Leader of Men Captains can fully function as tanks Leader of Men Captains can fully function as tanks

Heralds and Archers have also seen some love, with increased potency. Heralds and Archers have also seen some love, with increased potency.

Players will also notice some changes to the Battle-ready and Battle-hardened states, which offer stat bonuses to encourage weaving additional skills in between each step of the chain. Players will also notice some changes to the Battle-ready and Battle-hardened states, which offer stat bonuses to encourage weaving additional skills in between each step of the chain.

Hands of Healing Captains may also ‘Reform the Lines!’, sacrificing a portion of their Morale to apply a potent Heal over Time to their Fellowship. Hands of Healing Captains may also ‘Reform the Lines!’, sacrificing a portion of their Morale to apply a potent Heal over Time to their Fellowship.

while damage over time effects help to ensure the Captain’s damage persists between spikes while damage over time effects help to ensure the Captain’s damage persists between spikes

while Shield of the Dúnedain drastically reduces the damage the Leader of Men (or an ally) takes. while Shield of the Dúnedain drastically reduces the damage the Leader of Men (or an ally) takes.

The Tactics skills have been removed from the game. The Tactics skills have been removed from the game.

Now, Captains may apply a Tactics buff (which depends on their specialization) to their Fellowship when they use Sure Strike. These buffs offer a substantial boost to their primary focus, while having smaller buffs for the other two archetypes. Now, Captains may apply a Tactics buff (which depends on their specialization) to their Fellowship when they use Sure Strike. These buffs offer a substantial boost to their primary focus, while having smaller buffs for the other two archetypes.

A lot of interesting things to be found in the dev diary!Edit: It didn't occur to me that this skill might actually be completely locked into this trait line. If it is, I hope it's near the top like the LM's eagle. If not, there's gonna be a lot more unhappy people, myself included.(The interesting thing on this is that a captain tank will get the most tank buffs then, which may actually be enough to encourage some groups to take a captain over guard or warden. Suppose it's gonna depend how much of the rest of tanking got fixed though.)