Red

Overview

Red Burg or The Quiet Knife has one of the easiest rotations amongst other LOTRO DPS classes. Unlike other classes, there are no alternative skills for rotation.

Red Burg has a guaranteed spot in just about any instance/raid, as they provide a lot more to the group than just DPS. They bring a 2nd Reveal Weakness debuff, which the group can use for secondary targets, they bring a little bit of CC (crowd control), they have CJs (useful for some instances/raids), and they are self-sustainable (can take a few big hits without needing help from healer).

For leveling you’ll go full red followed by blue for bleeds. Not taking focussed strikes to have extra aoe attacks at the cost of some single target damage is the big difference between that and endgame.

Stat Priority

For stats you’ll focus on Critical Rating -> Physical Mastery -> Tactical Mitigation -> Vitality

Trait Tree

Virtues

Main priority is damage virtues, but with stats easier to get. And a lot of finesse floating around. You can replace Wit, Valour or Confidence with Loyalty or Honour to reduce your finesse and improve mitigations and morale.

Traceries

Share main hand between all traitlines

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