Welcome, here you will find an up-to-date guide for Hunter’s Legendary Items Imbuement. This guide will cover a full Legendary Item (LI) Legacy list, and which legacies to keep pre and post imbuement.
Table of Contents
Types of Legendary Items Needed
A Hunter needs the following Legendary Items at endgame:
- One-handed Sword – First Age (Crafted by Weaponsmith)
- Hunter’s Bow – First Age – Class Item (Crafted by Woodworker)
- 2nd Hunter’s Bow (Swap) – First Age – Class Item (Crafted by Woodworker)
* *Note: All Hunter LIs can be easily shared by all trait lines and do not require additional LIs per specs.
Legacies List
Here is the Legacy List for Hunters.
Hunter’s Bow (Class Item)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|---|
Major | Merciful Shot Cooldown | Explosive Arrow Damage |
Major | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier |
Major | Focus Bow Power Cost | Focus Bow Power Cost and Focus Bow Damage |
Major | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier |
Major | Quick Shot Critical Chance in Precision | Quick Shot Critical Chance in Precision |
Major | Ranged Skill Block Chance Modifier | Ranged Skill Block Chance Modifier |
Major | Ranged Skill Evade Chance Modifier | Ranged Skill Evade Chance Modifier |
Major | Strength Quick Shot Slow | Strength Quick Shot Slow and Quick Shot Bonus Focus Application Chance |
Major | Induction Bow Power Cost | Upshot Damage |
Minor | Burn Hot Damage | Burn Hot Damage |
Minor | Distracting Shot Resistance Penetration | Distracting Shot Resistance Penetration |
Minor | Focus Bow Threat Down | Focus Bow Threat |
Minor | Heart Seeker Damage | Heart Seeker Damage |
Minor | Hunter Damage Over Time | Hunter Damage Over Time |
Minor | Induction Bow Damage | Induction Bow Damage |
Minor | Quick Shot Damage | Quick Shot Damage |
Minor | Ranged Evade Rating | Ranged Evade Rating |
Minor | Distracting Shot Cooldown | Distracting Shot Cooldown |
1-Hander Weapon
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|---|
Major | Needful Haste Duration | Barrage Damage |
Major | Beneath Notice Cooldown | Beneath Notice Cooldown and Beneath Notice Power |
Major | Blindside Critical Rating | Blindside Critical Rating |
Major | Improved Strength of the Earth Morale Regen | Improved Strength of the Earth Morale Regen |
Major | Melee Critical Multiplier | Melee Critical Multiplier |
Major | Precision Stance Critical Magnitude | Precision Stance Critical Magnitude |
Major | AoE Skills Maximum Targets | Rain of Arrows Damage |
Major | Trap Damage | Trap Damage |
Minor | Low Cut Bleed Chance | Bubble Potency |
Minor | Desperate Flight Cooldown | Desperate Flight Cooldown and Lingering Wound Damage |
Minor | Melee Critical Rating | Melee Critical Rating |
Minor | Merciful Shot Critical Multiplier | Merciful Shot Critical Multiplier |
Minor | Power Restored by Traited Intent Concentration | Power Restored by Traited Intent Concentration |
Minor | Press Onward Cooldown | Press Onward Cooldown and Press Onward Morale/Power Heal |
Minor | Stealth Detection | Stance: Precision Finesse |
Minor | Strength Stance Damage | Strength Stance Damage |
Imbuement Guide
There are 7 recommended legacies for each LI for endgame. Hunter needs the following LIs:
- One-handed Sword.
- 2x Hunter Bows. By having 2 Bows, all skills have legacies boosted by LIs, which 1 Bow cannot cover. LotroHQ’s Hunter’s Class Build covers and explains this in detail.
**Note: If you don’t want to have 2 Bows, and just want a single Bow setup, that will be covered down below too.
*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:
Hunter’s Bow 1 (Class Item)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Major | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Focus Bow Power Cost | Focus Bow Power Cost and Focus Bow Damage | |
Major | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Minor | Heart Seeker Damage | Heart Seeker Damage | Use this Bow for Heartseeker |
Minor | Hunter Damage Over Time | Hunter Damage Over Time | Use this Bow for all DoT skills |
Minor | Induction Bow Damage | Induction Bow Damage | |
Minor | Distracting Shot Cooldown | Swift Bow Damage | Use this Bow for Swift Bow |
Hunter’s Bow 2 (Class Item)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Major | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Focus Bow Power Cost | Focus Bow Power Cost and Focus Bow Damage | |
Major | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Quick Shot Critical Chance in Precision Stance | Quick Shot Critical Chance in Precision Stance and Quick Shot Critical Magnitude | Use this Bow for Quick Bow |
Major | Induction Bow Power Cost | Upshot Damage | Use this Bow for Upshot |
Minor | Induction Bow Damage | Induction Bow Damage | This increases Quick Shot’s damage |
Minor | Quick Shot Damage | Quick Shot Damage | Use this Bow for Quick Bow |
Hunter’s Bow [SINGLE BOW SETUP ONLY]
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Major | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | Focus Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Focus Bow Power Cost | Focus Bow Power Cost and Focus Bow Damage | |
Major | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | Induction Bow Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Induction Bow Power Cost | Upshot Damage | |
Minor | Heart Seeker Damage | Heart Seeker Damage | |
Minor | Hunter Damage Over Time | Hunter Damage Over Time | |
Minor | Induction Bow Damage | Induction Bow Damage |
**Note: This Bow covers mostly all legacies, for a Single Bow setup, but loses out on Quick Shot’s Critical chance and Damage.
1-Hander Sword
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Major | Needful Haste Duration | Barrage Damage | |
Major | Melee Critical Multiplier | Melee Critical Multiplier | |
Major | Precision Stance Critical Magnitude | Precision Stance Critical Magnitude | |
Major | AoE Skills Maximum Targets | Rain of Arrows Damage | |
Major | Trap Damage | Trap Damage | Use Imbued Legacy Replacement Scroll if Low on Majors |
Minor | Merciful Shot Critical Multiplier | Merciful Shot Cooldown and Merciful Shot Critical Multiplier | |
Minor | Press Onward Cooldown | Press Onward Cooldown and Press Onward Morale/Power Heal |
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 Swaps needed for Hunter:
Imbued LI Bow Swap (Preferably a Crossbow for a visual cue)
Type | Post-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|
Major | Strength Quick Shot Slow and Quick Shot Bonus Focus Application Chance |
Minor | Burn Hot Damage (Rest 4 legacies can be random) |
Explanation:
- Strength Quick Shot Slow: This is a useful legacy, although very situational. Have to swap to Strength Stance and then apply a really powerful Slow with Quick Shot.
- Burn Hot Damage: This is a very important legacy to have on a swap, it makes Burn Hot really powerful, it is important to max out this legacy to the current cap on the Imbued Swap Bow.
Non-Imbued LI Weapon Swap (Preferably a Spear for a visual cue)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|
Major | Needful Haste Duration (Optional) |
Major | Beneath Notice Cooldown |
Major | Improved Strength of the Earth Morale Regen |
Minor | Desperate Flight Cooldown |
Minor | Power Restored by Traited Intent Concentration |
Minor | Press Onward Cooldown (Optional) |
Explanation:
- Needful Haste: Entirely optional, just a placeholder legacy.
- Beneath Notice Cooldown: Useful swap legacy, use this swap whenever using the skill, as this legacy is not present on the Main LI weapon.
- Improved SotEMr: This is a traited skill, which is not recommended to trait, this legacy boosts it slightly, if traited.
- Desperate Flight Cooldown: Useful swap legacy, cuts the cooldown by 10 minutes, quite nice to have in solo play and in PvP.
- Power Restored by Intent Concentration: This is a traited skill, which is not recommended to trait, this legacy boosts it slightly, if traited.
- Press Onward Cooldown: Entirely optional, just a placeholder legacy, as this legacy is already present on Main LI weapon.