-Potency Family
These are gambits which depending on how the warden has invested their class traits have a chance to grant the Warden the buff Potency upon execution.
3 of Traits from any one Spec: 50% chance to gain Potency.
4 of Traits from any one Spec: 100% chance to gain Potency.

Deft Strike
LV: 1
Gambit: RR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack

Defensive Strike
LV: 2
Gambit: GG
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants a Physical Mastery buff, duration 10 secs.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants a Block Rating buff, duration 20 secs.
Assailment: Melee, Physical Attack. Reduced Threat.

Goad
Max Targets: 3
LV: 4
Gambit: YY
Scaling Stat: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Inflicts Goad Damage over Time.
Determination: Melee, Inflicts Goad Damage over Time. Increased Threat
Assailment: Melee, Inflicts Goad Damage over Time. Reduced Threat.


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-=Spear/Javelin Gambits=-
Spear/Javelin gambits generally focus around dealing physical damage.

-Family-less:
These Spear gambits don't fit into any of the other Spear Gambit families.

Reversal
LV: 52
Gambit: RYG
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Removes one Corruption from the Target.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Removes one Corruption from the Target.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Removes one Corruption from the Target.

The Dark Before the Dawn
This is Gambit is warden's primary source of power efficiency outside of In-Combat Power Regen.
LV: 64
Gambit: RGRYR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery, Max Power
Recklessness: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack. Heals 2% of the Warden's Power every 2 secs for 16 secs.
Determination: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack. Heals 2% of the Warden's Power every 2 secs for 16 secs.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Heals 2% of the Warden's Power every 2 secs for 16 secs.


-Wall of Steel Family:
The Wall of Steel Family serves as any Warden's go to interrupt gambits. The later multi-hit gambits in this family are also capable of dealing good damage but rely on high finesse to insure all the hits connect.

The Boot
LV: 3
Gambit: RG
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery (and Tactical Mastery in Recklessness.)
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Interrupts. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage Over Time.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Interrupts. 25% chance for 5 sec Daze.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Interrupts. 25% chance for 5 sec Root.

Onslaught
LV: 32
Gambit: RGR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, 3 hit Physical Attack. Interrupts.
Determination: Melee, 3 hit Physical Attack. Interrupts.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Interrupts.

Wall of Steel
LV: 36
Gambit: RGRG
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, 3 hit Physical Attack. Interrupts. Grants the Warden a Damage Reflect Buff for 30 secs
Determination: Melee, 3 hit Physical Attack. Interrupts. Parry Buff for 30 secs.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Interrupts. Grants the Warden a Damage Reflect Buff for 30 secs.


-Boar's Rush Family:
These gambits do large burst damage, and serve as a Warden's primary source of damage when in the Assailment Stance.

Offensive Strike
When in Assailment this skill causes the Warden's next Combination Strike to deal additional Damage.
LV: 10
Gambit: RY
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery (and Tactical Mastery in Recklessness)
Recklessness: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack. Inflicts Morale-Tap.
Determination: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack. Increased Threat.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Inflicts Offensive Strike.

Combination Strike
When in Assailment this skill causes the Warden's next Boar's Rush to deal additional Damage.
LV: 28
Gambit: RYR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack.
Determination: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Inflicts Combination Strike. Inflicts Medium Bleed.

Boar's Rush
This Gambit has an increased chance to critically hit.
LV: 44
Gambit: RYRY
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack.
Determination: Melee, 2 hit Physical Attack.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Inflicts Big Bleed. Inflicts 5s Daze on critical or devastating hit.


-Unerring Strike Family:
These gambits do large amounts of damage, Less burst damage then the Boar's Rush Family but inflict potent Bleeds and are a Warden's primary source of damage when in the Recklessness Stance

Power Attack
When in Recklessness this skill causes the Warden's next Mighty Blow to deal additional Damage.
Decreased chance to be Blocked
LV: 18
Gambit: RGY
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Inflicts Low Bleed.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack

Mighty Blow
When in Recklessness this skill causes the Warden's next Unerring Strike to deal additional Damage.
Decreased chance to be Parried and Evaded
LV: 38
Gambit: RGYR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Inflicts Medium Bleed.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack

Unerring Strike
Decreased chance to be Blocked, Parried and Evaded
LV: 50
Gambit: RGYRG
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Inflicts Big Bleed.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Inflicts Big Bleed.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Inflicts Big Bleed.


-Warden's Triumph Family:
These are gambits which while they do not do much damage themselves do increase the Warden's Damage.

Adroit Maneuver
LV: 58
Gambit: RYGR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden an Attack Speed buff for 20 secs.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden an Attack Speed buff for 20 secs.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden an Attack Speed buff for 20 secs.

Warden's Triumph
LV: 70
Gambit: RYGRY
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden a Melee Damage buff for 20 secs.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden a Melee Damage buff for 20 secs.
Assailment: Ranged, Physical Attack. Grants the Warden a Ranged Damage buff for 20 secs.

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-=Shield Gambits=-
Shield Gambits generally focus around increasing the warden's durability.

-Family-less:

Impressive Flourish
LV: 9
Gambit: GY
Scaling Stat: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Inflicts Impressive Flourish Damage over Time. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time.
Determination: Melee. Inflicts Impressive Flourish Damage over Time. Grants the Warden Tier 1 Heal Over Time, Critical Defense, Physical Mitigation, Tactical Mitigation.
Assailment: Melee. Inflicts Impressive Flourish Damage over Time, also drains morale.

Deflection
LV: 50
Gambit: GYR
Scaling Stat: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee, Physical Attack. Lowers the Warden's Threat.
Determination: Melee, Physical Attack. Lowers the Warden's Threat.
Assailment: Melee, Physical Attack. Lowers the Warden's Threat.

Shield Tactics
LV: 68
Gambit: GYRG
Grants the Warden the Warden immunity to Stun, Daze, and Knockdown for 10 secs, cool down 30s.
Grants the Warden a Tactical Mitigation buff for 1 minute.


-Restoration Family:
This family of gambits is primarily used when tanking in the Determination stance. Providing a multitude of potent self healing HoTs.

Persevere
LV: 6
Gambit: GR
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery for damage/bleeds, Tactical Mastery for HoTs
Recklessness: Melee Physical Attack. Inflicts Low bleed.
Determination: Melee Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Grants the Warden Tier 1 Heal over Time. Grants the Warden a Block Rating/Partial Block Chance Buff.
Assailment: Ranged Physical Attack. Decreased Threat. Grants the Warden +1% Ranged Damage for 10 secs.

Safe Guard
LV: 24
Gambit: GRG
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery for damage/bleeds, Tactical Mastery for HoTs
Recklessness: Melee Physical Attack. Inflicts Medium bleed.
Determination: Melee Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Grants the Warden Tier 2 Heal over Time. Grants the Warden a Block Rating/Partial Block Chance Buff.
Assailment: Ranged Physical Attack. Decreased Threat. Grants the Warden +2% Ranged Damage for 10 secs.

Celebration of Skill
LV: 40
Gambit: GRGR
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery for damage/bleeds, Tactical Mastery for HoTs
Recklessness: Melee Physical Attack. Inflicts Big bleed.
Determination: Melee Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Grants the Warden Tier 3 Heal over Time. Grants the Warden a Block Rating/Partial Block Chance Buff.
Assailment: Ranged Physical Attack. Decreased Threat. Grants the Warden +4% Ranged Damage for 10 secs.

Restoration
LV: 74
Gambit: GRGRG
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery for damage/bleeds, Tactical Mastery for HoTs
Recklessness: Melee Physical Attack. Grants the Warden Tier 4 Heal over Time.
Determination: Melee Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Grants the Warden Tier 4 Heal over Time.
Assailment: Ranged Physical Attack. Decreased Threat. Grants the Warden Tier 2 Heal over Time.


-Conviction Family:
When tanking in Determination the Conviction Gambit family is one of the Warden's best family of Gambits to help in trying to keep threat. The Conviction Family being unique in that when in Determination they transfer threat from each fellowship member to the Warden.

Maddening Strike
LV: 16
Gambit: GYG
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery (and tactical mastery in Recklessness)
Recklessness: Melee Physical Attack. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time
Determination: Melee Physical Attack. Grants the Warden a Physical, Tactical and Critical Mitigation buff for 10 sec. Transfers a slight amount of threat from fellowship members to the Warden.
Assailment: Melee Physical Attack. Drains some morale.

Dance of War
LV: 42
Gambit: GYGY
Recklessness: Grants the Warden an Evasion buff for 20 Sec.
Determination: Grants the Warden an Evasion buff for 20 Sec. Grants the Warden a Physical, Tactical and Critical Mitigation buff for 10 sec. Transfers a moderate amount of threat from fellowship members to the Warden.
Assailment: Grants the Warden an Evasion and Threat Reduction buff for 20 Sec.

Conviction
This is probably one of the best Gambits. It heals not only the Warden but everyone in the Fellowship. This not only allows the Warden to support heal to some extent, but also helps greatly when tanking. Primarily because if a healer or back row fellowship member pulls a monster the Warden hasn't hit themselves the HoT tics will put the Warden onto the monster's threat list. Well, and threat from AoE healing is pretty nice.
LV: 54
Gambit: GYGYG
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Grants the Warden and all fellowship members the Conviction Heal over Time effect.
Increases the Physical Mastery of all nearby fellowship members. (Doesn't effect the Warden)
Determination: Grants the Warden and all fellowship members the Conviction Heal over Time effect. Transfers a moderate amount of threat from fellowship members to the Warden. (I'm almost certain it transfers threat to the Warden every Tic of Conviction.)
Assailment: Grants the Warden and all fellowship members the Conviction Heal over Time effect. Reduces the threat generated by all nearby fellowship members. (Doesn't effect the Warden)


-Shield Mastery Family:
These Gambits are primarily used to increase the Warden's Block/Parry/Evade when tanking. Note Shield Mastery and Shield Up do not stack. Shield Mastery taking priority over Shield Up.
I personally use Shield Mastery before entering into tough fights to give me a bit more of a defensive edge while I build up all my HoT and Drains.

Shield Up
LV: 20
Gambit: GRY
Recklessness: Grants the Warden a Damage reflection buff for 20 secs. Boosts the potency of the Shield Mastery.
Determination: Grants the Warden a Block/Parry/Evade buff for 20 secs.
Assailment: Reduces the threat generated by the Warden and all nearby fellowship members.

Shield Mastery
LV: 34
Gambit: GRYG
Recklessness: Grants the Warden a Damage reflection buff for 20 secs.
Determination: Grants the Warden a Block/Parry/Evade buff for 20 secs.
Assailment: Reduces the threat generated, and increases the Evasion of the Warden and all nearby fellowship members.
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-=Fist Gambits=-
Fist Gambits generally focus around dealing light damage over time.

-Family-less:
War-Cry
Max Targets: 10
LV: 13
Gambit: YG
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Mid Range. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time on all targets. Drains morale on Critical and Devastating tics.
Determination: Mid Range. Increased Threat Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time to all targets. Grants the Warden Tier 1 Heal over Time and an Evasion Buff.
Assailment: Mid Range. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time on all targets. Grants nearby fellowship members +1% Tactical Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

Aggression
LV: 62
Gambit: YGRY
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Physical Attack. Drains Morale on Critical or Devastating hits.
Determination: Melee. Physical Attack. Transfers a moderate amount of threat from fellowship members to the Warden.
Assailment: Ranged. Physical Attack. Grants nearby fellowship members +3% Tactical Damage for 10 secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden.)

-Call to Battle Family:
This is the only family of Gambits within the Warden's arsenal that grant the Warden flat threat when in determination. They are also great for AoE DPS when in Recklessness and Assailment.

Resounding Challenge
Max Targets: 6
LV: 80
Gambit: YGYR
Scaling Stats: (Tactical Mastery but only in Recklessness and Assailment.)
Recklessness. Ranged. Tactical Attack.
Determination: Ranged. Flat Threat Bonus.
Assailment: Ranged. Tactical Attack.

Call to Battle
Note that the DoT is much more potent in Recklessness then it is in Assailment.
Max Targets: 6
LV: 83
Gambit: YGYRY
Scaling Stats: (Tactical Mastery but only in Recklessness and Assailment.)
Recklessness. Ranged. Inflicts Call to Battle: Lasting Damage on all targets.
Determination: Ranged. Generates flat threat over time.
Assailment: Ranged. Tactical Attack.. Inflicts Call to Battle: Lasting Damage on all targets.


-Exultation of Battle Family:
These are your primary Morale draining Gambits. They are great tools for dealing damage, generating threat, and increasing your survivability. Being AoE means that the amount of healing you get from these increases the more enemies you're fighting. They will likely be used no matter what you choose to do in a group.

Fierce Resolve
Max Targets: 10
LV: 26
Gambit: YRG
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Mid Range. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Fierce Resolve on all targets.
Determination: Mid Range. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Fierce Resolve on all targets.
Assailment: Ranged. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Fierce Resolve on all targets.

Resolution
This Gambit does not inflict a Drain over Time, it is instead a burst AoE drain. Which makes it work great with Potency, because you will almost always gain back more health then you used up.
Max Targets: 10
LV: 72
Gambit: YRGY
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Mid Range. Tactical Morale Drain
Determination: Mid Range. Tactical Morale Drain
Assailment: Ranged. Tactical Morale Drain.

Exultation of Battle
Max Targets: 10
LV: 60
Gambit: YRGYG
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Mid Range. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Exultation of Battle on all targets.
Determination: Mid Range. Increased Threat. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Exultation of Battle on all targets.
Assailment: Ranged. Inflicts the Morale Drain over Time, Exultation of Battle on all targets.


-Surety of Death Family:
Primarily used to inflict potent light dots on enemies. Though, if used in Determination stance they have very high threat modifiers.

Brink of Victory
LV: 22
Gambit: YGY
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Inflicts Tier 2 Damage over Time. Drains Morale on Critical and Devastating Tics.
Determination: Melee. Increased Threat. Inflicts Tier 2 Damage over Time. Grants the Warden an Evasion buff for 10 secs.
Assailment. Melee. Inflicts Tier 2 Damage over Time. Grants nearby fellowship members +1% Tactical Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

Surety of Death
LV: 48
Gambit: YGYG
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery and Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Physical Attack. Inflicts Tier 3 Damage over Time. Drains Morale on Critical and Devastating Tics.
Determination: Melee. Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Inflicts Tier 3 Damage over Time. Grants the Warden an Evasion buff for 10 secs.
Assailment. Melee. Physical Attack. Inflicts Tier 3 Damage over Time. Grants nearby fellowship members +2% Tactical Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

Desolation
While this Gambit does inflict the highest tier of the generic Light DoTs the fact that it has a chance to fear every 4 secs makes it less desirable. Fear being undesirable usually because it messes up enemy grouping. Though if the enemy, or enemies, are immune to Fear, then this is great.
Max Targets: 3
LV: 56
Gambit: YGYGY
Scaling Stats: Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Mid Range. Inflicts Tier 4 Damage over Time. 25% chance for 2 sec fear every 4 secs for 24 seconds.
Determination: Mid Range. Inflicts Tier 4 Damage over Time. 25% chance for 2 sec fear every 4 secs for 24 seconds.
Assailment. Mid Range. Inflicts Tier 4 Damage over Time. 25% chance for 2 sec fear every 4 secs for 24 seconds.


-Spear of Virtue Family:
This is a unique family of DPS oriented gambits. Unique in that they tend to deal both a physical and tactical burst damage.

Precise Blow
LV: 12
Gambit: YR
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery (and Tactical Mastery in Recklessness)
Recklessness: Melee. Physical Attack. Inflicts Tier 1 Damage over Time on critical hits.
Determination: Melee. Physical Attack. Increased Threat. Grants the Warden additional threat over time.
Assailment: Ranged. Physical Attack. Grants nearby fellowship members +1% Ranged Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

Precise Blow
LV: 30
Gambit: YRY
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery and Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Inflicts Tier 2 Damage over Time on critical hits.
Determination: Melee. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Increased Threat.
Assailment: Ranged. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Grants nearby fellowship members +2% Ranged Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

Spear of Virtue
LV: 46
Gambit: YRYR
Scaling Stats: Physical Mastery and Tactical Mastery
Recklessness: Melee. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Inflicts Tier 3 Damage over Time on critical hits.
Determination: Melee. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Increased Threat.
Assailment: Ranged. Physical Attack. Tactical Attack. Grants nearby fellowship members +4% Ranged Damage for 10 Secs. (Doesn't effect the Warden)

[Eldoin]

Thankyou very much for this guide Escrima, having a lvl 17 warden this information is really helpful for me to understand the class a little bit better as it seems quite a bit more involved than my champion.

[Herebrand]

An invaluable resource for anyone playing, or thinking of playing this class. Thank you very much for putting this together :-)

[Fordil]

Very nice, only downside is that some things are pretty hard to understand for newer players or people who have not started the warden class yet. For instance, I have only gotten my warden up to lvl 20 (and tbh I don't like the class so far), and I have no idea what you mean with the abbreviation "tic", and all these skills or skill families you talk about (for example: when you're describing the stances with unerring attack and all that)

Nevertheless, it's a good guide and certainly thought me a few things I didn't know yet. Thanks!

[Faral Garriden]

This is just an amazing guide .... I have never seen one even close to the in depth information here!!!!!

We thank you soooo much Escrima!!!!!!! Just awesome!!!!!! We are very lucky to have you among us.

Faral

[Escrima]

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-=Traits=-
Here I will cover the warden's three trait specs, and their legendary traits.
I will be using a ***** system to rate the traits based on my opinion of them..
Note: Cap Stone legendary traits will be discussed in their class trait group.
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-=Way of the Spear=-
This is warden's melee DPS spec. And in my opinion the best spec to go when DPSing for a group.
Also note: Traits which effect Spear Gambits also effect gambits which start with Javelins.

2 Equipped:
   -5% Spear Gambits Power Cost
   Access to Spear Masteries
3 Equipped:
   +10% Spear Gambits Critical Multiplier.
   Deft Strike, Defensive Strike and Goad
   now apply Potency 50% of the time.
4 Equipped:
   +5% Spear Gambits Damage
   +5% Spear Gambits Critical Damage
   Access to Fist Masteries
   Deft Strike, Defensive Strike and
   Goad always apply Potency
5 Equipped:
   Access to Shield Masteries

-Efficient Thrust
Rating: **
Effect: Reduces power cost of Spear/Javelin Builders and mastery builders by 40%.
This trait is good when DPSing because you'll be using Spear builders alot, but decreases in usefulness with gear.

-Find Weakness
Rating: ****
Effect: Grants the Warden a critical rating bonus to the Unerring Strike Gambit line. Making it a great Trait when melee DPSing.

-Veteran
Rating: ***
Effect: increases the chance of to gain the additional buff from using the Quick Thrust/Quick Toss/Quick Stab gambit builder. (The effect that says it only has a % chance to be applied.)
While not great, the chance can get pretty good when coupled with the Way of the Spear Cap Stone Legendary Trait.

-A Keen Response
Rating: *
Effect: Boosts the Warden's parry buff potency from using Spear Gambits when in Determination, and grants the warden power when they successfully parry.
This trait could be useful when soloing, but the power bonus of it decreases in use with gear. And, I personally almost never use Spear Gambits in Determination except for the occasional Reversal.

-Skill and Power
Rating: ***
Effect: Reduces the Cool Down on Shield-Piercer by 3 secs each time the Warden Executes a Spear Gambit. And Ambush becomes a guaranteed Critical hit if used while effected by Careful Step.
The Shield-Piercer buff is useful if your DPSing using Spear gambits heavily. However, personally I never find the time to use Ambush in a group setting, primarily because I hate using an induction on an otherwise inductionless class. That and DPS are generally on the seat of their pants to kill things. Also Ambush can only effect one target, and most pulls are multiple targets making it a bit less useful.

-Force of Personality:
Rating: *****
Effect: Adds two more tics to the Warden's Bleeds and Dots. Note this does not effect morale-taps.
This is a great trait to have equipped when DPSing makes it alot easier to maintain all your bleeds, and dots on a target.

-Deadly Thrust:
Rating: *****
Effect: Increases the Warden's critical rating bonus for all Spear Gambits.
If you're DPSing... trait it.

-Master of Spear
Rating: 0 (negative if it were on my scale)
Effect: Allows the Warden's Spear Mastery gambit builders to apply those buffs you get by default ALWAYS for using the basic gambit builders.
Basically, if you are building gambits at all... you'll by default hit the max number of these buffs from the normal gambit builders, making this trait useless.

-=Way of the Spear Cap Stone Legendary Trait=-
For equiping 5 Way of the Spear class traits you are allowed to equip the Way of the Spear cap stone trait.

-Way of the Spear
Rating: *****
Effect: +5% Melee Damage, +10% Morale-Tap Damage, +20% to gain the additional buffs the standard Gambit Builders, Adds 2 tics to Bleeds and DoTs.
This cap stone is by far one of the best traits Warden can equip when DPSing in a group, it's just so awesome. Even if you are Assailment I'd try for this trait, it's still far superior to the Way of the Fist Cap stone/spec.

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-= Way of the Shield=-
The Warden's primary tanking spec. This spec helps to make HoTs(and Morale-Taps) easier to maintain, boost your block/parry/evade. Definitely the go to trait spec when tanking.

2 Equipped:
   +[Level x 4] Block Rating
   Access to Shield Masteries
3 Equipped:
   +[Level x 4] Evade Rating
   Defensive Strike, Deft Strike and Goad
   now apply Potency 50% of the time.
   Shield Tactics now potects against
   stun, daze, and knockdown.
4 Equipped:
   Adds 2 Pulses to Heal Over Time Skills
   Access to Fist Masteries
   Deft Strike, Defensive Strike and Goad
   always apply Potency
   +[Level x 8] Critical Defence
   After receiving a critical you are
   immune to critical strikes for a short
   time; you cannot benefit from this
   ability more than once every
   45 seconds
   Adds 2 Pulses to Morale-taps
5 Equipped:
   Access to Spear Masteries

-Wary Block
Rating: ***
Effect: Increases the duration of Shield Gambit Buffs by 10 secs.
Note this does not effect the Warden's HoTs gambits. Rather it boosts things like the block/parry/evade bonuses from Warden's various Shield gambits.
Gambits Effected: Shield Up, Shield Mastery, Dance of War, Shield Tactics, Defensive Strike, Persevere(Buff), Maddening Strike, Safeguard (Buff), Celebration of Skill (Buff)

-Shield Trickery
Rating: **
Effect: increases the chance of to gain the additional buff from using the Shield-Blast/Shield-Bash/Behind The Shield gambit builder. (The effect that says it only has a % chance to be applied.)
Sadly the chance to gain the additional buff even with this trait is not good enough in my opinion to warrant traiting this.

-Perseverance
Rating: *****
Effect: Increases the Duration of the Warden's HoTs by 2 tics.
This trait makes it much easier to maintain all of the Warden's self heal/conviction gambits and stacks nicely with additional duration bonuses from later gear sets.

-Combat Positioning
Rating: ****
Effect: Increases the potency of the Warden's evasion buffs from using Fist Gambits while in determination, and returns 1% of the Warden's total morale to them each time they evade or partial evade.
Seeing as Warden's naturally stack a lot of agility your evade chance should be pretty high. And the higher your evade chance the more useful this Trait becomes.

-Ward of Justice
Rating: ****
Effect: Causes Goad to effect up to 3 more targets, or up to 6.
This is a great Trait to use when tanking because it doubles the amount of targets Goad will effect, and Goad serves as the best of the 3 Potency granting gambits for building threat.

-Never Say Die
Rating: **
Rating while wearing Hytbold Shield Set: ****
Effect: Decreases the cool down on Never Surrender by 1 minute, and causes Never Surrender to restore 60% of the Warden's Morale and Power upon activation.
Sadly this trait's bonus is to small on it's own to warrant traiting it in my opinion. Though, if you have 4 pieces of the Warden's Hytbold Shield set that decreases the cool down on Never Surrender with this trait you can get the cool down on this skill down to 9 minutes instead of the default 15.

-Efficient Shield Work
Rating: **
Effect: Reduces power cost of any Shield Gambit by 5%.
This trait is good when Tanking because you'll be using Shield gambits a lot, but decreases in usefulness with gear.

-Master of the Shield
Rating: 0 (negative if it were on my scale)
Effect: Allows the Warden's Shield Mastery gambit builders to apply those buffs you get by default ALWAYS for using the basic gambit builders.
Basically, if you are building gambits at all... you'll by default hit the max number of these buffs from the normal gambit builders, making this trait useless.

-=Way of the Shield Cap Stone Legendary Trait=-

-Way of the Shield
Rating: *****
Effect: +2 Tics on Warden HoTs, +10% Healing Potency for Warden HoTs, +30% Bonus to Conviction Potency.
This trait, is just awesome. The bonus to heal potency not only makes you more durable, but also increases your threat by increasing the amount of healing you generate in the first place.
Also, this trait really helps to make conviction just that much more awesome as a threat tool.

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-Way of the Fist
Prior to the Great River update this was the threat trait set, but after the great river update introduced Assailment this supposedly became the Assailment spec. Sadly though since the change the Way of the Fist spec has been unfocused and a bit awkward. Stuck between what it used to be, and it's supposed current role. As such I can't really recommend maining this trait set, though it is a great trait set to sub for either your Spear trait set when DPSing or Shield Trait set when Tanking.

-Know Your Enemy
Rating: *****
Effect: Boosts the Warden's Critical Rating.
This is a great trait to use when DPSing, this is definitely one of the two fist traits I'd recommend to couple with your 5 Spear traits when DPSing.

-Deadly Insult
Rating: ****
Effect: Increases the Damage of the standard Fist gambit builder by 5%, and Increases the duration of morale-Taps by two tics.
This is a trait you'll wanna have equipped while tanking. It makes it much easier to maintain your morale-Taps, while also working on maintaining all your hots/conviction. Only complaint I have is I wish the damage bonus applied to all light based gambits or something along those lines so it could boost the potency of morale-Taps.

-Strong Voice
Rating: **
Effect: Reduces the chance of having your Fist gambits resisted.
While arguably useful early on, it grows less useful once Finesse starts to appear as a stat on gear.

-Terrible Visage
Rating: *****
Effect: Reduces resist chance for the standard Fist gambit builder, Increases threat when in Determination stance, and increases Fist gambit DoT damage when in assailment/recklessness stances 5%.
This trait is just awesome when tanking, coupled with Deadly insult are the best two fist traits to couple with your 5 Shield traits in my opinion when tanking.
As for the damage bonus when in Assailment/Recklessness I find the usefulness of this trait depends heavily upon if you'll be fighting big groups or just 1 or 2 enemies at a time. Because when DPSing your only real AoE attacks are Fist DoTs.

-Expert Hurler
Rating: ***
Effect: Reduces the cool down on all Javelin Throwing skills except for Javelin Toss by 15 seconds
This is one of two possible good choices for a second secondary trait to have equipped while DPSing in a group. This one is in my opinion the best second fist trait to equip assuming you expect to be fighting very small groups, or single enemies.
Lowers the cool down of: Shield Piercer, Hampering Javelin, Wages of Fear, Javelin of Deadly Force, Ambush.

-Mighty Throw
Rating: ****
Effect: +10% Javelin Skill Damage, +5% critical/devastate damage for fist gambits.
It should first off be noted the Javelin Skill damage in my experience only applies to the Javelin throwing skills, and not Javelin Gambits. In other words: Javelin Toss, Shield Piercer, Hampering Javelin, Wages of Fear, Javelin of Deadly Force, Ambush.
Now this is probably the best second fist trait to have equipped when DPSing multiple enemies when in a group. Primarily because most of the the AoE damage you will be doing will be from Fist Gambits, and paired with "Know Your Enemy" you can really take advantage of the critical damage bonus.

-Master of Fist
Rating: 0 (negative if it were on my scale)
Effect: Allows the Warden's Fist Mastery gambit builders to apply those buffs you get by default ALWAYS for using the basic gambit builders.
Basically, if you are building gambits at all... you'll by default hit the max number of these buffs from the normal gambit builders, making this trait useless.

-=Way of The Fist Cap Stone Legendary Trait=-

-Way of The Fist
Rating: Just Awful
Effect: -10% Threat, +25% Chance for Desolation to apply Fear, +3 Max Targets for Desolation
From a PVE perspective this is just a terrible Cap Stone trait. First off the chance of fear is my least favorite part of Desolation so increasing the chance of fear, and boosting the number of enemies it effects is just horrible. Also Desolation is still a melee attack when in Assailment which is kinda annoying. I could see some use for the fear in a PvMP scenario but in my opinion you'd still be far better off going Spear or Shield trait set.
As for why I dislike fear is because it messes up grouping, which makes it harder to hit all the enemies with your AoE attacks, it also makes it harder for the tank, and harder for your fellow DPS to effectively AoE.

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-=Other Legendary Traits=-

-=Way of the Warden=-
Rating: *
Effect: Grants access to the: Skill Way of The Warden
This Legendary Trait used to be a staple legendary trait that you would pretty much have equipped at all times. This was because back before the Great River update this legendary trait was the only way to gain access to all the Mastery Builders. Obviously this is no longer the case and all you get out of it now is the Way of The Warden skill.
Also the Way of The Warden skill used to last until you were out of combat meaning you could have it up for the duration of an entire raid fight, but after the Isengard update it's duration was capped at 45 seconds.

-Skill: Way of The Warden
Cool Down: 15 Minutes
Grants: +10% Attack Speed for 45 secs, +5% Melee Damage for 45 secs, +X In-combat morale regen for 45 secs, +Y In-Combat power regen for 45 secs.
Note that the description on the skill is a bit dated and Way of The Warden is no longer a stance. It is now just a 45 second long buff that grants the Warden these effects for 45 seconds.


-=Defiant Challenge=-
Rating: ****
Effect: Grants access to the Defiant Challenge ability.

-Skill: Defiant Challenge
Cool Down: 3.5 minutes
Effect: Forces up to 10 nearby targets to attack the Warden for 5 seconds. Also, grants the Warden +40% tactical/physical mitigation, and DMG reflection for 30 seconds.
This is a great skill for two reasons, 1 it is wardens only force taunt. Reason number two, it doubles as an additional emergency skill, because if you have the cap 50% mitigation it grants you 90% mitigation. Only thing I don't like about this skill is that you don't gain the threat or the durability buff until the end of the somewhat lengthy animation.


-=Javelin of Deadly Force=-
Rating: ****
Effect: Grants access to the Javelin of Deadly Force ability.

-Skill: Javelin of Deadly Force
Cool Down: 45 seconds
Effect: Deals physical damage to up to 10 enemies in a straight line in front of the Warden.
This is Warden's only AoE attack that scales with Physical Mastery, which generally makes it also your most damaging AoE attack great for when your DPSing for a group. It does take a bit of practice though to get the feel for it's area of effect, also the cool down is a bit long.

-=Grand Master Weapon Training=-
Rating: *****
Effect: +5% Melee Damage, Boosts the passive effects of Spear, Sword and Club
This is in my opinion a trait that once you have you'll never take off. This is a trait that can help whether your tanking or DPSing it all depends on what weapon you have equipped.
If your DPSing Grand Master Weapon Training boosts the effectiveness of the passive Spear bleed dramatically.
If your Tanking I'd suggest using a Sword because with this trait on top of Warden's other sword passives the parry bonus on sword's becomes very noticeable.
Only complaint I have is that I wish they had added improving ranged damage to this trait when the Assailment stance was added.

[idalath]

LOVE the attention to detail... Makes me want to try my warden again! Also... SOLOING THE TURTLE?!?!?!?!?!? Wow...

[Escrima]

Escrima's warden guide has once again been updated.
Now it includes Passive and Trait descriptions.

[Herebrand]

Early on in the guide you use the term "kite". I've seen this used several times in-game. What does it mean? I know an 85 such as myself should know, but some things you're afraid to ask in game

[Eldoin]

Kiting as far as my understanding goes is to attack a mob whilst constantly moving thus making it difficult for the enemy to get their hit in. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Fordil]

Yes, kiting means you attack the enemy whilst moving backwards (or in circles or just random movements) to postpone the moment when the mob can start using melee attacks. It's very succesful against melee mobs when you can use skills that slow the enemy down. It can also be used to lure a mob into a certain location such as a trap, or an AoE zone or such.

[barawar]

LOL, that’s super! You added and the traits and their trait line bonuses, and the legendary ones – Great! Here are and some of my comments, ideas and advices on this brilliant guide!

“Escrima: -=Things everyone should know about Warden=-2. Warden has little in the way of snap threat.

3. Warden's use agility as their main stat as of the Great River update”. First you talk in a singular form then in plural even though the plural form of a Warden is wrong written in many cases around. The correct form is “Wardens“ “6: If your going to argue…”. If you are or if you’re*.

In the section “What is Warden? …the use of a unique mechanic…: Has to be “un unique” “Tank….to take beatings then their allies” It has to be “than”. When you do compare things you have to use always the word “than” and not the word “then” which has totally different meaning. An example: My Lore-Master (40) is better than your Warden (85)! Another example: When we finish with the drinking after the battle then we shall go to rest. Note: I did a search and found out that “a unique” is CORRECT! They taught me wrong so many years - /angrymodeon.

You forgot to add: What is a Snap threat, Flat damage, Drain/s, Morale, Power, PvMP…. You forgot to add the Resistance (Resistance Rating) like a secondary stat and reveal the mystery around it. Also, you did mention the In-Combat Power Regeneration and Morale stats, but you missed to add and the In-combat Morale Regeneration, and the Power stats. As well, you can mention the Out of Combat Morale and Power Regenerations and add some words to surprise us if we are missing anything about these two (I did learn a trick from you about these two the previous time^^ - “Never Surrender”). Also, you did miss to add the Critical Defence stat. I do think that it deserves some attention. As far as I was able to find out about this stat, I think it is an independent stat, meaning is that you can’t receive it from any main stat like Might, Agility, Vitality, Will and Fate, so, you have to find it from different armour pieces. As well can the Critical Devence be capped and if so, can you tell what are the stats and its percentage if you know them and as well is there a different cap for all 3 Armour users?


“Escrima: -In-Depth Role of the Warden: …Allowing them to instead focus on boosting their defenses when picking gear, virtues, and etc”. This sentence meaning is totally unclear to me, simply put, I don’t understand what are you saying here and I do think that you didn’t manage to write your thought/s clear enough here for the others to be able to understand you.

Same section a bit lower: You speak of the Guardians being a “Defensive tank” and only a “Defensive tank”, I don’t know much about the Guardian class, but I heard that they can be Defensive and as well an Offensive tanks, but I don’t know how true is that and is there anything related to all of the comparison you are making and even if there is or isn’t, it will be good to expand all those possibilities with some additional info on the matter.

Same section a bit lower “…Warden's threat pulling ability is heavily effected by the potency of their abilities”. Not sure why you do use the word “effected” when in my opinion it has to be the word “affected”?!

Same section a bit lower “…will depend heavily upon how you choose to play warden…” Maybe it has to be “will depends” or not, can’t say it for sure, but the next part I do think that you do mean “chose” instead of “choose”.

Same section a bit lower “….Warden like many Offensive MMORPG tanks is able boost their…” It has to be “to boost”.


“Escrima: -Primary Stats: 1 point of Agility =5 point increase in Tactical Mastery” Hit the Space bar to leave space between “= 5” and most of the time you do use the singular word “point” instead of “points” as in the case shown here.


“Escrima: Secondary Stats: Incoming Healing Rating also boosts the potency of healing potions”. You didn’t explain that one and I do believe that it deserves much more attention since it is VERY IMPORTANT and affects EVERYBODY! But even if it is too difficult to make it for everybody, I would LOVE to hear how the stat itself works towards the Morale potions, Regeneration food, Will food, Different Healings, Morale Regeneration Buffs, In-Combat Morale Regeneration, Out-of Combat Morale Regeneration and Such skills and Stats (if they are affected partly or at all)?! And does Incoming Healing Rating affects the Power potions, Power food, Will food, Different Power Healings, Power Regeneration Buffs, In-Combat Power Regeneration, Out-of combat Power Regenerations and Such skills and Stats (if they are affected partly or at all)?!

Some ideas and examples: People who’ve been playing the game know that all Morale potions heal different amount of Morale and as well that they do posses different amount of Healing power. Some of them can heal your char with 100-200, others with 500-650, etc. That’s why it is important to know and understand much more and much better how exactly the Incoming Healing stat works?! As well, I did notice that it is an Independent stat (you don’t receive Incoming Healing Rating points, percentage from any other Primary or Secondary stats like Might, Will, Fate, etc.), of course if I am not wrong (I didn’t have time to pay a closer look and the servers are Maintaining right now, so, can’t check it either). As well hovering my mouse over the stat Incoming Healing Rating, it shows that I do have 5% on it, even though the stat itself shows 0 (zero)! So, probably you or everybody (no matter the class) have initial/base Incoming Healing Rating percentage bonus. Hunters for example have 0% Incoming Healing Rating initially, so, probably it is class specific, at least the initial part. I did some research and found out that the 5% Incoming Healing Rating is a Race bonus of the Man (Humans) for choosing and creating a Human class character! All other classes don’t have this bonus! That’s why this is one of the reasons why the Race of Man is the best choice to make a Warden as Escrima also states.


“Escrima: Tactical Mastery Rating:: Boosts the effectiveness of your tactical abilities. Tactical abilities including: Self heals, drains and non-bleed based DoTs.” For a Loremaster it says for this stat that it increases the tactical damage you deal and healing done by you. So, how does it will look actually, what kind of drains are affected, does it affect and Power healing towards me and towards other Players, Pets, Heralds, Banners (something else?), and Power draining skills, and what are “non-bleeding DoTs”? Also, how to understand which DoTs are Physical and which Tactical?

A few examples: The Loremaster has 3 Healing skills up to level 41 (my present level). One of these skills is “Inner Flame”: It drains/transfers your Power into your Morale and into your Pet’s Morale (if traited can affect all Fellowship members within range). So, you do drain certain amount of Power from yourself and you transfer this amount of power into Morale healing which means that we do have First a Drain process which goes into the category of Incoming Healing (if it works in such cases), then we do have Outgoing Healing process and at the end we do have Incoming Healing process, again. All of these 3 different processes are made to the caster (me, my Loremaster). To the other targets of Inner Flame is available only 1 of these processes: the Incoming Healing. So, from my Outgoing Healing rating depends how much Incoming Healing they will receive if it is related at all. Note: I am not sure does it drain the same amount of Power and transfers same amount of Morale to me and my target/s or not, but the Morale Healed from this skill varies at the same time when it heals me and my other target (my Pet so far) according to the Combat tab. Sometimes it shows that it heals me a bit more than my pet, next second it can heal my pet more than me and next second can heal us both equal, so it always varies. My Incoming Healing Rating is the Race one 5% (Race of Man, for reference if needed). Another Note: I never saw this skill making a critical healing nor devastating healing hit/s – that’s ODD!

Inner Flame: lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Inner_Flame

Improved Inner Flame: lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Improved_Inner_Flame

Inner Flame as well transfers 5% Threat per second from you to your Pet, but I don’t understand, does the skill itself transfers this 5% threat every second or it drains a threat from me and stack it onto my Pet? If so how to know how much threat stat/amount I do have? As well do I stack the threat effect and how? For the Pet the same, how the Pet stacks threat (if it stacks it) and as well how much threat in total a Pet or somebody/anybody can have and can a Threat be capped? As well if the skill Inner Flame drains the Threat from me, what’s happening if I don’t have anymore Threat, what’s happening to my Pet and its status and its Threat amount? Also, does the Threat vanish immediately when the battle is over or when the enemy target is dead even if there are more enemies engaged in the entire battle?

Another strange Healing skill which I do have is “Wisdom of the Council”: Restores 50% of your Maximum Morale: lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Wisdom_of_the_Council Is this skill affected from Outgoing and Incoming Healing Rating stats and abilities?

Can the Tactical Mastery be capped and if so, what are the stats and percentages if you know them? As well, can the Outgoing and Incoming Healings be capped and if so, what are the stats and percentages if you know them?


“Escrima: Physical Mastery Rating: Boosts the effectiveness of your physical abilities. Physical abilities including: melee attacks, bleed based DoTs, and Javelin attacks.” For a Loremaster it says for this stat it increases the melee and ranged damage dealt by you. It shows also the damage percentage of my Ranged attacks even though I can’t use any Ranged weapons and hence I don’t have a ranged attacks nor such damage. Or, am I missing something? The only think which counts for Range I could think of is my Loremaster Brooch/es (2 different types: for Critical rating and one for In-combat Morale Regeneration and Evade rating). Can it be that the Critical Rating from the Brooch has any relationship with the Physical Mastery and its Physical Melee and/or Ranged damage percentage stat? As well does the Tactical and Physical Masteries (Melee and Ranged) in any way are in a relationship/s with the different Loremaster’s Pets and their skills accordingly? Note: If a melee skill has a long range and/or radius, but it isn’t written “Ranged” on it, then it isn’t a Ranged one!

Does the Physical Mastery make your Melee Physical and Ranged Physical attacks faster as well, and/or to Parry often or much more if you are using a Sword or two Swords (making the % of the passive skill of the Sword higher in any way), lowers more often or much more the armour of the target if using an axe and all the other weapons accordingly if they are affected at all or partly? Is there any relations between the speed of the attack/s Physical Melee, Physical Ranged, Tactical and Healing prior to a Race and/or a Class? Also are there any relationships and bonuses if you are using the same and different types of weapons at the same time: 2 Swords, 2 Axes…., Staff and a Sword, Axe and a Spear, Hammer and a Club, Dagger and a Javelin and a Bow, Crossbow, etc?

Can the Physical Mastery be capped and if so, what are the stats and percentages if you know them?


“Escrima: Critical Rating: Gives you a chance for increased potency when using a tactical or physical ability. For HoTs and DoTs the tics are individually determined as to whether or not they will critical. So scoring a critical hit when applying a dot does not guarantee that all the tics will be critical hits”. For a Loremaster it says for this stat that (but I do believe that it is the same description for all classes, though I never saw all of them): Increases the Critical and Devastating Hit chances and magnitudes of your Melee, Ranged and Tactical Attacks. The descriptions “Attacks” are not correct, but that depends from the Devs! And as well there is missing the Healing: Outgoing Healing, Incoming Healing Critical and Devastating Hits chances and their magnitudes. It has to be added that all that affects and the Power and Power Healing, etc, but this also depends from the devs. I am not sure does the Incoming Healing rating has to have Critical/Devastating hits and magnitudes, since I don’t have enough experience with the game and that’s why leaving it here for comments to make it more clear, but definitely the Outgoing Healing has to have Critical/Devastating hits and magnitudes, just the problem/s is that the info is totally missing at the Character Panel and from different skills as well.

Few examples: Lore-master’s skill “Inner Flame”. I never saw that Healing skill to do a Critical nor Devastating hits as I did mention it earlier and as well it is a Healing over time healing skill. That means the chance a Critical or Devastating hit to occur is higher and much higher, in other words, often. Another of my Lore-master’s skills is “Sign of Power: Command”: lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Sign_of_Power:_Command This is a debuff skill and it does critical and devastating hits according to the Combat tab, but I don’t see any changes to be made at the effect! So, that means the Skill as many others out there are bugged or not made correct from the devs!

My “Inner Flame” at level 41 does 37-53 Morale Healing per second. I have 5% Incoming Healing bonus for my Race type. I saw values from 37 Morale Heal up to 56 Morale Heal at the Combat tab. That means the 5% Incoming Healing was added to the maximum value of 53 Morale Healing for this skill, but what is happening with the 37 one? Why it gives me at all 37 Morale healing if that’s the lowest value of the skill and by default I do have +5% Incoming Healing. So, my concern is, if it isn’t clear, when the 5% initial Incoming Healing bonus is applied for the skill/s, when they are casted or before that (are they integrated, added at the tooltip of the skills)? Or does my 5% Racial initial Incoming Healing bonus and/or all other Incoming Healing Rating stats, percentages affecting my “inner Flame” and/or other Healing/Power skills or not? I know that the Stat is supposed to work and it works for some skills, but is it working for all? Also, in Healing, Draining Morale/Power cases are they affected from the Armour value, Mitigations, Resistances, Block, Parry, Evade….?! They are not supposed to is what I do think, but all looks very strange when having such experience.

“Escrima: By default scoring a critical on a skill will make it 50% more potent, while an auto attack critical is 25% more potent. Which means a Critical hit will generate 50% more threat then a non critical hit”. I don’t know what is counted as “default”, it will be good to share it, but you missed and the Devastating hit percentage, so, how much is it? With auto attacks I am not so familiar. Lore-masters rarely have any auto attack since they are Physical related: Melee or Ranged and not Tactical.

I did some experimenting before time with my level 37 Hunter and they showed me that the Critical Hits are around 100 more damage over the maximum damage which a skill can do. So, that’s let’s say 100% more damage. For the Devastating Hits it showed me that this amount is around 200-250+ more damage over the maximum damage which a skill can do. So, that’s let’s say 200-250% more damage. All this is partly correct because the testing showed me and something else which was very interesting, a lower, weak damage skills will do around 50% (or less, not fully sure on the weak skills, just giving you the ideas) more damage, On Devastating hit they will do some more damage than 50%. But there are and many cases where the same weak damage skill will do the same amount of damage on Critical hits and the same amount of damage on Devastating Hits! So, not fully sure why that’s happening at all. I think I know the answer, but I still need more information from other stats to complete the picture.

I made all these observations and testing about the Criticals/Devastating hits against grey level 35 or 36-37 spiders at Amon Ros (Lone Lands, left from Ost Guruth).. You will say, “Aha…. they are too weak, and you are high level for them, that’s why you have such high values…”, and that’s totally wrong! That maybe will have a value if you face one-shot dead monsters (meaning too low and too weak compared to your level and power) or if you fight too strong monsters. But since those grey spiders are not so low level than me and not so weak accordingly, the values are correct and relevant! Also, you may think that I do have a lot or tons of Critical stat and Magnitude, but I will tell you that I don’t have and even will add that the Critical/Devastating Magnitude is not relevant here, because at the end it will add ONLY very little damage to the Critical/Devastating hits at my low level.

Can a Critical and Devastating hits be capped and their Magnitude accordingly? If all they can, so, what is the Stat amount of all of them and their percentages (Melee, Ranged, Tactical, Healing), if you know them?


“Escrima: Finesse: Decreases the chance of your enemy resisting, blocking, parrying or evading your attacks. Primarily useful because it stops your enemies from mitigating your attacks, and by extension ensuring your threat building attacks hit.
Ultimately, this stat isn't really important until level 65+ and most gear by default will include finesse bonuses”.

Can a Critical or Devastated Critical be Avoided, Blocked, Parried, Negated and/or Resisted? To me it looks that Finesse is just another form of a Critical stat. But watching their descriptions I do think that Finesse is much more usefull than Critical and/or Devastating Critical and their magnitudes accordingly. I don’t have experience with this stat and still not too familiar with the other stats, but that’s not important because the point is to share ideas, thoughts and learn about all these possibilities.

Can the Finesse stat be capped and if so, what is the stat amount and its percentage, if you know them?


“Escrima: Evasion: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks. Generally suggest increasing your Evasion till you have a 15% chance to Evade.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.


Parry: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks from in front yourself. Generally suggest increasing your Parry till you have a 15% chance to Parry.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.


Block: Allows you to mitigate or partially mitigate physical attacks from in front yourself. Generally suggest increasing your block till you have a 15% chance to block.
This stat soft caps at 15%, and hard caps at 20%.”

When receiving/doing damage what protects first the Block, then Parry and at the end Evade or the order is different? As well does the order changes in any way and when it changes if so? Which is the most important from these 3 stats: Block or Parry, or Evade and can you explain or give some examples? It is very good that you did mention that those 3 stats have a soft cap and a hard cap, but can you give some ideas, examples, how those stats can be rised over 15%? As a Lore-master I can’t Block at all, since we can’t use a shield and that’s why my Block stat is unavailable, even though my Might stat shows that I do have points in Block rating. It seems that the Devs couldn’t Block it all…


“Escrima: Tactical Mitigation: Lowers incoming tactical damage. Because you cannot Block, Parry or Evade tactical attacks this stat is very important. It is the one of the only ways to lower incoming Tactical Damage.
Caps at 50% for Medium Armor wearers”. Can you give and the stats for the cap, if you know them? If you know them and for the Light armour users, we will be happy if you share them with us ! And as well, where goes Resistance in all this picture? For a Lore-master it reads: Resistance provides a chance of avoiding all effects. In all RPG games Resistance means you become Resistant more or less and Immune to all magic. So, doesn’t it work in that way here? If it doesn’t work in that way, I do think that the Devs should change that, after all Physicals have their Armours and Block, Parry, Evade and Mitigations, so, what is left for us the Mages?

I do have 660 points to Resistance from Will and 410 points from Vitality = 1070! But my Resistance stat shows me that I do have 2104, so, where comes from the rest of the Resistance (I don’t have any Resistance bonuses from my gear, only 350 Critical Defence on my shoulders if it is related anyhow)? Can the Resistance be capped and if so, what is the stat amount and its percentage, if you know them?

As well, when receiving/doing damage what protects first, the Armour, then the Block, Parry, Evade, then the Physical and/or Tactical Mitigation, then the Resistance and at the end Critical Defence, what is the exact order and when it changes, and how? These last questions about the Defence order can be split for the Tactical Mitigation and for the Physical Mitigation, but many times you are attacking and get attacked from Physicals and Tacticals, so, everything gets messy and so it changes the order.


“Escrima: Physical Mitigation: Lowers incoming physical damage. Less important then Tactical Mitigation but still good to be aware of. After all, if you do fail to Block, Parry or Evade this your last line of defense against Physical Attacks.
Caps at 50% for Medium Armor wearers”. It took me some time to think and understand why you are saying that the Physical Mitigation is less important than the Tactical, but I think I got it. It is because Everybody gets much more Physical Mitigation from everywhere than Tactical one and especially for the Heavy, Medium Armour users and the Shield users, the Physical Mitigation comes en masse, means, A LOT.

As well I do think that here is the place where I have to add the Resistance stat and ask how does it work and how it will affect all different damage types, mitigations, armour types and negative effects (DoTs and others if any), and which DoTs in particular (if it doesn’t affect all DoTs fully or partly)?


“Escrima: In-combat Power Regeneration: Increases the Warden's in-combat power efficiency, by allowing them to regenerate power more quickly. Less of an issue since the Fate revamp but still worthy of note, though usually I only find myself running out of power while tanking”.

Ahahahahahahahahahaha, you made me happy^^. We have the same playing style even though you are a Warden and I a Lore-Master . You ran out of power most probably because you do all of the job for everybody: you do tanking, at the same time you do damage, you do pull aggro, you do healing… all at the same time and all that suck your Power, simply, you just do too many actions in a short amount of time. I think you said something like: Wardens have to attack always to stay durable.


Lore-Master:

1 Might = 2 Physical Mitigation and Parry Rating. Also, 4 Block (but it is for shield only and I can’t use).

1 Agility = 4 Evade, 2 Parry, 1 Critical points.

1 Vitality = 3 Max Morale, 2 Physical Mitigation, 4 Tactical Mitigation, 2 Resistance and 22 Non Combat Morale Regeneration.

1 Will = 3 Power, 2 Tactical Mitigation, 2 Resistance, 10 Tactical and Physical Mastery, 13.70 Outgoing Healing. Note: without any gear on I have 128 Will and it shows 7.3% Outgoing Healing. So, 128 / 7.3% (the calculator transforms 7.3% into 9.344), so, = 128 / 9.344 = 13.698… Rounded up, that’s 13.70.

1 Fate = 1.5 In-Combat Morale Regeneration, 2.6 In-Combat Power Regeneration, 2.5 Critical Rating and 24 Non Combat Power Regeneration.

259 Fate gives 388 In-combat Morale Regeneration = 1, 498... per point of Fate. Rounded up that’s 1.5

259 Fate gives 682 In-combat Power Regeneration = 2,633… per point of Fate. Rounded down that’s 2.6

I don’t know are the points from Fate the same for all classes, but probably yes. If not, everybody can add the real values for the other classes.

These are all of the newest stats for the Lore-master. So, about the Fate and its usage. It reads that it regenerates certain amount of Morale and Power In-combat and Out of combat per minute, but experience tells me that it regenerates much faster (every 5 or 10 or around there seconds) and probably smaller amount (also not sure does it regenerate at different frequency when In-combat and when Out of combat. For Power and Morale as well). So, did you have observations on the timing (when it regenerates: every 5 or other seconds) and the amount of regeneration for Morale, Power, In-combat and Out of combat? I don’t know what the Revamp of the Fate was, but 1.5 for In-combat Morale regeneration per point of Fate isn’t much. Anyway, my advice is always try to have at least one stat In-combat Morale regeneration on yourself, even if it is only one. That way it can make the stress a bit lower for you and your Fellowship, so, to protect the ring at all cost!

My Fate gives me 390 In-Combat Morale Regeneration. I do have only one item with that stat, which item gives me 20.4 In-Combat Morale Regeneration, but hovering over my Morale stat, it shows me that I do have 505 In-Combat Morale Regeneration! So, where is the missing part, from where it comes?

My Fate gives me 684 In-Combat Power Regeneration. I don’t have any item which gives me this stat, but hovering over my Power stat, it shows that I do have 685 In-Combat Power Regeneration! From where it came this 1 point difference and why the difference is not the same or in a similar way as with the In-Combat Morale Regeneration stat?

Can In-Combat Morale/Power and Out of Combat Morale/Power regenerations be capped, and if so, can you tell what are their stats, if you know them?


“Escrima: Morale: Morale is the measure of how much of a beating your character can take before being "Defeated." While Morale isn't necessarily bad the issue is that many over emphasize Morale, and view it as the measure of their "Tankiness." The reason that this is an issue, is because by focusing primarily on just getting your morale as high as possible you have likely forsaken your mitigation, your ability to lower the damage inflicted by incoming attacks.
Now you could argue that your Super Morale build is able to take just as many hits as any mitigation build in a solo situation. Though the issue lies in actually being healable.
For example: Lets say you had 2000 health, while tank number 2 had 1000 health, but enough mitigation to make it so he could take just as many hits as you. Well lets say you were for 200 damage taking you down to 1800(90% health) and your healer could only heal 100 a heal. Then you would be healed for 100(5% of your health), and be at 1900 health. Now, tank 2 also get's hit by the same mob but only for 100 taking him down to 900(90% health), the healer being just as potent as before heals tank 2 for 100(10% of tank 2's health) and thus heals them back up to full in one heal.
This example is a little extreme, but I think it gets the point across. It's still a good idea to have a decent amount of morale though, as it gives your healer and yourself a buffer”.

The info which Escrima didn’t add because he knows it and many other players out there as well, but as well many others don’t know it nor realize, nor understand it is that if you focus only on your Morale, you don’t only forsaken your mitigation, you do forsaken all of your mitigations: the physical one and the tactical one, as well your other defences like armour value, block, parry, evade, resistance, also your damages, physical and tactical masteries, critical and devastating hits and their magnitudes, outgoing and incoming healings, etc. There are just too many things which you have also to consider apart of your morale and/or damage.

At the forum one of the players has something like this signature: you can have all of the morale in the world, but after that don’t come here to complain why you ain’t hitting hard. Imagine another situation, you have your morale high so all the rest will be definitely low or very low because of that. So, you face a strong enemy/boss, they hit hard and very hard, they are very resistant and very mitigated, have tons of Morale, they debuff, stun sometimes, erase your power, etc. So, the battle lasts very long thanks to your high or so high morale, but your morale is not protected enough because you chose it that way, just to have a naked morale. So, your morale is going down and down faster and faster and you can’t resist nor block, parry, evade, mitigate enough, nor do a good damage or crits, heals, etc. So, sooner or later you will die. If you think the examples are not enough, then add and that your gear will break for sure during the process so, your morale and all other stats which keep you alive will fade and fade, and fade… so, you got no other choice different then dying. Another example: I do have a level 39 Minstrel and sometimes I am in a situation where the monsters are just strong enough so, I don’t have any other choice than only to try and heal myself (power healing). And since I am the real Healer in this game, I am supposed to do that with ease, without any or much problems. Yes, but that’s not the case! Since, I have to only heal myself to not die, I am unable to do damage, more damage or any damage, as well most of the healing skills have long inductions and/or cooldowns and they got interrupted many times or I can be stunned or so, also, the healing amount varies, etc; so, there are just too many things which have to be considered to be able to manage most of the time, so, not only healing, nor only morale can do the trick, you have to do everything or almost everything or at least most of it to be successfull enough. And since I am unable to do damage or enough damage because have to heal myself to be able to survive, sooner or later as I said earlier my gear will break and then even my healing can’t save me from dying. Also mind that lag can happen, game crashes, net stopped working, you got thrown at the desktop, you got frozen in the game, skill/s disappear suddenly… so, whatever happens you can’t last long enough if you are not well protected. In the particular case of the Heavy armour users, don’t overestimate your so high armour values, that’s why you are misleading yourself with the so invincible morale. Note: this can apply and for medium armour and/or shield users as well.

Apart from the other games, the Vitality stat here is made “PERFECT”, so the morale stat is not what most of you are used to be. That’s why it is much better to focus on your vitality if you need so than only your naked, poor morale. The Armour stat in this game is also made good compared to other games, so, it isn’t only a naked Armour stat.

From my not so huge experience with the game, I can say that it is made so that you can’t focus so much on your morale or any other single stat without combining it with other stats. The high level gear provides apart of morale and many other stats, so, probably the only place where you can boost only or mainly your morale or another single stat are the legendary items. So, the point which we make here is not that the morale stat is bad and why you boost it and keep using it, the point is to show you that this and other single and not only stats and skills can be used much more flexible and relevant.


From where it comes our Morale and Power originally? Do we have and other hidden stats like Morale and Power, maybe Damage, Critical, other stats?


My staff is a melee weapon and it does 67-111 Common damage, so, it is definitely a Physical, Melee one. But what is creeping me off, does this damage added to all of my damage skills and such or not (pet also)? In many other games your weapon (staff in this case) and its damage types are added to your final damage skills, but here the damage stat/s are totally missing from the character panel so you can’t see any damage nor changes made to it/them. Since I can use and a sword at certain point, is it the same case as with my staff or?


“Escrima: -Strong Voice
Rating: **
Effect: Reduces the chance of having your Fist gambits resisted.
While arguably useful early on, it grows less useful once Finesse starts to appear as a stat on gear”. Do you know what is the relation/s between these two and such skills, traits, stats and legacies? How much of this and how much of that for example…? As a Lore-master I have similar Trait/s and many Legacies so it isn’t something which to throw away so easily in my opinion. Here is the link of all Lore-master’s legacies if you want to check them: lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Lore-master_Legendary_Legacies


I saw “Resisted, Immune, Absorbed”, maybe and other similar to occur, so, what is the difference between all them?


To Fordil: A “tic” means, officially they use to scribe/write the word “tic-tac” which represents the time value, every movement of the arrow of the clock, so, that’s every second. Just since in LOTRO (the game itself) every such situation can be different you can only use a “tic” or “every tic” form because not all skills/effects occur every second. Some are every 2 seconds for 10 seconds duration of the effect; every 5 seconds for 15 seconds duration of the effect, etc.


To Herebrand: a “kite’ or “kiting” from my self-taught perspective from just playing games means that you have to control and manipulate the enemy and enemies for as long as needed while trying to kill them all without hitting you or hitting you as less as possible… Which in case of LOTRO (the game itself) means that this task is almost impossible to achieve. In many games out there (RPGs and not only) you can even manually avoid any form of damage by simply jump up in the air over the arrow or spell, or doing a simple single step aside (left or right, or diagonal), so, the arrow/s or spell/s are just passing by without hitting you at all… Where all that in LOTRO it isn’t possible because the game itself creates a link and links between you and the enemy/ies making it impossible and almost impossible to avoid the incoming damage towards you. As well many enemies and bosses are highly resistant and/or immune to stuns, daze, fear, roots… In LOTRO you can do kiting more or less with the melee enemy/ies, but not and with the ranged ones and probably most of the bosses or all bosses. Probably all or most of the classes in the game are required to stay still to be able to cast/induct their skills. The Lore-master is maybe the only class which is highly immobile. To stay still is a requirement to use its skills, plus the long inductions to use most of its skills making it very hard to fully achieve kiting or kill the enemy/ies fast.

Forms of kiting: Luring the enemy/ies to an ambush where the enemy/ies are massacred for within a second or so (as fast as possible). Using stun/s on the enemy/ies, Dazing them, Fear skills, Root them, Traps, Movement speed debuffs, Slowing their attacks speed, Interrupting their inductions/casts, usage of AoE skills (running in circles till all or most of the enemies are close enough to each other so the AoE of the particular skill/spell to hit as many enemies as possible per cast. So, apart of damage and stuns, etc; the time factor is also involved in the kiting process, which also will lead us to the successful, effective grinding process).


Even after reading the whole guide, I am far from understanding the warden as I never used to play one nor I played with such, but thanks to Escrima’s efforts in making this incredible guide I did learn a lot about my own class, the Lore-master, which means A LOT!

Barawa, a true Lore-Master

[Escrima]

Well keep in mind for the most part after the first section the guide was written by a Warden for Wardens.

Non Bleed based DoT referring to the various DoTs in the fist gambit line mainly. Which as a Lore Master being a tactical based class you have no Bleeds. Bleeds are basically just DoTs that deal physical damage and scale with Physical Mastery.

As for Finesse I do not know the upper limit though I'd assume it's 25% like most things in LoTRO.
Finesse will help you to not be resisted (when using tactical attacks), and not to be Blocked/Parried/Evaded (when using Physical attacks.
Also note finesse will not help you against Immune or Absorb. Immune simply means the enemy doesn't take damage from that damage type. As for absorb it means the enemy is not only immune to damage of that type but is healed by it, though also sometimes damage applied to damage bubbles can say absorbed.
Absorb and Immune can be from a buff or a passive defensive perk of a particular monster type. Actually as a Lore Master you have an ability (Knowledge of the Lore-Master) to check an enemies resist/immunities/absorptions.

Now for resistance, I'd also try checking your equipped virtues, some virtues can also grant rather large bonuses to resistance.

I believe that resistance caps out at 25%.
Also keep in mind Resistance is not Resist(Confusing i know). Resistance is your chance to not be effected by wound/poison/fear/disease based ailments. Useful yes, but in the long run you will run around with a small potion store worth of ailment pots at all times and in most group set ups you'll be able to cover 2 or more of the ailment types. So I personally wouldn't go out of my way to boost resistance.
As far as I know and have seen it does not help you to mitigate tactical based attacks. Currently the only way to mitigate tactical damage I know of is Tactical Mitigation.

Also keep in mind primary stats do different things for different classes ever since the Isengard expansion.

As for incoming healing it won't effect regen food, because regen food boosts your passive healing. Passive healing does not appear on your combat log. Though if a heal does appear on your combat log then Incoming Healing will boost it.
As for how potions are effected. Well lets say a Potions description says it would heal you for 100 Morale and you have 25% incoming healing. Then for you after taking into account your incoming healing you would be healed for 125 Morale instead of 100 Morale.
Though I have found two exceptions which are the racial man heal, and Never Surrender.

[barawar]

Hi Escrima . Yes, I know and I knew that had to not bother create most of it and place it here even though almost all I wrote here is related, based on your warden and the guide, but after all you are not a Lore-master nor having one. So, if you tell me to delete the rest I will do so. Will leave only the relevant parts. Will wait for the main forums to be back online and will see maybe will post my questions and observations there. Not many Lore-masters around and with your incredible insight, sadly but true...

Those "bleeds" you are refering I meant, are they Wound or/and Poison, etc; type or not?

The skill "Knowledge of the Lore-master" doesn't show the absorb stat/s as well the damage type/s, block, parry, evade.... So, must keep an eye when and what when it occures, which is hard in any way.

About the Absorb, is it sure that the monster is "IMMUNE" to that type of damage or is it only absorbing part of the specific damage and the rest of it harms the monster?

Thank you again and appologize for any inconvenieces!

[Fordil]

A mob that absorbs damage doesn't take any damage at all, but the damage it would normally take will heal the mob (for example: the orcs with a green self-heal buff in Moria) or it will be passed on to another mob (for example: some Angmarim sorcerers can absorb any damage as long as their servants are within a certain range).