Lore-master Traits

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Lore-master Specialization Sets and 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-icon.png 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
Inner Flame (Trait)-icon.png Kindred Flame Improves the damage buff from Inner Flame and lets it buff your pet too. Set: 5+ total ranks
Peerless Wisdom-icon.png 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-icon.png Raven's Protection The Raven now offers a Tactical Mitigation buff to you and your fellows. Set: 15+ total ranks
Critical Coordination-icon.png Critical Coordination When your Pet scores a Critical Hit, your next skill is guaranteed to Crit as well. Set: 20+ total ranks
Fellowship Friend-icon.png 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-icon.png Bolstered Bond Your companions have additional bonuses Set: 30+ total ranks
Tutelage of the Brown Wizard-icon.png 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 (Trait)-icon.png Sign of the Wild: Protection Increases your pet's defences. Trait: 0+ ranks
Sign of the Wild Rage (Trait)-icon.png Sign of the Wild: Rage Increases your pet's damage and attack speed. Trait: 0+ ranks
Go for the Throat-icon.png Go for the Throat Increases your pet's Critical rating. Trait: 5+ ranks
Lesser Giant Eagle-icon.png Lesser Giant Eagle Earns the skill: Eagle-friend. Trait: 5+ ranks
Inner Flame (Trait)-icon.png Inner Flame Earns the skill: Inner Flame. Trait: 5+ ranks
Prepare for War-icon.png Prepare for War Increases Tactical damage dealt by both your pet and yourself. Trait: 10+ ranks
Prepared Materials-icon.png Prepared Materials You attack faster now that you are prepared for battle. Trait: 10+ ranks
Hearty Diet-icon.png Hearty Diet Boosts the max Morale of your pet and yourself. Trait: 15+ ranks
Don't You Touch Him! (trait)-icon.png 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 (Trait)-icon.png Catmint Earns the skill: Catmint. Trait: 15+ ranks
Loyalty (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png Synchronized Movement You and your pet execute attacks more quickly. Trait: 25+ ranks
A Murder of Crows (Trait)-icon.png 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.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png Improved Ignition +15% cashout damage from Lightning-Strike and Lightning-storm Set: 5+ total ranks
Master of the Elements-icon.png 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-icon.png Exposure to the Elements +20% Elemental Critical Damage Set: 15+ total ranks
Liquid Fire-icon.png 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
Buying Time-icon.png 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-icon.png Ents go to War Grants you Ents go to War skill and Hasten Ents Go to War. Set: 30+ total ranks
Flame of Anor-icon.png 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 (Trait)-icon.png Master of Fire Increases Fire skill damage. Trait: 0+ ranks
Tactical Mastery (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png Tactical Damage Deal more damage with Tactical skills. Trait: 0+ ranks
Burning Earth-icon.png Burning Earth The Cracked Earth skill burns hotter, dealing additional damage. Trait: 5+ ranks
Knowledge of Storms-icon.png Knowledge of Storms Deal more damage with Lightning attacks. Trait: 5+ ranks
Ancient Fire-icon.png Ancient Fire Gives Gust of Wind a chance to upgrade 2 Burning Embers DoT effects at once. Trait: 10+ ranks
Sword and Storm-icon.png Sword and Storm Staff-strike deals bonus Lightning damage and stuns the foe. Trait: 10+ ranks
Lightning-storm (Trait)-icon.png Lightning-storm Earns the skill: Lightning-storm. Trait: 10+ ranks
Slow Burn-icon.png Slow Burn Burning Embers lasts much longer. Trait: 15+ ranks
Rapid Fire (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png Rapid Fire Reduces Induction Duration Trait: 15+ ranks
Fend Them Off-icon.png Fend Them Off Sword and Storm temporarily boosts your Parry Chance, Evade Chance, and Fire Skill Damage. Trait: 15+ ranks
Dry Kindling-icon.png Dry Kindling Burning Embers has a chance to burn hotter and last longer. Trait: 20+ ranks
Fierce Lightning-icon.png Fierce Lightning Lightning-storm may set the ground beneath the enemy afire, dealing additional damage. Trait: 20+ ranks
Mighty Wind-icon.png 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 (Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png Nature's Fury Earns the skill: Nature's Fury Trait: 30+ ranks
Fire Shield (Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png Test of Will
Insult to Injury: Burning Embers will deal bonus damage to Stunned Targets
Set Bonus Description Source
Warding Knowledge-icon.png Warding Lore You learn to use Warding Knowledge. Set: 5+ total ranks
Beacon of Hope (Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png Enough for Everyone Grants the Skill: Share the Power - Fellowship Set: 15+ total ranks
Herb-lore-icon.png Herb-lore You learn to use Herb-lore. Set: 20+ total ranks
Air-lore-icon.png Air-lore You learn to use Air-lore. Set: 25+ total ranks
Advanced Knowledge of Cures-icon.png Advanced Knowledge of Cures Knowledge of Cures is now instant-cast. Set: 30+ total ranks
Force of Will-icon.png Force of Will

Your mastery of Lore makes your debuffs last longer.

Set: 35+ total ranks


Trait Description Source
Fire-lore (Trait)-icon.png Fire-lore Earns the skill: Fire-lore.
Improves the potency of Fire-lore's Melee Damage Debuff.
Trait: 0+ ranks
Frost-lore (Trait)-icon.png Frost-lore Earns the skill: Frost-lore.
Improves the potency of Frost-lore's Tactical Damage Debuff.
Trait: 0+ ranks
Storm-lore (Trait)-icon.png Storm-lore Earns the skill: Storm-lore.
Increases Lightning Damage per rank.
Trait: 0+ ranks
Mending Lore-icon.png Mending Lore Increases Outgoing Healing per Rank. At max rank, increases the Incoming Healing buff on Water-lore. Trait: 5+ ranks
Power of Knowledge (Trait)-icon.png Power of Knowledge Increases the Power restoration and damage from Power of Knowledge. Trait: 5+ ranks
Playing with Fire-icon.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png Level-headed Decreases Power Cost of skills. Trait: 10+ ranks
Wild Fire-icon.png Wild Fire Using Wind-lore on an enemy afflicted by Fire-lore will spread the flames to nearby foes. Trait: 15+ ranks
Chill Wind-icon.png Chill Wind Using Wind-lore on an enemy afflicted by Frost-lore will spread the cold to nearby foes. Trait: 15+ ranks
Ancient Craft (Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png Flow of Power Increases Power restoration by Power of Knowledge and Share the Power. Trait: 15+ ranks
Disable-icon.png Disable Increases Stun duration. Trait: 20+ ranks
Pleasant Breeze (Trait)-icon.png 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-icon.png Quick Hands Reduces duration of all Lore-master inductions. Trait: 25+ ranks
Firm Grasp-icon.png Firm Grasp Increases Breakout Grace Period on all crowd-control skills. Trait: 25+ ranks
The Ancient Master (Trait)-icon.png The Ancient Master Earns the skill: The Ancient Master. Trait: 30+ ranks
Enfeeble-icon.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png 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-icon.png Test of Will
Insult to Injury: Burning Embers will deal bonus damage to Stunned Targets
Sign of the Wild Protection (Trait)-icon.png
0/5
Sign of the Wild Rage (Trait)-icon.png
0/5
Go for the Throat-icon.png
0/5
Inner Flame (Trait)-icon.png
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Prepare for War-icon.png
0/5
Prepared Materials-icon.png
0/3
Hearty Diet-icon.png
0/6
Don't You Touch Him! (trait)-icon.png
0/4
Catmint (Trait)-icon.png
0/1
Loyalty (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png
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After-battle Treat-icon.png
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Don't Interrupt Me-icon.png
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Synchronized Movement-icon.png
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A Murder of Crows (Trait)-icon.png
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Feral.png
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Master of Fire (Trait)-icon.png
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Tactical Mastery (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png
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Burning Earth-icon.png
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Knowledge of Storms-icon.png
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Ancient Fire-icon.png
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Sword and Storm-icon.png
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Lightning-storm (Trait)-icon.png
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Slow Burn-icon.png
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Rapid Fire (Lore-master Trait)-icon.png
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Fend Them Off-icon.png
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↓ (1)
↓ (1)
Dry Kindling-icon.png
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Fierce Lightning-icon.png
0/5
Mighty Wind-icon.png
0/3
Ring of Fire (Trait)-icon.png
0/4
Nature's Fury-icon.png
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Fire Shield (Trait)-icon.png
0/1
Fire-lore (Trait)-icon.png
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Frost-lore (Trait)-icon.png
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Storm-lore (Trait)-icon.png
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↓ (3) ↓ (3) Mending Lore-icon.png
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Power of Knowledge (Trait)-icon.png
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Playing with Fire-icon.png
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Out in the Cold-icon.png
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Level-headed-icon.png
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↓ (1) ↓ (1)
Wild Fire-icon.png
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Chill Wind-icon.png
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Ancient Craft (Trait)-icon.png
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Flow of Power-icon.png
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Disable-icon.png
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Pleasant Breeze (Trait)-icon.png
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Quick Hands-icon.png
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Firm Grasp-icon.png
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The Ancient Master (Trait)-icon.png
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Enfeeble-icon.png
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