Welcome, here you will find an up-to-date guide for Guardian’s Legendary Items Imbuement. This guide will cover a full Legendary Item (LI) Legacy list, and which legacies to keep pre and post imbuement.
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Types of Legendary Items Needed
A Guardian (Blue and Yellow Line) needs the following Legendary Items at endgame:
- One-handed Sword – First Age (Crafted by Weaponsmith)
- Guardian’s Belt – First Age – Class Item (Crafted by Metalsmith)
* *Note: Blue and Yellow line share the same LIs/Legacies. Red Line builds are not covered by LotroHQ due to underperformance of the line.
Legacies List
Here is the Legacy List for Guardians.
1-Hander Weapon
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Area Effect Skill Damage | Area Effect Skill Damage |
| Major | Bash Damage | Bash Damage |
| Major | Brutal Assault Damage | Brutal Assault Damage |
| Major | Guardian’s Pledge Cooldown | Guardian’s Pledge Cooldown and Retaliation Damage |
| Major | Overwhelm Critical Rating | Overwhelm Critical Rating |
| Major | Overwhelm Damage | Overwhelm Damage |
| Major | Guardian’s Ward Duration | Sweeping Cut Critical Rating |
| Major | Sweeping Cut Damage | Sweeping Cut Damage |
| Major | Vexing Blow Damage | Vexing Blow Damage |
| Major | Whirling Retaliation Damage | Whirling Retaliation Damage |
| Minor | Bleed Critical Damage | Bleed Critical Damage |
| Minor | Guardian Bleed Damage | Guardian Bleed Damage |
| Minor | Charge Duration | Shield-swipe Critical Rating |
| Minor | Stamp Cooldown | Stamp Cooldown and Stamp Damage |
| Minor | Sting Critical Rating | Sting Critical Rating |
| Minor | To The King Damage | To The King Damage |
| Minor | Turn the Tables Cooldown | Turn the Tables Cooldown and Turn the Tables Damage |
| Minor | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Duration | Warrior’s Heart Max Morale |
Guardian’s Belt (Class Item)
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Adaptability Block and Parry Rating | Adaptability Block and Parry Rating |
| Major | Catch a Breath Morale Heal | Catch a Breath Cooldown and Catch a Breath Morale Heal |
| Major | Cry Resist Chance | Cry Resist Chance |
| Major | Guardian’s Pledge Magnitude | Guardian’s Pledge Magnitude and Shield Swipe Damage |
| Major | Guardian’s Ward Block Rating | Guardian’s Ward Block Rating |
| Major | Guardian’s Ward Damage | Guardian’s Ward Damage |
| Major | Guardian’s Ward Parry Rating | Guardian’s Ward Parry Rating |
| Major | Challenge Targets | Reactive Parry Damage |
| Major | Shield Damage | Shield Damage |
| Major | Sting Damage | Sting Damage |
| Minor | Catch a Breath Power Healing | Catch a Breath Power Healing |
| Minor | Force Taunt Duration | Force Taunt Duration and Shield-blow Damage |
| Minor | Increased Block, Parry and Evade from Protection | Increased Block, Parry and Evade from Protection |
| Minor | War-chant Effect Duration | Light Damage |
| Minor | Shield Smash Damage | Shield Smash Damage |
| Minor | Stagger Critical Rating | Stagger Critical Rating |
| Minor | Stagger Effect Duration | Stagger Damage |
| Minor | Stagger Positional Damage | Stagger Positional Damage |
| Minor | Stoic Bubble Strength | Stoic Bubble Strength |
| Minor | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Morale Heal | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Morale Heal |
Imbuement Guide
There are 7 recommended legacies for each LI for endgame. Guardian Blue-line LIs can be used in Yellow-line as well.
LotroHQ Class Builds covers Blue and Yellow-line only, so here are the recommended Legacies for those lines.
*Note 1: All Legendary Items have 4 Major Legacies by default (with Crystal of Remembrance item). After Reforging a Legendary Item to level 30, chance of getting additional Major legacies is random, you may end up with more, or no more than 4 at all. So, if this list down below requires more than 4 Major Legacies, and you have only 4 Major Legacies, you will have to use an Imbued Legacy Replacement Scroll to cover for it, after you Imbue your Legendary Item. These special scrolls can be earned from Endgame instances, Throne of the Dread Terror Currency Barter, Hobbit Gifts, and bought from the Auction Hall or the Lotro Store.
*Note 2: Stat Legacy Scrolls (such as Legacy of Vitality) can be crafted (Melding) from Relic-Master for 1,886 Shards, or be traded from Daegoth for 250 Medallions (Barter Exchange Trader at Ost Galadh in Mirkwood).
Endgame Recommended Legacies for LIs:
1-Hander Weapon
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Area Effect Skill Damage | Area Effect Skill Damage | |
| Major | Bash Damage | Bash Damage | |
| Major | Guardian’s Pledge Cooldown | Guardian’s Pledge Cooldown and Retaliation Damage | |
| Minor | Stamp Cooldown | Stamp Cooldown and Stamp Damage | |
| Minor | Turn the Tables Cooldown | Turn the Tables Cooldown and Turn the Tables Damage | |
| Minor | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Duration | Warrior’s Heart Max Morale | |
| Minor | Legacy of Vitality | Legacy of Vitality | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Guardian’s Belt (Class Item)
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Catch a Breath Morale Heal | Catch a Breath Cooldown and Catch a Breath Morale Heal | |
| Major | Guardian’s Pledge Magnitude | Guardian’s Pledge Magnitude and Shield Swipe Damage | |
| Major | Shield Damage | Shield Damage | |
| Minor | Force Taunt Duration | Force Taunt Duration and Shield-blow Damage | |
| Minor | Shield Smash Damage | Shield Smash Damage | |
| Minor | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Morale Heal | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Morale Heal | |
| Minor | Legacy of Vitality | Legacy of Vitality | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Legendary Items Swaps Guide
Certain classes require certain LI swaps to gain an advantage, these are for buffs like, extra legacies to boost DPS, which you don’t have room for on Main LIs, extra Sprint Duration, making a buff last longer, or to make a Cooldown refresh faster, etc. Non-imbued Legacies have more of these advantages which Imbued Legacies have much lesser of.
Here are the Non-Imbued Swaps needed for Guardian:
Non-Imbued LI Weapon Swap (Preferably a 2-hander Hammer for a visual cue)
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy |
|---|---|
| Major | Guardian’s Ward Duration (Optional) |
| Minor | Charge Duration (Rest 4 legacies can be random) |
Explanation:
- Guardian’s Ward Duration: Can be nice to have extra duration, if you don’t mind swapping, although you will lose lots of stats/morale in combat by doing so.
- Charge Duration: This is very important to swap for and it is because of this legacy, that this LI swap is made for primarily.
Non-Imbued Guardian’s Belt Swap (Class Item)
| Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy |
|---|---|
| Major | Challenge Targets |
| Minor | Force Taunt Duration |
| Minor | Stoic Bubble Strength (Optional) |
| Minor | Warrior’s Heart / Fortitude Morale Heal (Rest 2 legacies can be random) |
Explanation:
- Challenge Targets: This is the primary legacy for the swap, extra Challenge targets can be great for large pulls.
- Force Taunt Duration: This legacy goes with the Targets legacy, it adds on to it and makes the swap more efficient.
- Stoic Bubble: Optional, can be skipped.
- Warrior’s Heart Heal: Optional, can be skipped.
