Champion

What is a Champion?

A true master of arms, the Champion excels in combat,focusing on little other than destroying her foes. The Champion's whirling blades can strike fear into the hearts of even the foulest Orc, cutting down swaths of their numbers at once. While a Champion's training and armour grant her some survivability, it is not her focus, and a Champion can quickly find herself in trouble when facing several foes on her own.

Races: Dwarf, Elf, Man

Role: Area-of-effect damage/Damage-per-second

Is this the class for me?

The Champion will be the class of choice for players who enjoy fast-paced combat with multiple options available at any moment. Champions can use various weapon styles. With their active play-style, Champions can consistently inflict large amounts of damage to both single and multiple opponents in combat. Their style of combat is based on the concept that the best defense is a good offense.

Champion Pros and Cons
Strengths	Weaknesses
Cause large amounts of damage quickly	Fervour skill removes ability to block, parry, or evade attacks
Ability to use various weapon styles	Hard to pull a creature out of a crowd before you gain the Shoot skill
Strongest melee area-of-effect attacks	Very limited self-healing
Fervour skill provides unparalleled power regeneration in combat

Skills and Combat

• Champions have a Fervour meter above their Auto-attack button. You must successfully execute certain skills to increase your Fervour. As your Fervour meter fills, you unlock your more powerful skills.
• Use Champion skills (such as Swift Strike) to increase your Fervour, then hit with a powerful skill that requires the expenditure of Fervour points (Savage Strikes). You can toggle Fervour on, but be careful when there are many foes around since Fervour lowers your defensive abilities. Other skills that increase Fervour are Wild Attack and Battle Frenzy, and, of course, you can toggle on Fervour. Use Wild Attack more often than Swift Strike because it uses a lot less power.
• As for the attack skills, you have single-foe and area-of-effect attacks that assail up to five (more with traits) foes in a certain radius.
• The Shoot skill (ranged weapon) helps when you want to bring a foe to you, but it doesn't do much damage.

Active Skills

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Battle-frenzy	Buff	12		Your Fervour is instantly increased.
	Controlled Burn	Buff	45		Your damage and Power regeneration are increased. This skill can only be executed during combat when you have greater than 20% Morale. It can only be maintained if your Morale does not drop below 20%.
	Fervour	Buff	4		Your damage and Power regeneration are increased at the expense of avoidance.
	Glory	Buff	?		Your threat generation and Power regeneration are increased at the expense of damage output.
	Merciful Strike	Melee	24	3	You make a powerful attack that can only be used on opponents under 20% health.
	Swift Strike	Melee	1	3	You make a swift melee attack.
	Wild Attack	Melee	1	3	You make a powerful melee attack, followed by a quick off-hand swipe.
	Boast	Misc.	40	10	Tales of your heroic acts draw cheers from the crowd.
	Champion's Challenge	Debuff	22	30	Your taunting cry forces your target to face and attack you for a few seconds.
	Ebbing Ire	Threat	44	15	This skill takes threat away from the Champion and gives it to a fellowship member.
	Exchange of Blows	Buff	8		You respond to some of your opponents attacks with swift counter-attacks.
	Flurry	Buff	4		Your attack speed is increased.
	Rising Ire	Threat	42	15	This skill takes threat away from a fellowship member and gives it to the Champion.
	Blade-storm	AoE	10	5	You make a full area-of-effect attack.
	Blade-wall	AoE	1	5	You make a frontal area-of-effect attack.
	Cleave	AoE+DoT	16	5	You make a full area-of-effect attack, which can cause light damage-over-time.
	Fighting Dirty	Melee	26	3	You make a cunning attack that catches your opponents off-guard. Your next area-of-effect attack will cause more damage. It can only be used on opponents below 25% health.
	Raging Blade	AoE	41	8	You make a full area-of-effect attack, inflicting heavy damage, drawing the enemies' attention to yourself. This attack never misses.
	Sound the Attack	AoE+Debuff	34	5	You make a full area-of-effect attack, which stuns your opponents.
	Bracing Attack	Melee	14	3	You make an attack which allows you to brace yourself against counterattack, increasing your Morale by a small amount.
	Dire Need	Heal	?		Half of your Power is transferred to Morale.
	Hedge	Melee	38	3	You make a melee attack that dissuades your target from continuing to attack you. The target will only stop attacking you if there is another more threatening target nearby.
	Sprint	Buff	28		Your run speed is increased.
	Sudden Defence	Buff	18		You lose all Fervour and enter a defensive stance, which increases your parry and evade rates.
	Shoot	Ranged	20	30	You attack with your ranged weapon.
	Blocking Blades	Buff	?		Increases your parry rate. This skill can only be played after defeating an enemy.
	Heroics	Buff	?	15	Your heroic actions inspire your fellows restoring their power, while sapping yours. This skill can only be played after defeating an enemy.
	Red Haze	Buff	50		Adds a fervour pip when cast, and an additional fervour pip every 15 seconds. This skill can only be played after defeating an enemy.
	Brutal Strikes	Melee	6	3	You make three deadly attacks.
	Clobber	Melee	32	3	You make a swift melee attack, which interrupts any time-delayed actions your opponent is attempting.
	Ferocious Strikes	Melee	41	3	You make an aggressive triple attack that engenders threat. This attack can only be evaded, it will never miss, and cannot be parried or blocked.
	Hamstring	Melee+Debuff	36	3	You make an attack which snares your opponent.
	Relentless Strike	Melee	20	3	You use all of your Fervour to deal a devastating attack and a quick off-hand swipe. The primary attack can only be evaded, it will never miss against on level targets and cannot be parried or blocked.
	Savage Strikes	Melee	2	3	You make a pair of savage attacks, follow by a quick off-hand swipe.

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour		1
	Medium Armour		1
	Shields	Off-hand	15	Increases Armour and Chance to Block
	Heavy Armour		20

Combat Characteristics

Name	Level	Cost	Description
Parry Rank 1	5	0  2  50  0	Adds 2.0% to Parry Chance
Evade Rank 1	7	0  4  90  0	Adds 2.0% to Evade Chance
Critical Rank 1	11	0  12  10  0	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Accuracy Rank 1	13	0  16  90  0	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Evade Rank 2	15	0  22  50  0	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Parry Rank 2	19	0  36  10  0	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Block Rank 1	21	0  44  10  0	Adds 2.0% to Block Chance
Critical Rank 2	23	0  52  90  0	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Block Rank 2	25	0  62  50  0	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Accuracy Rank 2	27	0  72  90  0	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Parry Rank 3	29	0  84  10  0	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Evade Rank 3	31	0  96  10  0	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Block Rank 3	33	0  108  90  0	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Block Rank 4	37	0  136  90  0	Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Accuracy Rank 3	39	0  152  10  0	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Parry Rank 4	41	0  168  10  0	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Evade Rank 4	43	0  184  90  0	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Accuracy Rank 4	45	0  202  50  0	Reduces Miss by a small amount.

Instrument Proficiencies

	Name	Level	Cost
	Specialized Equipment	1	starting proficiency
	Horn Use	5	2s  50
	Lute Use	5	2s  50

Misc. Passive Skills

	Name	Level	Cost	Desciption
	Horns of Valour	20	40s	Allows the use of champion horns
	Runic Use	20	40s	Allows the use of Runes.

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Daggers	1H	1	Chance to land critical hit
	Dual Wielding		1
	One-Handed Axes	1H	1	Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss
	One-Handed Clubs	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Hammers	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Maces	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Swords	1H	1	Increases to-hit chance
	Spear	MHO	10	Chance to Wound causing damage over time
	Two-Handed Axes	2H	10	Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss
	Two-Handed Hammers	2H	10	Chance to Stun
	Two-Handed Swords	2H	10	Increases to-hit chance
	Bows		20

Champion Traits

Your Champion traits will seriously increase your damage output in combat. If you thought you were a fine combat artist before, wait till you can slot some of these power- houses. Class traits such as Swift to Anger, Vicious Strikes, and Deadly Strikes will boost your already superb damage. Eye of the Storm is another useful trait and comes in handy on your area-of-effect skills. Heavy Shield-Use, which you receive in your Champion Level 30 quest, is essential if you plan on using a shield. Heavy shields offer the best defense in the game and, coupled with your high armoured breast- plate, protect against all kinds of damage.

Deeds

Name	Level	Reward	Task	Limit per Day
Flurry of Blows	1	Flurry of Blows	Use Flurry (750)	75
Swift to Anger	1	Swift to Anger	Strike enemies with Swift Strike (1,000)
Deadly Strikes	1	Deadly Strikes	Land blows with Savage Strikes (500)	165
Winds of the Storm	10	Winds of the Storm	Strike enemies with Blade-Storm (350)
Braced Against Defeat	10	Braced Against Defeat	Strike enemies with Bracing Attack (400)
Blood-Lust	10	Blood-Lust	Land critical hits using Wild Attack (50)	10
Call of the Wild	10	Call of the Wild	Strike with Wild Attack (1,250)	250
Flashing Blade	20	Stalwart Blade	Strike enemies with Blade-wall (500)
Deep Strikes	20	Deep Strikes	Land blows using Brutal Strikes (1,000)
At the Ready	20	At the Ready	Successfully block with a shield (1000)	150
Heavy Shield Use	30	Heavy Shield Use	Complete the level 30 Class Quest
Eye of the Storm	30	Eye of the Storm	Land critical blows with Blade-storm (50)	5
Fervent Rage	30	Fervent Rage	Use Battle-frenzy (450)	45
Time of Need	30	Time of Need	Use Dire Need (150)
Patience	30	Patience	Use Exchange of Blows (500)

Legendary Deeds
Name	Level	Reward	Task
The Tome of Swords	42	Ferocious Strikes	Find missing pages (8)
The Joy of Battle	44	Fight On!	Find missing pages (8)
The Artisan Blade	46	Explosion of Blades	Find missing pages (8)

Traits

	Name	Level	Source	Description	Line Bonus
	At the Ready			You are able to more effectively block attacks. +2.0% Block Chance.	Increases Vitality by 10.
	Blood-Lust			Your Wild Attack now generates 1 additional Fervour after a Critical Hit.	Increases Fervour Damage Bonus by 1.0%.
	Braced Against Defeat			Your Bracing attack provides additional morale for yourself increasing a small amount for each enemy around you.	Increases Area of Effect Skill Damage by 2.0%.
	Call of the Wild			Your Wild Attack more effectively draws your enemy's attention to yourself.	Increases Vitality by 10.
	Deadly Strikes			Your damage multiplier for scoring Critical Hits is increased for: Brutal, Ferocious, Merciful, Relentless and Savage Strike. +25% Critical Damage Modifier for All Strike Skills.	Increases Fervour Damage Bonus by 1.0%.
	Deep Strikes			On a Critical Hit, the following skills will now apply a bleed: Brutal, Ferocious, Merciful, Relentless and Savage Strike.	Increases Fervour Damage Bonus by 1.0%
	Eye of the Storm			Your Blade-storm costs and requires only 3 Fervour to execute.	Increases Area of Effect Skill Damage by 2.0%.
	Fervent Rage			Your Battle-frenzy generates 5 Fervour, totally filling your Fervour meter.	Increases Might by 10.
	Flurry of Blows			Flurry now lasts 30 seconds and gives 20.0% attack speed.	Increases Might by 10.
	Heavy Shield Use			You have the ability to wield heavy shields.	Increases Vitality by 10.
	Patience			Your Exchange of Blows executes more often and more effectively draws your enemy's attention to yourself.	Increases Vitality by 10.
	Stalwart Blade			Your Blade-wall generates 1 Fervour for every succesful attack.	Increases Area of Effect Skill Damage by 2.0%.
	Swift to Anger			Your Swift Strike skill generates 1 additional Fervour on Critical Hits.	Increases Might by 10.
	Time of Need			Dire Need now increases your Fervour by 5 and recovers 5 minutes faster.	Increases Might by 10.
	Vicious Strikes			Your chance of scoring a Critical Hit is increased for: Brutal, Ferocious, Merciful, Relentless and Savage Strike.	Increases Fervour Damage Bonus by 1.0%.
	Winds of the Storm			Your Blade-storm now affects up to 10 targets.	Increases Area of Effect Skill Damage by 2.0%.
	Explosion of Blades (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book The Artisan Blade	A full area-of-effect attack that inflicts huge damage, while drawing the attention of your enemies to yourself.	-
	Ferocious Strikes (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book The Tome of Swords	You make an aggressive triple attack that draws the enemy's attention to yourself.	-
	Fight On! (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book The Joy of Battle	A cry of defiance that robs enemies of their ability to use Power and transfers it to you.	-
	Controlled Burn (Legendary)	45	Complete the level 45 class quests	Melee Offense +15%, Combat Power Regen +18.1, Fervour +1 per 5 seconds

Class Quests

With some downed orcs and a few narrow escapes under your belt, a young Champion will be ready to set out on his first class quest at Level 15. Congratulations! Although more difficult than a standard quest, your first class quest will offer great rewards. Throughout your adventures you will be able to do additional class quests to grow into the true champion that you were meant to be.

A Blade of Renown (Level 15)

Find Ultan Foebane by the Combe Gate. He will give you combat advice for the battles ahead and send you out to dispatch some servants of the enemy.

A Champion's Courage (Level 30)

Your travels will now take you to Ust Guruth, the last hold of civilization as you journey eastwards toward the Trollshaws. A band of Orcs has come to the ruins of Ost Cyrn, and Eriador needs a champion to dispatch the leader and protect the border of Bree-land.

Articles of Valour & Implements of Daring (Level 45)

Another set of class quests becomes available at Level 45; by completing these quests, you gain access to a weapon and a piece of armour or a trinket custom-made for Champions. Speaking to your class trainer at Level 45 will start you on the path for these quests. When you complete each of these, you will then receive the quest "A Lesson from Gimli," which rewards you with the Legendary Champion Trait: Controlled Burn.