Welcome, here you will find an up-to-date guide for Warden’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 Warden needs the following Legendary Items at endgame:
- One-handed Sword – First Age (Crafted by Weaponsmith)
- Warden’s Javelin – First Age – Class Item (Crafted by Woodworker)
* *Note: Red and Yellow line share the same LIs/Legacies. Blue Line builds are not covered by LotroHQ due to underperformance of the line.
Legacies List
Here is the Legacy List for Wardens.
1-Hander Weapon
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|---|
Major | Fist-Spear Gambit Power Cost | Fist-Spear Gambit Power Cost |
Major | Gambit Lifetap Damage | Gambit Lifetap Damage |
Major | Light Damage | Light Damage |
Major | Marked and Diminished Tgt Debuff | Marked Target Double-cast Chance |
Major | Recklessness Critical Rating | Recklessness Critical Rating |
Major | Shield Gambit Buff Duration | Persevere Block Rating |
Major | Spear Gambit Damage | Spear Gambit Damage |
Major | Spear Gambit Parry Rating | Spear Gambit Parry Rating |
Major | Wages of Fear Positional Damage | Wages of Fear Positional Damage |
Minor | Ambush Critical Damage | Ambush Critical Damage |
Minor | Boar’s Rush Critical Rating | Boar’s Rush Critical Rating |
Minor | Critical Strike Critical Damage | Critical Strike Critical Damage |
Minor | Hampering Javelin Duration | Hampering Javelin Reset Chance |
Minor | Ranged Damage | Ranged Damage |
Minor | Resolution Damage | Resolution Damage |
Minor | Shield Tactics Tactical Mitigation Rating | Shield Tactics Tactical Mitigation Rating |
Minor | Shield-Spear Gambit Power Cost | Shield-Spear Gambit Power Cost |
Minor | Surety of Death Damage Over Time | Surety of Death Damage Over Time |
Warden’s Javelin (Class Item)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|---|
Major | Fist Gambit Critical Rating | Fist Gambit Critical Rating |
Major | Fist Gambit Evade Rating | Fist Gambit Evade Rating |
Major | Fist Gambit Buff Duration | Fist Gambit Skill Damage |
Major | Heal Bonus for Conviction | Heal Bonus for Conviction |
Major | In Combat Power Regeneration | In Combat Power Regeneration |
Major | In the Fray Morale Regen | In the Fray Morale Regen |
Major | Shield Gambit Line Healing | Shield Gambit Line Healing |
Major | Spear-Shield Gambit Damage | Spear-Shield Gambit Damage |
Major | Spear-Shield Gambit Power Cost | Spear-Shield Gambit Power Cost |
Minor | Adroit Manoeuvre Duration | Adroit Manoeuvre Damage |
Minor | Ambush Critical Rating | Ambush Critical Rating |
Minor | Careful Step Duration | Careful Step Movement Speed Penalty |
Minor | Defiant Challenge Damage Return | Defiant Challenge Damage Return |
Minor | Javelin of Deadly Force Damage | Javelin of Deadly Force Damage |
Minor | Javelin Skills Critical Rating | Javelin Skills Critical Rating |
Minor | Shield Mastery Block Rating | Shield Mastery Block Rating |
Minor | Shield Piercer Duration | Shield Piercer Evade Debuff Chance |
Minor | Target Resist Rating (Resolution) | Target Resist Rating (Resolution) |
Imbuement Guide
There are 7 recommended legacies for each LI for endgame. Warden Red-line LIs can be used in Yellow-line as well. Warden LI setup is pretty straight-forward and there’s not much LI swapping needed, just required for a few debuffing skills (Non-imbued swap), which is explained pretty well in the Warden Class Guide.
*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 | Light Damage | Light Damage | |
Major | Marked and Diminished Tgt Debuff | Marked Target Double-cast Chance | |
Major | Spear Gambit Damage | Spear Gambit Damage | |
Minor | Ranged Damage | Ranged Damage | |
Minor | Surety of Death Damage Over Time | Surety of Death Damage Over Time | |
Minor | Legacy of Vitality | Legacy of Vitality | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Minor | Legacy of Agility | Legacy of Agility | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Warden’s Javelin (Class Item)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy | Post-Imbued Legacy | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Major | Fist Gambit Buff Duration | Fist Gambit Skill Damage | |
Major | In Combat Power Regeneration | In Combat Power Regeneration | |
Major | Shield Gambit Line Healing | Shield Gambit Line Healing | |
Major | Spear-Shield Gambit Damage | Spear-Shield Gambit Damage | |
Minor | Legacy of Vitality | Legacy of Vitality | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Minor | Legacy of Agility | Legacy of Agility | Preferably placed pre-imbue. |
Minor | Legacy of Fate | Legacy of Fate | Defiant Challenge Damage Return (For PvP) |
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 Warden:
Non-Imbued LI Weapon Swap (Preferably a 1-hander Axe for a visual cue)
Type | Pre-Imbued Legacy |
---|---|
Major | Marked and Diminished Tgt Debuff |
Minor | Hampering Javelin Duration (Rest 4 legacies can be random) |
Explanation:
- Marked and Diminished Target Debuff: This legacy is important because you get additional 2.5% Physical mitigation debuff with this legacy, if you use this swap after getting a Double proc from the Imbued LI (Rotation of this skill is explained in the Warden Class Guide).
- Hampering Javelin Duration: Useful legacy swap, particulary for PvP and for certain encounters in Raids/Instances.