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[[Category:Class]]
[[Category:Champion]]
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{{Class Description
|class=champion
|difficulty=Basic
|role=Damage/Tank
|races=[[Race#Dwarf|Dwarf]], [[Race#Elf|Elf]], [[Race#High Elf|High Elf]], [[Race#Hobbit|Hobbit]], [[Race#Race_of_Man|Man]], [[Race#River_Hobbit|River Hobbit]], [[Race#Stout-axe|Stout-axe]]
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|gameplay=Champions are masters of melee combat, dealing significant damage to their enemies. A champion may choose to fight in rapid and fierce one-on-one combat with an opponent, or whirl their blades to deal massive damage to all nearby foes. With each strike, their Fervour increases, allowing them to use their most potent skills. In Fellowships, a Champion's role is to deal considerable damage to the forces of evil. Champions may alternatively choose to serve as a Tank, drawing enemy's focus to themselves and sustaining against relentless attacks.
|lore=Unrelenting in battle, Champions are the consummate warriors. A Champion cares not for their own well-being, but relies instead on strength and prowess to slay the Enemy before they can bring further destruction to Middle-earth.
|inspiration=This class is inspired by Gimli son of Glóin, whose skill in arms matched the bow-skills of Legolas.
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:::''For details see [[Champion]]''</includeonly></onlyinclude>
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== Role in a Fellowship ==
The Champion's most popular role in a [[Fellowship]] is to deal damage, either against a single target, or against multiple targets. They excel in dealing burst damage, ideal for quickly defeating their opponents. While Champions can also choose to fulfill the Tank role in a [[Fellowship]], it is an unpopular choice, as their self-sustainability and group support is weaker than other tanks in the game, such as [[Guardian]], [[Captain]], and [[Brawler]]. Champions' major support contribution is [[Champion's Challenge]], which significantly reduces their target's damage for a short duration of time. They can also use [[Horn of Gondor]] to Stun nearby enemies, which is useful for controlling large numbers of enemies.

== Fervour ==
Fervour is a unique resource to Champions, and is spent on using their most powerful attacks. On entering combat, the Champion will have no Fervour. Skills such as [[Wild Attack]] and [[Swift Strike]] build up to 5 Fervour, which can be expended on skills such as [[Brutal Strikes]] and [[Blade Storm]]. Different skills cost different amounts of Fervour, ranging from 1 to all 5 pips.

== Skills ==
{{:Champion Skills}}

== [[Traits|Trait]] Sets ==
{{:Champion Traits}}

== History ==
=== Obsolete Traits ===
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== Class Quests ==
{{Questbox| Champion Class Quests | collapsed | 
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== See Also ==
* [[Social:List of Guides#Class Guides|Class Guides]]
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