Red Captain

Red Captain ‘Warlord’ Build

By Araphorn – Updated for Yondershire, U33

Trait Trees

As mentioned earlier, two ways you can go about traiting and playing a Red Captain. So for that, you’ll need different trees. One tree is more DPS/Bleeds focused and the other tree is purely for Heals/HPS/Power Restore with hardly any DPS capabilities.

Here is my Red Tree which is more focused primarily on DPS:

This tree gives me important stuff from Blue Line such as the Double Rez and Rally Cry buff and also extra 10% bleed damage from Yellow Line. Gives me everything I need for max DPS on my end from Red Line.

Here is my other tree, I use this one when I’m not required to DPS, or if I’m solo healing the group (for example 3-mans):

This tree skyrockets my Heals/HPS and I’m able to keep everyone alive in my group by just focusing on keeping my HoTs active (along with other buffs of course).

You can pick whichever tree which fits your gameplay and group needs, and go from there.

35 Trait Points Build for Legendary Servers

60 Trait Points Build for Beginners

Virtues

These are the virtues I use to reach the Stat Goals. I use mostly Offensive options, but if need be, some of them can be switched to more Defensive options as well, depending on the type of fight. More explained down below.

Here are the Virtues which go along with the Stat Goals:

1. Zeal (Great for Mastery and Critical Rating)
2. Valour (Great for Mastery, Finesse and Critical Rating)
3. Confidence (Great for Critical Rating and Finesse)
4. Wit (Great for Finesse, Mastery and Critical Rating)
5. Loyalty (Great for Vitality and survival)
   • If you need extra Survivability, swap Wit with Fidelity

If you don’t have these virtues, here are some alternatives:

• Fidelity (Great for Vitality + Tactical Mit)
• Tolerance (Gives great amount of Tactical Mit, decent Physical Mit and Resistance)
• Innocence (Gives great amount of Physical Mit, decent Tactical Mit Mit and Resistance)

Legendary Items

Red Captains just require 2 LIs for overall gameplay. I find these legacies to be a good balance between DPS and heals support.

2-Hander Weapon

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Battle-shout Damage
Word of Mastery	Cutting Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Devastating Blow and Pressing Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Grave Wound Damage
Word of Mastery	Shadow’s Lament Damage
Word of Mastery	Sure Strike Damage
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision

Captain’s Emblem (Class Item)

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Area Effect Healing
Word of Power	Damage Over Time
Word of Power	Damage Over Time Criticals
Word of Mastery	Battle-hardened Incoming Damage
Word of Mastery	Battle-hardened Outgoing Healing Buff
Word of Mastery	Battle-readied Damage Buff
Word of Mastery	Bleed Pulses
Word of Mastery	Pressing Attack and Devastating Blow Criting Rating
Word of Mastery	Rallying Cry Healing
Word of Craft	Grand Willpower
Word of Craft	Grand Willpower

Rotation

Here is the rotation of Red Captain.

1. You have two ‘States’ on Captain, first is called ‘Battle-readied’ and the other is called Battle-hardened’, both last for 15s. Battle-readied is applied when you use a Battle-shout, and Battle-hardened is applied when you use Devastating Blow (DB) or Pressing Attack (PA). Battle-readied falls off after you use DB or PA, and Battle-hardened times out after 15s. Try to maintain at least one state during the fight.
2. You also have few other buffs which you need to keep up, called:
   • ‘Relentless Attack’, this is acquired when you use Sure Strike in a Battle-readied state (after using Battle-shout)
   • Attack Speed buff from Routing Cry, this is acquired when you use Routing Cry after you receive a Defeat Response (mob kill)
   • Rallying Cry 5% damage buff, this is acquired when you use Rallying Cry after you a receive a Defeat Response (mob kill)
3. As a Red Captain, you need to keep these 3 buffs up always. (You get defeat responses also if you critically hit with DB or PA skill)
4. Some more buffs you need to manage:
   • Red Banner, use this every minute on cooldown.
   • To Arms, use that with Banner so it lines up.
   • Blade-brother’s call, use that with Banner and To Arms, once every 2 minutes.
5. Now that buffs are sorted, lets talk a bit about DPS rotation.
6. I usually start the fight with Time of Need, this allows me to place the 3 buffs (as per point number 2, Relentless Attack/Attack Speed buff/Rally Cry buff) right away. So I use ToN – Routing Cry – Rally Cry (Use them really fast and you can get both buffs up fast), then I use Sure Strike on the target to get the Relentless Attack buff up.
7. Now buffs are up, and I’m in Battle-readied state, I follow that up with Cutting Attack to get the 30% Critical Multiplier buff which lasts for 7s. Follow that up with a quick Grave Wound.
8. After Grave Wound, I use Inspire to get extra critical chance for my next skill.
9. Then I will use Shadow’s Lament to aim for a big hit. So the opening rotation was, ToN – Routing – Rally – Sure Strike – Cutting – Grave Wound – Inspire – Shadow’s Lament – Devastating Blow. This was all done under 15s to have Battle-readied for all those skills. If you get a defeat response here, refresh Routing Cry buff.
10. Next rotation after your first one is over is a bit different and it involves being in both States and having Blade of Elendil buff for Shadow’s lament. (You should throw your buffs after you finish your first rotation, buffs as per point number 4).
11. Start now with Battle-shout – Sure Strike – Devastating Blow – Blade of Elendil – Captain Tonic – Cutting – Grave Wound – Inspire – Shadow’s Lament – Devastating Blow. That was your burstier rotation, ideal when Oath-breakers are running.
12. There will be times when your rotation gets lost due to refreshing buffs or just mechanics interrupting it overall, so don’t worry, just try your best to keep both your States running, and prioritizing Shadow’s Lament only if you have Blade of Elendil 20% buff, Cutting Attack 30% crit buff (don’t forget to use Inspire also before Shadow’s Lament) and at least have 1 state, ideally Battle-hardened for the nice big crit.
13. If you are fighting multiple mobs, always use Cutting before using Grave wound so it spreads. Keep these two bleeds on cooldown always, and form your rotation around them.
14. Use your Kick skill to interrupt animations of Blade of Elendil/Muster Courage/Gallant Display. That’s assuming the fight doesn’t require you to interrupt.
15. Keep an eye on your buffs, always refresh them if they are running below 20-30s.

Consumables

There are the consumables I use on Red Captain:

These tonics are pretty helpful to get Battle-reading state when Battle shout is on cooldown.

That is the food Captains use.

Updated as of U33.

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