Hunter

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Contents 1 Role 2 Skills 2.1 Active Skills 2.1.1 Close Combat 2.1.2 Hunter's Focus 2.1.3 Lessons of Nature 2.1.4 The Archer's Art 2.1.5 Wayfaring 2.2 Passive Skills 2.2.1 Armour Proficiencies 2.2.2 Base Passive Skills 2.2.3 Combat Characteristics 2.2.4 Instrument Proficiencies 2.2.5 Misc. Passive Skills 2.2.6 Weapon Proficiencies 3 Trait Sets 3.1 The Bowmaster 3.2 The Trapper of Foes 3.3 The Huntsman 4 Set Bonuses 5 Legendary Traits 6 See Also

The Hunter is a master of field and forest, unmatched with the bow. Hunters use their survival skills to guide their companions and lay traps for their enemies. The Hunters are at their strongest when attacking from a distance, but they are able to defend themselves in melee combat, when needed.

Available Races: Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, Man

A female Hobbit Hunter

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Role

Nuker - The Hunter is proficient at dealing out good damage to single foes at both range and melee weapons. When the hunter is at range, he can unleash devastating arrow shots that do high damage to single targets, when the solo enemy finally manages to close into melee range, the Hunters are well-equipped to deal the finishing blow with some of their melee skills.

Skills

Active Skills

Close Combat

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Agile Rejoinder	Melee	24	3	When you parry an enemy's attack, you can respond with a highly damaging melee attack. This attack will never miss against on level targets and cannot be parried, blocked or evaded.
	Blindside	Melee+Ranged	8	3	You are able to divert your enemy's attention with a single melee strike and follow it with a single bow-attack at close-range.
	Low Cut	AoE+Snare	16	5	You can make a low cut in front of you which can temporarily slow the movement speed of up to 2 of your enemies.
	Scourging Blow	Melee	4	3	This attack deals additional damage if the enemy is suffering from your Barbed Arrow and both attack and additional damage have an increased chance to critical. However, using this skill will stop the bleeding.
	Swift Stroke	Melee	1	3	A fast, damaging melee attack which temporarily increases your defenses.

Hunter's Focus

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Focus	Buff	10		Before combat, you may rapidly increase your Focus. Focus is required to use some bow skills and is lost if you move.
	Intent Concentration	Buff	20		In a desperate time, you can instantly reach full Focus.
	Merciful Shot	Ranged	30	40	When an enemy falls below 50% of its health, you may take a shot which inflicts massive damage. If you land a Critical Hit, this attack will deal exceptional bonus damage.
	Needful Haste	Buff	34		You can sacrifice some of your Focus to make ranged attacks at a faster rate.
	Penetrating Shot	Ranged	10	40	An extremely damaging shot that pierces the armour of your enemy, ignoring 10% mitigation.
	Rain of Arrows	Ranged AoE	20	40	You rain arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to hit multiple targets.
	Rain of Thorns	Ranged AoE		40	You rain thorn arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to pin multiple targets.

Lessons of Nature

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Beneath Notice	Threat	38		Your survival-skills allow you to make yourself appear less threatening to enemies for a short time.
	Bright Campfire		22		Your survival-skills enable you to make your Fellowship comfortable in the wild, increasing their recovery and enabling some crafting skills. The campfire lasts for 3 minutes.
	Camouflage	Buff	40		You have the ability to blend into your surroundings, making it difficult for your foes to detect you so long as you remain still.
	Cry of the Predator	Fear	12	25	You mimic the cry of a predatory animal, causing an enemy beast to run in fear.
	Passage of Foes	Track	22		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of nearby orcs, trolls, giants and evil men or dwarves.
	Passage of Nature	Track	12		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of nearby beasts and other natural creatures.
	Passage of Shadow	Track	32		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of the dead, the unseen, and ancient evil.
	Press Onward	Heal			When the need is high, you can move on with little rest, restoring all Power and Morale in only a few seconds.
	Purge Poison	Buff	16	25	Your survival-lore allows you to use naturally-occurring medicines to purge poisons from an ally.
	Set Snare	Trap	36		Your wilderness knowledge allows you to prepare a snare for enemies which will slow them and cause them damage over time. The trap remains for 60 seconds after being placed. This skill is easily interrupted.
	Set Trap	Trap	6		Your survival skills enable you to lay traps for enemies which can hold them in place. The trap remains for 60 seconds after being placed. This skill is easily interrupted.
	Strength of the Earth	Buff	42		You can find strength from the land. Devoting all of your attention to the task, you can recover power swiftly in the midst of conflict. This skill is easily interrupted.

The Archer's Art

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Barbed Arrow	Bleed	1	40	Your arrow can cause a wound that bleeds and slightly slows movement speed.
	Bard's Arrow	Ranged		40	You fire with the skill of Bard himself, driving fear into evil enemies.
	Heart Seeker	Ranged	50	40	Taking great care and practiced aim, you prepare a shot to strike at your target's most vital weak spot. This shot will not miss, nor can your target parry, block or evade it.
	Quick Shot	Ranged	1	40	You can nock and loose an arrow quickly.
	Endurance	Stance	28		You take a stance which decreases the Power cost and reduces the chance that your enemy's attention will turn to you. While in Endurance Stance, your Quick Shot does not draw as much attention as it normally does.
	Stance: Precision	Stance	18		You take a stance which decreases the possibility that your enemies will avoid your shots. While in Precision Stance, your Quick Shot has an increased chance to score Critical Hits.
	Stance: Strength	Stance	4		You take a stance which increases the damage of your shots, while increasing the Power cost and draws the enemy's attention to yourself. While in Strength Stance, your Quick Shot will slow your enemy's movement.
	Swift Bow	Ranged	2	40	You are able to loose two missiles in rapid succession.

Wayfaring

	Ability	Category	Level	Description
	Find the Path	Buff	14	Increases fellowship run speed by 15.0%.
	Desperate Flight	Travel	20	Recalls caster to nearby rally point.
	Guide to Michel Delving	Travel	22	Recalls fellowship to Michel Delving.
	Guide to Thorin's Hall	Travel	24	Recalls fellowship to Thorin's Hall.
	Guide to Ost Guruth	Travel	26	Recalls fellowship to Ost Guruth. (quest required to gain skill).
	Return to Camp	Travel	26	Recalls fellowship to a camp site fire.
	Guide to Bree	Travel	32	Recalls fellowship to Bree.
	Guide to Esteldín	Travel	34	Recalls fellowship to Esteldín.
	Guide to Evendim	Travel	36	Recalls fellowship to Tinnudir in Evendim. (quest required to gain skill)
	Guide to West Angmar	Travel	44	Recalls fellowship to Aughaire in West Angmar (quest required to gain skill).
	Guide to Rivendell	Travel	46	Recalls fellowship to Rivendell.
	Guide to Sûri-kylä	Travel	48	Recalls fellowship to Sûri-kylä in Forochel (reputation required to gain skill - Lossoth of Forochel).
	Guide to East Angmar	Travel	48	Recalls fellowship to Gath Forthnír in East Angmar (quest required to gain skill).
	Guide to Echad Dunann	Travel	50	Recalls fellowship to Echad Dúnann (quest required to gain skill).
	Guide to the Twenty-First Hall	Travel	56	Recalls fellowship to The Twenty-first Hall (reputation required to gain skill - Iron Garrison Miners).

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour	Armour	1
	Medium Armour	Armour	10

Base Passive Skills

For details see Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, or Man

Combat Characteristics

	Name	Level	Cost	Description
	Evade Rank 1	7	4  90	Adds 2.0% to Evade Chance
	Critical Rank 1	9	8  10	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Ranged Evade Rank 1	9	8  10	Adds 8.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 1	11	12  10	Adds 2.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 1	13	16  90	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Ranged Evade Rank 2	13	16  90	Adds 4.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Evade Rank 2	15	22  50	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Ranged Evade Rank 3	17	28  90	Adds 2.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 2	19	36  10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 2	21	44  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Ranged Evade Rank 4	21	44  10	Adds 1.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Critical Rank 2	23	52  90	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Accuracy Rank 3	25	62  50	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Parry Rank 3	27	72  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Evade Rank 3	29	84  10	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Accuracy Rank 4	31	96  10	Reduces Miss by a small amount.
	Critical Rank 3	33	108  90	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Parry Rank 4	37	136  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Critical Rank 4	39	152  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Evade Rank 4	41	168  10	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

	Ability	Level	Cost
	Specialized Equipment	1	Starting proficiency
	Clarinet Use	5	2  50
	Lute Use	5	2  50

Misc. Passive Skills

	Ability	Level	Description
	Bow Chants	25	Allows hunters to employ ancient chants to empower their bow to various different ends.
	Hand Wrought Traps	15	Allows use of specialized traps.
	Improved Range	1	Your skill with ranged weapons allows you to attack from a greater distance than others.
	Tracking Guide	35	Allows the Hunter to share the location of his tracked target with his fellowship members. Only information about non-player targets can be shared in this way.
	Use of Fire	20	Enables hunters to apply fire-oil to their arrows.
	Use of Light	30	Enables hunters to apply light-oil to their arrows.

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Bows	Range	1
	Daggers	1H	1	Increases chance to land critical hit.
	One-Handed Axes	1H	1	Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss.
	One-Handed Swords	1H	1	Increases to-hit chance.
	Crossbows	Range	7
	Dual Wielding		10	Allows combat with two one-handed weapons.
	One-Handed Clubs	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	One-Handed Hammers	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	One-Handed Maces	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	Spear	MHO	20	Chance to Wound causing damage over time.

Trait Sets

All Hunter Traits cost 11  25   to slot.

The Bowmaster

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	True Shot	Your Penetrating Shot pierces more deeply through your enemy's armour, ignoring more of the armour's damage reduction. -8% Target Penetrating Shot Mitigation	20	Strike enemies with Penetrating Shot 1,000 times
	Hail of Arrows	You have a greater chance of landing Critical Hits with your Rain of Arrows, and the Critical Hits do more damage. +[Level x 60] Rain of Arrows Critical Rating +25% Rain of Arrows Critical Multiplier	10	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows 500 times
	Barbed Fury	Wounds caused by your Barbed Arrow bleed more profusely. +5 Pulses Barbed Arrow Damage Over Time	1	Strike enemies with Barbed Arrow 750 times (250/day)
	Swift and True	Your Swift Bow inflicts greater damage to your enemies. +8% Swift Bow Damage	1	Strike enemies with Swift Bow 1,000 times (350/day)
	Deadly Precision	When you land a Critical Hit with a ranged attack, your Focus increases by 1.	20	Land critical hits with your bow skills 500 times
	The Quality of Mercy	This increases the critical damage multiplier of Merciful Shot from 2x to 2.5x. +50% Merciful Shot Critical Multiplier	40	Achieve critical hits with Merciful Shot 150 times
	Critical Eye	This increases the critical chance of all of your ranged attacks. +[Level x 8] Ranged Critical Rating	50	Achieve ctitical hits with your bow 1,000 times
	Shot through the Heart	This increases the critical chance of Heart Seeker, and is one of the many reasons why hunters are so feared by the fell creatures of Middle-earth. +[Level x 20] Heart Seeker Critical Rating	50	Strike with Heart Seeker 100 times

The Trapper of Foes

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	Sturdy Traps	It is more difficult for enemies to break free of your traps.	1	Use Set Trap or Set Snare 350 times (120/day)
	Combat Traps	Your set trap may now be used in combat.	10	Use Set Trap or Set Snare 100 times (20/day)
	Strong Intimidation	Your fear skills last longer. +5s Fear Duration	40	Strike with Bard's Arrow or Cry of the Predator 350 times
	Graceful Draw	Your Endurance Stance further reduces the Power cost and threat generation of your ranged skills.	30	Strike enemies with your Bow skills 6,000 times (600/day)
	Deep Concentration	Your Intent Concentration also restores some Power, in addition to its normal effects.	20	Use Intent Concentration 150 times
	Heightened Senses	Your exceptional senses allow you to track creatures over a greater distance, even if they are using Stealth, and to more easily detect creatures using Stealth.	10	Use Tracking skills 500 times (100/day)
	Heart of the Bard	This enables you to reset Heart Seeker on a critical from Bard's Arrow. This skill does not stack with any other on critical effects	50	Strike with Heart Seeker 50 times
	Stealthy Shot	Beneath Notice lasts 10 seconds longer and draws even less attention from your enemies.	30	Use Beneath Notice 150 times (25/day)

The Huntsman

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	Enduring Precision	Your Focus increases by 1 every 10 seconds while you are in a Precision Stance.	30	Complete the class quest A Hunter's Charge
	Fast Draw	You are able to release your Barbed Arrow and Swift Bow more quickly. -0.1s Barbed Arrow Induction -0.2s Swift Bow Induction	15	Complete the class quest The Hunter's Path
	Swift Recovery	Your Needful Haste and Intent Concentration recover more quickly. -60s Needful Haste and Intent Concentration Cooldown	30	Use Needful Haste 125 times (13/day)
	Strong Draw	The Focus cost for your Penetrating Shot is reduced by 1.	10	Use Penetrating Shot 600 times
	Arrow Storm	The Focus cost for your Rain of Arrows is reduced by 1.	20	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows 600 times
	Resolute Aim	This trait prevents setback on bow inductions while using Needful Haste. This has no effect on Press Onward.	40	Use Needful Haste 200 times
	Bow and Blade	This enables your dual wield melee skills to have an additional strike.	30	Strike foes with your melee skills 2,500 times (250/day)
	Rapid Recovery	All of your melee skills recover more quickly than before. -2s Melee Skills Cooldown	1	Strike enemies with Swift Stroke 500 times (165/day)

Set Bonuses

Legendary Traits

All Legendary Traits cost 101  25   to slot.

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	Bard's Arrow	You attack with the skill of Bard the Bowman himself, driving fear into your enemies. Grants the skill Bard's Arrow	39	Find pages of the book A Shot in the Dark
	Press Onward	When the need is great, you can move on with little rest, restoring your Power and Morale. Grants the skill Press Onward	39	Find pages of the book The Way of the Hunter
	Rain of Thorns	You rain 5 thorn-arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to root multiple targets. Grants the skill Rain of Thorns	39	Find pages of the book The Furthest Charge
	Bow of the Righteous	The righteousness of your cause allows you to recover Power with each successful ranged attack.	45/50	Complete the class quests Articles of Discovery and Implements of the Hunt, then A Lesson from Legolas
	Cool Burn	You understand how to keep cool under intense challenge, this trait enables you to push longer while using the Burn Hot skill, as well as use it more often. +50% Burn Hot Power Cost -240s Burn Hot Cooldown +50% Burn Hot Damage Requires: 5 traits in The Bowmaster line slotted.	None	Complete The Mines of Moria epic books
	Improved Fleet Stance	This drops all the aim requirements for Fleet Stance. It also raises your attack speed. Requires: 5 traits in The Huntsman line slotted.	58	Get the book The Jolly Hunter Requires: Kindred Standing with Iron Garrison Guards
	Explosive Arrow	Your distracting shot will daze an opponent for thirty seconds with a shorter cooldown. -120s Distracting Shot Cooldown Requires: 5 traits in The Trapper of Foes line slotted.	58	Complete the class quest Set the Trap

See Also

• Class Guides