Captain
- Class Difficulty: Moderate
- Role: Defence/Support
- Gameplay: Captains are armoured melee fighters and masters of buffing; skills that enhance allies. They may summon a Herald companion to fight by their side, ensuring they always have an ally to buff. They can also Mark foes, giving benefits to all who attack them. In Fellowships, a Captain supports his or her allies with healing and buffs, while still dealing respectable damage.
- Lore: The Captains of Middle-earth hold the future in their hands. By their own strength of arms and the inspiration they instill in others, they must lead the Free Peoples to victory.
- This class is inspired by Eärnur, last King of Gondor, who was revered both as a Captain skilled in arms, and as a Lore-Master.
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Role
Jack of All Trades: the Captain has a hand in just about every job for a group. Alone, a Captain is a capable warrior and healer, but in a group, they improve a fellowship to an exceptional level with their buffs and AoE heals. In practice, Captains are most often asked to play the roles of Tank and offensive support.
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.
Hands of Healing
These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Hands of Healing (blue) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.
Active Skills | Category | Cooldown | Range | Source | |
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Melee + Heal | 30s | 3.5m | Set: | Initial Skill |
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Heal | 5m | 30m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Debuff | Toggle | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Standard | 5s | 3.5m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Melee + Light | 1m | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Buff | 2m | Self | Set: | ![]() |
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Heal | 2m | 40.2m | Trait: | ![]() |
Lead the Charge
These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Lead the Charge (red) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.
Active Skills | Category | Cooldown | Range | Source | |
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Melee | 20s | 3.5m | Set: | Initial Skill |
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Debuff | Toggle | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Buff | 2m | Self | Trait: | ![]() |
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Standard | 1m | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Buff | 2m | Self | Set: | ![]() |
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Debuff | 3m | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
Leader of Men
These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Leader of Men (yellow) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.
Active Skills | Category | Cooldown | Range | Source | |
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Taunt | 1m | 40m | Set: | Initial Skill |
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Debuff | Toggle | 12m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Taunt | 15s | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Buff | 5m | Self | Set: | ![]() |
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Buff | 3m | Self | Trait: | ![]() |
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Standard | 1m | 40m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Heal | 1m | 7.2m | Trait: | ![]() |
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Buff | 2m | Self | Set: | ![]() |
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Buff | 2m | 25m | Trait: | ![]() |
Mounted Combat Skills
These skills can be used only while riding a war-steed, and only while in the regions of East Rohan, Wildermore, and West Rohan. Passive skills which improve the war-steed's defensive capabilities remain effective even in other regions, but serve only to prevent forced dismount due to enemy attacks.
Active Skills | Category | Cooldown | Range | Source | |
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Stance | 1s | - | Quest: | Devastation in the North |
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Stance | 1s | - | Quest: | Devastation in the North |
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Stance | 1s | - | Quest: | Devastation in the North |
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Tactical + Buff | 10s | 40m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
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Tactical | 16s | 40m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
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Melee | 4s | 4.2m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
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Melee | 4s | 4.2m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
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Heal | 12s | 4.2m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
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Buff | 18s | 40m | Quest: | Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1 |
Passive Skills
Armour Proficiencies
Proficiency | Level |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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15 |
Weapon Proficiencies
Proficiency | Level |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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10 |
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15 |
Instrument Proficiencies
Proficiency | Level |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
Other Passive Skills
Proficiency | Level |
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20 |
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20 |
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30 |
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40 |
Trait Sets
Hands of Healing
Heals allies while dealing melee damage.
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Set Traits | Description | Source | |
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Improves skill Valiant Strike | Set: | 5+ total ranks |
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Buff | Set: | 10+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Blade of Elendil | Set: | 15+ total ranks |
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Buff | Set: | 20+ total ranks |
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Gain skill Song-brother's Call | Set: | 25+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Song-brother | Set: | 30+ total ranks |
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Buff for the Song-brother | Set: | 35+ total ranks |
Tree Traits | Description | Source | |
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Buff | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Improves skill Escape from Darkness and becomes Cry of Vengeance | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Gain skill Revealing Mark | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Improves skill Words of Courage | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Gain skill Gallant Display | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Improves skill Rallying Cry | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 15+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 15+ ranks |
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Improves skill Valiant Strike | Trait: | 15+ ranks, Revealing Mark (1) |
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Gain and improve skill Standard of Honour | Trait: | 20+ ranks |
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Improves skill Muster Courage | Trait: | 20+ ranks |
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Improves skill Inspire (Song-brother) | Trait: | 25+ ranks |
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Improves skill Rallying Cry | Trait: | 25+ ranks |
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Gain skill Reform the Lines! | Trait: | 30+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 30+ ranks |
Lead the Charge
Uses Tactical and Melee attacks to deal damage.
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Set Traits | Description | Source | |
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Improves skill Shadow's Lament | Set: | 5+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Cutting Attack | Set: | 10+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Blade of Elendil | Set: | 15+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Grave Wound | Set: | 20+ total ranks |
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Gain skill Blade-brother's Call | Set: | 25+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Blade-brother | Set: | 30+ total ranks |
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Improves skills Inspire (Blade-brother) and Shadow's Lament | Set: | 35+ total ranks |
Tree Traits | Description | Source | |
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Improves skills Devastating Blow, Light of Elendil, Pressing Attack and Routing Cry | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 0+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Gain skill Telling Mark | Trait: | 5+ ranks |
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Improves skill Routing Cry | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Gain skill Time of Need | Trait: | 10+ ranks |
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Improves skills Shadow's Lament and Telling Mark | Trait: | 10+ ranks, Telling Mark (1) |
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Improves skill Grave Wound | Trait: | 15+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 15+ ranks |
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Improve all Call to Arms (Captain) skills | Trait: | 15+ ranks |
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Buff | Trait: | 20+ ranks |
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Gain and improve skill Standard of War | Trait: | 20+ ranks |
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Improve skill Blade-brother | Trait: | 25+ ranks |
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Improve skill Grave Wound | Trait: | 25+ ranks |
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Gain skill Oathbreaker's Shame | Trait: | 30+ ranks |
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Improve all Call to Arms (Captain) skills | Trait: | 30+ ranks |
Leader of Men
Defends allies while wielding two-handed weapons.
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Set Traits | Description | Source | |
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Buff | Set: | 5+ total ranks |
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Gain skill Last Stand | Set: | 10+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Blade of Elendil | Set: | 15+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Sure Strike | Set: | 20+ total ranks |
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Gain skill Shield-brother's Call | Set: | 25+ total ranks |
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Improves skill Watchful Shield-brother | Set: | 30+ total ranks |
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Buff | Set: | 35+ total ranks |
Trait Tree
Heals allies while dealing melee damage.
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Uses Tactical and Melee attacks to deal damage.
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Defends allies while wielding two-handed weapons.
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Heralds
Some of the heralds carry a banner in one hand and wield a one-handed weapon in their other hand. Others carry just a Bow. They tend to have 50% of the Captain's morale points. If they are defeated, heralds can be re-summoned in battle. At level 26, you gain a Herald Archer, and the ability to trade Armements for Receipt of Armament Exchange. This can then be exchanged for a cosmetic appearance for your chosen Herald.
- Herald of War - A Herald of War carries your banner, increasing Melee, Ranged and Tactical by 2%.
- Herald of Hope - A Herald of Hope carries your banner, increasing Physical Mitigation and Tactical Mitigation by 3%.
- Herald of Victory - A Herald of Victory carries your banner, reducing Power cost by 10%.
- Herald Archer - A herald Archer carries a Bow to assist you with range in combat.