I was a bit frustrated with pickup groups and people not understanding conjunctions and how they work. I think brain explosions and mass amounts of nerd rage have been caused by failed conjunctions. Almost nobody seems to know what they were hitting, or why. Come to think of it, that's exactly how I started out. I didn't know what in the hell I was doing, so I did some hunting around to get the basics.
Well, now that I've gathered up the good stuff into a format that even I understand, I'm going to share!
There are two types of conjunctions; random, and standard. Random conjunctions can be initiated by any class (by dumb luck) and will occur on mobs that are signature and higher, while standard conjunctions are initiated by making them vulnerable.
How mobs become vulnerable.
Sometimes it happens randomly (as I stated above) but most of the time, itās going to take a burglar or a guardian to make them vulnerable. Youāll see a bluish glow above the mobās head, and a message that the mob has let itās guard down / broken itās defenses indicating that itās vulnerable.
Burglars = Exploit Opening (12) and the burglar can create vulnerabilities by using Sneak (4) and Trip(28).
Guardians= Iāve been told that at lower levels, you can create vulnerability after parrying, use Retaliation (8), Overwhelm (10), or Thrust (18) Otherwise, try Turn the Tables (36)
Once triggered, time seems to stop (kind of like the matrix!) and a four-color wheel will pop up for everyone in the group whoās standing near the mob and has it targeted.
Red = "Strength Contribution" This has massive direct damage, so use it when youāre going to kill something fast and sweet.
Yellow = "Guile Contribution" This is Damage Over Time Every 4 Sec for 20 sec, so itās awesome for mobs that have a ton of hit points and high armor.
Green = "Conviction Quad" Great for restoring Morale and/or administering mass Cures.
Blue = "Tactics Quad" This is also great for long battles that require lots of special moves and heals.
Note: If you donāt have the mob targeted, a target will pop up, so click on it to target the mob and get the wheel to pop up.
Be close enough to the mob.
If youāre standing in the back forty and you are not a hunter using a bow, that means donāt bother to pick red because itās not going to do anything. Mouse-over each color on the wheel, and itāll tell you what range you need to be in. Failing that, just know that blue and green can be used at range for all classes.
Mapping Conjunctions
Look under the Key Mapping Options. Now bind the four-wheel options to something that you can access, such as the up, down, left, and right keys. No more messing with your cursor.
Which conjunctions do which maneuvers?
Your log will keep track of what conjunctions youāve performed with your group until you log out. Iāve got an incomplete list of conjunctions. I copied this list from LoTRO public forums (minus someone's poker game analogy). Anyway, I thought it was a great list, so feel free to add on. Be aware that these are pretty much the exact order that things need to go in order to get the desired result. Therefore, it'd be smart for your fellowship to agree beforehand on whoās going to hit what first, second, third, fourth, et cetera. Even if you do that, the longer conjunctions are still harder to do because... well, it's hard to get that many people to pay attention and follow instructions exactly.
Single
R - Ent's Strength 105% of Main hand weapon + 328 damage. (direct damage amount varies by level)
Y - Spider's Guile Does 130 common damage every 4 seconds for 20 seconds.
B - Stallion's Spirit Adds 268 - 274 to Power.
G - Eagle's Cry Adds 434 - 439 to Morale.
Doubles
RR - Clash of Arms You and your fellow smash your target as if caught between a hammer and anvil.
YY - Misdirection Working together with a fellow you both are able to cause deep wounds in your target.
BB - Planned Attack Your superior coordination with your fellow energizes you both.
GG - Rallying Cry You and your fellow let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
Triples
RRR - Resounding Strikes Striking together you and your fellows tear your target asunder.
YYY - Deception Working together with your fellows you all are able to cause deep wounds in your target. The initial contributor will cause a deep wound.
BBB - Three Pronged Assault Your superior coordination with your fellows energizes you all.
GGG - Mustering the Troops You and your fellows let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
RBY - Sinister Plan Working with your fellows you are able to slash and wound your target while also energizing your fellowship members.
RGY - Wrath Of the Righteous Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target while also rallying your fellowship members.
GRB - Strength of the Pure Working with your fellows you are able to crush your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
GYB - Will of the Strong Working with your fellows you are able to wound your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
Quadruples
RRRR - Hail of Blows Striking together you and your fellows tear your target asunder.
BBBB - Power In Numbers Your superior coordination with your fellows energizes you all.
GGGG - Call To Arms You and your fellows let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
YYYY - Chaos in the Ranks Working together with your fellows you all are able to cause deep wounds in your target. The initial contributor will cause a particularly nasty wound.
RRYY - Pounding Echos Your fellowship's pounding blows echo in the distance and your foes new wounds are great.
RRBB - Planned Charge With a well planned charge, your fellowship crushes the enemy while being energized.
RRGG - Ent's Heart With an Ent's resilience and strength, your fellowship crushes your target as they rally back.
YYBB - Deadly Whispers Your fellowship's deadly whispers herald a deep wound in your foe and an energizing triumph.
YYGG - Silent Glory Your fellowships silent wound and worthy glory rally everyone.
BBGG - Noble Lineage Like ancient nobles, your fellowship is able to crush your target while also rallying everyone's morale.
RGYB or RBYG - Ent's Stand Like an Ent pooling all resources, your fellowship can crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing all.
BRGY or BYGR - Noble's Honour With a true noble's honour your fellowship is able to crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing all.
YBRG or YGRB - Silent Paths Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
GYBR or GRBY - Eagle's Eyrie The power of great eagles in their eyries is matched by your fellowship as you crush and wound your target while rallying and energizing all.
Quintuples
GGGBB - Pure of Heart The pure of heart fear no foe and your fellowship can rally and energize in the midst of any battle.
BBBGG - Noble Blood Like those of true noble blood, your fellowship rallies and energizes from all past loss.
YYYRR - Whispering Leaves Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target.
RRRYY - Ent's Rage With an Ent's strength and with your fellowship's blows, crush and wound your foe.
BRGYB or BYGRB - Wrath of the Oathbreakers Your fellowship strikes with such wounding wrath as to summon an Oathbreaker to assist you even as you rally and energize all.
RGYBR or RBYGR - Entish Justice Justice of the Ents does not rest with a single foe, all enemies feel your fellowships crushing and wounding rage even as you rally and energize each ... (unreadable)
GYBRG or GRBYG - Valour Unashamed Your fellowship crushes and wounds your target with unashamed valour, which removes fear, restores morale and enegizes all.
YBRGY or YGRBY - Leaves of Lothlorien Swirling like the leaves of Lothlorien, your fellowship strikes from all sides, leaving wounds that slow while rallying and energizing all.
Sextuples
RRRYYY - Tramp of Doom Your fellowship tramples your foes, inflicting deep wounds.
RRRRRG - Roll the Drum The rolling drum of your fellowships blows on your foe cause pain to nearby foes and hope to flourish in your ranks, removing fear and wounds.
RRRRRY - Break the Door You fellowships fury cripples your foe and crushes all nearby enemies.
RRRRRB - Hew the Stone Your fellows hew into your foes like masons on stone, energizing each other and drawing forth an Oathbreaker shade to fight for you.
BRYYRB - Breath of Freedom Your fellowship strikes with the conviction of freedom, defeating your foes and rallying your allies.
GRRRRB - March of the Ents ?
GYYYYB - Chill of Bone Your fellowship strikes deep, bone chilling wounds on your foe, rallying and energizing each other as they fight.
BRGYBR or RBYGRB - Wings of the Windlord A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, two oathbreakers are summoned as all enemies are crushed.
RGYBRG or GRBYGR - Thunder of the Oakenshield A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, all fear and wounds are removed al all enemies are crushed.
YBRGYB or BYGRBY - Dawn on the Deep A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, two oathbreakers are summoned as your target is heavily disabled.
YGRBYG or GYBRGY- Whispers under the Mountain A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, all fear and wounds are removed as your target is heavily disabled.
Once youāve successfully resolved a conjunction, the mob is immune to another conjunction for about a minute.
Well, now that I've gathered up the good stuff into a format that even I understand, I'm going to share!
There are two types of conjunctions; random, and standard. Random conjunctions can be initiated by any class (by dumb luck) and will occur on mobs that are signature and higher, while standard conjunctions are initiated by making them vulnerable.
How mobs become vulnerable.
Sometimes it happens randomly (as I stated above) but most of the time, itās going to take a burglar or a guardian to make them vulnerable. Youāll see a bluish glow above the mobās head, and a message that the mob has let itās guard down / broken itās defenses indicating that itās vulnerable.
Burglars = Exploit Opening (12) and the burglar can create vulnerabilities by using Sneak (4) and Trip(28).
Guardians= Iāve been told that at lower levels, you can create vulnerability after parrying, use Retaliation (8), Overwhelm (10), or Thrust (18) Otherwise, try Turn the Tables (36)
Once triggered, time seems to stop (kind of like the matrix!) and a four-color wheel will pop up for everyone in the group whoās standing near the mob and has it targeted.
Red = "Strength Contribution" This has massive direct damage, so use it when youāre going to kill something fast and sweet.
Yellow = "Guile Contribution" This is Damage Over Time Every 4 Sec for 20 sec, so itās awesome for mobs that have a ton of hit points and high armor.
Green = "Conviction Quad" Great for restoring Morale and/or administering mass Cures.
Blue = "Tactics Quad" This is also great for long battles that require lots of special moves and heals.
Note: If you donāt have the mob targeted, a target will pop up, so click on it to target the mob and get the wheel to pop up.
Be close enough to the mob.
If youāre standing in the back forty and you are not a hunter using a bow, that means donāt bother to pick red because itās not going to do anything. Mouse-over each color on the wheel, and itāll tell you what range you need to be in. Failing that, just know that blue and green can be used at range for all classes.
Mapping Conjunctions
Look under the Key Mapping Options. Now bind the four-wheel options to something that you can access, such as the up, down, left, and right keys. No more messing with your cursor.
Which conjunctions do which maneuvers?
Your log will keep track of what conjunctions youāve performed with your group until you log out. Iāve got an incomplete list of conjunctions. I copied this list from LoTRO public forums (minus someone's poker game analogy). Anyway, I thought it was a great list, so feel free to add on. Be aware that these are pretty much the exact order that things need to go in order to get the desired result. Therefore, it'd be smart for your fellowship to agree beforehand on whoās going to hit what first, second, third, fourth, et cetera. Even if you do that, the longer conjunctions are still harder to do because... well, it's hard to get that many people to pay attention and follow instructions exactly.
Single
R - Ent's Strength 105% of Main hand weapon + 328 damage. (direct damage amount varies by level)
Y - Spider's Guile Does 130 common damage every 4 seconds for 20 seconds.
B - Stallion's Spirit Adds 268 - 274 to Power.
G - Eagle's Cry Adds 434 - 439 to Morale.
Doubles
RR - Clash of Arms You and your fellow smash your target as if caught between a hammer and anvil.
YY - Misdirection Working together with a fellow you both are able to cause deep wounds in your target.
BB - Planned Attack Your superior coordination with your fellow energizes you both.
GG - Rallying Cry You and your fellow let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
Triples
RRR - Resounding Strikes Striking together you and your fellows tear your target asunder.
YYY - Deception Working together with your fellows you all are able to cause deep wounds in your target. The initial contributor will cause a deep wound.
BBB - Three Pronged Assault Your superior coordination with your fellows energizes you all.
GGG - Mustering the Troops You and your fellows let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
RBY - Sinister Plan Working with your fellows you are able to slash and wound your target while also energizing your fellowship members.
RGY - Wrath Of the Righteous Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target while also rallying your fellowship members.
GRB - Strength of the Pure Working with your fellows you are able to crush your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
GYB - Will of the Strong Working with your fellows you are able to wound your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
Quadruples
RRRR - Hail of Blows Striking together you and your fellows tear your target asunder.
BBBB - Power In Numbers Your superior coordination with your fellows energizes you all.
GGGG - Call To Arms You and your fellows let out a piercing rallying cry invigorating yourselves and all other fellowship members around you.
YYYY - Chaos in the Ranks Working together with your fellows you all are able to cause deep wounds in your target. The initial contributor will cause a particularly nasty wound.
RRYY - Pounding Echos Your fellowship's pounding blows echo in the distance and your foes new wounds are great.
RRBB - Planned Charge With a well planned charge, your fellowship crushes the enemy while being energized.
RRGG - Ent's Heart With an Ent's resilience and strength, your fellowship crushes your target as they rally back.
YYBB - Deadly Whispers Your fellowship's deadly whispers herald a deep wound in your foe and an energizing triumph.
YYGG - Silent Glory Your fellowships silent wound and worthy glory rally everyone.
BBGG - Noble Lineage Like ancient nobles, your fellowship is able to crush your target while also rallying everyone's morale.
RGYB or RBYG - Ent's Stand Like an Ent pooling all resources, your fellowship can crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing all.
BRGY or BYGR - Noble's Honour With a true noble's honour your fellowship is able to crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing all.
YBRG or YGRB - Silent Paths Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target while also rallying and energizing your fellowship members.
GYBR or GRBY - Eagle's Eyrie The power of great eagles in their eyries is matched by your fellowship as you crush and wound your target while rallying and energizing all.
Quintuples
GGGBB - Pure of Heart The pure of heart fear no foe and your fellowship can rally and energize in the midst of any battle.
BBBGG - Noble Blood Like those of true noble blood, your fellowship rallies and energizes from all past loss.
YYYRR - Whispering Leaves Working with your fellows you are able to crush and wound your target.
RRRYY - Ent's Rage With an Ent's strength and with your fellowship's blows, crush and wound your foe.
BRGYB or BYGRB - Wrath of the Oathbreakers Your fellowship strikes with such wounding wrath as to summon an Oathbreaker to assist you even as you rally and energize all.
RGYBR or RBYGR - Entish Justice Justice of the Ents does not rest with a single foe, all enemies feel your fellowships crushing and wounding rage even as you rally and energize each ... (unreadable)
GYBRG or GRBYG - Valour Unashamed Your fellowship crushes and wounds your target with unashamed valour, which removes fear, restores morale and enegizes all.
YBRGY or YGRBY - Leaves of Lothlorien Swirling like the leaves of Lothlorien, your fellowship strikes from all sides, leaving wounds that slow while rallying and energizing all.
Sextuples
RRRYYY - Tramp of Doom Your fellowship tramples your foes, inflicting deep wounds.
RRRRRG - Roll the Drum The rolling drum of your fellowships blows on your foe cause pain to nearby foes and hope to flourish in your ranks, removing fear and wounds.
RRRRRY - Break the Door You fellowships fury cripples your foe and crushes all nearby enemies.
RRRRRB - Hew the Stone Your fellows hew into your foes like masons on stone, energizing each other and drawing forth an Oathbreaker shade to fight for you.
BRYYRB - Breath of Freedom Your fellowship strikes with the conviction of freedom, defeating your foes and rallying your allies.
GRRRRB - March of the Ents ?
GYYYYB - Chill of Bone Your fellowship strikes deep, bone chilling wounds on your foe, rallying and energizing each other as they fight.
BRGYBR or RBYGRB - Wings of the Windlord A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, two oathbreakers are summoned as all enemies are crushed.
RGYBRG or GRBYGR - Thunder of the Oakenshield A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, all fear and wounds are removed al all enemies are crushed.
YBRGYB or BYGRBY - Dawn on the Deep A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, two oathbreakers are summoned as your target is heavily disabled.
YGRBYG or GYBRGY- Whispers under the Mountain A truly flawless display of fellowship coordination, all fear and wounds are removed as your target is heavily disabled.
Once youāve successfully resolved a conjunction, the mob is immune to another conjunction for about a minute.
