Hunter

Tracker, pathfinder and master of the bow, the keen-eyed Hunter can fire arrows to devastating effect. Archery is not the only thing in which the Hunter excels, for she can lead her companions through Middle- earth faster than they could travel on their own, and can set traps to ambush enemies. While the Hunter has decent close combat skills, she would rather let her bow do the work.

Races: Dwarf, Elf, Man, Hobbit

Role: Nuker

Is this the class for me?

The Hunter will be the class of choice for players who enjoy striking a target at range. Clever by nature, Hunters are known to lure their targets into traps to hinder them, giving them time to use their bows to deadly effect. A Hunter's knowledge of nature also provides skills that help her and her fellows survive in the wild. Their combat style depends on their ability to wound targets while staying out of harm's way.

Hunter Pros and Cons
Strengths	Weaknesses
Long-ranged high DPS	Trouble dealing with multiple mobs up close
Track creatures	Melee is weak compared to ranged
Great run buff and traveling skills	No healing in combat
Can set traps for creatures

Skills and Combat

Focus. Hunters have a Focus meter above their Auto-attack button. Focus is increased by the use of several lower-level ranged skills, including Swift Bow and Barbed Arrow; the "Focus" skill will completely fi ll your Focus meter. As your Focus meter fi lls, you will be able to unlock more devastating skills. Note that moving even slightly will start to empty your Focus meter

Active Skills

Close Combat

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Agile Rejoinder	Melee	24	3	When you parry an enemy's attack, you can respond with a highly damaging melee attack. This attack will never miss against on level targets and cannot be parried, blocked or evaded.
	Blindside	Melee+Ranged	8	3	You are able to divert your enemy's attention with a single melee strike and follow it with a single bow-attack at close-range.
	Low Cut	AoE+Snare	16	5	You can make a low cut in front of you which can temporarily slow the movement speed of up to 2 of your enemies.
	Scourging Blow	Melee	4	3	This attack deals additional damage if the enemy is suffering from your Barbed Arrow and both attack and additional damage have an increased chance to critical. However, using this skill will stop the bleeding.
	Swift Stroke	Melee	1	3	A fast, damaging melee attack which temporarily increases your defenses.

Hunter's Focus

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Focus	Buff	10		Before combat, you may rapidly increase your Focus. Focus is required to use some bow skills and is lost if you move.
	Intent Concentration	Buff	20		In a desperate time, you can instantly reach full Focus.
	Merciful Shot	Ranged	30	40	When an enemy falls below 50% of its health, you may take a shot which inflicts massive damage. If you land a Critical Hit, this attack will deal exceptional bonus damage.
	Needful Haste	Buff	34		You can sacrifice some of your Focus to make ranged attacks at a faster rate.
	Penetrating Shot	Ranged	10	40	An extremely damaging shot that pierces the armour of your enemy, ignoring 10% mitigation.
	Rain of Arrows	Ranged AoE	20	40	You rain arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to hit multiple targets.
	Rain of Thorns	Ranged AoE		40	You rain thorn arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to pin multiple targets.

Lessons of Nature

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Beneath Notice	Threat	36		Your survival-skills allow you to make yourself appear less threatening to enemies for a short time.
	Bright Campfire		22		Your survival-skills enable you to make your Fellowship comfortable in the wild, increasing their recovery and enabling some crafting skills. The campfire lasts for 3 minutes.
	Camouflage	Buff	40		You have the ability to blend into your surroundings, making it difficult for your foes to detect you so long as you remain still.
	Cry of the Predator	Fear	12	25	You mimic the cry of a predatory animal, causing an enemy beast to run in fear.
	Passage of Foes	Track	22		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of nearby orcs, trolls, giants and evil men or dwarves.
	Passage of Nature	Track	12		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of nearby beasts and other natural creatures.
	Passage of Shadow	Track	32		Your skill as a tracker allows you to detect the presence of the dead, the unseen, and ancient evil.
	Press Onward	Heal			When the need is high, you can move on with little rest, restoring all Power and Morale in only a few seconds.
	Purge Poison	Buff	16	25	Your survival-lore allows you to use naturally-occurring medicines to purge poisons from an ally.
	Set Snare	Trap	36		Your wilderness knowledge allows you to prepare a snare for enemies which will slow them and cause them damage over time. The trap remains for 60 seconds after being placed. This skill is easily interrupted.
	Set Trap	Trap	6		Your survival skills enable you to lay traps for enemies which can hold them in place. The trap remains for 60 seconds after being placed. This skill is easily interrupted.
	Strength of the Earth	Buff	?		You can find strength from the land. Devoting all of your attention to the task, you can recover power swiftly in the midst of conflict. This skill is easily interrupted.

The Archer's Art

	Ability	Category	Level	Range	Description
	Barbed Arrow	Bleed	1	40	Your arrow can cause a wound that bleeds and slightly slows movement speed.
	Bard's Arrow	Ranged		40	You fire with the skill of Bard himself, driving feat into evil enemies.
	Heart Seeker	Ranged	50	40	Taking great care and practiced aim, you prepare a shot to strike at your target's most vital weak spot. This shot will not miss, nor can your target parry, block or evade it.
	Quick Shot	Ranged	1	40	You can nock and loose an arrow quickly.
	Stance: Endurance	Stance	28		You take a stance which decreases the Power cost and reduces the chance that your enemy's attention will turn to you. While in Endurance Stance, your Quick Shot does not draw as much attention as it normally does.
	Stance: Precision	Stance	18		You take a stance which decreases the possibility that your enemies will avoid your shots. While in Precision Stance, your Quick Shot has an increased chance to score Critical Hits.
	Stance: Strength	Stance	4		You take a stance which increases the damage of your shots, while increasing the Power cost and draws the enemy's attention to yourself. While in Strength Stance, your Quick Shot will slow your enemy's movement.
	Swift Bow	Ranged	2	40	You are able to loose two missiles in rapid succession.

Wayfaring

	Ability	Category	Level	Description
	Desperate Flight	Travel	20	Recalls caster to nearby rally point.
	Find the Path	Buff	14	Increases fellowship run speed by 15.0%.
	Guide to Bree	Travel	32	Recalls fellowship to Bree.
	Guide to East Angmar	Travel	48	Recalls fellowship to Gath Forthnír in East Angmar (quest required to gain skill).
	Guide to Esteldín	Travel	34	Recalls fellowship to Esteldín.
	Guide to Evendim	Travel	36	Recalls fellowship to Tinnudir in Evendim. (quest required to gain skill)
	Guide to Michel Delving	Travel	22	Recalls fellowship to Michel Delving.
	Guide to Ost Guruth	Travel	26	Recalls fellowship to Ost Guruth. (quest required to gain skill).
	Guide to Rivendell	Travel	46	Recalls fellowship to Rivendell.
	Guide to Thorin's Hall	Travel	24	Recalls fellowship to Thorin's Hall.
	Guide to West Angmar	Travel	44	Recalls fellowship to Aughaire in West Angmar (quest required to gain skill).
	Return to Camp	Travel	26	Recalls fellowship to a camp site fire.

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour	Armour	1
	Medium Armour	Armour	10

Combat Characteristics

	Name	Level	Cost	Description
	Evade Rank 1	7	4  90	Adds 2.0% to Evade Chance
	Critical Rank 1	9	8  10	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Ranged Evade Rank 1	9	8  10	Adds 8.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 1	11	12  10	Adds 2.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 1	13	16  90	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Ranged Evade Rank 2	13	16  90	Adds 4.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Evade Rank 2	15	22  50	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Ranged Evade Rank 3	17	28  90	Adds 2.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 2	19	36  10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 2	21	44  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Ranged Evade Rank 4	21	44  10	Adds 1.0% to Ranged Evade Chance
	Critical Rank 2	23	52  90	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Accuracy Rank 3	25	62  50	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Parry Rank 3	27	72  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Evade Rank 3	29	84  10	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Accuracy Rank 4	31	96  10	Reduces Miss by a small amount.
	Critical Rank 3	33	108  90	Adds 2.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Parry Rank 4	37	136  90	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Critical Rank 4	39	152  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Evade Rank 4	41	168  10	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

	Ability	Level	Cost
	Specialized Equipment	1	Starting proficiency
	Clarinet Use	5	2  50
	Lute Use	5	2  50

Misc. Passive Skills

	Ability	Level	Description
	Bow Chants	25	Allows hunters to employ ancient chants to empower their bow to various different ends.
	Hand Wrought Traps	15	Allows use of specialized traps.
	Improved Range	1	Your skill with ranged weapons allows you to attack from a greater distance than others.
	Tracking Guide	35	Allows the Hunter to share the location of his tracked target with his fellowship members. Only information about non-player targets can be shared in this way.
	Use of Fire	20	Enables hunters to apply fire-oil to their arrows.
	Use of Light	30	Enables hunters to apply light-oil to their arrows.

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Bows	Range	1
	Daggers	1H	1	Increases chance to land critical hit.
	One-Handed Axes	1H	1	Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss.
	One-Handed Swords	1H	1	Increases to-hit chance.
	Dual Wielding		10	Allows combat with two one-handed weapons.
	One-Handed Clubs	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	One-Handed Hammers	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	One-Handed Maces	1H	15	Chance to Stun.
	Spear	MHO	20	Chance to Wound causing damage over time.
	Crossbows	Range	30

Hunter Traits

As if your savage arrow blitz wasn't powerful enough as the Hunter, your traits will increase your efficiency to a superior level. You gain the class traits after you perform your main Hunter skills a set amount of times, or by completing specific class quests. Consider it like training: The more you do it, the faster you get better. You may think that adding a percent here or there to critical chances, evading, or damage won't do much, but it's that little smidgen in a close fight that makes all the difference.

Deeds

Name	Level	Reward	Task	Limit per Day
Sturdy Traps	1	Sturdy Traps	Set traps for your enemies (350)
Rapid Recovery	1	Rapid Recovery	Strike enemies with Swift Stroke (500)
Barbed Fury	1	Barbed Fury	Strike enemies with Barbed Arrow (750)
Swift and True	1	Swift and True	Strike enemies with Swift Bow (1,000)
Strong Draw	10	Strong Draw	Use Penetrating Shot (600)
Heightened Senses	10	Heightened Senses	Use tracking skills (500)
Hail of Arrows	10	Hail of Arrows	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows (500)
Deep Concentration	20	Deep Concentration	Use Intent Concentration (150)
Deadly Precision	20	Deadly Precision	Land critical hits with your bow skills (500)
True Shot	20	True Shot	Strike enemies with Penetrating Shot (1,000)
Arrow-Storm	20	Arrow Storm	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows (600)
Graceful Draw	30	Graceful Draw	Strike enemies with your bow skills (6,000)
Stealthy Shot	30	Stealthy Shot	Use Beneath Notice (150)
Swift Recovery	30	Swift Recovery	Use Needful Haste (125)

Legendary Deeds
Name	Level	Reward	Task
A Shot in the Dark	42	Bard's Arrow	Find missing pages (8)
The Way of the Hunter	44	Press Onward	Find missing pages (8)
The Furthest Charge	46	Rain of Thorns	Find missing pages (8)

Traits

Name	Level	Source	Description	Line Bonus
Barbed Fury	1	Strike enemies with Barbed Arrow	Wounds caused by your Barbed Arrow bleed more profusely.	Ranged Offense Damage increased 2.0%
Rapid Recovery	1	Strike enemies with Swift Stroke	All of your melee skills recover more quickly than before. Subtracts 1.2 from Skill Reset Time.	Ranged Critical Hit Chance Mod increased 1.0%
Sturdy Traps	1	Set traps for your enemies	It is more difficult for enemies to break free of your traps.	Ranged Critical Hit Chance Mod 1.0%
Swift and True	1	Strike enemies with Swift Bow	Your Swift Bow inflicts greater damage to your enemies.	Ranged Offense Damage increased 2.0%
Hail of Arrows	10	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows	You have a greater chance of landing Critical Hits with your Rain of Arrows.	Ranged Offense Damage increased 2.0%
Heightened Senses	10	Use tracking skills	Your exceptional senses allow you to track creatures over a greater distance, even if they are using Stealth, and to more easily detect creatures using Stealth.	Ranged Critical Hit Chance Mod increased 1.0%
Strong Draw	10	Use Penetrating Shot	Decreases focus cost of Penetrating Shot by 1.	Power Regeneration in Combat increased by 0.3 per-second
Arrow Storm	20	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows	The Focus cost for your Rain of Arrows is reduced by 1.	Power Regeneration in Combat increased by 0.3 per-second
Deadly Precision	20	Land critical hits with your bow skills	Adds 1% to Ranged Critical Hit Chance Modifier.	Barbed Arrow induction time reduced 0.1s; Swift Bow induction time reduced 0.1s
Deep Concentration	20	Use Intent Concentration	Your Intent Concentration also restores some Power, in addition to its normal effects.	Power Regeneration in Combat increased by 0.3 per-second
True Shot	20	Strike enemies with Penetrating Shot	The Hunter's Penetrating Shot pierces more deeply through an enemy's armour, ignoring more of the armour's damage mitigation. Subtracts 8.0% from Target's mitigation to this attack.	Ranged Offense Damage increased 2.0%
Graceful Draw	30	Strike enemies with your bow skills	Your Endurance Stance further reduces the Power cost of your ranged skills.
Stealthy Shot	30	Use Beneath Notice	When you use Beneath Notice, you draw even less attention from your enemies.
Swift Recovery	30	Use Needful Haste	Your Needful Haste and Intent Concentration recover more quickly.
Fast Draw			You are able to release your Barbed Arrow and Swift Bow more quickly.	Barbed Arrow induction time reduced 0.1s; Swift Bow induction time reduced 0.1s
Bard's Arrow (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book A Shot in the Dark	Ranged weapon +12 damage; Adds 1 Focus; causes Fear	-
Press Onward (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book The Way of the Hunter	+3000 - 3005 Morale; +3000 - 3005 Power	-
Rain of Thorns (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the Book The Furthest Charge	Roots for up to 30s (max 5 targets)	-
Bow of the Righteous (Legendary)	45/50	Complete the level 50 class quests	Recovers power with each successful ranged attack