Champion

A small dark figure that none had observed sprang out of the shadows and gave a hoarse shout: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu! An axe swung and swept back. Two orcs fell headless. The rest fled. –J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Two Towers".

Summary

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 & 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 & 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

^{See : Champion Skills}

Passive Skills

^{See : Champion Skills}

Traits & Deeds

^{See: Champion Traits; also: Champion Deeds}

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.

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.

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