Lore-master

From Lotro-Wiki.com

The Lore-master is a seeker of knowledge and a guardian of wisdom. He wields ancient secrets and lore to confound his foes and aid his friends, protecting them against the dark powers of the Enemy.

Available Races: Elf, Man

A male Elf Lore-master


Classes	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi	Rk	Wd
Skills	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi	Rk	Wd
Traits	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi	Rk	Wd
Deeds	Bu	Ca	Ch	Gu	Hu	Lm	Mi	Rk	Wd

Role

Crowd-control / Pets: The Lore-master is the unparalleled master of crowd-control, the ability to stun creatures and keep them from hurting his allies. He has many skills that invoke the natural world of Middle-Earth but it is draining on the will thus costing him morale to fuel some of these powerful skills. Because of this, but mostly because of low morale & light armour, he must rely on his pets to supplement his ability to take damage.

Skills

Active Skills

Cures of the House of Healing

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Leechcraft	Buff	10	20	25	Cures wounds
	Tend the Sick	Buff	16	36	25	Cures disease

Friend of the Animals

Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
Raven-lore	Pet	4	11	n/a	Summons raven pet
Friend of Bears	Pet	14	11	n/a	Summons bear pet
Lynx-speech	Pet	30	11	n/a	Summons lynx pet
Eagle-Friend (Legendary)	Pet	45	124	n/a	Summons eagle pet
Friend of Feline Hunters	Pet	56	147	n/a	Summons Sabretooth Cat pet
Friend of Nature (Legendary)	Pet	58	247	n/a	Summons Bog-guardian pet
Rabbit-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet hare
Turtle-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet turtle
Bird-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet sparrow
Fox-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet fox
Squirrel-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet squirrel
Cat-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet cat
Dog-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet dog
Frog-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet frog
Snake-speech	Pet	29	124	n/a	Summons non-combat pet snake

Fury of Nature

Ability	Category	Level	Morale Cost	Power Cost	Range	Description
Burning Embers	Damage	1		10	30	Fire damage and DOT
Gust of Wind	Damage + Debuff	12	12	7	40	Common damage + 7% miss debuff
Light of the Rising Dawn	Damage	18	12	7	30	Light damage + stun
Cracked Earth	Damage + delayed Root	22	12	7	25	Fire damage + delayed root
Ents go to War (Legendary)	Damage + Stun	41	129	82	15	AoE fire damage + stun
Lightning Storm	Damage	50	326	129	25	Massive AoE damage

Healing and Motivation

	Ability	Category	Level	Morale Cost	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Beacon of Hope	Heal	4	12	10	25	Heal ally/pet
	Inner Flame	Heal	16		1		Transfer Power to Morale

Lore of the Second Age

Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
Fire-lore	Debuff	2	6	40	Debuffs enemies
Wind-lore	Debuff	8	23	40	Debuffs enemies
Herb-lore	Root	36	23	40	Roots enemies
Air-lore	Buff	44	124	25	Buffs target to reflect damage
Knowledge of the Lore-master	Inspect	20	112	40	Inspects enemies strengths and weaknesses
Storm-lore	Damage + Stun	48	326	40	AoE Damage + stun

Lost Knowledge

Ability	Category	Level	Morale Cost	Power Cost	Range	Description
Power of Knowledge		6			40	Transfers Power from enemy to you
Blinding Flash	Stun	10		6	40	Stuns enemy
Wisdom of the Council	Buff	20		20		Increases Morale
Share the Power	Heal	24		63	25	Transfers Power from you to ally
Test of Will	Stun	26	12	6	40	Damage and stun enemy
Ancient Wisdom	Buff	30		7		Increases Will
Call to the Valar		34		20		Renew certain skill cooldowns
Back from the Brink	Res	32	32	5		revives a defeated ally -- requires Shire Sweet-leaf
Ancient Craft	Debuff	42	0	260	10	Decreases enemies armour
Bane Flare	Stun		0	62	10	5s Stun + 10s mezz on the Dead
Sticky Tar	Debuff	46	0	124		Creates an area that slows enemies & makes them more vulnerable to fire
Warding Knowledge Creatures of Nature	Debuff	38	0	124		Creates an area that debuffs trees & roots
Warding Knowledge Dead	Debuff	28	0	124		Creates an area that debuffs the Dead
Warding Knowledge Drakes	Debuff	40	0	124		Creates an area that debuffs Worms and Drakes

Melee Skills

	Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
	Staff-Strike	Damage	1	9	3	Weapon damage
	Improved Staff-strike	Damage			3	Weapon damage

Signs of Ancient Magics

Ability	Category	Level	Power Cost	Range	Description
Sign of Power: Command	Debuff	1	6	40	Debuff enemy
Sign of the Wild: Protection	Buff	6	6	40	Buff pet
Sign of the Wild: Rage	Buff	8	6	40	Buff pet
Sign of Power: Wizardry	DoT	14	6	40	Dot enemy, gain Morale
Sign of Power: Righteousness		28	6	40	Clear negative effects
Sign of Power: Vigilance	Buff	32	6	40	Increases stealth detection

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour		1

Base Passive Skills

For details see Elf or Man

Combat Characteristics

Name	Level	Cost	Description
Evade Rank 1	7	4 90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Parry Rank 1	9	8 10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 1	11	12 10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Critical Rank 1	15	22 50	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Parry Rank 2	17	28 90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 2	19	36 10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Critical Rank 2	23	52 90	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Evade Rank 2	25	62 50	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Parry Rank 3	27	72 90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 3	31	96 10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Accuracy Rank 4	39	152 10	Reduces Miss by a small amount.
Evade Rank 3	43	184 90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

Name	Level	Cost
Specialized Equipment	1	starting proficiency
Clarinet Use	5	2 50
Lute Use	5	2 50

Misc. Passive Skills

	Name	Level	Cost	Description
	Books of Lore	20	40	Allows the use of books of lore
	Friend of the Wild	29	n/a	Allows the use of non-combat companions

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Two-Handed Staves	2H	1
	One-Handed Swords	1H	(45) Requires Lore of the Blade equipped	Increases to-hit chance

Pet Skills

For the lore-masters pets' skills see pets.

Accomplishments

For details see Lore-master Deeds

Name	Level	Reward	Task	Limit per Day
Master of the Staff	1	Master of the Staff	Use Staff-Strike against your foes (600)	200
Power and Wisdom	1	Power and Wisdom	Draw Power from your enemies (250)	90
Light of Hope	1	Light of Hope	Use Beacon of Hope (600)	~85
Master of Beasts	1	Master of Beasts	Use Sign of Protection (500)	175
Deep Lore	10	Deep Lore	Use your Lore Skills against enemies (500)	100
Healer	10	Healer	Heal your fellows with Leechcraft (250)	40
Beast-lore	10	Beast-lore	Use Sign of Rage (300)	60
Dúnadan-Learning	20	Dúnadan-Learning	Use your Signs of Power (1,000)	100
Harmony with Nature	20	Harmony with Nature	Use Cracked Earth (400)	60
Subtlety of Wisdom	20	Subtlety of Wisdom	Use Blinding Flash against enemies (400)	60
Awareness of Body	20	Awareness of Body	Use Wisdom of the Council (100)	20
Proof against all Ills	30	Proof Against All Ills	Use Tend the Sick (300)	30
Knowlege of the Past	30	Knowledge of the Past	Use Ancient Wisdom (300)	30
Magic Adept	30	Magic Adept	Use Share the Power (750)	75

Legendary Deeds
Name	Level	Reward	Task
Book of the Beast	42	Noble Savage	Find missing pages (8)
Lore of the Blade	44	Sword and Staff	Find missing pages (8)
Of Leaf and Twig	46	March of the Ents	Find missing pages (8)

Traits

See Lore-master Traits for details

The Keeper of Animals
Icons	Name	Source	Effect	Level
	Light of Hope	600 Beacon of Hope	-40% Beacon of Hope Morale Cost -10s Beacon of Hope Cooldown -1s Beacon of Hope Induction	1
	Master of Beasts	500 Sign of the Wild: Protection	-10% Sign of the Wild Skills Power Cost +120s Sign of the Wild Skills Durations Removes Poison, Fear, Wound, Disease debuffs from Companions.	1
	Beast-lore	300 Sign of the Wild: Rage	Your animals have increased health, increased power, attack faster and deal more damage.	10
	Healer	250 Leechcraft	-15% Healing, Cure, and Power Restoration Skills Power Costs -50% Healing Skills Induction +10% Healing	10
	Hardy Bear	Class Quest: A Well-ordered Mind	The Power of your bear-friend is increased.	15
	Dúnadan-learning	1,000 Sign of Power: Command / Sign of Power: Wizardry	Increased the duration and effectiveness of Signs of Righteousness and Sign of Vigilance	20
	Proof Against All Ills	300 Tend the Sick	Your Tend the Sick and Leechcraft works on all allies within an area-of-effect.	30
	The Wild and Ward	350 Sticky Gourd	Your Sign of the Wild: Protection now grants your companions mitigation bonuses verses Frost and Flame.	---
Legendary Trait
	Nature-friend	Equip 5 skills from this set	You are a friend of the Nature Dwellers and may summon one to aid you.	58
Master of Nature's Fury
Icons	Name	Source	Effect	Level
	Master of the Staff	600 Staff-Strike	+5% Maximum Morale	1
	Harmony with Nature	400 Cracked Earth	-15% Nature's Wrath Skills Power Cost -25% Nature's Wrath Skills Induction	20
	Awareness of Body	100 Wisdom of the Council	-40% Nature's Wrath Skills Morale Cost	30
	Flame of Anor	Class Quest: A Lore-master's Will	Your fire-based skills inflict 10% greater damage.	30
	Knowledge of the Past	300 Ancient Wisdom	All of your skills have a chance to restore a small amount of Power.	30
	Improved Sign of Wizardry	750 Sign of Power: Wizard's Fire	+15% Sign of Power: Wizardry Damage	---
	Improved Storm-lore	250 Storm-lore	+15% Storm-lore Damage	---
	Tactically Adept	750 Share the Power	-3% Tactical Skills Power Cost	30
Legendary Trait
	Improved Sticky Gourd	Equip 5 skills from this set	This trait makes your Sticky Gourd into a lasting AOE hotspot.	41+
The Ancient Master
Icons	Name	Source	Effect	Level
	Deep Lore	500 Fire-lore / Wind-lore / Herb-lore	+5 Targets Area Damage Lore Skills	10
	Power and Wisdom	250 Power of Knowledge	This improves your Ancient Wisdom effect magnitude and enables you to use your Power of Knowledge skill for a longer period of time.	1
	Fast Loader	400 Blinding Flash	Removes Induction from Blinding Flash	20
	The Secret of Tar	250 Sticky Tar	-0.5s Sticky Tar Induction	---
	The Study of Wind-lore	1,000 Gust of Wind	+3% Gust of Wind Miss Chance -10% Target Damage	---
	The Study of Fire-lore	350 Fire-lore	+5% Fire Lore Miss Chance	---
	Improved Sign of Power: Command	350 Sign of Power: Command	Your keen understanding of the Sign of Power: Command, means you can now harm the evade and block chances of your foes.	40
	Explosive Force	750 Blinding Flash	-540 Target Blinding Flash Resist Rating	40
Legendary Trait
	Force of Will	Equip 5 skills from this set	Your Sign of Power: See All Ends magnitude has increased. +30s Duration -900 Critical Hit Chance	41+
Legendary Traits
Icons	Name	Source	Effect	Level
	March of the Ents	Complete Of Leaf and Twig	440 Fire Damage 6s Stun	41+
	Noble Savage	Complete The Book of Beasts	Your pets have better morale, attack increase and defensive capabilities.	41+
	Sword and Staff	Complete Lore of the Blade	Enables the use of a sword. Allows Dual-wielding of weapons. +300 Maximum Morale +360 Parry Rating +360 Evade Rating +15% Melee Damage	41+
	Eagle-Friend	Class Quest: A Lesson from Lord Elrond	You are a friend of the Eagles and may summon one to aid you.	50

Tactics

Useful tactics when playing a Lore-master:

One mob pull: if facing one target mob surrounded by mobs that are likely assist, a cunning Lore-master can manage to fight just the one mobs, and not any of the adds.

Start out by casting Blinding Flash on the mob from the maximum possible distance, then turn around and run. Once the adds have stopped pursuing you, return. After 30s have passed the mezzed mob will be free and will attack you -- but the adds will not follow.

Blinding Flash against one target: even if fighting just one target it can be useful to use Blinding Flash. In the 30 seconds that pass you can use Inner Flame to heal up, or wait until your Light of the Rising Dawn cooldown is up. Or if it comes to worst, run. Be careful not to leave a Burning Embers DOT on the target, as that will break the mez.