Yellow Burglar

Yellow Line Burglar ‘Riddler’ Build

By Moskin – Updated for Yondershire, U33

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Stat Goals
• Gear
  • End-game Build
  • Starter Build
  • Essences
• Trait Trees
• Virtues
• Legendary Items
• Rotation
• Consumables

Welcome, here you will find a good build for Yellow Burgs, tuned specifically for high-end Raids. Yellow Burg is a spec that hasn’t changed much over the years, and they’ve had a guaranteed spot in just about every LOTRO raid.

Yellow Burg brings a few important things to the raid, they bring debuffs such as Double Disable and Double Enrage, some CC and incoming damage debuffs to the target. Now, there are some fights which you can’t do without Double Disable at all, which is why there will always be a spot for Yellow Burgs, thus making this a nice spec to have.

Apart from the group utility, a well played Yellow Burg will also do 2/3 of the Red Burg’s DPS output, and that is not something that should be overlooked. Yellow Burg can help the group further by doing some really nice DPS too.

Stat Goals

* Before planning Essences, slot the right Virtues (more on that down below). This way you can plan your setup better, and utilize Essences perfectly, and you can dump the remaining Essence slots in Vitality, Finesse, or other Stat of your choice after meeting Stat goals mentioned above.

Gear

With new Raid released, new gear for Yellow Burglars is published in the tables down below. Yellow Burgs will use 4-piece of the new Yellow set, paired with a 3-piece Red set for additional damage. There are 2 published Builds, one for Endgame and one for Starters.

End-game Build

Armour Pieces

Gear Slot	Set Piece	Location
Helm	Burglar’s Helm	Hiddenhoard Raid
Chest	Burglar’s Chest	Hiddenhoard Raid
Shoulders	Burglar’s Shoulders	Hiddenhoard Raid
Gloves	Burglar’s Gloves	Hiddenhoard Raid
Legs	Burglar’s Legs	Hiddenhoard Raid
Boots	Burglar’s Boots	Hiddenhoard Raid
Cloak	Burglar’s Cloak	Hiddenhoard Raid
Off-hand	Agility Dagger	Hiddenhoard Raid
Class Item	Burglar’s Tools	Throne Raid Barter Use Class Essence here also.

Jewelry Pieces

Gear Slot	Set Piece	Location
Earring 1	Earring	Hiddenhoard Raid
Earring 2	Earring	Hiddenhoard Raid
Necklace	Necklace	Hiddenhoard Raid
Pocket	Pocket	Hiddenhoard Raid
Bracelet 1	Bracelet	Storvagun Winter Festival
Bracelet 2	Bracelet	Storvagun Winter Festival
Ring 1	Ring	Hiddenhoard Raid
Ring 2	Ring	Hiddenhoard Raid

Starter Build

The 140 Level Gear from this Build can be acquired by playing the 3 and 6 man instances, higher difficulty will award better loot. Having this gear will allow to progress level capped Raids. As for Essences, you can use the ones you get from Questing or Crafting (whichever Tier is fine), and try to follow the Stat Goals above and Slot the ones which are needed by your Class.

Armour Pieces

Gear Slot	Set Piece	Location
Helm	Burglar’s Helm	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Chest	Burglar’s Chest	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Shoulders	Burglar’s Shoulders	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Gloves	Burglar’s Gloves	Gundabad 3-Man Instance
Legs	Burglar’s Legs	Gundabad 3-Man Instance
Boots	Burglar’s Boots	Gundabad 3-Man Instance
Cloak	Burglar’s Cloak	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Off-hand	Agility Sword	Embers Box Barter
Class Item	Burglar’s Tools	Throne Raid Barter Use Class Essence here also.

Jewelry Pieces

Gear Slot	Set Piece	Location
Earring 1	Earring	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Earring 2	Earring	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Necklace	Necklace	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Pocket	Pocket	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Bracelet 1	Bracelet	Storvagun Winter Festival
Bracelet 2	Bracelet	Storvagun Winter Festival
Bracelets Alternative	Bracelet	Mountain-hold Barter. Use these if no Storvagun Bracelets
Ring 1	Ring	Gundabad 6-Man Instance
Ring 2	Ring	Gundabad 6-Man Instance

Essences

Essence Name	Essence	Note
Class Essence	Critical Harmony	Use this on Class Item
Critical Rating	Critical Rating	Use these to reach near Critical Rating cap.
Physical Mastery	Physical Mastery	Use these to reach near Physical Mastery cap.
Critical Rating Trigger	Critical Trigger	Use 1 of these.
Physical Mastery Trigger	Mastery Trigger	Use 1 of these.
Tactical Mitigation	Tactical Mitigation	Use these to fill slots after above Essences are met.

Trait Trees

Here is the Yellow Tree with Gambler’s Advantage, and important utility from Red and Yellow both:

If your group needs you to have Trip or Stun dust, then take points from Backstab, Well-practiced, or Deft Strikes. Never go without GA.

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. Determination (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 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

Here is the setup for Yellow Burgs. Due to the recent LI changes, using the same Weapon from Red Line makes it inefficient, so it is recommended to have a seperate Weapon for Yellow Line, as it is uses more Yellow-line orientated traceries for efficiency.

Moreover, if you followed the LHQ LI setup from Red Line, you do not need to make a seperate Bag (Class Item) for Yellow Line, Red Bag can be shared with Yellow line at no cost.

For Yellow-line LI, Tricks Damage is used instead of Surprise Strike Crit Chance. This is because the 50% damage increase to Tricks is higher than the ~10% damage increase to Surprise Strike from the 5% crit chance. (In Yellow the other half of the Tracery is useless because there is no Feint Attack)

1-Hander Weapon – Yellow Line

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Sparrow
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Addle Tactical Damage Debuff
Word of Mastery	Mischievous Glee Initial Healing
Word of Mastery	Snag Skills Damage
Word of Mastery	Surprise Strike Damage
Word of Mastery	Trick and Trick Removal Damage
Word of Mastery	Tricks Duration & Resistance Penetration
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision

Burglar’s Tools (Class Item) – For Yellow & Red

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Sparrow
Word of Power	Area Effect Target Count
Word of Power	Area Effect Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Area Effect Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Backstab Damage
Word of Mastery	Chain Skills Critical Chance
Word of Mastery	Chain Skill Critical Multiplier
Word of Mastery	Critical Response Skill Damage
Word of Mastery	Reveal Weakness Incoming Damage & Range
Word of Mastery	Subtle Stab Damage & Critical Multiplier
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity

*Note: No Yellow-line specific traceries are used in this Bag (Class Item), thus making this Item usable in Red-line also, if you play both Specs.

Rotation

by Moskin

Opening Skills: Stealth -> Reveal Weakness -> Surprise Strike -> Trickster -> Enrage (or Disable) -> Quite a Snag -> Addle.

Begin alternating Rotations 1 and 2 below. If Glee is needed, use it directly before Enrage (or Disable).

*Note: Use Addle as an animation cut immediately after either DES or QaS, as available.

1. Gambler’s Advantage
   • Subtle Stab
   • Aim (or Provoke – not both!) (Cunning Attack if both down)
   • Flashing Blades
   • Double-Edged Strike
   • Subtle Stab
   • Enrage (or Disable if desired)–(Use Trickster before Enrage/Disable if off cooldown)
   • Surprise Strike
     
2. Gambler’s Advantage
   • Subtle Stab
   • Provoke (or Aim – not both!) (Cunning Attack if both down)
   • Flashing Blades
   • Double-Edged Strike
   • Subtle Stab
   • Quite a Snag + Addle

Consumables

There are the consumables used on Burglar:

1. These are important for a Yellow Burg to have. It’s a free CJ and it helps when your Exploit Opening/Trip is on cooldown.

This is the Food Burgs use:

Updated as of U33.

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