Lore-master

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 to Races: Elf, Man

A male Elf Lore-master

Class-infobox Classes Skills Traits Deeds Traceries Effects

Role

Crowd-control / Pets / Debuffs / Support / AoE: The Lore-master excels at serving a versatile support role.

• It is the undisputed master of crowd-control, with abilities to stun, daze and root opponents.
• The Lore-master also possesses a wide variety of ways to debuff enemies, even in large numbers.
• He can also supply his allies with large amounts of Power replenishment, and provide excellent curing support along with some moderate healing.
• The Lore-master's many different pets help by debuffing, tanking, and helping allies.
• Finally, a Lore-master traited in the Nature's Fury (red) tree provides very strong damage, especially AoE damage, and can fulfill a Damage / DPS role in groups.

Pets

The Lore-master is a Pet class, and will always have one of her animal friends active. A Lore-master's pets have useful abilities on their own, but also provide important synergy with the Lore-master's own abilities. Thus, a Lore-master must carefully watch, control, and take care of their pet to ensure it's always alive and helping out.

A Lore-master can only have one pet helping her at a time. A Lore-master must learn to choose smartly from their wide variety of pets to best fit each situation, specialization, role, and environment (see the Pets page for a detailed list of all the different animals a Lore-master can call to their side).

Flanking and Harrying

All pets have a chance to cause  Flanked! when attacking an enemy. This is important, because several of the Lore-master's abilities have improved effects when an enemy has been Flanked.

Pets can also caused  Harried! when attacking an enemy from behind. Beyond its useful snare effect, Harried has no other interactions.

Pet Food

Pets can be fed pet food crafted by Cooks to temporarily but significantly improve a pet's stats. For example, you might feed your Lynx a Cut of Eastemnet Meat.

Appearance

A Lore-master can consume special items made by Jewellers to change each pet's appearance. For example, the basic Brown Bear can be turned into a Black Bear or even a little bear cub.

See each pet's individual page for a gallery of its possible appearances.

Morale costs

A large number of the Lore-master's abilities cost Morale in addition to Power. Thus, it's very important for a Lore-master to manage not just Power consumption, but also Morale, even if he's not being directly attacked. A Lore-master must learn to use all his abilities carefully and manage his Morale well in order to stay active without being defeated.

Skills

Default Skills

These skills are granted automatically as you gain levels. The effects of many of these skills are improved in various ways by your choice of specialization and how you spend your trait points. Some skills may also be replaced by an improved version of the same skill as you increase in level.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Level:
Burning Embers	Damage + DoT + Slow	3s	30m	1
Wizard's Frost	Damage + Heal	None	40m	1
Gust of Wind	AoE	10s	40m	1
Staff-strike	Melee	3s	2.5m	1
Friend of Bears	Pet (Bear)	None	Self	1
Lightning Strike	Damage	10s	25m	1
Light of Hope	Heal	10s	25m	4
Sign of Power: Command	Debuff	2s	40m	6
Blinding Flash	Daze + Interrupt	15s	40m	10
Cracked Earth	AoE + Root	10s	25m	14
Raven-lore	Pet (Raven)	None	Self	15
Knowledge of Cures	Cure	15s	30m	16
Power of Knowledge	Damage + Power	45s	40m	16
Bane Flare	AoE Daze	1m	10m	18
Light of the Rising Dawn	Damage + Stun	30s	30m	18
Wind-lore	AoE Debuff	5s	40m	20
Knowledge of the Lore-master	Debuff	1m	40m	20
Clever Escape	Cure	2m	Self	20
Dispel Corruption	Corruption	25s	25m	20
Friend of Nature	Pet (Bog-lurker)	None	Self	20
Share the Power	Power	None	25m	22
Sticky Gourd	AoE + DoT	30s	25m	24
Sign of Power: Righteousness	Buff	18s	40m	26
Staff-sweep	AoE + Power	10s	5m	28
Lynx-speech	Pet (Lynx)	None	Self	30
Wisdom of the Council	Heal + Buff + Stun	5m	Self	30
Back from the Brink	Revive	None	25m	32
Sign of Power: Vigilance	Buff	3s	25m	32
Sticky Tar	AoE Debuff	1m 30s	Self	33
Call to the Valar	Cooldown + Buff	5m	Self	34
Commune with Nature	Pet (Nature Spirit)	3m	Self	40
Ancient Craft	AoE Debuff	1m	10m	42
Friend of Feline Hunters	Pet (Sabertooth)	None	Self	56
Sign of Power: See All Ends	Debuff	1m	40m	58
Improved Sign of Power: Command	AoE Debuff	1.8s	40m	66
Improved Staff-sweep	AoE + Power + Buff	10s	5m	68
Improved Burning Embers	Damage + DoT + Slow	3s	30m	74
Water-lore	Heal	10s	25m	77
Power of Knowledge	Damage + Power	1m	40m	80

Combat Pet Skills

These skills are used by the Lore-master's current pet, rather than the Lore-master herself. A Lore-master may choose to manually control any of the pet's three active skills. See the individual pet pages for a more detailed explanation of each pet.

Skills and Effects	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Bear
Roaring Challenge	Taunt	1m10s	20m	Level:	1
Shatter Arms	Debuff	1m	2.5m	Level:	21
Bear Hug	Stun	1m	2.5m	Level:	34
Raven
Dizzy	Passive Debuff Proc	n/a	2.5m	Level:	15
Shield of the Raven's Wing	Passive Buff Aura	n/a	?	Trait:	Raven's Protection
Benediction of the Raven	Debuff	10s	40m	Level:	15
Distraction	Debuff + Damage	15s	2.5m	Level:	15
Evasion	Buff	1m	Self	Level:	19
Bog-lurker
Angry Bees	DoT	30s	40m	Level:	20
Root Strike	Damage + Debuff	30s	40m	Level:	20
Bursting Root	Damage + Stun	1m	40m	Level:	20
Lynx
Savage Bleed	Passive DoT Proc	n/a	2.5m	Level:	30
Surprise Attack	Melee	10s	2.5m	Level:	30
Feral Strike	AoE	2m	3m	Level:	36
Slashing Claws	AoE	1m	3m	Level:	41
Sabertooth
Frostbite	AoE + Debuff	2m	5m	Level:	56
Fury of Winter	AoE	2m	5m	Level:	56
Throat Slash	AoE + Stun	1m	5m	Level:	56
Spirit
Light of Nature	Passive Debuff Aura	n/a	?	Level:	40
Flashing Flank	Flank Event	45s	30m	Level:	40
Nature's Light	Debuff + Heal	1m	30m	Level:	40
Nature's Gift	AoE Heal	1m	20m	Level:	40
Eagle
Nobility	Passive Power Aura	n/a	?	Level:	baseline
Eye Peck	Interrupt	?	2.5m	Level:	baseline
Fan the Flames	Damage + Fear	1m	3m	Level:	baseline
Beak Rend	AoE Morale-tap	1m 30s	5.2m	Level:	baseline
Sacrifice	Combat Revive	1m	40m	Level:	baseline

Non-combat Pet Skills

Calls a fun non-combat pet that will follow your Lore-master's around.

Skills	Found
Rabbit-speech	Tome of the Hare from the quest Lore-master: Friend of Sparrows
Bird-speech	Tome of the Sparrow bought via Reputation from Atharbain within Imlad Gelair in Rivendell
Dog-speech	Tome of the Dog dropped in Angmar
Cat-speech	Tome of the Cat dropped in Angmar
Fox-speech	Tome of the Fox dropped in Angmar
Frog-speech	Tome of the Frog dropped in Angmar
Snake-speech	Tome of the Snake dropped in the Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu (Raid)
Squirrel-speech	Tome of the Squirrel dropped in Angmar
Turtle-speech	Tome of the Turtle bought from Maneser Goodbody at the Mathom House in Michel Delving

Keeper of Animals

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Keeper of Animals (blue) trait tree.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Eagle-friend	Pet (Eagle)	None	Self	Set:	Initial skill
Inner Flame	Heal + Buff	1m	40m	Trait:	Inner Flame
Catmint	Buff	45s	40m	Trait:	Catmint
A Murder of Crows	AoE Damage + Debuff	2m	40m	Trait:	A Murder of Crows

Master of Nature's Fury

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Master of Nature's Fury (red) trait tree.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Wizard's Fire	Damage + Power	-	40m	Set:	Initial skill
Lightning-storm	AoE	1m30s	25m	Trait:	Lightning-storm
Improved Sticky Gourd	AoE + DoT	30s	Self	Set:	Liquid Fire
Ring of Fire	AoE Damage + Debuff	30s	25m	Trait:	Ring of Fire
Ents go to War	AoE Damage + Stun	5m	15m	Set:	Ents go to War
Nature's Fury	AoE	1m30s	25m	Trait:	Nature's Fury
Improved Wizard's Fire	AoE	-	40m	Set:	Flame of Anor

The Ancient Master

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Ancient Master (yellow) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Test of Will	Tactical + Stun	1m	40m	Set:	Initial skill
Fire-lore	Debuff	?	40m	Trait:	Fire-lore
Frost-lore	Debuff	?	40m	Trait:	Frost-lore
Storm-lore	Tactical AoE Stun	2m	5m	Trait:	Storm-lore
Warding Knowledge	AoE Debuff	45s	Self	Trait:	Warding Lore
Beacon of Hope	AoE Heal	30s	25m	Trait:	Beacon of Hope
Share the Power - Fellowship	AoE Power	?	25m	Trait:	Enough for Everyone
Herb-lore	AoE Root	2m	40m	Trait:	Herb-lore
Pleasant Breeze	AoE Morale	10s	40m	Trait:	Pleasant Breeze
Air-lore	Buff	Toggle	40m	Trait:	Air-lore
The Ancient Master	Buff	1m30s	Self	Trait:	The Ancient Master

Mounted Combat Skills

Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
Discipline: Rohirrim	Mounted Discipline	75		Increases (War-steed) Morale and Outgoing Healing
Discipline: Red Dawn	Mounted Discipline	75		Increases damage dealt and reduces enemy's chance to resist tactical skills
Discipline: Riddermark	Mounted Discipline	75		Lore-master focuses on Beast-lore, turning their attention to the weakening or enhancement of beasts.
Bond of the Rider	Damage + Heal	75	40m	Deals damage to your target and restores some of fellowship's morale and their War-steeds
Enduring Embers	Damage + Debuff	75	40m	Applies a fire damage over time as well as having a chance to place a debuff on the target depending on active discipline.
Mearas-lore	Debuff	75	40m	Debuffs the target, effect depends on the mounted discipline.
Metal and Mettle	Damage	75		Melee attack
Radiant Burst	Root + Slow	75	40m	Root and then slow an enemy with chance of dismount.
Sign of Power: Inspiration	Debuff	75	40m	On any damage, there is a 20% chance for a heal or Light damage to the enemy, depending on the mounted discipline.
Bond of the Lore-master	Power + Buff	75	40m	Reduces (War-steed) Power cost of all skills and increases in-Combat Regeneration (requires the Bond of the Lore-master trait)
Riding Companion: War Wolf	Pet	75		Summons a War Wolf pet (requires the Riding Companion trait)

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Light Armour	1

Combat Characteristics

Proficiency	Level
Friend of Bears	1
Friend of Ravens	15
Friend of Bog-guardians	20
Ancient Wisdom	28
Friend of Lynx	30
Friend of Nature	40
Sword and Staff	40

Instrument Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Clarinet Use	1
Lute Use	1
Specialized Equipment	1
Fiddle Use	5

Misc. Passive Skills

Proficiency	Level
Novice	5
Journeyman	10
Adept	20
Books of Lore	20
Friend of the Wild	29
Master	30
Heroic	40

Weapon Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Two-handed Staves	1

Traits

Keeper of Animals

Keeper Of Animals A strong bond with Beasts for attack and defence. Animal companions ensure their keeper's survival, using bonuses and pet-master interactions to help both thrive in battle. Skills Earned:  Eagle-friend Your companions have the following bonuses: +5% Morale +5% Power +2% Attack Speed +2% Outgoing Damage +1% Critical Chance +2% Block Chance +2% Parry Chance +2% Evade Chance +1 Stealth +1 Stealth Detection Coordination: When your animal companion lands a critical strike, your next skill has no induction. This effect cannot trigger more than once every 10s.

Set Bonus	Description	Source
Kindred Flame	Improves the damage buff from Inner Flame and lets it buff your pet too.	Set: 5+ total ranks
Peerless Wisdom	You have a greater chance of reflecting damage when using Wisdom of the Council. +10% Wisdom of the Council Damage Negation Chance	Set: 10+ total ranks
Raven's Protection	The Raven now offers a Tactical Mitigation buff to you and your fellows.	Set: 15+ total ranks
Critical Coordination	When your Pet scores a Critical Hit, your next skill is guaranteed to Crit as well.	Set: 20+ total ranks
Fellowship Friend	When your Pet scores a Critical Hit, a unique buff will be bestowed from your pet unto your fellowship.	Set: 25+ total ranks
Bolstered Bond	Your companions have additional bonuses	Set: 30+ total ranks
Tutelage of the Brown Wizard	Your pets gain 3 levels Your pets are dramatically strengthened through the lore of Radagast.	Set: 35+ total ranks

Trait	Description	Source
Sign of the Wild: Protection	Increases your pet's defences.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Sign of the Wild: Rage	Increases your pet's damage and attack speed.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Go for the Throat	Increases your pet's Critical rating.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Lesser Giant Eagle	Earns the skill: Eagle-friend.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Inner Flame	Earns the skill: Inner Flame.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Prepare for War	Increases Tactical damage dealt by both your pet and yourself.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Prepared Materials	You attack faster now that you are prepared for battle.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Hearty Diet	Boosts the max Morale of your pet and yourself.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Don't You Touch Him!	Protective of your pet, you gain a damage buff if your pet is hit by a Critical attack.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Catmint	Earns the skill: Catmint.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Loyalty	Your pet loves you. If you are hit by a Critical attack, your pet will sacrifice some Morale to heal you.	Trait: 20+ ranks
After-battle Treat	After a battle is finished, your pet receives positive reinforcement from you, it gains Morale and a damage buff.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Don't Interrupt Me	Enemies who interrupt your inductions pay dearly for their rudeness. At base, you return and absorb 7% of damage.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Synchronized Movement	You and your pet execute attacks more quickly.	Trait: 25+ ranks
A Murder of Crows	Earns the skill: A Murder of Crows. Enables you to summon a vast flock of crows to harass your enemies for a short time.	Trait: 30+ ranks
Feral	You are inspired by your pet companion, and take on a few of its fighting characteristics.	Trait: 30+ ranks

Master of Nature's Fury

Master of Nature's Fury Uses the strength of nature to damage foes. A DPS build focused on dealing significant damage from a distance. Skills interact to maximize damage to one or multiple targets. Skills Earned:  Wizard's Fire +20% Fire-type Damage +20% Chance for Lightning Strike to strike twice. Your feline companions have increased attack damage and slightly increased Morale and Power.

Set Bonus	Description	Source
Improved Ignition	+15% cashout damage from Lightning-Strike and Lightning-storm	Set: 5+ total ranks
Master of the Elements	+10% Fire-type Damage. +10% Light-Type Damage. +10% Lightning-type Damage. +10% Frost-type Damage	Set: 10+ total ranks
Exposure to the Elements	+20% Elemental Critical Damage	Set: 15+ total ranks
Liquid Fire	Sticky Gourd becomes Improved Sticky Gourd, and applies Burning Embers to targets stuck in its area of effect every 4 seconds.	Set: 20+ total ranks
Hasten	Staff-sweep now reduces the cooldown of Sticky Gourd, Lightning-storm and Ents go to War.	Set: 25+ total ranks
Ents go to War	Grants you Ents go to War skill and Hasten Ents Go to War.	Set: 30+ total ranks
Flame of Anor	Wizard's Fire changes to Improved Wizard's Fire. +35% chance to trigger a lightning strike during Nature's Fury.	Set: 35+ total ranks

Trait	Description	Source
Master of Fire	Increases Fire skill damage.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Tactical Damage	Deal more damage with Tactical skills.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Burning Earth	The Cracked Earth skill burns hotter, dealing additional damage.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Knowledge of Storms	Deal more damage with Lightning attacks.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Ancient Fire	Gives Gust of Wind a chance to upgrade 2 Burning Embers DoT effects at once.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Sword and Storm	Staff-strike deals bonus Lightning damage and stuns the foe.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Lightning-storm	Earns the skill: Lightning-storm.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Slow Burn	Burning Embers lasts much longer.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Rapid Fire	Reduces Induction Duration	Trait: 15+ ranks
Fend Them Off	Sword and Storm temporarily boosts your Parry Chance, Evade Chance, and Fire Skill Damage.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Dry Kindling	Burning Embers has a chance to burn hotter and last longer.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Fierce Lightning	Lightning-storm may set the ground beneath the enemy afire, dealing additional damage.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Mighty Wind	Gust of Wind has a chance to spread the flames of Burning Embers from foe to foe.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Ring of Fire	Earns the skill: Ring of Fire. At max rank, Ring of Fire's radius is doubled.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Nature's Fury	Earns the skill: Nature's Fury	Trait: 30+ ranks
Fire Shield	Your Fire skills have a 25% chance to raise a protective shield around you, boosting your defences and reflecting Fire Damage at attackers.	Trait: 30+ ranks

The Ancient Master

The Ancient Master Uses lore knowledge to hinder and confound foes. A CC build with a wide range of debuffs and Power-restoring abilities for the Fellowship, using chains of harmful skills to enhance debuffs. Skills Earned:  Test of Will Insult to Injury: Burning Embers will deal bonus damage to Stunned Targets

Set Bonus	Description	Source
Warding Lore	You learn to use Warding Knowledge.	Set: 5+ total ranks
Beacon of Hope	Light of Hope becomes Beacon of Hope, which heals allies in an area around your target.	Set: 10+ total ranks
Enough for Everyone	Grants the Skill: Share the Power - Fellowship	Set: 15+ total ranks
Herb-lore	You learn to use Herb-lore.	Set: 20+ total ranks
Air-lore	You learn to use Air-lore.	Set: 25+ total ranks
Advanced Knowledge of Cures	Knowledge of Cures is now instant-cast.	Set: 30+ total ranks
Force of Will	Your mastery of Lore makes your debuffs last longer.	Set: 35+ total ranks

Trait	Description	Source
Fire-lore	Earns the skill: Fire-lore. Improves the potency of Fire-lore's Melee Damage Debuff.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Frost-lore	Earns the skill: Frost-lore. Improves the potency of Frost-lore's Tactical Damage Debuff.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Storm-lore	Earns the skill: Storm-lore. Increases Lightning Damage per rank.	Trait: 0+ ranks
Mending Lore	Increases Outgoing Healing per Rank. At max rank, increases the Incoming Healing buff on Water-lore.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Power of Knowledge	Increases the Power restoration and damage from Power of Knowledge.	Trait: 5+ ranks
Playing with Fire	Adds unique debuffs when using a Fire, Frost, of Lightning skill on a target afflicted with Fire-lore.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Out in the Cold	Adds unique debuffs when using a Fire, Frost, or Lightning skill on a target afflicted with Frost-lore.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Level-headed	Decreases Power Cost of skills.	Trait: 10+ ranks
Wild Fire	Using Wind-lore on an enemy afflicted by Fire-lore will spread the flames to nearby foes.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Chill Wind	Using Wind-lore on an enemy afflicted by Frost-lore will spread the cold to nearby foes.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Ancient Craft	Increases Armour Debuff of Ancient Craft At third rank, Ancient Craft causes the first Lightning Skill to be used against a target to deal bonus damage. At max rank, your armour is 5% more effective.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Flow of Power	Increases Power restoration by Power of Knowledge and Share the Power.	Trait: 15+ ranks
Disable	Increases Stun duration.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Pleasant Breeze	Earns the skill: Pleasant Breeze. A critical hit with Gust of Wind will allow you to direct a pleasant breeze to your allies, restoring some Power.	Trait: 20+ ranks
Quick Hands	Reduces duration of all Lore-master inductions.	Trait: 25+ ranks
Firm Grasp	Increases Breakout Grace Period on all crowd-control skills.	Trait: 25+ ranks
The Ancient Master	Earns the skill: The Ancient Master.	Trait: 30+ ranks
Enfeeble	The debuff strength of the following skills are doubled for the first 10s of their cast: Ancient Craft Sign of Power: See All Ends Sign of Power: Command	Trait: 30+ ranks

Trait Tree

Keeper Of Animals A strong bond with Beasts for attack and defence. Animal companions ensure their keeper's survival, using bonuses and pet-master interactions to help both thrive in battle. Skills Earned:  Eagle-friend Your companions have the following bonuses: +5% Morale +5% Power +2% Attack Speed +2% Outgoing Damage +1% Critical Chance +2% Block Chance +2% Parry Chance +2% Evade Chance +1 Stealth +1 Stealth Detection Coordination: When your animal companion lands a critical strike, your next skill has no induction. This effect cannot trigger more than once every 10s.	Master of Nature's Fury Uses the strength of nature to damage foes. A DPS build focused on dealing significant damage from a distance. Skills interact to maximize damage to one or multiple targets. Skills Earned:  Wizard's Fire +20% Fire-type Damage +20% Chance for Lightning Strike to strike twice. Your feline companions have increased attack damage and slightly increased Morale and Power.	The Ancient Master Uses lore knowledge to hinder and confound foes. A CC build with a wide range of debuffs and Power-restoring abilities for the Fellowship, using chains of harmful skills to enhance debuffs. Skills Earned:  Test of Will Insult to Injury: Burning Embers will deal bonus damage to Stunned Targets
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Tactics

Some useful tactics when playing a Lore-master:

• Link break: if facing a target surrounded by mobs that are likely to assist, a cunning Lore-master can manage to fight just the intended target, 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 dazed mob will be free and will attack you -- but the adds will not follow.

• Buying Time: 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 for skill cooldowns to expire. Or if it comes to worst, run. Be careful not to leave a DoT (e.g. Burning Embers) on the target, as that will break the daze.

• Pet Shields: Pets often have near double your own health, and have no cooldowns between summons. Keeping this in mind, you can survive many battles which normally would be impossible by keeping the attention on your pet and re-summoning when it gets defeated. Using this in tandem with slowing skills can improve your survivability even more.

See Also

• Lore-master Deeds