Learning LOTRO: Lesson Forty-Three - Champion Class Quests

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Thirty-Six - Champion Class

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

It's time for the ninth class-focused entry in the series! Today we get to talk about the Champion class! Available to all races except hobbits, this class is based on Gimli, whose skill in arms matched the bow-skills of Legolas. It seemed fitting, then, that I should play this class as a dwarf -- and introduce the secondary playable dwarf race, the Stout-Axe. This race was introduced in 2019 with the Minas Morgul expansion. Like the High Elf and Beorning, it is available for purchase from the LOTRO Store for 1,000 LOTRO Points or as part of the Minas Morgul expansion.

It wasn't until the Champion before this one that I finally found my groove with the class and began to enjoy it, so the highest level I have reached with one is only 77. However, it is one of the easier classes to play and remarkably sturdy, making it an excellent choice for new players.

Per the established method, the theme this time was "gold" and "volcano," so I used Welsh to come up with Lafahaur, or literally "gold lava." This seemed like a perfect name for a dwarf who has fled from servitude in Mordor!

The following is a basic summary of the creation process and some of the things you'll encounter when you start out in LOTRO with a Champion and/or Stout-Axe Dwarf.