Battle States
Captains have access to two battle states:
Being in either of these battle states grants the Captain important bonuses that help empower their offensive and defensive capabilities. The two states are not mutually exclusive, so they may both be active at the same time. However, Battle-hardened replaces Battle-readied once applied, meaning that Battle-readied must be refreshed separately.
Battle-readied is the first battle-state available to the Captain. The following skills/items apply this effect to the Captain:
Battle-shout
Defensive Strike
Time of Need- Captain Tonics (crafted by Scholars)
This state grants the following bonuses:
- Increased Damage (+25%)
- Increased Threat Generation (+15%, Leader of Men only)
- Reduced cooldown of
Cleanse Corruption (-10s) 
Improved Sure Strike applies a buff to the Raid, dependent on the Captain's specialization:
- Hands of Healing:
Focus & heals fellowship by 2% Morale - Lead the Charge:
Relentless Attack - Leader of Men:
On Guard
- Hands of Healing:
Interactions
- The tracery Battle-readied Damage Buff makes Battle-readied additionally increase the damage of the Captain by up to 16.5%
Battle-hardened is the second battle-state available to the Captain. The skills that grant this effect are only available for use while Battle-readied is active. The application of Battle-hardened consumes the Battle-readied effect. The following skills apply this effect to the Captain:
This state grants the following bonuses:
- Increased Healing (+20%)
- Reduced Incoming Damage (-10%)
- Increased Critical Damage (up to +15%, requires trait
Hardened Heart)
Landing a critical hit with one of the Battle-hardened application skills also grants an 
Enemy Defeat Response to the Captain.
Interactions
- The tracery Battle-hardened Incoming Damage makes Battle-hardened reduce incoming damage by up to an additional 5.5%.
- The tracery Battle-hardened Outgoing Healing Buff makes Battle-hardened additionally increase outgoing healing by up to 16.5%.
Blade of Elendil is the finisher skill in the Captain's battle state chain. The skill is only available while Battle-hardened is active. The usage of Blade of Elendil consumes the Battle-hardened effect. This skill grants the following bonuses:
- Applies
Armour Break to the enemy target - Applies
Light of Elendil to the fellowship - Applies an effect to the Captain dependent on their specialization:
