Mechanics:Damage Types
From LOTRO Lorebook
Weapons, skills and items in LotRO can inflict damage of many different varieties. While developers have been loath to provide players with specific data regarding which type of damage is most effective against certain creature types, some conclusions can be made based on the lore of Middle-earth. The new Lore-master skill - Knowledge of the Lore-master - now gives us a new tool to determine which damage types are more effective against which creature types.
Furthermore, damage types vary by species within the same genus. For example, orcs and goblins are vulnerable to light and not to beleriand, while half-orcs are the opposite (even though they're all in the same genus, "Orc-Kind"). That being said, the information below is only a generalization: more detailed data can be found in player-made guides and fansites such as Torang's guide..
| Creature Type | Weak Mitigation | Basis |
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Ancient-Evil Half-orcs Spiders & Insects
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Beleriand | The Elves of Beleriand waged their wars against Morgoth in the First Age and are the most powerful of all the peoples in ancient crafts. |
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Creatures of Nature some Beasts Troll-kind __ |
Fire | Ents and woodland creatures are greatly injured by fire. |
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Orcs & Goblins The Unseen Troll-kind __ |
Light | Stone trolls turn to stone in the sunlight, as demonstrated in the Dwarf starter instance. |
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The Dead The Unseen __ |
Westernesse | The Dead come primarily from the race of man, and the men of Westernesse were the most skilled of all at fighting this particular kind of evil. |
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Dragon-kind __ |
Ancient Dwarf-make | Of all races the Dwarves were the most cunning at fighting off dragons. They had to be since so often dragons would seek the halls of dwarves for the great treasures which the dwarves would accumulate. |
