Beorning

This page is about the class. For the race, see Beorning (Race).

Class Difficulty: Advanced

Role: Healer/Damage/Tank

Available to races: Beorning

Gameplay: Beornings are skin-changers that can change into the form of a bear in combat. They focus their wrath while in bear form, choosing to deal grievous blows or bolster their own resolve. While skilled in combat, some Beornings also choose to wield their knowledge of the wilderness to assist their allies.

Lore: The Beornings of Middle-earth are a largely reclusive people. They trace their ancestry to Beorn himself, and spend most of their time deep in the wilderness. The solitude of the forest gives little comfort in recent times, with the enemy encroaching from all sides. The time has come for the descendants of Beorn to lend their strength to the Free People of Middle-earth.

This class is inspired by Beorn, who bravely stood with the Free Peoples during the Battle of Five Armies.

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Gameplay

Beornings cycle between Forms to generate and expend Wrath in order to perform their specialization's role. They must time their strongest Wrath-consuming skills to have the greatest effect due to their long cooldowns and expensive costs. Beornings are tanky in every specialization, and don't have to worry as much about incoming damage. They have several strong debuffs available in all specializations, such as Armour Crush and Bee Swarm.

Blue-line (Tank): Beornings specializing in the Hide trait tree use several AoE taunt skills like Menacing Maul and Thunderous Roar to maintain aggro of enemies. Their incredibly high morale pool and passive healing makes up for their lack of minor cooldowns. Despite this, they can use Hurricane to drastically reduce damage for a decent duration. As tanks, they are best at maintaining AoE aggro.
Red-line (Damage): Beornings specializing in the Claw trait tree use Wrath finisher skills like Final Strike and Execute to deal massive damage at the expense of consuming all Wrath. Thrash is used to rapidly restore Wrath. They are also responsible for keeping up multiple bleeds, like Bash and Serrated Edge.
Yellow-line (Healer) Beornings specializing in the Roar trait tree expend Wrath to heal the fellowship or raid via skills like Relentless Maul and Rejuvenating Bellow. They must carefully time their healing skills so that they do not run out of Wrath at the wrong time, and their biggest AoE heals have longer cooldowns. They also have several debuffs that require them to remain in melee range of their enemies while healing.

Despite the initial complexity of Wrath and Form-swapping, Beornings are fairly easy to play once learned. The notable exception to this is Yellow-line Beorning, which is the hardest healer to play in the game. The class is very strong if played well, but also has the potential to fall flat if the class isn't fully understood.

Wrath

As a Beorning, you have a new vital named Wrath that replaces Power. Wrath builds up in combat through use of your skills. Many of your Man form skills will build wrath, allowing you to skin-change into a Bear. In Bear Form you unlock access to more potent, Wrath consuming skills. Wrath state is not maintained between logons so your character will always start with zero Wrath upon login.

Forms

When Beornings gather sufficient Wrath they can take the form of a great bear to unleash attacks on their foes.

Beornings are designed to be a dynamic skin-changer class. A Beorning can alternate back and forth between forms (or stances) almost at will, dependent only upon their level of Wrath. There are two ways to do so:

Use the skill Bear-form or Man-form.
Use another skill that changes your form automatically ( Thrash for Bear-form and Slash for Man-form).

A Beorning's basic skills emphasize the difference between Man and Bear Forms. There are skills available in three different ways -- those available in Man Form; those available in Bear Form; and those available in either form.

For more information, see Bear-form and Man-form.

Skills

Default Skills

These skills are granted automatically as you gain levels. Some skills have an improved version that can be obtained by leveling further or by equipping certain traits, traceries, or armour sets.

Skills	Category	Wrath	CD	Level
Bear-form	Stance		2s	1
Man-form	Stance		2s	1
Slam	Melee	+15	3s	1
Slash	Melee	+5	1.5s	1
Thrash	Melee	+5	0.3s	1
Hearten	Heal	-10	20s	6
Biting Edge	Melee AoE	+15	8s	10
Vigilant Roar	Melee		10s	12
Bee Swarm	Melee + DoT	-10	12s	14
Wanderlust	Stance + Run Speed		2s	15
Ferocious Roar	Buff	+5	30s	16
Claw Swipe	Melee + Debuff	-10	3s	16
Grisly Cry	Melee + Fear	-10	40s	18
Nature's Vengeance	Tactical + Corruption	-5	8s	20
Shake Free	CC removal		40s	20
Vicious Claws	Melee + Interrupt	-10	12s	20
Cleanse	Cure		20s	22
Rush	Buff	-5	1m	24
Relentless Maul	Melee Channel	-20	30s	30
Sacrifice	Buff	-10	1m	32
Bear Up	Revive		20s	36

The Hide

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Hide (blue) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Skills	Category	Wrath	CD	Source
Counter	Buff		40s	Specialization Skill
Counterattack	Melee	+5	1s	Specialization Skill
Guarded Attack	Melee + Buff	-10	5s	Set:	Guarded Attack
Recuperate	Heal	-20	3s	Trait:	Recuperate
Rending Blow	Melee + Interrupt	-10	12s	Trait:	Rending Blows
Armour Crush	Melee + Debuff	-15	16s	Trait:	Armour Crush
Menacing Maul	Melee Channel + Force Attack	-20	30s	Set:	Menacing Assault
Thorned Armour	Buff	-10	1m 30s	Trait:	Thorned Armour
Thunderous Roar	Force Attack		45s	Trait:	Thunderous Roar
Thickened Hide	Buff	-20	2m	Trait:	Thickened Hide
Hurricane	Buff	-20	2m 30s	Trait:	Hurricane

The Claw

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Claw (red) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Skills	Category	Wrath	CD	Source
Bash	Melee + DoT	-20	12s	Specialization Skill
Expose	Melee + Debuff	+5	5s	Specialization Skill
Nature's Wrath	Melee	+5	8s	Trait:	Nature's Wrath
Trample	Melee	-5	12s	Trait:	Trample
Serrated Edge	Melee AoE + DoT	+15	8s	Trait:	Serrated Edge
Execute	Melee	-50	30s	Trait:	Execute
Brutal Maul	Melee Channel	-20	30s	Set:	Brutal Energy
Savage Knockdown	Melee AoE + Knockdown	-50	30s	Trait:	Savage Knockdown
Composure	Heal	-10	20s	Trait:	Composure
Blood Prize	Buff	+5	1m 30s	Trait:	Blood Prize
Final Strike	Melee AoE	-50	30s	Trait:	Final Strike
Call To Wild	Buff	+5	2m	Trait:	Call To Wild

The Roar

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Roar (yellow) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Skills	Category	Wrath	CD	Source
Encouraging Roar	Heal	-10	4.5s	Specialization Skill
Mark of Grimbeorn	Buff	+5	3s	Specialization Skill
Nature's Salve	AoE Heal	-10	45s	Set:	Nature's Salve
Takedown	Melee + Stun	-10	30s	Trait:	Takedown
Rejuvenating Bellow	AoE Heal	-20	6s	Set:	Rejuvenating Bellow
Nature's Mend	Heal	+5	3s	Trait:	Nature's Mend
Levelling Roar	Stun	-10	30s	Trait:	Levelling Roar
Piercing Roar	Ranged + Debuff		30s	Trait:	Piercing Roar
To Your Aid	Heal	-20	20s	Trait:	To Your Aid
Overbearing	In-Combat Revive		3m	Trait:	Overbearing
Nature's Bond	Buff	+5	2m	Trait:	Nature's Bond

Armour-enabled Skills

These skills are granted when a specific Armour Set is slotted.

Form	Skills	Category	Wrath	CD	Armour Set
	Reckless Slam	Damage	-15	3s	Umbari Armour of the Vigilant Bear

Mounted Combat Skills

These skills can be used only while riding a war-steed, and in regions where horses are allowed and where the enemies are above level 75.

Mounted Combat Skills
Discipline: Red Dawn
Discipline: Riddermark
Discipline: Rohirrim
Bee Swarm (Red Dawn) Bee Swarm (Riddermark) Bee Swarm (Rohirrim)
Execute (Red Dawn) Execute (Riddermark) Execute (Rohirrim)
Ferocious Roar (Red Dawn) Ferocious Roar (Riddermark) Ferocious Roar (Rohirrim)
Recuperate (Red Dawn) Recuperate (Riddermark) Recuperate (Rohirrim)
Slash (Red Dawn) Slash (Riddermark) Slash (Rohirrim)
Biting Edge (Red Dawn) Biting Edge (Riddermark) Biting Edge (Rohirrim)
Sixth Sense (Red Dawn) Sixth Sense (Riddermark) Sixth Sense (Rohirrim)

Passive Skills

Base Passive Skills

For details see Beorning

Armour Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Light Armour	1
Medium Armour	1
Heavy Armour	1

Weapon Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Bows	1
Crossbows	1
Daggers	1
Dual Wielding	1
One-handed Axes	1
One-handed Clubs	1
One-handed Swords	1
Spear	1
Two-handed Axes	1
Two-handed Clubs	1
Two-handed Swords	1

Instrument Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Bassoon Use	5
Horn Use	1
Lute Use	1
Specialized Equipment	1
Fiddle Use	5

For skills related to the race and not to the class, see Beorning (Race) Skills.

Specialization Sets & Traits

The Hide

The Hide
Emphasises the durability of the Bear Form.

Relying on the bear form, this line bolsters personal defences while weakening the enemy.

Skills Earned:

Counter

Counterattack

Vexation:

Upon taking damage in Man form (20% chance in bear form):

This effect can only occur once every 8 seconds.

+5 Wrath

You may block incoming attacks without a shield.

-5 Cleanse Cooldown

Set Traits	Description	Source
Guarded Attack	Gain skill Guarded Attack	5+ total ranks
Animalistic	Improves skills Hearten and Composure	10+ total ranks
Worthy Adversary	Buff	15+ total ranks
Menacing Assault	Changes skill Relentless Maul to Menacing Maul	20+ total ranks
Down But Not Out	Buff and Heal	25+ total ranks
Defensively Minded	Buff	30+ total ranks
Cultivate	Buff and improves skill Ferocious Roar	35+ total ranks

Tree Traits	Description	Source
Nature's Bounty	Buff	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Opposing Presence	Improves skill Claw Swipe	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Hardened Heart	Improves skill Hearten	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Recuperate	Gain skill Recuperate	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Vigilant Roar	Improves skills Vigilant Roar and Thunderous Roar	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
In Harm's Way	Improves skill Sacrifice	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Dancing Bear	Buff	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Quick Recovery	Improves skill Recuperate	Row 3 (10+ ranks), Recuperate (1)
All On The Line	Improves skill Sacrifice	Row 3 (10+ ranks), In Harm's Way (3)
Rending Blows	Gain skill Rending Blow	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Armoured Hide	Buff	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Armour Crush	Changes skill Rending Blow to Armour Crush	Row 4 (15+ ranks), Rending Blows (1)
Assertive Roar	Improves skill Ferocious Roar	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Sluggish Stings	Improves skill Bee Swarm	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Thorned Armour	Gain skill Thorned Armour	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Thunderous Roar	Gain skill Thunderous Roar	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Thickened Hide	Gain skill Thickened Hide	Capstone (30+ ranks)
Hurricane	Gain skill Hurricane	Capstone (30+ ranks)

The Claw

The Claw
Consumes Wrath to Deal Crushing Damage.

Empowering both Bear and Man, this line focuses on overpowering foes with devastating attacks.

Skills Earned:

Bash

Expose

Bestial Fury:

Whenever you Critically Hit with skills you gain:

+3 Wrath

Set Traits	Description	Source
Flayer of Evil	Buff	5+ total ranks
Battle Born	Buff	10+ total ranks
Sharpened Claws	Improves skill Ferocious Roar	15+ total ranks
Brutal Energy	Changes skill Relentless Maul to Brutal Maul	20+ total ranks
Rake	Improves skill Claw Swipe	25+ total ranks
Raining Blows	Improves skill Thrash	30+ total ranks
Wrathful	Buff	35+ total ranks

Tree Traits	Description	Source
Thrash Damage	Improves skill Thrash	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Quick Claws	Buff	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Nature's Wrath	Gain skill Nature's Wrath	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Bleed Damage	Buff and improves skill Slash	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Trample	Gain skill Trample	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Improved Trample	Improves skill Trample	Row 2 (5+ ranks), Trample (1)
Weakening Blow	Improves skill Slam	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Lumber	Improves skill Rush	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Serrated Edge	Changes skill Biting Edge to Serrated Edge	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Savage Blows	Buff	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Crippling Stings	Improves skill Bee Swarm	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Execute	Gain skill Execute	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Turn the Tides	Improves skill Nature's Vengeance	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Savage Knockdown	Gain skill Savage Knockdown	Row 5 (20+ ranks), Moment of Opportunity (2)
Moment of Opportunity	Improves skills: Execute, Final Strike, Savage Knockdown	Row 5 (20+ ranks), Execute (1)
Composure	Changes skill Hearten to Composure	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Blood Prize	Gain skill Blood Prize	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Final Strike	Gain skill Final Strike	Row 6 (25+ ranks), Moment of Opportunity (2)
Broad Thrash	Improves skill Thrash	Capstone (30+ ranks)
Call To Wild	Gain skill Call To Wild	Capstone (30+ ranks)

The Roar

The Roar
Provides healing and crowd control Support.

Using the knowledge of your unique people, aid your allies with powerful healing, debuffs, and crowd control.

Skills Earned:

Encouraging Roar

Mark of Grimbeorn

Grimbeorn's Spirit:

Upon healing any target:

Apply to the target of Mark of Grimbeorn:

This effect can stack up to five times.

+1% Incoming Healing Modifier

Duration: 12s

-8 Cleanse Cooldown

Set Traits	Description	Source
Nature's Salve	Gain skill Nature's Salve	5+ total ranks
Aid the Assault	Improves skill Relentless Maul	10+ total ranks
Grimbeorn's Strength	Improves skill Mark of Grimbeorn	15+ total ranks
Rejuvenating Bellow	Gain skill Rejuvenating Bellow	20+ total ranks
Honey Cleanse	Improves skill Cleanse	25+ total ranks
Greater Swarm	Improves skill Bee Swarm	30+ total ranks
Bond of Trust	Improves skill Mark of Grimbeorn	35+ total ranks

Tree Traits	Description	Source
Encouraging Strike	Improves skill Slash	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Debilitating Bees	Improves skill Bee Swarm	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Torrent	Buff	Row 1 (0+ ranks)
Imposing Presence	Improves skill Grisly Cry	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Stampede	Improves skill Rush	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Improved Hearten	Improves skill Hearten	Row 2 (5+ ranks)
Desperate Shouts	Improves skill Ferocious Roar	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Shake Free	Improves skill Shake Free	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Takedown	Gain skill Takedown	Row 3 (10+ ranks)
Raging Blow	Improves skill Claw Swipe	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Nature's Favour	Buff	Row 4 (15+ ranks)
Nature's Mend	Gain skill Nature's Mend	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Nature's Salve	Improves skill Nature's Salve	Row 5 (20+ ranks)
Levelling Roar	Changes skill Takedown to Levelling Roar	Row 5 (20+ ranks), Takedown (1)
Quick Mend	Improves skill Nature's Mend	Row 6 (25+ ranks), Nature's Mend (1)
Piercing Roar	Gain skill Piercing Roar	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Crippling Roar	Improves skill Piercing Roar	Row 6 (25+ ranks), Piercing Roar (1)
To Your Aid	Gain skill To Your Aid	Row 6 (25+ ranks)
Overbearing	Gain skill Overbearing	Capstone (30+ ranks)
Nature's Bond	Gain skill Nature's Bond	Capstone (30+ ranks)