Lord of the Rings Online: The Orc Defiler coming to Book 13

After explaining the fishing feature for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar expansion, Book 13: Doom of the Last-King, we bring you the latest developer diary which takes on the Orc Defiler. It also includes some stuff about the new Monster Play. More details after the jump.

Codemasters and Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is showing us more about the upcoming expansion Book 13: Doom of the Last-King. After the fishing feature, the developers let us in on the Orc Defiler.

The Orc Defiler is the first addition to the Monster units now that war has extended to the Ettenmoors. They are experts in virulent fungi and slime, masterfully manipulating them either for healing or cursing purposes.

They’re not liabilities either. They can inflict some significant damage as well. Here is a rundown of the Orc Defiler’s complete skill set straight from the LOTRO developers:

Healing

• Fertile Slime (initial skill)
• Fungal Bloom (initial skill)
• Fell Restoration
• Fungal Spores

Cursing

• Curse of the Sticky Feet (initial skill)
• Curse of the Lethargic Heart
• Curse of the Coward’s Soul
• Curse of the Deadly Sorrows

Basic Damage Skills

• Fire Gourd
• Plague Gourd
• Head-crack

You can get the nitty-gritty of each particular Orc Defiler ability over at the via link where a colorful description of the new Monster awaits you as well, courtesy of the devs. More updates as QJ.NET nets them.

Via LOTRO