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Never just run up on a troll.

Some players in Lord of the Rings Online's PvMP like to be on the frontlines of battles, others like to stick to the outskirts, while the final few like to sneak amongst their prey. That's where you come in as a Warg Stalker. You trade massive hit points or enormous power pools for the most effective evasion skills in the game. The Stalker does just what its name implies, stalking the edge of battles, striking at their enemies from their hidden blankets of stealth. Like any other class though, it takes time to get to that point, so what's the best way to get there? I'm glad you asked.

Starting Out as a Young Pup 

You may be the size of an overgrown wolf, but like all the other monster classes in LOTRO, you're weaker than a newborn pup when you first start out. Amazingly, you actually do have one distinct advantage over the other classes I've done guides for so far. Your evasion really is a thing of beauty. Without having to spend a single Destiny Point to boost any stat or power, you can immediately take on two slightly lower level PvE targets with little problem. It may not sound like much but this is a huge deal, especially since you're going to be doing a lot of PvE, so be happy.

There are a number of different ways to go when improving the various skills and passive abilities of your Stalker. I'm going to tell you what order I chose to improve my first set of skills, but unlike the others, there's plenty of wiggle room here. In my case, I increased my passive skills in the following order: Resistance, Armor, Health, and Power. This worked well for me, but it is not the only way to go. I'm always in favor of developers providing viable alternate advancement paths for a class, so kudos to them for it.

I know you're probably not psyched to go tearing through all the PvE content you can find, but until the developers make some pretty significant changes to the PvP in Lord of the Rings Online, you're going to be doing a lot of it. Any time you finally manage to gain a rank (and they do come slowly) the first thing you should do is increase every single ability that you can and that takes Destiny Points. Don't worry too much about it though, since the Stalker has the easiest time of all the monster classes in completing some of these quests.

Your Stealth Sucks 

Against PvE targets, you've got a decent shot of avoiding detection and getting to where you're heading. Against Freeps though, your stealth sucks, and it sucks hard... for now. Eventually, you will become a silent instrument of death on the field of battle, but until then, hike up your drawers and get doing some PvE. If you've read the other guides, then you know the first quest you need to do is Mash, so get to hunting the slugs to the southeast. On the way there, don’t forget to search all the Trolls that were caught out in the sun for the Set In Stone quest. The town of Hoarhallow is also a favorite haunt of mine, no matter which Creep I'm playing at the time. I never get tired of killing the Hobbits down there and they drop a ton of parts (body or otherwise) used for a smorgasbord of quests. With the Stalker, a lot of other quest options are readily available for you.