War-steed Traits

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Basic War-steed Stats

Mounted combat basic stats, these can be accessed when you are pressing shift+w when on your War-steed:

War-steed Endurance is your warsteeds morale.
War-steed Power is your warsteeds power.
War-steed armour is your warsteeds armour (the armour I got 1350 will reduce the damage my warsteeds takes for 7.5%)

War-steed Strength contributes to the following (if you have 548 of it (on a hunter)):

548 points to Physical Mastery Rating
295 points to in-Combat War-steed Power Regen
822 points to Block Rating
328 points to Non-Combat War-steed Endurance Regen
657 points to Non-Combat War-steed Power Regen

War-steed Agility contributes to the following (if you have 810 of it (on a hunter)):

810 points to Tactical Mastery Rating
40 points to War-steed Turn Rate
1215 points to War-steed Evade Rating
437 points to in-Combat War-steed Endurance Regen
971 points to Non-Combat War-steed Endurance Regen
485 points to Non-Combat War-steed Power Regen

War-steed evasion (if you have 2877 of it (on a hunter)):

--Your chance to War-steed Evade an attack is 13.0%
--Your chance to Partially War-steed Evade an attack is 6.5%
--When you Partially War-steed Evade an attack the damage is reduced by 16.2%

(in case you have 1815 of it (on a hunter)):

--Your chance to War-steed Evade an attack is 12.0%
--Your chance to Partially War-steed Evade an attack is 2.8%
--When you Partially War-steed Evade an attack the damage is reduced by 14.0%

Fury Bonus Rating (if you have 8957 of it (on a hunter)):

--Increases the effectiveness by 6.5% per 100 Fury

Traits are a War-steed's main method of advancement. As your steed levels, it gains points which can be spent towards traits to increase the abilities of steed and rider, and in some cases earn additional mounted skills.

User:Gloomi/Traits Panel

Your War-steed's Traits can be viewed on the "Traits" tab of the Mounted Combat UI (Shift-M).

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The five green traits across the top of the traits panel are the stat traits, which increase your War-steed's attributes. These five traits are identical for all three steed types.

Below the stat traits are three trait trees, in red, blue, and yellow. These traits are different for each of the three steed types, although a few traits will appear in more than one. For example, the trait Long Reach is offered to all three types at the top of the red tree, but Tactical Genius is only available to a Medium War-steed.

To change steed type, use the drop-down menu at the very top of the Traits panel to select "Light", "Medium", or "Heavy".

Down the right side of the panel are multiple Trait Specs. Two are available automatically, and additional specs can be unlocked from the LOTRO Store. You can save multiple trait set ups and switch between them on the fly, at no cost. Switching to a different Trait spec will dismount you from a War-steed.

To reset your allocated trait points, click the Refund Points button at the bottom right of the panel. This will charge in-game gold to reset all of the points for a single trait spec. The cost for a reset varies depending on the number of points which have been allocated (more trait points to reset means a higher gold cost).

War-steed Attributes

• A War-steed begins with a set of attributes. The initial values depend on the steed type (Light, Medium, or Heavy). The table below shows these initial values.

• These attributes are increased in two ways: assigning points into the War-steed's traits, and some are increased by equipping and levelling up a Legendary Bridle. The War-steed's level does not affect its stats.

Steed Type	Endurance	Power	Armour	Strength	Agility	Turn Rate	Acceleration	Max speed	Evasion	Fury Bonus
Undefined	2,030	2,601	150	200	200	157	0	14.5	300	0
Light	1,450	2,176	100	100	300	155	17	12.0	450	0
Medium	2,030	2,176	130	200	200	145	15	11.5	300	0
Heavy	2,610	2,176	160	300	100	135	13	11.0	150	0

 Agility  Strength  Power  Endurance  Armour

• A detailed description of War Steed traits was written by Danania Darzil and is found at https://www.danania.net/2012/11/rohan-warsteed-traiting-part-5.html

Trait Trees

The three trait trees group the traits by their function. Although the exact traits vary, the trees follow roughly these categories:

• Red tree: increases damage capability
• Blue tree: bolsters defence and survivability
• Yellow tree: class-specific traits and skills

To apply points to earn traits in a trait tree, you must start at the top trait and continue along the path of the arrows. At the very bottom each tree has a capstone trait, which applies an effect (such as a bleed or an increased effect duration) only when a particular mounted discipline is active. The disciplines correspond as follows:

• Red capstone: Red Dawn
• Blue capstone: Rohirrim
• Yellow capstone: Riddermark

The Yellow tree is the same across light, medium, and heavy steeds except for the capstone trait.

In the following trait tree diagrams, traits marked with an asterisk * will unlock a new mounted skill.

Light Steed

Red Tree Long Reach ↓ Combat Advantage ← Forceful Blows → Exceptional Tactics ↓ Deceptive Appearance ↓ Feign Injury* ← Vicious Attacks → Rush of Energy* ↓ Wrath

Blue Tree Tough Exterior ↓ Fast Manoeuvring → Defensive Riding ↓ Bond of Power ← Invigorating Presence → Bond of Morale ↓ ↓ ↓ Invigorate* Quickness Bolstering Cry* ↓ Motivation through Aggression

Yellow Tree Class-specific Trait → Dash* ↓ Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Disengaging Strikes

Medium Steed

Red Tree Long Reach ↓ Physical Specimen ← Heavy Hand → Tactical Genius ↓ Savagery ↓ Deadly Pursuit ← Rapport → Arise* ↓ Shields Will Be Splintered

Blue Tree Hard to Hurt ↓ Determination ← Hard to Hit → Keen Instincts ↓ Deep Reserves → Sacrifice* ↓ Patience ← Rapid Recovery → Understanding ↓ Survivability

Yellow Tree Class-specific Trait → Dash* ↓ Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Strong Willed

Heavy Steed

Red Tree Long Reach ↓ Precision ← Well Rounded → Overwhelming Offence ↓ Mounted Advantage ↓ Ride for Ruin* ← Opportunist → Instigate* ↓ Spears Will Be Shaken ← Trample*

Blue Tree Determination ↓ Fearless ← Flexibility → Strategist ↓ Rehabilitation → Cunning ↓ Steel Skin* ← Battle Tested → Positive Thinking* ↓ Benevolence

Yellow Tree Class-specific Trait → Dash* ↓ Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Class-specific Trait ← Class-specific Trait → Class-specific Trait ↓ Conservative Combatant

Steed Experience

As your War-steed levels up you gain Skill points which can be applied to Traits which define your War-steed's capabilities.

Level Total XP to Level Increase from Previous Total Trait Points Increase from Previous 1 0 0 1 1 2 24,000 24,000 4 3 3 50,400 26,400 5 1 4 79,440 29,040 6 1 5 111,384 31,944 9 3 6 146,552 35,168 10 1 7 185,174 38,622 11 1 8 227,691 42,517 12 1 9 274,460 46,769 13 1 10 325,906 51,446 17 4 11 381,210 55,304 18 1 12 440,662 59,452 19 1 13 504,573 63,911 20 1 14 573,277 68,704 21 1 15 647,134 73,857 24 3 16 726,530 79,396 25 1 17 811,881 85,351 26 1 18 903,634 91,753 27 1 19 1,002,268 98,634 28 1 20 1,108,300 106,032 32 4 21 1,219,633 111,333 33 1 22 1,336,533 116,900 34 1 23 1,459,278 122,745 35 1 24 1,588,160 128,882 36 1 25 1,723,486 135,326 39 3 26 1,865,579 142,093 40 1 27 2,014,776 149,197 41 1 28 2,171,433 156,657 42 1 29 2,335,923 164,490 43 1 30 2,508,638 172,715 47 4

Level Total XP to Level Increase from Previous Total Trait Points Increase from Previous 31 2,689,988 181,350 48 1 32 2,880,406 190,418 49 1 33 3,080,345 199,939 50 1 34 3,290,281 209,936 51 1 35 3,510,714 220,433 54 3 36 3,742,168 231,454 55 1 37 3,985,195 243,027 56 1 38 4,240,373 255,178 57 1 39 4,508,310 267,937 58 1 40 4,789,644 281,334 62 4 41 5,085,045 295,401 63 1 42 5,395,216 310,171 64 1 43 5,720,896 325,680 65 1 44 6,062,860 341,964 66 1 45 6,421,922 359,062 69 3 46 6,798,937 377,015 70 1 47 7,194,803 395,866 71 1 48 7,610,462 415,659 72 1 49 8,046,904 436,442 73 1 50 8,505,168 458,264 77 4 51 8,986,346 481,178 78 1 52 9,491,581 505,235 79 1 53 10,022,079 530,498 80 1 54 10,579,102 557,023 81 1 55 11,163,976 584,874 82 1 56 11,778,094 614,118 83 1 57 12,422,918 644,824 84 1 58 13,099,983 677,065 85 1 59 13,810,901 710,918 86 1 60 14,557,365 746,464 87 1