| Having trouble leveling in LOTRO because you can | | | | the Will stat if you are a caster or healer. No |
| not play at prime-times and can't find groups? | | | | matter what class you are, you should have |
| Well I would like to assure you and tell you that | | | | Might. Might gives common damage resistance, |
| you are not the only one. I managed to solve this | | | | common damage would be any type of melee |
| problem and I'll tell you how to do it yourself. In | | | | weapon. To be more exact, the general stats you |
| this LOTRO solo leveling guide I'll show you a few | | | | should focus on as solo should be: Might, Wound |
| basic tips on how to improve your solo | | | | and Poison resists, Morale amount, Armour value. |
| performance. | | | | You add to those which ever stats you character |
| I thought of these tips from personal experience | | | | needs in particular. A little tip would be to focus on |
| since I solo'ed 80% of the time while XP-ing: | | | | damage, only exception would be the Guardian, |
| - Choose the right traits | | | | they are terrible on damage so just focus on |
| There are loads of Virtue traits you can get, but | | | | blocking and that. |
| you should only be interested in the ones that are | | | | - Be effective while questing |
| meant for solo killing, such as Compassion | | | | Try and always be at least 2 levels above the |
| (subtracts from ranged vulnerability, power regen | | | | level of the quests. If by any chance you will be |
| in non-combat, subtracts from magic vulnerability), | | | | forced to move on to a higher level area, then |
| Determination ( you get more agility, in-combat | | | | just grind some mobs until you are fit to do the |
| morale regen and bonus to morale amount), | | | | quests there. When accepting fellowship quests, |
| Discipline ( adds Might, disease resistance and | | | | read the objectives, some just send you to |
| subtracts from melee vulnerability), Empathy ( | | | | collect some plants or whatever around some |
| adds Armour value, adds Fate, fear resistance), | | | | elite or signature mobs, you should do those as |
| Loyalty (adds Vitality, power amount and Armour | | | | they give loads of XP and can be done if you |
| value), Innocence ( adds Shadow resistance, | | | | navigate yourself successfully around the elites or |
| poison resistance and subtracts from melee | | | | signatures. |
| vulnerability). Those are the traits I used and as | | | | - Do a little grinding |
| you can see, each of them adds to a characters | | | | Your are better off grinding 10 minutes and you |
| overall efficiency. You should also only use Class | | | | will get more XP than a fellowship quest will give |
| Traits that make your damage styles better, | | | | you after trying to complete it, which will take |
| single target ones, you don't need Area of Effect | | | | over 30 minutes the minimum. |
| when you solo. | | | | Those tips would sum up everything I noticed |
| - Use the right equipment | | | | while XP-ing that could improve the way you solo. |
| You should concentrate on the stats your class | | | | There are LOTRO solo leveling guides that are |
| needs, don't overdue the Vitality stat though, | | | | more effective than my tips, but until you get |
| vitality offers little morale amount but helps with | | | | one, they will do. |
| morale regen. You should only use items that give | | | | |