Hunter Imbuement Guide

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.

Types of Legendary Items
Legacies List
Imbuement Guide
Legendary Items Swaps Guide

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
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)