Mariner

Class Difficulty: Advanced

Role: Offence/Support

Available to races: High Elf, Man, River Hobbit, Stout-axe

Gameplay: Mariners are confident melee fighters who wield swords deftly to challenge the forces of evil. Mariners have an innate sense of the flow of combat, and use their balance to adjust their fighting style to best fit the moment. Mariners also know how to use combinations of individual movements to create powerful skill chains. In fellowships, Mariners can use shanties to coordinate and motivate their allies, as well as craft strange concoctions to confound and disrupt foes.

Lore: Mariners are resourceful combatants, capable of using strange devices as well as their surroundings to aid them in battle.

This class is inspired by Eärendil, who alone of men successfully sailed to the Uttermost West to plead for the aid of the Valar

Class-infobox
Classes
Skills
Traits
Deeds
Traceries
Effects

Role

Buffs / Crowd-control / Debuffs / DPS: The Mariner is adept in a number of roles depending on its spec:

The Shanty-caller - a group-support specialist, with a focus on maximizing group damage.
The Duellist - a flexible melee fighter, focused on maximizing your own damage output.
The Rover - a group-support specialist, with a focus on controlling and debuffing enemies, and helping to keep the group alive.

The Mariner's combat flow is centered around utilizing Sword-play effects to enhance abilities while maintaining their balance between Fore and Aft to maximize the buffs relative to each state without over extending in one direction and taking on detrimental debuffs. If the Mariner is sufficiently high-level enough to have the Re-centre skill, then when a Finisher skill is used, it enables the use of Re-centre, which then places them in 25/50 "neutral" balance. The Finisher skills are listed in the tables below and here. When a Mariner's balance is near the middle of the bar, they acquire the Steadied buff, which gives immunity to certain combat states, and potentially other benefits.

Class-specific Panel (Balance)

For further info, see Balance.

Skills

Default Skills

These skills are granted automatically as you gain levels. The effects of many of these skills are improved in various ways by your choice of specialization and how you spend your trait points. Some skills may also be replaced by an improved version of the same skill as you increase in level.

Skill	Category	Requires	Attunes	Cooldown	Range	Source
Blade Shield	Buff		2	5s	Self	Level	1
Thrust	Melee		1	0.5s	4m	Level	1
Riposte	Melee		2	10s	4m	Level	1
En Garde	Buff	At most 6 At most 6	3	5s	Self	Level	1
Advance	Melee		3	7s	4m	Level	2
Step Back	Buff		3	5s	Self	Level	3
Lunge	Melee + Finisher	7	5	15s	4m	Level	3
Disengage	Buff + Finisher	7	5	20s	Self	Level	5
Belly of Brine	Cure		2	15s	Self	Level	6
Flick	Melee + Interrupt		2	20s	4m	Level	8
Re-centre	Buff		20	15s	Self	Level	10
Aggressive Strike	Melee		2	15s	4m	Level	12
Salt Cure	Melee + Corruption Removal		1	10s	4m	Level	14
Sea Legs	CC removal		2	1m	Self	Level	18
The North Wind	Tactical + Debuff		3	1m 15s	30m	Level	25
Shanty: Steady Fore	Buff			2s	Toggle	Level	28
Shanty: Steady Aft	Buff			2s	Toggle	Level	28
Toss a Bottle	Heal		3	1m	25m	Level	34
Smoking Stones	Tactical + AoE + Interrupt		4	1m	7.2m	Level	40
Sludge Pot	Range + AoE + Debuff		1	40s	25m	Level	42
Rummage	Buff		2	1s	Self	Level	48
Rummage: Salts	Tactical + AoE + Stun		3	1m 30s	7.2m	Level	48
Rummage: Stone	Range + Stun		1	50s	25m	Level	48
Rummage: Knife	Range + DoT		2	1m	25m	Level	48
Rummage: Button	Heal		5	2m	Self	Level	48
Rummage: Scrap of Music	Heal		3	2m	Self	Level	48

Tracery-enabled Skill

Skill	Category	Attunes	Cooldown	Range	Source
Fire Pot	Range + DoT	1	40s	25m	Fire Pot tracery	Upgrades skill from Sludge Pot

Travel Skills

Mariners have the ability to sail quickly to many locations while taking their entire fellowship with them.

Ability	Lvl	Requirement	Port Location
Sail to Tharbad	7	This skill is auto-bestowed to Mariners upon reaching Level 7.	^{[54.3S, 40.2W]}
Sail to Celondim	7	This skill is auto-bestowed to Mariners upon reaching Level 7.	^{[28.2S, 92.1W]}
Sail to Trader's Wharf	10	Neutral Standing with The League of the Axe	^{[21.3S, 61.4W]}
Sail to Buckland	15	This skill is auto-bestowed to Mariners upon reaching Level 15.	^{[31.9S, 62.8W]}
Sail to Tinnudir	35	This skill is auto-bestowed to Mariners upon reaching Level 35.	^{[12.6S, 67.6W]}
Sail to Sûri-kylä	35	Acquaintance Standing with Lossoth of Forochel	^{[19.5N, 72.0W]}
Sail to Lothlórien	60	This skill is auto-bestowed to Mariners upon reaching Level 60.	^{[17.6S, 64.6W]}
Sail to the Mirk-eaves	60	Acquaintance Standing with Malledhrim	^{[15.3S, 61.2W]}
Sail to the Brown Lands	65	Acquaintance Standing with The Riders of Stangard	^{[31.0S, 52.0W]}
Sail to Snowbourn	70	Acquaintance Standing with Men of the Sutcrofts	^{[60.5S, 61.3W]}
Sail to Dol Amroth	90	Acquaintance Standing with Dol Amroth	^{[74.7S, 71.3W]}
Sail to after-battle Osgiliath	100	Friend Standing with Host of the West	^{[63.0S, 6.5W]}
Sail to Lake-town	110	Acquaintance Standing with Men of Dale	^{[17.2N, 28.1W]}
Sail to Dol Amroth	135	Acquaintance standing with The Renewal of Gondor	^{[75.5S, 72.4W]}
Sail to Lond Cirion	135	Acquaintance standing with The Renewal of Gondor	^{[69.0S, 88.8W]}
Sail to Pelargir	135	Acquaintance standing with The Renewal of Gondor	^{[83.0S, 34.8W]}
Sail to Halrax	140	Neutral standing with Citizens of Umbar Baharbêl	^{[9.7S, 126.8W]}
Sail to Jax Phanâl	140	Neutral standing with Citizens of Umbar Baharbêl	^{[14.4S, 114.7W]}
Sail to Umbar	140	Neutral standing with Citizens of Umbar Baharbêl	^{[18.5S, 100.7W]}

The Shanty-caller

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Shanty-caller (blue) trait tree. You can only obtain the set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Skill	Category	Requires	Attunes	Range	Cooldown	Source
Dramatic Flourish	Melee + Buff + Heal + Finisher	7	4	4m	20s	Set:	Initial skill
Motivating Song	Heal + Buff		3	40m	1m	Trait:	Motivating Melody
The West Wind	Buff		2	30m	1m 30s	Set:	The West Wind
The South Wind	Buff		2	30m	1m 15s	Trait:	The South Wind
Marked Foes	Melee + AoE + Debuff		3	5.2m	15s	Trait:	Bloodied Foes
Call the Banners of War	Buff		4	40m	1m 15s	Set:	Banners of War
Guided by the Stars	Buff		5	40m	3m 55s	Trait:	Guided by the Stars
The Breaking of Thangorodrim	Tactical + Debuff		5	40m	2m 55s	Set:	The Breaking of Thangorodrim

The Duellist

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

Skill	Category	Requires	Attunes	Range	Cooldown	Source
Feint	Melee		1	4m	10s	Set:	Initial skill
Cut-over	Melee		2	4m	10s	Set:	Cut-over
Salt-sea Blade	Melee + Debuff		3	4m	7s	Trait:	Salt-sea Blade
Check-step	Melee		4	4m	5s	Set:	Check-step
Dodge	Buff		2	Self	10s	Trait:	Dodge
Sweeping Advance	Melee + AoE		3	5.2m	6s	Trait:	Slashing Blade
Compound Attack	Melee		4	4m	10s	Trait:	Compound Attack
Flèche	Melee + Finisher	7	5	6.2m	20s	Set:	Flèche
Shanty: Fore with Haste	Buff		varies	Self	2m 15s	Trait:	Double-time

The Rover

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

Skill	Category	Requires	Attunes	Range	Cooldown	Source
Debilitating Strike	Melee + Debuff		2	4m	15s	Set:	Initial skill
Draining Strike	Melee + Buff + Finisher	7	3	4m	15s	Set:	Initial skill
Thrum of the Sea	Daze		1	40m	35s	Set:	Initial skill
Throw Bolas	Root		3	25m	1m 30s	Trait:	Entangling Lines
Breath of Fire	Tactical		3	7.2m	30s	Trait:	Spitting Spirits
Breath of Ice	Tactical		3	7.2m	30s	Trait:	Spitting Spirits
Caustic Brew	Ranged + Debuff		5	25m	1m 15s	Set:	Caustic Brew
Cleansing Spirits	Cure		2	15s	25m	Trait:	Rare Ingredients
Ragged Knife	Ranged		1	25m	1m	Trait:	Ragged Knife
Pitch Pot	Ranged + Debuff		3	30m	1m	Set:	Pitch Pot
Intimidating Challenge	Fear		2	40m	50s	Trait:	Intimidating Challenge
Volatile Salts	Daze		5	25m	2m	Trait:	Novel Compounds
Steady Traveller	Buff		25	Self	3m	Trait:	Traveller
Jugglery Proficiency	Buff			Toggle	2s	Set:	Jugglery Proficiency

Mounted Combat Skills

These skills can be used only while riding a war-steed, and only while in East Rohan or later regions. Passive skills which improve the war-steed's defensive capabilities remain effective even in earlier regions, but serve only to prevent forced dismount due to enemy attacks.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Discipline: Red Dawn (Mariner)	Stance	1s	-	Quest:	Devastation in the North
Discipline: Riddermark (Mariner)	Stance	1s	-	Quest:	Devastation in the North
Discipline: Rohirrim (Mariner)	Stance	1s	-	Quest:	Devastation in the North
Quick Strike	Melee + Buff	1s	5m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Precise Blade	Melee + Buff	5s	5m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Anchored Thrust	Melee	10s	5m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Re-steady (mounted)	Buff	10s	Self	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Mounted Sludge Pot	Ranged + Debuff	40s	35m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Explosive Brew	Tactical	30s	35m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
Wounding Knife	Ranged + DoT	5s	40m	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1
The Field of Celebrant	Heal	45s	Self	Quest:	Vol. III, Book 8, Ch. 1

Passive Skills

Base Passive Skills

For details see High Elf, Men, River Hobbit, or Stout-axe

Armour Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Light Armour	1
Medium Armour	1

Weapon Proficiencies

Proficiency	Level
Daggers	1
Dual Wielding	1
One-handed Swords	1

Combat Characteristics

Proficiency	Level
Balance Flow	1

Instrument Proficiencies

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