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Overview
Champion is a very strong class whilst leveling. Yellow has very strong AoE capabilities, whereas Red focuses more on single target. Yellow is preferred for leveling as you can gather up groups of enemies and cleave them down quickly. However, this might not be as viable on higher difficulties.
How Champion plays
Champions fight in melee. Their basic skills build Fervour, up to a maximum of five, and their more powerful skills spend it. Most skills are either Strike skills or Blade skills, and different traits boost each type. The core loop is simple, which makes this a good pick if you want a fast, easy experience in the landscape.
Choosing a traitline for levelling
Yellow (Deadly Storm) mainly uses Blade skills and is the AoE line. It is slower and more methodical, and it lets you gather groups and cleave them down, which is why this guide recommends it for levelling. Red (Berserker) mainly uses Strike skills for single-target damage and is fast-paced. Blue (Martial Champion) is the tank line, and it depends on very long cooldowns that need careful timing, so it is not a levelling choice.
Open a colour below for its levelling rating and screenshots of the trait tree at key levels. When you reach endgame, see the full Champion build guides. Class mechanics summarised from the LOTRO Wiki.
In general, the extra single target damage in red is not worth much compared to yellow. So you might aswell use the extra AoE in yellow.
Yellow might be better at lower difficulty settings.
In general, the extra single target damage in red is not worth much compared to yellow. But you don’t lose too much aoe.
Red might be better at higher difficulty settings.
Blue champion is generally not worth leveling in.
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